Hey all! A little Christmas update as final release nears...
Thanks to everyone for your kind words in between updates! I'm not joking when I say they are extremely motivating in getting me to push out the full hack as fast as possible.
If you're not signed up for the
Rocket Edition Discord, you won't have missed much in the last couple of months, but the updates I've posted (aside from weekly development time reports) are:
- Some pieces of upcoming "mystery dialogue" from the next release: Part 1 & Part 2.
- A cute GIF:
I also forgot to mention in my last post that Rocket Edition makes a tiny cameo in the next release of Pokémon Clover on a city billboard :D
(kektacular art by
Brolunite)
As to a potential release schedule for the final game...
There is only roughly 30 minutes worth of story gameplay left to finish. (Bear in mind that this a novel and script-heavy last half hour and will take longer than normal.) Afterwards there are a heap of tiny things that need to be adjusted (graphical tweaks, non-important NPC scripts, bug fixing, balancing trainer levels, etc.)... but the end is definitely in sight.
If you press me I might say you can expect the game to be out
within a month's time, but that's an educated guess, not a promise (if something big comes up between then and now it might be a little longer).
So... this would be a good time to note that I'll be looking for beta testers for the final release of the game. If you sign up, I'll send you a patch of the game a few days before official release time and have you play through it many times trying to break it, and reporting all bugs you find back to me. Have a think about that, and I'll take applications in a few weeks.
(Of course, If you want to take your time and enjoy the final game (and not get stuck by a game-breaking bug), I recommend you don't apply.)
Thanks again for the support, and sorry for the long wait. Will be back with more info about beta testing and a more definite release schedule soon. ;)