1k Downloads & A General Update!

Hi! Hello, all!

Welcome to..... a 'progress' update, and a very special occasion!

One thousand (and fifty, at the time of posting) whole downloads!!!!!

Thank you guys so, so very much for all the attention, especially my lovely patrons. (Who'll be getting an extra special something out of this!)
I never expected my little project to garner this much interest at all, it's crazy!
Leaves me with a fuzzy feeling in my little blackened heart.

I'd also like to thank you all for your patience regarding Build 0.2, and... I can't promise any sort of release date, but I'm very much working on it! I swear it's not dead!!!!! I'm just having a little bit of trouble figuring out a few things as an unexperienced solo developer.
I wanted to let those of you interested in the project know at least a little something regarding what's going on over on my end, so...

TO DO LIST BEFORE 0.2 RELEASE

•  Slightly rewrite the first build to accommodate Chris (MC) now potentially being a temp employee at the Lodge
  • And justify that...
  •  (I keep waffling on this decision because while it does allow me to do far more with this project, it will also introduce a plethora of new issues and things to consider.)
• Rewrite the content I already have for the second build, for the same reason
• Finish Noah's Day 1 (i.e. completely rewrite what I nearly slapped in 0.1, because it is a Mess/very short, compared to Trevor's, and the poor guy deserves better)
• A quite frankly horrifying amount of research about the inner workings of the Lodge (anyone who happens to be knowledgeable about any relevant subject, please feel free to shoot me a message either over at Twitter or Packrat#7395 on Discord, any assistance would be much appreciated!)

• Finish/start the sprites for:
  • Flint Gallagher (masseuse)
  • Miss B. (living legend)
  • Andy (errand boy)
  • Henry (janitor)
  • Secret Characters (wink)

• Finalize the sprites for my lovely Patrons and draft their scenes
• Actually flesh out the layout of the lodge, for various purposes
  • I'm considering some sort of interactive map, depending on how this whole thing develops, but that would come... much later.

THINGS I SHOULD DO BUT CAN THEORETICALLY PUT OFF UNTIL A LATER BUILD

• Build a gallery! You know, for when CGs are a thing.
• Figure out a jukebox, so you can listen to any funky little tune found within the project, including direct links to the creators' pages.
• 'Extras', a load of special tidbits such as character profiles, 'lore' (Did you ever want to learn about a whole local ecosystem surrounding a lodge in the middle of nowhere? No? You might just get it anyway!), or a little dress-up game so you can check each character's outfits! (... Or have them wear nothing at all, if that so pleases you.
  
  
  • These are exclusive to certain Patron tiers, which may disappoint some people, but! Please keep in mind that this is a lot of work, and you get to see the rest completely free!

OPTIONAL

• Redesign Noah for the 300th time, please send help
  • Seriously, you have no idea how many times I've redrawn this guy. He deserves better.
• Side Images, which I have semi-ready but they're not necessarily important to have in the game. (Except the side images are usually what I draw first and more accurately depict the characters they belong to............ Art is hard, y'all.)
•  Hire someone to help out?????

Anyways, that's pretty much all I can think of, for the moment. Again, thank you guys for your interest and your support - I actually got paid for my content! With cash money! - and I hope you'll continue to enjoy everything I have to offer!

Please remember to rate and comment, it really does help!

See you later!

       - Packrat