Long Belated Update

Hello, everyone! Here’s an update, the following section written by the team’s composer, which has been announced on Discord. ~~~~~

Hey there, @everyone! So me and the team have said that we have a plan for ADiT going forward, but the thing is that we never actually told you The Plan (Trademark, patent pending). Bit overdue now, but here it is!

Going forward, we’re scaling back the sizes of our updates for each build. Instead of trying to get every character done for an area, we’re only laser-focusing on one character’s route per update. As for who we’re starting with, well, we’re somewhat going back to our routes and we’ll be releasing Snatcher first!

We’re still in early development for his route, but we know what it’s going to be and all that jazz

The reasoning is mostly due to the size of the team and the amount of work we can reasonably put into the game without it being too much. Especially art and writing wise. Also, applications will be open at some point soon, so if you were wanting to join the team as an artist or writer, be on the lookout for that! So, yeah! I hope y’all are doing well and have a great day! ~~~~

Given that many of us on the team have become very busy due to jobs, life, and health, we’ve relaxed the process for applying. We’re looking for artists and especially writers and programmers at the moment, and all you have to do is join the discord. You can DM me or a mod, or if you don’t want to or feel uncomfortable with that for any reason, you can also post in #application-zone to get feedback from the dev team as well as fellow fans, making for a more open and transparent process.

Depending on how quickly this progresses, our goal for the next playable build is for a full release of the Snatcher path- specifically, the neutral end path only. This is so we can test new features and systems we’ve implemented since the last build, and see what you all think of them!

Thank you all for waiting, - Mod Lethal

Happy New Year, and Development Announcements!

So, let’s get this out of the way. 2020 sucked. It was horrible. A lot of us just didn’t have the time, energy, or both, to work on A Date in Time. It’s unfortunate, but it happened. However, this does not mean ADIT is abandoned or is going to be in the near future.

It’s a new year, and this new year hasn’t started out the best, but we should still work hard to make it better than 2020. And that’s our plan! We just got too ambitious for how big we want the game to be, when we’re all amateurs with our own lives. 

So, with all that in mind, we’re changing our approach. Instead of working to make one big game with 6 routes, we’re going to develop ADIT 1/3rd at a time, by the area! The Mafia Town Routes (Mafia Boss and Cooking Cat), The Dead Bird Studio routes (Conductor and DJ Grooves), and The Subcon Forest Routes (Snatcher and Moonjumper).  This should be much easier for the team to accomplish with a narrower focus, and if push comes to shove and ADIT somehow does come to an end before the finished product is completed, you guys should hopefully end up with at least one full pair of routes. So, basically, this is an episodic format. First, you’ll get one pair of routes in a build in addition to the preview content. Then the second in the second release. And the third will (hopefully, if we don’t need to fix a ton of bugs...) be the final release!

Thank you for all of those still following this blog and watching for updates. We’ve been slow and I personally apologize for that.

-Mod Lethal

Snatcher:

>Doesn’t share the giant pillow pile in Hat Kid’s ship

>Forces you to do the laundry despite probably only having like one actual sock

>Slurmps souls like a kid addicted to Go-Gurt

>Is stinkey

Everyone: 

-Mod “Uncooked Noodle” Twi

[Sprite is done by one of our lovely artists, @snailpaint​, check them out!]

Oh yeah I’m a SIMP!

Smiling

In the direction of

a Male

Penguin

-Mod “Gay for Birds” Twi

(...psst psst.

You didn’t hear it from me but,

There are rumors going around that if you do good on your exams,

The datable cast will reward you with hug and kiss)

-Mod “Study Boy” Twi

What the datable characters want for Christmas (or whatever holiday they celebrate)

Cooking Cat: You

Mafia Boss: You(r money)

Snatcher: You(r soul)

Moonjumper: You(r attention)

DJ Grooves: You(r validation)

Conductor: Dead Bird Movie Award Number 45

-Mod “Mistletoe” Twi

Forced to go to an awkward Thanksgiving this year with the relatives? Worry not, Cooking Cat is here!

Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving or not, everyone has a place at Cooking Cat’s table for dinner this year. Nobody’s going hungry on this chef’s watch!

