Roadmap

(set:$humanity to false) Hey, (live: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[this is going to take a while...](stop:)] (live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Maybe listen to some music?](stop:)] (live: 3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(I can wait,](stop:)] (live: 3.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[go put some music on)](stop:)] (live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(link:"(I'll just leave this here)")[(open-url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMIQHljsLLU&list=PLiMjuaEiw-47XPs7uYMK15fA89GOE7ed-")] ](stop:)] (live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Let me know when you're ready.](stop:)] (live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> I'm ready->Ready!]] ](stop:)] (live: 14s)[(transition: "dissolve")[By the way, if you refresh this page, you will lose your progress, so please don't.](stop:)] (live: 25s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Although I'm pretty sure that by simply saying "it's going to take a while" 80% of you have already left.](stop:)] (live: 25.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[So why am I even typing this?](stop:)]

Lying to spare my feelings. I appreciate it. (live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Lying is nice sometimes...](stop:)] (live: 5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Other times it's cruel...](stop:)] (live: 11s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Were you being nice or cruel just now?](stop:)] (live: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> You were talking about a roadmap...->You said something about a roadmap...]] ](stop:)] (live: 13s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[> I was being cruel->Cruel]]](stop:)] (live: 14s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[> I was being nice->Nice]]](stop:)]

Yes, regret writing a blog post. (live: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[And promising dates.](stop:)] (live: 3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[My loophole is this isn't a blog post, not really. It's a Twine! I've hacked the system! Maybe this way I can dodge the consequences!](stop:)] (live: 10s)[(transition: "dissolve")[But maybe you're right, maybe I don't need regret. Do you want it?](stop:)] (live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> About that roadmap...->You said something about a roadmap...]] ](stop:)](live: 11s)[(transition: "dissolve")[{ [[> I'll take your regret.->take regret]] }](stop:)]

I talked about being brutally honest, so it's only fair you're being honest with me too. (live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[It's not always a good idea though.](stop:)] (live: 3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[I mean...](stop:)] (live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Sometimes it makes you an inconsiderate asshole.](stop:)] (live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Especially if you expect everyone around you to have a thicker skin than you do.](stop:)] (live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[And you do do that, don't you?](stop:)] (live: 9s)[(transition: "dissolve")[...](stop:)] (live: 10s)[(transition: "dissolve")[I'm getting sidetracked... ](stop:)](live: 12.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Where was I?](stop:)] (live: 13.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> You said something about a roadmap...->You said something about a roadmap...]]](stop:)] (live: 15.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[You see a piece of honesty, take it?](stop:)] (live: 16s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> Take the piece of honesty->honesty]] ](stop:)]

Right... (live: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[In 10 days or so from [[now]], we are going to update Lost Echo. Only for iOS for the time being.](stop:)] (live: 3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[10 days in an estimate. Let's say early January just to be safer :) There is one major bug we still need to fix (and a bunch of minor ones) and a bunch more testing.](stop:)] (live: 5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[And we need to grab new screenshots for the stores (which take more time than you think), but I think this is all doable in 10 days.](stop:)] (live: 9s)[(transition: "dissolve")[We also need a new video for the app store as well... That will take some time, but maybe we can do that (if:$later is true)[later](else:)[[[later->later]]].](stop:)] (live: 11s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> Tell me more about this "Update" you speak of!->Tell me more]] [[> But what about Resonance?->What about Resonance]]](stop:)]

The update is more or less a remaster of Lost Echo and it has a TON of minor and major improvements/fixes. (live: 3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[We've been meaning to update all versions simultaneously, but that's frankly too stressful, so we're going to stagger the releases.](stop:)] (live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[So iOS first.](stop:)] (live: 7s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Then Android, probably mid to end of January. (it could be sooner actually if Google wasn't being an idiot)](stop:)] (live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(then we'll look into Windows Phone, but... It seems like older Windows Phone devices are unsupported by Unity these days... Not sure about newer ones... We'll have a look)](stop:)] (live: 12s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Then...](stop:)] (live: 14s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Apple TV!](stop:)] (live: 15s)[(transition: "dissolve")[I know a couple of you have been looking forward to this.](stop:)] (live: 16s)[(transition: "dissolve")[We also have some bad news.](stop:)] (live: 17s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> Apple TV? I HAVE ONE OF THOSE!->Apple TV?! Tell me more!]] [[> Bad news?->Bad news?]] [[> Yeah, but what about Resonance?->What about Resonance]] ](stop:)]

