Finally, a new devlog!
It's been over 9 months since the last update so there is a LOT to catch up on. Please let me know what you think about the new changes and have fun watching the video! :)
What's New?
Here is a quick summary of the video above:
- I added a bunch of new dialog snippets to the game that you have to find and try to make sense of. Now you can finally learn a lot more about Squid and the Will You Snail universe (if you want to).
- Squid has facial animations now.
- There is a new more chill game mode you can play for killing some time or relaxing a little.
- A bunch of new tracks were added to the soundtrack.
- The colors of the game were reworked (AGAIN). There are multiple color schemes you can choose from in the menu now.
- I made a ton of other little changes like adding save slots, polishing, but fixing, hiding some more secrets, and... and... and...
- Translating a game with so much text is a massive pain for a small indie developer like me. Due to my lack of experience I made some pretty silly legal mistakes that caused both me as well as a lot of translators to lose a ton of progress. Pretty stupid and upsetting. Let's hope I learned my lesson.
- I'm super nervous about launching the game cause my time and resource investments are just getting way out of control at this point. Making the game will cost me at least $20,000 and I already invested over 3 years into the development. To be completely honest, it's absolutely scary to think about. Yikes.
- The release date got moved to Q1 2022. That should give me more time to fix the remaining bugs and do some proper marketing. What are a few months after 3 years anyways... and what are a few more months after that anyways... and what are a few more months after that anyways... and what are a few more months after that anyways... and what are a few more months after that anyways... For real, though, whatever state the game might be in early next year, you'll all get to play it! It's set into stone.
Join The Community
A few other places where you can get more involved and follow the development of the game:
Discord
There is already a fairly active and growing Will You Snail community on Discord. This is where we handle playtesting and community translations. A good place to hang out, ask questions and chat about the game.
Join here: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK
YouTube
I have a YouTube channel where I document the entire development process. The channel is also home to a bunch of other crazy game dev content (like generating infinite bathrooms) as well as a few tutorials. It's the best place to get a look behind the curtain and into my mind.
Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/jonastyroller
Here is where you'll likely find the most frequent updates. I use Twitter to get feedback, ask for your opinions, have a conversation and share my progress. It's the best place to get live updates on what's happening at all times.
Follow here: https://twitter.com/JonasTyroller
This one is not super active yet but I hope we can change that as we're getting closer and closer to launch. I love seeing your fan art and snaily memes. Looking forward to making more of those Reddit reaction videos for the YouTube channel. :P
Join here: https://www.reddit.com/r/WillYouSnail/
This is a recent video of me checking out your snaily memes:
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT
I want to thank you all very much for your support so far. It's absolutely insane how much you've already contributed to this game with your suggestions, testing, translations, motivation and mental support. This wouldn't be possible without you!! <3