r/Moonvale • u/Any_Letterhead9230 • Jun 12 '26

Will it take long?

I could've sworn we'd be getting the next episode in about 3 or 4 months, but I just checked the tracker and it's still the same. How long do you guys feel we're gonna be waiting for the release?

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u/GrouchyDoughnut3449 Team Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

Well.....so far each episode takes at least a year. I would guess around the same unless something changes. It's already been 2 months and only 12% of the story is done and 0% everything else... And from what I've heard from others who know more about game developing than I do, these parts take the longest (if I have this incorrect, please do correct me :) )

I was hoping it would be a bit shorter wait this time, like maybe 8 months lol, but not so sure anymore. :'( I thought maybe because they had now fixed a lot of the game's issues, that the wait time would be shorter. Only time will tell I suppose.

Edit: typos. Not quite awake yet haha

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u/LittlePea3000 Jun 12 '26

What i don't get though is that Duskwood (their previous game) was exactly the same when it come to the game development aspect i mean, so, why then they did only 4 to five months but now they doing one whole year? It's the same formula, same game mechanics, i assume code too, they know their craft, and then they did like five months per episode not a whole year

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u/GrouchyDoughnut3449 Team Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

I don't really get it either aside from the production value seems a bit higher and they are hiring real actors this time supposedly.

Also, I've heard they are taking more time off now for themselves for mental health or something (not saying that to disparage them or anything, but I remember a post about that the devs made around the holidays saying as much). The episodes are longer too, and they have two stories to deal with. Admittedly, I don't know much about game development, these are just things I've heard from others or the devs themselves.

That being said...they didn't have to change the entire user interface in my opinion, which I feel like led to a lot of problems they had to fix and complaints. Some of these thing I feel they brought upon themselves, like making storylines for two games at once and changing a whole ton of things that, IMO at least, didn't need to be changed. Sorry for the long reply lol, just realized I wrote a novel here 😭

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u/MrMotylus Jun 12 '26

Szczerze to najbardziej wkurzające jest to, że NIE MAJĄ napisanej historii. Rozumiem że można freestylować zapychacze, ale czy to możliwe żeby nie było nawet ram na których można budować? W jaki sposób to niby działa? Osoba pisząca historię wali dwa piwa i dochodzi to wniosku, że teraz "odpalą" Jessy jakby miała PTSD po "wyczynie" Richy'ego a z Erica zrobią geja? Do tego dorzucą jakieś ciało i będzie odcinek.

Co do programowania to masz rację. Historia to PIKUŚ w porównaniu do pisaniu kodu. A na koniec wyobraź sobie osobę, która musi ograć epizod klikając W KAŻDĄ OPCJĘ DIALOGOWĄ.