DraconicSyntax
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Development Update
🕑 Added 2022-02-13 00:44:32 +0000 UTCNow that update v0.5.0 is out, work can officially begin on the long anticipated 3+ prey update! There's a caveat to this that I want to notify patrons about though - I've put this blurb on the main forum post already but wanted to make sure patrons were directly notified of this as well:
As I'm sure you all know, making animations for the player is extremely time consuming compared to everything else I have to do in development, so you can expect this next update to likely take a bit longer than normal. In addition, I'm halfway through my final semester of university at time of writing, which means I am actually currently developing 3 different games at once - 2 for classes I'm taking, plus Project G.L.U.T.T. Combine those with a couple other classes, and my schedule gets pretty insane. I am regularly up until around 4am on weekends and some week nights, working either on something for G.L.U.T.T. or for one of my classes, so please be understanding in that this update - even for the first Patreon beta build of it - could be in the works for a bit. The good news is that as this is an animation heavy update, it will be easier to get bits of work done on it in between classwork (coding on the other hand is not nearly as easily started/stopped). Additionally, once this semester ends and I graduate in mid May, I will have more time than I have ever had to work on Project G.L.U.T.T. before. Whether or not I will be able to work on it entirely full time remains to be seen - if I'm not earning enough through the Patreon for G.L.U.T.T. I will still have to pick up a side job again in order to make ends meet (student loans are awful), but a side job doesn't require NEARLY as much time as studying for a degree, so development pace should still be significantly faster.
Considering this, if people want/need to cancel their membership to save some money while I'm working on the next beta build, that's totally understandable! That said, I immensely appreciate everyone who chooses to remain a patron during this time - it helps me out in a ton of ways, and not having to worry as much about finances is a huge stress relief and always affords me more time I can spend on Project G.L.U.T.T.'s development in general!
Comments
Commander Riker
I agree it's understated how much effort it takes into animation; we appreciate the great work put into the game!
