*Alternatively titled “When is Gooter coming to Newgrounds and itch.io?”*

Okay, so I know that a few of you (I may know who you are) have been waiting for this update for literal months and I just want to say that I am sorry for making you all wait for so long to even play the second world of my game. I know that you all understand that a lot of work had to be done and has to be done in order for the update to be as polished and fun as possible. I just want to say thank you for being patient.

Unfortunately, you may have to wait a little longer.

The update, believe it or not, still requires quite a bit of work before I can even consider it releasable. I still need to polish up what I have added so far and add the remaining assets, as well as making final tweaks and play-testing. I also need to write a new universal game description for all platforms, as well as finishing up the new game thumbnail. Oh yeah, and might wanna also work on the changelog as well. As you can see, there aren’t a lot of things on the list, but there is still much work to do.

Now here comes a big question: “When would all of this be done by?” I don’t know the exact answer, but I do know some things that may play a factor into when the update might come out.

First, I want to let everyone know that Gooter is currently in a sort of development hiatus right now. Grade 10 finals are coming up (yes, I am actually a high schooler) and there is also a bunch of homework and some studying that I need to do. I may not return to development until after the last day of school.

Second, I don’t work on the game all the time. Believe it or not, I have to make sure that I am working on the game when I feel most comfortable and ready to do so. While there may be days where I work for multiple days in a row, there are also days in a row where I don’t work on the game. The reason why my mental health is pretty stable is because I take short long breaks, so this is pretty important.

Third, I have to go on vacation throughout last week of July, so there can’t be any development/preparation time during this period.

Lastly, obviously I have a lot of work to do, we went over this already.

So, when you add all of these up, what is the answer to this question about a release date? The answer might just be “Before the end of summer vacation (for me personally), starting with Mid-July.”

Now, you might be expecting some trailer for this update like I did with 0.13 and 0.14, however I might not actually do that. There is already a lot of things that I have to do in order to release this update, and having to make a trailer will just add one extra thing to that list. Instead, what I might do is release the update without the trailer and do a trailer later.

You might also be asking how I will release the update (That means when certain versions will be available and how I tell people about it releasing). I believe I may have an answer to that. As of right now, the plan is for Gooter 0.15.0 to be a timed Newgrounds exclusive when it first launches. No, this doesn’t mean that some Newgrounds character or reference is gonna show up in the game or something like that. There are multiple reasons for this.

One, I want to release each version one by one instead of at the same time like I would before. The game will be on three platforms when 0.15.0 releases fully: Game Jolt, itch.io, and Newgrounds. The plan is for the game to release on Newgrounds first, then itch, then finally Game Jolt. Of course, there may be other platforms of future interest, such as Crazy Games and Kongregate, however the former three will be the platforms where Gooter 0.15 is hosted.

And two, I generally want to start taking Newgrounds more seriously. I may talk about that in the future, but for right now that’s really all I have to say about that.

If you’re worried about the timed exclusivity of Gooter 0.15 on Newgrounds to last as long as a certain other video game’s anticipated update, don’t worry. The timed exclusivity is planned to be only around a few days/a couple of weeks if nothing goes wrong and I don’t forget about the update. ;)

The itch.io release will also be a special occasion because it will be the first time Gooter has appeared on the platform since I removed it a long time ago. The game’s page will have a cool redesign that fits nicely with the branding of the game, and it will be so cool. It will also be the first platform where you’ll be able to download Gooter 0.15.0, so there’s that as well.

oh yeah and game jolt version is also a thing that’s gonna happen or whatever lol

Alright, I think I covered everything I wanted to cover. I don’t really have an epic conclusion, so have this picture from my camera roll instead:

i think ritz would approve of this picture

Anyways, I hope my post answered some questions about my plans regarding Gooter. Bye!