Ah, yes. The anniversary of this finished product was a few weeks ago.
I enjoyed making this patch every step of the way (mostly), but I will never take part in an almost-solo project like this ever again, at least not by myself.
While I love the heck out of Umineko and my UmiTweak team, this was one of the most daunting tasks I’d ever faced. This huge patch was worked on from about February 2012 to June 2013, I believe. Even so, it’s not perfect, and I know that very well, but it warms my heart to know a lot of people used it and loved it regardless. It was certainly a much, much bigger project for us than the first game. The reason it took so long to finish was because we had a very different goal than we did with the first game. So much more work and effort was put into this, I know I spent well… over 1000 hours on this, no doubt. That could be an understatement, even. It was almost a daily thing. It took up so much time and was exhausting but at the same time I loved seeing the progress of my labor and knowing others were waiting to see this pushed me further.
I also apologize for delaying it so many times. It was a lot of work for a single person and I don’t think many people realize this. That’s all in the past now, so it no longer matters to me. I just wanted to say thanks for all the kind words from the followers.
I also want to say thanks to team UmiTweak. While a huge part of the patch was done alone by me, I wouldn’t have made it if not from the help of our team members, from the professionally seasoned programmers and to the hardworking and persistent Levani, who did all the voiced line placements on his own. That itself was something that even to this day I’m shocked he had the patience to do.
I know I haven’t said a word really since UmiTweak Chiru was finished but I will formally say that I hereby resign from UmiTweak as the supervisor. Since I joined in 2011, I always played a big part of the team because I was so familiar with software and graphic design, and then I took an even bigger role for Chiru. We pretty much set out what we wanted to do, and there really isn’t much left. With the ending of the manga only maybe months away, the Umineko series is finally coming to a close. Honestly, the horrlble anime was the only reason I got into the series. I did go back and read the VN, obviously, and I can easily say Umineko is by far my favorite series of all time, and I’m going to miss the yearly installments (both the fan theories, speculating, and, for me personally, the new music).
Thank you, everyone. Thank you, ryukishi07. Thank you, 07th Expansion. I look forward to the next WTC series and hope I can find as much joy that I found from Umineko.
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