Hey everybody! Just wanted to give you all a short update on what's happening with the next update right now.
If you haven't already read last month's progress report (https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1724190/view/5976881566074288324), that's where I talk about what is going to be in Update 15.
Personal Stuff
I also, mentioned that my mom and my partner's mom have been in the hospital. I had a couple of people ask about how they're doing and wish me well, which I really appreciate. My mom is okay and is at home, though she's on an oxygen machine now, which means I have to go and help her with a lot more things than I used to.
To be clear, when I say "my partner", I'm talking about my girlfriend who I've been with for 10 years and plan on marrying, not a game development partner or business partner or anything. My partner's mom, very suddenly, was diagnosed with Stage 4 liver cancer and the doctor gave her a life-expectancy of 2 weeks. This was roughly two weeks ago. She's still hanging in there right now, but just barely and we're expecting her to pass away any day now. She's at home on hospice and my partner is with her, roughly a 5 hour drive from where I live. I went down and visited her family, but then came back home, though I'm expecting to go back down there soon to be with them again.
So, that's what's going on in my personal life right now. I share it with you only because, since I'm the only person working on this game, my personal life is going to occasionally interrupt development like this. Right now, it hasn't really slowed me down much. But since I'm expecting to have to go to a funeral and help with my partner's family in the next few weeks, development on the game is likely going to be interrupted a bit.
When is the next update going to release?
Right now, new content for the update is about 85% complete. After that's done, I have to do all the testing and polishing and everything, but I'm moving along pretty well.
If everything goes as planned, these will be the release dates for Update 15:
Premium Edition - June 30th
Free Edition - July 14th
These dates are tentative right now. If I end up having to be out of town during that time, or if I have to take more days off than planned to help with my family, then I'll have to push these dates back some. Hope y'all understand.
I am working hard though, and doing my best to get this Update out as quickly as I can. I hope you're all excited for it. There's a lot of cool stuff here.
That's pretty much it. If you want more info on how the update is progressing, I post weekly updates over on my Patreon, and I keep a daily developer diary on my Discord server (there's a link on the main menu in the game).
Hope you all are doing great and thanks for all the support you've given me. Love ya!
EDIT: I'm editing this the evening that I posted it, just letting you all know that she passed away today. I'll be taking some time off to spend with my partner and her family. I appreciate all the well-wishes and the understanding. You guys are great <3