TLDR;
- I am not sure yet if there will be any more updates in 2024.
- There might be an update, there might be only a beta update, there might be no updates at all.
- Tiny Rogues project (as in, my development project) is going through some big changes at the moment, and thus it's not possible to pump out a quick update.
Hello fellow Tiny Rogues!
What's up?
I wanted to make this post to keep you in the loop. While working on the 0.2.8 update, which would have included some stuff promised in the 2024 roadmap, I ended up stumbling from one TODO to the next.
I started cleaning up the entire Tiny Rogues code-base which broke a lot of things, which now need to be set up anew.
One thing lead to another and at this point, there is a huge amount of work that needs to be done before Tiny Rogues is even in a play-able state. Because of that, I can't just "quickly make a content patch", which was the original plan. I remember saying "there will be a patch before November 15th" again and again and again. Everything turned out differently and thus at the moment I am not sure at all how the future of Tiny Rogues will look like.
Currently things are quite broken in many places and I need to repair the entire project before I can work on new features. After I have repaired it though, everything should run so much better and development should also be a lot easier.
0.2.8 when?
There might be no more updates in 2024, there might be a 0.2.8 update, there might be a beta for 0.2.8 or there might even be a beta for Into the Abyss starting. At this point I don't even know if I want to make a 0.2.8 update or officially start working on 0.3.0 (Into the Abyss) and bundle up all the features and changes into the expansion.
I just don't want anybody to be actively waiting for an update that might not come any time soon.
Obviously, I know most of you are super understanding and trust my development process. Let me cook!
I am too hyped!
I start to feel a bit like the dev known for promising big but then not delivering, but in actuality I am probably the dev that promises big but delivers late.
Which I hope is fine, I really try to hold back on promising big but I am just too god damn excited about getting to develop this game for you. I probably get more excited about new features and ideas than you do, in my head, it's all so glorious and shiny.
If you want more detail about what's going on, in the past few days I've recorded 2 unedited, unfiltered, unscripted videos on the current state of Tiny Rogues.
One is a bit longer, maybe watch on x2.00 speed.
I wish you a nice week and maybe even a nice end of the year. Though I am sure you will hear from me again before 2024 ends!
Cheers,
RubyDev