-Mod “Pass the Gravy Please!” Twi

[Sprite is made by one of our lovely artists @habijob​]

What people think the ADiT devs do: Spend lots of time and effort pouring their passion into the project via writing, art, music and coding What the ADiT devs actually do: create summoning circles and take part in rituals to call the almighty g̶h̸o̵s̶t̸ ̴n̶o̵o̶d̴l̷e̸ ̸i̸n̵t̴o̶ ̶o̷u̸r̷ ̴m̷o̴r̵t̶a̷l̷ ̵r̸e̴a̶l̶m̴ ̸a̷n̵d̴ ̶b̷l̸e̷s̶s̴ ̷u̴s̸ ̴ ẅ̷͕́̆͒͘i̶͙̱͇̦̎t̵͕̯̗͍̓̂̚h̵̡̲̬͐̈́̈͘ͅ ̶̩̒̾̑̌ȟ̷̡̹̹i̸͈̟̅̂͝s̷̯̠͚̖̽̅͛̚ ̷̨̻̖̆͒̊̇p̷̰̍́r̶̡̤̭͐͂̈͝e̵̛̦̼̝̓̑͌s̴̠̒̾̔e̸̼̱͎̤̔̆̕n̸̼̩̲̑͜c̸̨̭̲͗ě̶̫̖̯̐ ̴̼̣͖̟̽̈s̷̢͖͈̈́ͅo̷͈̖̐́̚ ̸̢͇̺͌̑t̴̛̼̎͒ĥ̶͔̖̘͍͛̈ã̴̡̨͕̫̈́͋͒t̷̤̹̖̾͜ ̴̺͌͌̊̽w̴̪̫̫̬͑̐̈́e̸̥̓̒͂ ̶̭͙̞̉̉͝m̵̥͎̙̹̋̐̈́͠a̸̹͇͕̓̊y̴͓̺̓̓̋ ̴̮́ḃ̸̧̖͎ͅẻ̶̛̦͕͝c̸̛̥̼̐̑̅o̸͙̹̥̾m̴̧̗̟̯̏ë̸̯̿̓ ̷̙̝̔͋̒͊o̷̺̜͐̈́̌͘n̷̖̓e̷̡̲̟̗̍͝ ̸̘̹͆̚ẅ̵͎̗̍i̷̼̗̬̹̓̈̆͝t̸̢͈̗̩̾h̵̩́̀̓̊t̵̨͉͔̱́h̷͔̖̮͔̖̉̚ë̵̡͈̭ ̷͎̰͆͊̿̀͠ṉ̵̛̛͋̂e̶̠̩̣̻̊́̃c̴̱̗̥̫̊͒k̷̡̝̖̜̍̈̏̑͘ ̷͈̈́͜f̸̤͐̀͛̂͘ĺ̵̤̳͚̐̌ő̷̪̜̻͍̯̋ǫ̸̤̗̓͘͠͠f̶̫̹̫̮̅ͅ

-Mod [̵̺̬͙̙̜̺̝̰́̋̔R̷̯̻͚̓̅͠Ȇ̴̹̘̦̳̲̥͉̺́̏͘Ḑ̴̢̳̭͍̩̲͌̽͑̊͜͝Ä̴̹̹̥̘̯̅C̶̠͎̰̱̐̾̓̒̽̌̏̃ͅT̶̟̓͘Ě̵͍D̸̖̤͖̖͍̩̹̑͂̂͝͝]̴̻̝̣͔̈́͝ͅ Twi

What do you guys think is gonna be in the final game? Wrong answers only.

-Mod “2 AM once again” Twi

Ya boi Twi is out here

Writing for A Date in Time at speed of sound at 1 AM on a school night

Your ghost/feline/man/avian/walrus romancing dreams are in good hands

-Mod “Sleep who??” Twi

Aw man, it’s been a bit huh? I’m kinda sad we have to keep all these secrets locked up.

If only there was a way for us to talk a bit more about what we have in store for the Alpha V.2 build before its release.

Haha, jk....

.....unless....?

-Mod “Scheming” Twi ;)