WiAB - Chapter 4 - #XX

Hello,

It's been six business days since I submitted the game, and I haven't heard anything yet. Neither from Steam nor GOG.

Some other small bits of info.

I won't be updating the gallery for Chapter 4. I would have to redo it all again with the next update and the new main menu design.

Saves work. None of my testers had any issues.

The new update's playtime is around 4-7 hours (as Reported by testers). I know some 201 IQ lads will finish it in 20 minutes. 4 rp/s (Renders per second.)

The pricing on Steam and GOG will be $9,99 + a 20% launch discount.

I have a backup of the new update so that no matter what happens, I can upload the final version of it.

The reason why I'm even mentioning it is that I have had two bluescreens in the past 3 weeks, and twice my Workstation didn't start.

(I did a sys-scan and it found damaged files and repaired them. I haven't had a bluescreen since but it's only been like 10 days.

Today again, I was forced to restart because of a graphic glitch and it took about five minutes to shutdown, and then hitting the power button didn't do anything. The light didn't switch on, but the insides started up.

About ten minutes later, it sprang to life.

I checked for an error code on the mainboard, but it kept switching around between different codes.

It makes me so anxious.

What doesn't make me anxious is the upcoming release... Finally, man.

Please hurry up Steam and GOGi.

• Ocean

WiAB Chapter 4 - Soon.

Hello,

I did what I could and send the game to my own testers. I gave them 24-48 hours to check for game-breaking bugs.

If nothing is found, I'll send the game for evaluation to Steam and GOG in the next 24 to 48 hours.

This isn't the final change log, but it gives you an idea of what to expect. Bibi changes are possible.

The update is about 250 lines and images larger than the entire game before. (CH1 to CH3).

There are a bunch of smaller changes I will add to the final changelog.

Aight... Potential release date.

Steam will take 1 to 2 weeks to evaluate the game. (If there are no serious complains.) GOG is usually a bit faster.

After I get the green light, it will take another 14 days before it's released. Those 14 days are extremely important.

This is the time the game gets pushed to "Upcoming Steam releases".

My guess: June 15th to 21th

Everyone who's been following the game knows that a lot depends on the Steam/GOG release.

To keep myself from writing a novel about it.

With this update, I went far over WiAB's budget for 3D assets, licenses, etc., and if it were up to me, I'd have no problem doing that again.

However, real life would like to have a word, and 2024 showed me there is no such thing as security. I believe it will work out this time, but I can't risk it again.

But let's be optimistic!

I'll make smaller update posts on Discord, and will make another post here as soon as I got a definite release date.

• Ocean