I don't have too much to say unfortunately. (live: 1.1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[We are working on it.](stop:)] (live: 1.3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Still.](stop:)] (live: 1.4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[We haven't given up.](stop:)] (live: 1.6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[We're still going.](stop:)] (live: 1.8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[My hair is falling, but we're still going](stop:)] (live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Please be patient.](stop:)] (live: 2.2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[It will come.](stop:)] (live: 2.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[It's going to be great.](stop:)] (live: 2.9s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Or... Good, at least good.](stop:)] (live: 3.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[It's going to have a great soundtrack.](stop:)] (live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[I'm not going to write all of it](stop:)] (live: 7.8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[I can't write music [[any more]]](stop:)] (live: 4.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Someone else will...](stop:)] (live: 5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Maybe you've heard some of his stuff already?](stop:)] (live: 4.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[So that's going to be great](stop:)] (live: 6.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[I mean I [[hope]] it's going to be great](stop:)] (live: 7s)[(transition: "dissolve")[If it's not, you would have to be insane to waste almost a (if:$loss is true)[decade] \(else:)[[[decade->decade]]]\ of your life on something that isn't great.](stop:)] (live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Right?](stop:)] (live: 9.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Right?](stop:)] (live: 11s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> Right.->What?]] ](stop:)]

We'll release the game for Apple TV. I know a few of you have been waiting for it. If everything goes as planned, it will release sometime in late January (maybe early February). Also, there are some bad news... [[> Bad news?->Bad news?]] [[> But what about Resonance?->What about Resonance]]

This is a roadmap for all things (live: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(text-style: "outline")[Lost (colour:red)[Echo]]](stop:)] (live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Considering our track record with deadlines, a roadmap sounds like a (text-style:"blur")[terrible] idea.](stop:)] (live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[But I'm supposed to be all about brutal honesty lately.](stop:)] (live: 5.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[I...](stop:)] (live: 7s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(text-style: "shudder")[I'm going to regret this, aren't I?]](stop:)] (live: 8.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> Yes, you will->Yes, you will]] [[> No, you won't->No, you won't]] [[> Regret what? Writing a blog post?->Regret what? Writing a blog post?]] ](stop:)]

It's now (text-style:"outline")[LATER]. [[Even later]]

(transition: "shudder")[Even later] It's even later now. [[> Even later->More later]]

It's even later now. (set:$later to true) (live: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[What were you expecting to find here?](stop:)] (live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Something new?](stop:)] (live: 3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[There's not going to be anything new if you just wait.](stop:)] (live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[There's not going to be anything new even if you don't wait.](stop:)] (live: 7s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Nothing is going to change, you hear me? Nothing.](stop:)] (live: 11s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> What are you saying?->> What are you doing?]] ](stop:)]

The bad news are... (live: 3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[...](stop:)] (live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[We are going to raise the price of Lost Echo by 1$ when the update comes out.](stop:)] (live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[I mean, it's the same game with some more years of polish done to it, we feel like an extra dollar is not too much to ask.](stop:)] (live: 10s)[(transition: "dissolve")[We are going to raise the price by another dollar when Resonance comes out (or at least that's the plan right now).](stop:)] (live: 12s)[(transition: "dissolve")[We feel it's fair for everyone this way. People who already bought the game don't have to pay any extra, that's a thank you for supporting us, and everyone else pays a little more for a significantly improved game.](stop:)] [[> Resonance? ->What about Resonance]]

Once, I asked someone how he was doing. He seemed to be doing fine. As soon as I asked, his eyes suddenly started carrying the weight of 10 years of loss. (live: 3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> Take the loss->Take loss]] [[> Leave the loss->Leave loss]] ](stop:)]

If I write the right words will things change for the better? If I move my fingers in the right way... [[> If I give the right answer...->Answer]] [[> If I give the wrong answer...->Answer]]

There are no right or wrong answers... [[> I'm sorry, what were we talking about?]]

