Final Release Date Announcement (Patreon)

Hey there, buddies!  We're back with an important announcement regarding the game's release date, like we mentioned in the previous post! Unfortunately, due to Beta Testing taking longer than we anticipated, as well as setting up our website to ensure the game is available to sell, we will have to delay the game's release by two (2) weeks to allow these final tasks to be completed. 

We are well aware that we have constantly pushed the game release back, and we understand that it is incredibly disappointing to see the date move so frequently, but we believe this time will really be necessary to ensure that the game is at its highest quality when it goes into you, the player's, hands!  

Before anything else, we'd like to present a detailed timeline of all the milestones, changes and updates throughout the development of this project. We decided to be as transparent as possible to how things have gone through the two years so far, so please read the detailed timeline before we proceed to explain our schedule:

The development of this game was a huge learning process to the team. Starting off with just three team members in the beginning, our team has grown to have more than 10 people working together to make this game possible. We have encountered plenty of hurdles but have managed to get through all of them thanks to everyone's constant support.

Now that you have seen the timeline of the game, we'd like to discuss the parts mentioned in Octeber 2018 and November 2018 by laying out our schedule for you in detail, so that everyone may know exactly where we stand and what tasks are left to complete. We have organized these tasks into categories and want to show you all exactly what is left to do so that we can further explain this slight delay.

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PROGRAMMING

All story has been completely implemented into Camp Buddy. The game is completely playable at this point, with no crashes or errors. However, there are still currently assets to be created & finalized for implementation in-game being done by our programmers Jey and Corbs.

• Currently, the remaining art & voiced scenes have to be implemented into the game, which will be a very simple and fast process since all missing assets have been proxied. 
• The journal minigame has been totally implemented and tested for play in game.
• The foreplay minigame has been 50% implemented in the game and tested for bugs. The few remaining sprite costumes left to add into the minigame will bebeing animated as soon as the SX scene animations have been finalized. 
• Beta-Testing  for final grammar checks and voice/sound cues has been 50% completed by our beta-testers: Wade and MYM.
• The largest portion of remaining programming work lies in the facial cue testing where Mikkoukun and Zael will ensure that the characters are showing the proper emotions for each scene they are in. This process will be their main focus of the first week of the additional time we need in November.  

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ART

At the moment, Mikkoukun and Zael are pumping out artwork as fast as possible and have already finished all remaining sprite bodies, costumes and expressions. They have also finished a majority of the minor FX scenes, and are already working on all the CG's and SX scenes in game.

The remaining artwork for the game is estimated to be finished by October 28th, 2018, the original release date of Camp Buddy, and will be continued to be implemented into the game as they are completed.  

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VOICE ACTING

All voice actors have been issued their final job orders, including Sprite Scene Voice Cues to finish all of their remaining voice work! 

All job orders will be received by October 23rd, and all retakes will be corrected and implemented in the next 3 days afterwards. After this, our technical staff, PooDay and Mapotofu will choose from the various takes which voice cues are appropriate for the scene, and mark them for implementation in the game. This task is expected to be completed on October 27th, the day before our original release date.  

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ANIMATION

Lastly, as we mentioned before, all 21 Sex CG Base Animations for the Initial Release have been completed, and we are now letting our animators, Sorashu and Ziel, perform corrections and finalizations to fully render the CG sequences. They expect to finish implementing it fully into the game within the 1st Week of November.

As we also previously mentioned in the Major Update, the remaining 20 Animated CGs will be included once the FREE Taiga story route has been patched in-game.  

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FINAL RELEASE DATE

We would finished the main workload by our original date October 28th, but there's just still   remaining testing tasks, quality control, and website development. We are going to do our very best to ensure that the delay does not decrease anyone's interest in Camp Buddy, and as such plan to continue releasing promotional artwork and other fun snippets from the game to you, our fans, as we lead up to the release! 

The first of these teasers will come in the form of Camp Buddy's opening video, which will be released on October 28th, next week, the original release date of Camp Buddy! We can't wait to show this video to you, as it has come along quite well thanks to our animator, Howl and will serve as a great introduction into Camp Buddy before you all start playing! 

Stay tuned here on our Patreon for more teasers like it coming in the next few weeks!  We apologize again for this delay, Buddies! Although, we just want to ensure everyone that the only reason we're asking for this extra time is to ensure the quality for you all when you get to play it! We want you all to have the best experience possible here in Camp Buddy, and with that we have concluded that the final release date would be on:

-- NOVEMBER 11, 2018 --

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If you any of you may have any concerns or questions you still want addressed, please also make sure to visit our FAQ page in the link below: 

https://www.patreon.com/posts/19016502    

Please also feel free to send us a message here on the Patreon of at our e-mail: blitsblgames@gmail.com  

And once again, we'd like to thank each and every one of our patrons and supporters for your unwavering patience and dedication to our game. We want you all to know we've always appreciated the loved and support from you all want you to expect nothing but an amazing time once Camp Buddy is released!   

 -- With love, 

the BLits Team