Short Answer- We couldn’t get the actual final quest of the Save the Elves plotline together in time and so we’re combining that and the v0.48 update into one single thing that will be the proper “SAVIOR” update, and have renamed v0.47 to “RETURN” because it involved returning to the Westcastle Manor in order to get an important magic item.
Long answer- COVID- and social isolation-related stressors finally got to the team, particularly but not limited to NoMoshing and Nekochan. While the final dungeon of the Save the Elves arc is making slow, creeping progress, it is nowhere near a ready state. It was a difficult decision for me (NoMoshing) to make, but the rest of the team convinced me that I’m not going to make something I’m going to feel HC fans deserve by cramming at the last minute. So, following this advice I’ve renamed the v0.47 and we’re going to be making the v0.48 update the proper “SAVIOR” update.
I am not happy about this. Not only is it a failure of management on my part, it also threatens to push our schedule back by at least a month. I’ll do my best to keep caught up on progress and not to let things slow us down, but I am very leery of falling into the attitude of “one more month won’t matter, it’s already been so long.” I want to deliver the completed main story next July, and tripping over the plan so soon is a real letdown. But, I have to be realistic about what I can accomplish in the short term.
Anyway, for now please try to enjoy what there is in the RETURN update, and thank you as always for your interest and support.