Big update, Lost Echo, coming soon. Resonance coming later. Sometime in 2019 is the plan. We still have things to do. Hope all this effort will be worth it. Maybe with the update it will [[review]] better. ... [[> What is it?->> Thanks]]

If you take a closer look into the reviews of games... [[> Uhhh, I don't like where this is going]]

Now being 25th of December 2018. (live: 3.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Tis the season to be [[bitter]] ](stop:)] (live: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> Cool, gotcha->You said something about a roadmap...]] ](stop:)]

(if:$loss is true or $trust is true or $honesty is true or $cruelty is true or $deception is true or $loss is true or $regret is true or $pettiness is true or $bitterness is true or $futility is true or $hope is true or $immaturity is true or $insecurity is true)[{(set:$comma to "")(live:5.63s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(colour: "#999999")[You have (if:$loss is true)[loss(set:$comma to ",")](if:$honesty is true)[$comma honesty(set:$comma to ",")](if:$regret is true)[$comma regret(set:$comma to ",")](if:$insecurity is true)[$comma insecurity(set:$comma to ",")](if:$hope is true)[$comma hope(set:$comma to ",")](if:$bitterness is true)[$comma bitterness(set:$comma to ",")](if:$trust is true)[$comma trust(set:$comma to ",")](if:$cruelty is true)[$comma cruelty(set:$comma to ",")](if:$immaturity is true)[$comma immaturity(set:$comma to ",")](if:$timetravel is true)[$comma [[time travel powers]](set:$comma to ",")](if:$futility is true)[$comma futility(set:$comma to ",")](if:$pettiness is true)[$comma pettiness(set:$comma to ",")](if:$deception is true)[$comma deception](if:$humanity is false)[ but still no humanity. (if:$backtravel is > 0)[And you're still missing (colour: "#FF0000")[$missing].]]]](stop:)]} ]{(live:5.6s)[(if:$backtravel is > 0)[ (set:$missing to 14) (if:$loss is true)[(set:$missing to $missing - 1)] (if:$honesty is true)[(set:$missing to $missing - 1)] (if:$regret is true)[(set:$missing to $missing - 1)] (if:$insecurity is true)[(set:$missing to $missing - 1)] (if:$hope is true)[(set:$missing to $missing - 1)] (if:$bitterness is true)[(set:$missing to $missing - 1)] (if:$trust is true)[(set:$missing to $missing - 1)] (if:$cruelty is true)[(set:$missing to $missing - 1)] (if:$immaturity is true)[(set:$missing to $missing - 1)] (if:$timetravel is true)[(set:$missing to $missing - 1)] (if:$futility is true)[(set:$missing to $missing - 1)] (if:$pettiness is true)[(set:$missing to $missing - 1)] (if:$deception is true)[(set:$missing to $missing - 1)] (if:$humanity is false)[(set:$missing to $missing - 1)]]]}

(set:$loss to true)You've taken the loss... [[> Okay...? Can we can talk about Resonance now?->What about Resonance]]

Who needs loss anyway. [[> Maybe we can talk about Resonance now?->What about Resonance]]

Cruel and honest, great combo. Are you a pragmatist as well? (set:$cruelty to true) (set:$honesty to true) [[> But what about the roadmap?->You said something about a roadmap...]]

Right... (set:$deception to true) [[> But what about the roadmap?->You said something about a roadmap...]]

(set:$honesty to true) You take a piece of honesty and wear it on your sleeve. After all, what's the point of being honest if you don't advertise it to the world? (set:$immaturity to true) [[> But what about the roadmap?->You said something about a roadmap...]]

