Just a quick poll to see if you guys want an update at the end of the month. Basically - if I do an update at the end of the month you’re not going to get anything “new” just reworked Brynhild relationship route up to and including the first R5 scene - possibly the next 1 or 2 scenes to finish off R5. Plus a few minor tweaks and bug fixes. Or I can hold off until I finish Brynhild’s content and you can go through her whole route (including weight gain) in the next update.
What does the B in the version number signify? If I’ve got B0.2 versus 0.2 without the B which is newer and how are they different? I’m not really clear when or how the B started appearing in this game’s version number.
Ah right - so I rebooted the game some time ago as I wasn’t entirely happy with the way it was going - and was beginning to foresee that it was going to cause big development headaches further down the line with the way things were set up. The original run of New Dawn got to version 0.4 (V0.4), I think, possibly version 5 or 6. Can’t really remember, not really relevant to your question. After rebooting, to make it clear that it was a different version than previously released, I added in the B. If you like, the original run was “Alpha” and now this is “Bravo”. I’m much happier with the story and its a much tighter narrative experience not faffing about with XP, shops, and character arc progressions being locked behind progressing the main story. Now each character will have her own arc that functions independent of the main plot but they may intersect at certain points.
For example, encountering Brynhild in the Wilderness is a main story beat that ‘coincidently’ opens up her character arc whilst progressing the main story. Its one of the reasons I’m focussing on her character arc first.
Spoilers! BEWARE!
Later, when I’ve finished with Brynhild’s arc and the world setup - since Bryn is a constant companion whilst exploring (assuming you don’t piss her off and she dumps you) - Rhianon and Thalia (if they’re still alive) will start popping up in the war against Rashavana which will be kicking off as I do more of the main story.
So with monthly updates being in the lead (between here and Patreon the results are 55.4% Yes, 44.6% No) I’ve closed the poll so I can give my tester some time with the latest build before releasing it so can hopefully catch any bugs I missed. Will have the Patreon release up at the end of the month but should have VB0.3 up on Itch later today.