State of the game update!

Hi everyone and welcome to a State of the Game Update.

So first up, I have posted a few times on the forums but not everyone reads every post I make, so it is likely that many of our player base are wondering where is Update 1.4 and DLC 1.

So lets address that first before we go into when it they are due out.

1. Sadly I have not been very well of late and worse yet, I did not rest last time I was unwell and this led to a series of back to back illness that ended up in me being very sick.

2. I was also burn't out as far as development goes. Instead of wanting to get more cool stuff added, I needed to take a break from looking at 100k lines of code each day.

So where are we now? Well the good news is that I have taken some sound advice and just done something else for a while. For those who take a look at my profile, I have a youtube channel and I have been playing games and enjoying myself a bit. (Although I am not very good at it - lol) I have taken up regular walks and am feeling much better. Although don't get too excited, I am still only about 80% of the way back to full health. I have also built up a bit of a fire in my passion for development again and want to get back to adding some great content for the game.

So, what is the state of Update 1.4 and DLC 1? Update 1.4 The good news here is that all of the hard work has been done. I need to add an interface for the 2 world buildings, the Hall of Heroes and The Graveyard. Linking up the legendary skills for the halls will take some playtesting and balancing but that is not taxing work. DLC 1 The moonstone glade is also in a very good place. The only thing holding me back on this is a new way to add extra journal updates so I can link all the story together. Not a lot of work but still enough to need planning before I go ahead and code it.

So how long before it is all out? I would say I only have around 100 hours of work left to get these launched. In the past I would happily do a 70 hour working week and so I would say things like : 10 days and it will be out. But I still need a break, I am not well enough yet to go crazy and when I get back to work it will be more like 20 hours a week instead of 70. So, all is ok. Both updates are almost complete but they will be out when they are ready.

I am still reading and replying on the forums and for those who want to see how much I suck at other games you are welcome to watch my youtube channel and call me a noob in the comments also (lol), I may reply to you their if you are nice :)

Until then, do not worry, more content is on the way. I am well and looking forward to getting back to work. Keep safe and enjoy life. Tormunda.