(set:$regret to true) Take it. I hope it's not too much for you. (live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(it's definitely too much for me)](stop:)] (live: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> About that roadmap...->You said something about a roadmap...]] ](stop:)]

There is no real direction here, neither lines of power nor cooperation. Decisions are never really made - at best they manage to emerge, from a chaos of peeves, whims, hallucinations and all around assholery. (live: 3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[I guess what I want to say is...](stop:)] (live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Congrats, you found my futility.](stop:)] (live: 5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> Please, let's go back...->You said something about a roadmap...]]](stop:)] (set:$futility to true)

I mean it reviewed fine, we're happy. It's our first game and like it's not like it doesn't have faults. I guess we were kind of hoping its strong points would outweigh its weak ones. I mean, as I said, it's fine, we're happy. But... [[> But?->> Yeah?]]

Nevermind... I thought I had something to say, but I don't. [[> It happens, I guess]]

... (live: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Yeah...](stop:)] (live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Whatever...](stop:)] (live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Just take it...](stop:)] (live: 5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Take my pettiness, it's yours now.](stop:)] (click-replace: "pettiness")[fury] (set:$pettiness to true) (live: 6.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> Thanks]] ](stop:)]

(transition: "shudder")[Even later] It's even later now and nothing has changed. [[> Even later->Even more0 later]]

Everything will be fine. You just need to [[trust]] me.

Trust is something earned, not given. (live: 3.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[But I don't have time for that. So here, just take it.](stop:)] (set:$trust to true) (live: 4.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> Cheers]] ](stop:)]

And now that you have my trust, here is a final gift. (set:$timetravel to true)

You found my bitterness! Congrats! [[> Uhhh, thanks?->You said something about a roadmap...]] (set:$bitterness to true)

(if:$loss is true and $trust is true and $honesty is true and $cruelty is true and $deception is true and $loss is true and $regret is true and $pettiness is true and $bitterness is true and $futility is true and $hope is true and $immaturity is true and $insecurity is true)[ (live: 15s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ (colour: "#999999")[You have [[everything]], but still no humanity]](stop:)] ]

(set:$humanity to false) Hey, (live: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[this is going to take a while...](stop:)] (live: 2.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[You now have everything](stop:)] (live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(but even still,](stop:)] (live: 5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[no humanity)](stop:)] (live: 7s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(link:"(I'll just leave this here, play this one now)")[(open-url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvc9ifNSsqs")] ](stop:)] (live: 9s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Maybe it will help.](stop:)] (live: 11s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Let me know when you figure it out.](stop:)] (live: 13s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ [[> I figured it out, I'm ready->Secret Ending]] ](stop:)]

Woah! You can time travel! You can go all the way back! You can fix everything! (set:$backtravel to $backtravel + 1) [[Let's go back!->Intro]]

You've reached the ending! (transition: "shudder")[Hurray!] (live: 3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[This has been more about being interesting than being informative. Hopefully you enjoyed that.](stop:)] <img width="100%" src="reso_screen.jpg" /> (live: 5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Unfortunately we don't do a giveaway any more, maybe we will in the next blogpost/twine :)](stop:)] (live: 7s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Until the next time!](stop:)]

Hey, you found my hope. Do you want it? It means I won't have hope any more. But maybe that's okay. [[> Take hope->Take hope]] [[> Don't take hope->What about Resonance]]

(set:$hope to true) How did that saying go? (live: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")["In a moment of hopeless abandon, you are lifted"](stop:)] (live: 2.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Here's my hope, it's yours.](stop:)] (live: 3.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[> Thanks!->What about Resonance]]](stop:)]

Hey, you found my insecurity. Good job. Now take it away from me, so I can be free! (set:$insecurity to true) [[Sure thing!->What about Resonance]]

(transition: "shudder")[Even later] It's even later now and nothing has changed. [[> Even later->Even more1 later]]

(transition: "shudder")[Even later] It's even later now and nothing has changed. [[> Even later->Even more2 later]]

(transition: "shudder")[Even later] It's even later now and nothing has changed. [[> Even later->Even more3 later]]

(transition: "shudder")[Even later] It's even later now and nothing has changed. [[> Even later->Even more4 later]]

(transition: "shudder")[Even later] It's even later now and nothing has changed. [[> Even later->Even more5 later]]

(transition: "shudder")[Even later] It's even later now and nothing has changed. [[> Even later->Even more later]]