by JFR » Mon, 16Aug29 03:59
A death in the immediate family and the resulting responsibilities put the project on an unexpected complete stop for a time. There is a current discussion on the board in which Wolfscadowe made a proposal this week to substitute some already completed work instead of the planned next episode in order to get something out this month but the recommendations of the members who participated in the discussion have been more in favor of just completing and releasing the next episode as planned, even if it means another delay. Wolfschadowe has not made a decision yet regarding which way to go. I expect we'll hear from him on that soon. He will either release a substitute episode right away or the planned episode near the end of September. Have to wait and see which.
For the record, Wolf warned that the next episode could be expected to take up to 6 months for each new character "inclusion" back when the last episode was released. The patrons voted overwhelmingly to include all 3 pending new characters in the next episode in order to get it all over with in one long process, letting him get back to the quarterly releases he originally projected. That should have meant an 18 month delay for 3 inclusions or 12 months for 2. Instead, they are doing it in about 9 months, which is not too bad, considering.