Hi everyone! Development for Part Two is officially underway. While we are still quite a long way from the full launch, I want to offer our most dedicated supporters a chance to get involved early and help fuel the project's long-term growth. For the next 30 days only , I am running a special Founder’s Pre-Order campaign over on Patreon. This is a one-time event and will be the ONLY pre-order w…
After almost three long years without updates, a vanishing developer, and plenty of uncertainty, I am thrilled to announce that This Time has a new update and it is LIVE right now! ⚠️ A Very Important Note Before You Play I want to be completely transparent with you all: This is not a massive content expansion. As the new developer, I only truly got the keys to the kingdom a few months ago. I h…
Hi again! Thanks for your patience as always! I’ve been working hard behind the scenes getting all my ducks in a row for the upcoming update. I’ve now officially incorporated a walkthrough into the new CHEATS functionality. I’m currently playing through the existing content (for the millionth time, it feels!) to add walkthrough hints to the menu choices and create entries for the new Codex syst…
Hi everyone, I’ve officially re-activated and dusted off the old Discord server ! I’ll be hanging out in there periodically to share random thoughts, early ideas, and behind-the-scenes screenshots during the development cycle. It’s also where I’ll be chatting whenever I get a bit bored between renders! Come hang out, see what I’m working on, and join the conversation. Join us here:
Hi everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful festive season! I’m keeping this post brief as I’m currently juggling several tasks simultaneously. I’ve decided to put my head down and focus on development so I can make some solid progress before giving you a more detailed rundown. However, I wanted to check in because I’ve just finished implementing a highly requested feature: Cheats! I know many…
Hi again, It’s been a busy and productive stretch. When Steam abruptly un-retired the game before I was ready, I threw myself into development to refocus and keep moving forward. The support from everyone during that time has been genuinely appreciated—thank you. Since then, I’ve been working on four big things … 1 - Writing, Reading and Tweaking to Chapter 2 As expected, Chapter 2 is in a much…
I awoke this morning to an email from the Steam support team to say they have now unretired the game...WHAT! I specifically asked for this to NOT be done yet...it's not ready! This undoes weeks of careful planning about how and when this will all happen and negates everything I have already said previously. What's worse, It can't be easily undone. Frustrated doesn't begin to describe how I'm fe…
Hi again, Work on the game has been progressing well, with Chapter 1 now officially signed and sealed . Two scenes in Chapter 1 have been completely re-rendered to bring them up to the same quality as the rest of the game. I’ve shared a sneak peek of these updated scenes on Patreon for anyone interested. I'm currently working on an additional scene being added to Chapter 2 in the form of a flas…
Hi, I know many of you have been eager for more details since my teaser post, so here’s something to quench your curiosity. I’ll continue sharing fresh info throughout the journey. Over the years, I’ve gone by many pseudonyms — most recently PleasureOnly . I’ve worked on numerous visual novels in just about every role you can think of: writing, rendering, programming—you name it. One of those p…
It is with a heavy heart that we must announce that this product will be withdrawn from Steam and no further updates will be published due to the failed health of the developer known as ApocalypseToday. Thank you for supporting this project.
This dev diary was originally posted exclusively to patreon subscribers on 30th May 2023 . Hi again! Midnight Arrow has been applying the final touches to the 2306 release including some audio improvements to the previous content. We will be compiling the final part tomorrow ready for the VIP and Patreon early access launch this coming Sunday (4th June). We will then launch to everybody else 18…
Version 2306 EARLY ACCESS is now available for VIP DLC holders and High Level Patreon subscribers! It will be available to everybody else on 18th June. Full release notes to follow but for now: - 3 new scenes - 7 new animations - 330 new renders Enjoy!
This dev diary was originally posted exclusively to patreon subscribers on 19th May 2023 . Hello! First of all, sorry that I didn't manage to get a dev diary out last week unfortunately I've been having a few health problems. I've still been working on the game, just not as intensely and I'm going to take a few days of R&R to try and get back to full strength. That won't get in the way of the n…
This dev diary was originally posted exclusively to patreon subscribers on 5th May 2023 . Hi! As always, work on This time has continued through the past week and steady progress is being made. I am still working on the renders for the present scene which will include some lewd content between our MC and Sarah. It's the first time in the game we are using the tracked 'relationship stats' to gat…
This dev diary was originally posted exclusively to patreon subscribers on 28th April 2023 . Hello again! I'm back from my work travels and have been working hard on the next release of This time for a few days now. I've uploaded a sneak peak image to patreon subscribers and will be uploading a few more in the next week or so to give you a glimpse of what's to come. As I mentioned in the last u…
This dev diary was originally posted exclusively to patreon subscribers on 31st March 2023 . Welcome back! Hopefully you have all had the chance to play the new release. Getting it done in time came right down to the wire. Both the writer and I had some personal things come up that got in the way but we managed to pull together to push over a mostly finished 2303 release. As you may have notice…
We have just pushed a bugfix build called 2303_b. Your steam client should automatically download this bugfix. · Finished audio in the final sections of 2303 release · Fixed an issue whereby dialogue assumed you had barged into Chelsea's apartment. · Fixed a few issues with the replay gallery. Replays should now unlock correctly. · Fixed a few other audio issues · Fixed a couple of incorrect im…
Version 2303 is out now! Important notes: · Don't forget, you will need to start a fresh save in this release. Your old saves will NOT work with this version. Fresh saves WILL continue working in upcoming releases. · This version is the new STARTING POINT of the game. We have not yet caught back up to the story point in the old version but there is lots of new content in-between old scenes. · W…
It's finally time! The latest release of THIS TIME is coming 27th March to all players. There will be no 2 week early access on this release for VIP DLC holders and Patreon Subscribers due to limitations delivering the massively overhauled content packs in the steam client. Early access will resume in the next release. Version 2303 - What to Expect? With a total of 2443 images and animations an…
This dev diary was originally posted exclusively to patreon subscribers on 11th March 2023 . Hello! Thanks for joining me again. If you haven't already, please check out the post I made lest week about the improvements to the release schedule. With that in mind, we have spent the past week desperately clawing together all of the material we have and filling in the blanks in order to create the…
This dev diary was originally posted exclusively to patreon subscribers on 3rd March 2023 . SPECIAL NOTE! This dev diary was written BEFORE the important announcement earlier in the week. Bear this in mind whilst reading the below. Hello once again! I'm back from a week of recharging my batteries and have pumped another solid week into the game. I've pushed another large chunk of renders howeve…
Hi! For the past few months I've been trying to come up with a way to make it easier for players to know when to expect new content and to increase the frequency at which content can be delivered. As a result, I've decided to make an important adjustment to the game release structure as follows: We are officially ditching the chaptered structure in favor of an ongoing bi-monthly (every 2 months…
This dev diary was originally posted exclusively to patreon subscribers on 17th February 2023 . Welcome back! Work on the Chapter 3 rewrite has been progressing nicely and another few late nights means we have put a big dent in the required work. This past 3 days alone I've queued 80 renders, some of which are pretty complicated too with cloth simulation. Almost all of my work this past week ha…
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