{"id":255,"date":"2019-11-02T10:50:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T17:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lithier.com\/w\/?p=255"},"modified":"2019-11-02T10:50:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T17:50:07","slug":"mvol-v0-43-is-live-finale-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lithier.com\/w\/2019\/11\/mvol-v0-43-is-live-finale-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"MVOL v0.43 is Live: Finale, Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tons to say on this one, but I’d like to start off with two small announcements from a bit ago that I wanna get as many eyes on as possible!<\/p>\n

First thing: I’m looking into making a Lith plushie!<\/strong> However, that’ll only really be affordable if lots of people would be willing and able to buy one, so I’d like everyone interested to make sure and vote in this poll!<\/a><\/p>\n

Second: I need help! Every time I add to MVOL there are lots of bugs and typos and mistakes, and no,<\/em> a spellchecker or grammar checker will not help. I need people that are willing to playtest the game before it comes out, to meticulously go through new content and make sure it’s up to snuff! Please consider putting in a few hours every couple months to help make MVOL the best it can be! You can get all the info you could possibly need to get started over here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, on to the main subject! v0.42 brought us most of the Final Ending sequence, but I didn’t have time to do all the content for the other option on the big, first choice. You can now go either way! It’s gonna be a similar experience part of the way, then break off into a notably different thing after you’ve proven yourself. I’m sure some folks were disappointed they couldn’t make “the big choice” that was built up all that time as they wanted to.<\/p>\n

Besides that, thanks to the voters, a handful of new results have been added to the Flirt option. These ones are unlocked by mid and late game states, so you won’t notice anything early on playing a new game from scratch.<\/p>\n

And as usual, two new pieces of art have been added! Conversely, these ones you’ll only find playing through a new game, but they’re almost impossible to miss, on either end of the midgame.<\/p>\n

You may notice that, well… v0.43 doesn’t have a whole lot in it. I’m pretty disappointed with it myself, but to be honest, v0.42 not only ate a good chunk of the time from its development, but left me really burned out. I’ve been kinda doing my best running on fumes through this version’s cycle, and I’m gonna make a point of it to really relax and clear my head before going on. Sorry for the light release! I hope it’s still fairly enjoyable, I feel like it came out pretty well despite my current state.<\/p>\n

So! What happens from here? Well, as I mentioned as an aside in My Big Series Explaining My Thoughts on MVOL and My Plans for the Future<\/a>, there’s still a lot to be done with MVOL! I consider it still in Alpha right now, and when the main features are all complete, I’ll move it to Beta and start tuning it up to be a more enjoyable and intuitive product. After that, we’ll hit the big 1.0, and it’s possible I’ll continue adding content for a little while after that.<\/p>\n

That’s the long term. For the short term, I still have a few things to add and finish up before I consider it “feature complete” and ready to move to Beta, most of which is adding hidden content, as some of you may be avidly anticipating. The tradition has always been to add content “vertically” to the main storyline in alternation with adding things “horizontally,” as in side content, and we’ve got a bit of that still waiting to go in to round out the experience.<\/p>\n

That’s where we stand with MVOL right now. I’ve also been in contact with some people trying to get things figured out and rolling on my future projects! It’s still very much up in the air, but we’re getting things started, and hopefully we’ll see the transition to new projects coming in, gradually, before long! I plan to have a healthy overlap period where you can kinda see what’s coming up while MVOL is still getting its last few updates.<\/p>\n

Other than that… I’ve been saying more silly, pervy stuff on Twitter<\/a> recently? I try to get more into that now and then. If that’s your bag, check it out.<\/p>\n

Thanks for playing, and for reading all this! It’s a pretty big milestone for the project, but there are a few more coming up soon!<\/p>\n

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