Hey everyone, just wanted to write you all a short message thanking each and everyone of you for supporting us in the first few months of Early Access. It's been a learning process for us at Squeaky Wheel, and while it has been a little rough at times, I think we are finally starting to get a good rhythym. It has really been humbling for us to see how much you guys are invested in the game, and really inspires us to keep working hard on the game.
I know that some of you are impatient. You see all the possibilities that the game might become and you can't wait to get there. We're impatient too, and that's why we're in the process of signing on a couple of developers to help us improve the game at a much quicker pace. You guys are the reason we could afford to hire on more help, so for that you have our gratitude.
That said, I have to beg your patience again in the coming month. Starting January, we will start the onboarding process as we loop in our new developers and Marnel catches them up on the code in the game. That, along with bugfixing, will probably take up most of January. We're gonna try to see if we can add the Guidance Counselor by end of January, but no promises! If all goes well, starting February we will be running at full blast.
Once the Guidance Counselor has been added that will finish the first major mechanic added to the game! When we're done we will release a new poll for you all to vote on. While we may not always reply on the discussion board, rest assured that we are keeping an eye on the comments and using them as the basis for what to prioritize in the game.
Lastly, I'd like to make a small request of you all. Tagging the game and upvoting current tags helps get Academia : School Simulator in front of people who might be interested in it. We'd definitely appreciate it if you could tag the game for us based on what you think is appropriate.
Thanks again guys. We hope you have great holiday season, and we're looking forward to working on the game with you all in 2018!