The Hayseed Knight
Proudly in Season of Pride 2022!
I don't have much to update you on this time (haven't heard of any new bugs lately, thankfully!)
Development of chapter 4 continues at a steady rhythm (steady as in, I'm currently a bit blocked on how to move forward even though like 70% of the writing is done), and I hope to have the Spanish translation of chapter 3 ready by the end of summer.
I just wanted a moment of your time to let you know THK is part of Season of Pride 2022! Hope you'll find a lot of new awesome games by queer developers, and that you enjoy the new header I'm trying out for the season!
It'll hopefully give everyone a much better idea of what THK is all about. To me, anyway! I'd love to hear your thoughts on this new artwork.
I'll also use the chance to remind you all that if you liked the game, a Steam review helps a ton! And if you want to hang out with me and a bunch of awesome people that enjoyed the game as well to talk about art, games, cooking and all sorts of stuff, you can join THK's discord server through THK's launcher!
Have an absolutely wonderful day! See you soon!
Patch 1.6.0.2 but more importantly: STEAM TRADING CARDS
Hey everyone!
Hope you're all having fun with the Summer Sales! I actually posted a bit about this yesterday, but I'm not 100% sure how Steam announcements work so I wanted to have a dedicated announcement to the current patch...
AND the fact that Steam Cards have arrived!
Of course Sep is the rarest card and everyone is fighting for her.
Of course.
...Meanwhile I'm here stuck with 3 Aders. Thanks RNG.
So other than that, if you've noticed the recent update it's because 1.6.0.2 brings a couple bug fixes!
- Fixed a Diary bug where skipping from a specific child Sep memory to an adult Sep memory where she's drinking caused a game crash. This was a little too on the nose for my taste.
- Followed said bug to a small rabbit hole of potential bugs and shoveled it shut.
- Removed a hat from a scene where Sep wasn't supposed to be wearing a hat. She knows she's not supposed to do this. It goes against her contract.
- Added a rope to the scene that needed a rope. If you know, you know.
Okay, now there's the totally not duplicated announcement! Have a wonderful weekend, y'all!
See you soon!
Summer Sales!
It's hot, is what it is where I live.
As you may or may not know, The Hayseed Knight was already discounted at 20% off for LudoNarraCon, so I normally wouldn't put two discounts together quite so soon... but given I was super sick and couldn't make it in time to have 1.6 ready for LNC, I thought! HEY! WHAT THE HECK!
So here! Discounts! Discounts for you! Cut me and I won't bleed!
(To be fair, I'm from Alicante, so you're just going to get horchata at this point.)
And not only that! Steam Trading Cards are just around the corner as well!
...In fact they've been ready since December, I just didn't have any good chance to release them :,>
Thing is though due to a little review delay they won't be ready today so... HOPEFULLY TOMORROW! But very soon, NO MATTER WHAT!
Other than that, 1.6.0.2 brings a couple bug fixes as well!
- Fixed a Diary bug where skipping from a specific child Sep memory to an adult Sep memory where she's drinking caused a game crash. This was a little too on the nose for my taste.
- Followed said bug to a small rabbit hole of potential bugs and shoveled it shut.
- Removed a hat from a scene where Sep wasn't supposed to be wearing a hat. She knows she's not supposed to do this. It goes against her contract.
- Added a rope to the scene that needed a rope. If you know, you know.
Annnnnd that should be all, I think! I hope you all have a lovely season no matter what it is!
See you soon!
Patch v1.6.0.1: FIXING ACTUAL MAJOR STUFF
- Fixed a game-crashing bug that occurred exclusively in the Diary in chapter 3 when going from teen Sep memories to adult Sep memories (because you're not supposed to do a character makeover 4 hours before a major release)
Hopefully that'll be all! Please, update the game to the latest version, and do let me know if you find anything else!
Have a wonderful weekend!
v1.6 Day 1 Patch (not even an actual patch)
It should be fixed now with the update, but if it doesn't immediately work, please, restart steam and try again!
Thank you for your patience!!
ようこそ to The Hayseed Knight 1.6!
It's been a long time of radio silence (longer yet if you don't follow me on twitter or patreon), trying to find time to work little by little on a million different bits and pieces - all while fighting my failing health.
This update is the product of a year and a half of work, and it is a TON! The game has never looked or sounded as amazing as it does now.
1.6 is a huge update that brings:
- New designs for every other character, and makeovers for the rest! I wanted their sprites to shine. No more crusty old raggy "Merchant" - it's Mr. Pertok, now!
- Updated CGs to reflect the changes!
- 100% revamped GUI! And if you preferred the slightly clunky, more legible version, you can go back to it in the Accessibility Menu!
- New original music tracks, courtesy of Emilio Villalba - a historic musician!
- All new encyclopaedia entries! No more asking me who's Djao, YOU CAN JUST GO READ THAT NOW!
- SFX. That's it. Things make noise now.
- An all new Japanese translation for Chapters 1 and 2, courtesy of Shion Otsuka!
- Content Warnings for the game at large and the diary, specifically!
- More quality of life improvements I'm forgetting!
- Rewritten stuff here and there!
- God that's a lot
To sum it up: v 1.6 will lay the groundwork for chapter 4, hopefully arriving in December 2022!
(At the time of writing, that's six months of extreme hopefulness. For reference, I had to delay this update two weeks because I got kidney stones right as I was about to release :] )
I hope you're all as excited about what's next in store for Ader, Sep, Eina and the crew as I am! I'll continue bringing you my A game every time to give you the best story I can.
I hope you have a wonderful day! See you soon!