Version 3.0 update delay and why

It's been quite a while since I made one of these posts, and there's a reason why. I usually just don't have enough to talk about, but this time, I have a lot to talk about. So let's dive in.

Ok but real quick, I just want to mention that I'm not messing with save compatibility, since a lot of people are worried about that all of a sudden. Your saves are fine.

A look at the past I first want to take everyone down memory lane to version 1.1 (January 2022), and if you weren't around during that time, I'll just explain. Back then the game had only around 2,000 downloads and about 300-400 members in the discord server. This was before I had any expectations of the game getting big before it's completion and even aimed to complete it in only a few years.

Around the beginning of February that year, I started to gain a large amount of publicity from youtubers playing Vanguard. While I was excited, I was also panicking. I feared that I would lose player attention quickly due to the lack of content the game had to offer at the time (9 chapters, lvl 25 cap). So I scrambled together an update in about a month and a half. Three short chapters, some new regionals, and very few past content updates. Four months later, came another update: Three short chapters, some new regionals, and very few past content updates. September? Two short chapters, some new regionals, and very few past content updates. November? Two short chapters, some new regionals, and very few past content updates.

Do you see where I'm going with this? Other than the regional variants and fakemon, each update doesn't bring much, and the only trade off is how quickly they come out. I never gave myself time to fix dialogue. I never gave myself time to revamp early parts I was unhappy with. I never gave myself time to fix outdated content. So now, I'm done with this old method. The delay Now to address the elephant in the room, the delay. Vanguard is getting increasingly more popular every day. Having more than doubled the discord server size in the past 3 months, I realized something. I don't want this to be a slightly above average game that people play once and forget about. I don't want this to be a game where people have to force themselves to enjoy certain parts to get to the actual good content. I want this game to be special. So yes, I'm delaying the update. I originally planned to be done around the end of the year, but that would only be new content. I'm going to go back through the first 21 chapters and make a lot of updates, because I'm personally not happy with a lot of it. Over the next few months I'll be keeping you all updated on how each chapter will change. This is for the better. I promise.