World's Dawn comparison screenshots

The spring season of World's Dawn has been out for a little over a week, and it's currently sitting at 332 downloads. If you haven't given it a try yet, please do so and let me know what you think!

One big reason I'm so excited for people to get their hands on the season is because of how drastically the visuals have improved since the last playable demo. Everything—from the tileset to the character portraits to the user interface to the weather effects—has been completely overhauled to fit a more colorful and consistent theme.

Don't believe me?
Mouse over the old screenshots below to see how much cleaner the game looks today.

Quite a difference! Feel free to share your thoughts on the game's sleek new look.

The big explanation

Okay, here we go.

wayward prophet has been inactive for a long time, and there are many reasons for this. None of them are good enough, nor are they particularly interesting... As much as I would love to spend my entire waking life developing indie games like Prophecy and World's Dawn, 40-hour work weeks and the pressures of friends and family always seem to demand huge chunks of my time and energy.

My passion for game design, and specifically the RPG Maker community, remains as strong as ever, and perhaps because of this the last few years have been frustrating on a personal level. I know World's Dawn was being followed by a number of enthusiastic fans, and I need to apologize to each and every one of you for the long wait and lack of updates. I am so appreciative of the support the project received from day one, and can only hope all the people looking forward to my little farming sim haven't long since given up on the game ever being completed.

On that note, the spring season of World's Dawn is finally ready to play! Yes, after 4 years in development, the first chapter of the game is just days away from release. Look for more updates and the download link on the project website on April 12.

So, moving forward... I am still extremely excited about all the projects on my plate (which is a healthy handful) and getting them into the hands of people who want to play them. I am going to try to do better, both with the frequency of my updates and the accuracy of my promises, as well as try to scale back my larger projects so that actually completing them—despite a busy personal schedule—is a reasonable goal.

Thank you so much for your continued support and your patience as a friend/fan/interested party. You'll be hearing much more from me soon... 2014 is going to be a very big year for World's Dawn and wayward prophet!