Scruffles' Devlog 12


Easter may be over, but bunnies are eternal.
Detached Early Access is available in the Bundle Of Our Bunnies on Itch.io, alongside 15 other games from 8 other devs!

As is tradition, the bundle do be free (and as is also tradition, donations are always appreciated!), but you can get some neat bonuses at higher tiers, such as:

$10 Tier:

$20 Tier:

The bundle runs from now until April 30th!

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The Detached Stuff


Not much in the grand scheme of 0.19.0 has been done, but most of the big, "moving" scenes of Anne's fifth event are complete, so it should be quick enough to wrap up her half of the update.
IRL has been a heck of a ride (not really in a bad way, it's just... a lot all at once), but more on that in the next part.

In the meantime, smut:

lol, jk, but it is available here: https://subscribestar.adult/posts/2449566

Scruffles' Parasocial Bullshit Circus

With that out of the way…

Shit, dude.

I originally had something else written, but said "Nah, fuck that," then deleted the whole thing.
These last couple of months have been so fucking busy. Spring break, appointments (and even more appointments, forever appointments, always appointments), family outings, working on myself, fixing up my home… I had every intention to pound out the rest of the update during the precious few moments I've had to myself on my vacation time from my IRL work (or at least a good chunk of it), but alas, I was also in full-time parent mode.
But I also had a lot of time to think.
I know this past year has been rocky in terms of consistent updates, and I can't thank everyone enough for showing interest and support in the development of Detached.
However, I'm currently at point in my life where I need to take a step back on development for a while so that I can get my own life in order.
I feel like I say this a lot, but I do have newcomers coming in all of the time, so I like to occasionally make sure that I'm transparent about this fact: Detached is ultimately just a hobby to me (a hobby that I intend to see through to completion, but a hobby nonetheless). I don't rely on it for money making, nor do I see it as a job. This is just me being creative and having fun making something.
That said, it's my fucking baby. I love this stupid fucking game. Development is still progressing when I have the time to put aside to work on it, but sometimes you need to slow down on things you like doing in order to take care of yourself. Stress and exhaustion are surefire ways to kill any creative motivation (especially when you've been working almost exclusively on one project for more than a hot minute).
I can't pour my heart and soul into something I love if I'm too overwhelmed to make sure that the heart and soul is there to pour.
I need to get my life in order, and get my physical and mental health on track. Anti-depressants can, unfortunately, only do so much lifting on their own, and with so much going on in life right now, I need to prioritize that.
I'm not going anywhere though. I am still working on Detached, it's just not going to be the priority that I arbitrarily told myself that it was so that I don't feel like a complete failure for not always having time to work on it, or if I need to take a creative break (I have issues).
That said, I'm still going to be as available to my community as often as I can, and will be providing these updates as I go, even if they aren't anything substantial. 
I just need to be able to breathe a bit.
I will be keeping my Patreon and Subscribestar up for those of you that to want to support me despite this rough while. All of the bonuses are still applicable. I will be making posts that offer a direct link to the appropriate tiers for the downloadable bonuses, and putting them into a Collection. I previously left it to the patrons/subscribers to reach out to me, but I don't really get those requests often, and those bonuses are there for a reason. I want people to have their bonuses, so I figured that this was the best way to make them available.
As I mentioned earlier, I will still be working on Detached when I have the time and energy to, so updates will still eventually push through. The permanent early access state is still very much in effect. I encourage everyone that still wants to continue to support Detached to consider the one-time purchase on Itch (or the BOOBs bundle for even more games) instead of continuing to do the monthly thing for inconsistency. 
And if you're already subscribed to the Ascended tier or above and haven't done so already, please reach out to me so I can make sure you get your Itch code. 

REMINDER:


An Itch.io account is required for
permanent early access!


This way, you can still support Detached and get the most recent updates as they come without the dedication of a subscription.


Thank every one of you. This project would never have become a permanent part of my identity with all of you.


Praise be to The One.