- Sep 20, 2018
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Here's today's unexpected Dev Diary.
First off, I'm happy to confirm that TD's math is correct! In the 14 days since the last diary, they have added an average of 86 statics, 2 animations and ~5000 words per week. Overall, they are currently averaging roughly 94 statics, 2.6 animations, and 2656 words per week since work on Chapter 4 Update 2 began. For those who prefer graphics, here are the charts:
As you can see, the animation rate has dropped off noticeably. That's probably a side-effect of switching from the punishment game to Mina's intro; I'm sure Mina will get some action on the right paths, but I'd expect her part of the story to lean more heavily on words and statics than the Club games. Unfortunately, it's still not clear how much work is left on this update. The way TD phrased it suggests Mina will get some 'universal' material once the path-specific intros are out of the way. If so I'd expect that material to continue to be relatively animation light and thus probably less work overall. On the other hand, it's possible people who friendzoned Mina will only get an introductory portion and any remaining material will be full-contact Mina. In that case I'd expect a much higher animation ratio.
Still, if we look at Chapter 3 Update 3's development, we see a surge of animations at roughly this point in development, so it's possible the nature of the remaining work won't make as big a difference as I might think and the question is really just down to the sheer volume of content. Looking at some of the previous updates, I'll guess the difference between the lower and upper limits of Ch4Up2 is probably on the order of ~4 weeks. Plus we're still at least a couple weeks away even in the rosiest scenario.
Given all that, March is probably a reasonable estimate for the release window: early in the month if the update is on the small end, late in the month for the larger version. Of course that's still just an estimate and the real world might yet throw us a curveball, but I think it's a reasonable guess for now.
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First off, I'm happy to confirm that TD's math is correct! In the 14 days since the last diary, they have added an average of 86 statics, 2 animations and ~5000 words per week. Overall, they are currently averaging roughly 94 statics, 2.6 animations, and 2656 words per week since work on Chapter 4 Update 2 began. For those who prefer graphics, here are the charts:
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Still, if we look at Chapter 3 Update 3's development, we see a surge of animations at roughly this point in development, so it's possible the nature of the remaining work won't make as big a difference as I might think and the question is really just down to the sheer volume of content. Looking at some of the previous updates, I'll guess the difference between the lower and upper limits of Ch4Up2 is probably on the order of ~4 weeks. Plus we're still at least a couple weeks away even in the rosiest scenario.
Given all that, March is probably a reasonable estimate for the release window: early in the month if the update is on the small end, late in the month for the larger version. Of course that's still just an estimate and the real world might yet throw us a curveball, but I think it's a reasonable guess for now.