Hello everybody.
I know it's been a while since I posted on this blog. And many of you might wonder why.
There is no simple answer. Many things came together and slowly build what I perceived as a mountain of problems that kept me not only from working on the game but also outright trying to ignore it.
Since I started the project, I felt a certain pressure.
And I felt a responsibility towards my players to not only to make a good game but also to be quicker with releases. I know that I'm mostly building this up myself.
Then there is the quest log issue. Although it is a great and useful feature, the implementation of the log takes a lot of time and requires me to play the game several times to test the required script for each and every possible route. Which is very dry work and not really motivating.
On top of that I have to finish the log before I can go on with the storyline because I have to insert the log scripts first. Which resulted in outright frustration.
On top of that, there are personal issues that I still have to deal with. There were and still are changes that certain members of my family have to go through. Like my mom lost her job after 35 years and now at almost 60 finds herself without much of a perspective. I'd like to help her, but my personal financial situation is not great as well, so I can not do much about it. Which, again, is frustrating.
All of that played into my own personal problems, making it impossible for me to keep working.
I do not really know what to do right now. I did not work on the games for 2 months at least and I feel bad about it.
I did not visit my blogs or the forum threads and I did not read any comments or emails. And did not dare to do so yet.
But at least I wanted to you to know what's going on on my side.
Maybe it's the a first step to sort things out concerning the game and the community.
And to finally get back to work and find fun in it again instead of it being something that hangs above my neck.
There's still so much story I would like to tell, so many ideas I have, but as of now, I'm putting the game officially on hiatus. That's something I never wanted to do, but I might be the right decision to get my head straight and find the energy to sort things out.
I hope I made some sense with this post.
I'm sorry.
See you around,
Mental
no problem take your time, solve your personal problem. we can wait for your return ^^
ReplyDelete(sry for my bad english)
First of all I'd like to say how sorry I am to here this, Invasion D is one of the best H-games there is and it will be sorely missed.
ReplyDeleteA few comments should you ever return:
I'm sure people would rather have I.D without the quest log than not at all.
You shouldn't pressure yourself too much in terms of time, I've still religiously checked your blog the time you've been away and will continue to do so and I'm sure many of your fans feel the same way.
Finally I hope things get better for both your mother and yourself soon.
Here is where I would usually tentatively suggest opening the game so others would continue your work but in this case I don't think I could trust the community to continue the quality of your work.
Good luck and I hope we here from you again soon.