[Status Report #5 + Preview #4] MBML Chapter 2 - Episode 2

Hey, everyone!

Alright, here we go! Final preview, and I'm throwing in a quick status report alongside it so you know where things stand.

📊 Progress & Current Numbers

Lines of code: 7632

Renders: 1172

Animations: 7

Music & SFX: 50

Final stretch, but don't let that fool you. This is where the heaviest lifting happens, and progress is going to feel it. There are a lot of animations packed into this part, including that one. You probably already know whose it is, given there's only one in this update. 😅 It's a big scene, and yeah, we're cooking up something a little spicy.

I've been itching to try new things for a while now, but there's only so much wiggle room these days, you know how it is. On top of the animations, this stretch also brings most of the cast into the same scene, which means a ton of setup before a single render even gets started.

I'm going to push hard to wrap everything up this month, but as always, I won't make promises I can't back up. If it spills over, you're looking at early to mid-June at the latest.

What I can say for certain, this episode will hit something. It hit me while writing it, hard enough that I had to step away from it more than once. Exhausting in the best way possible.

No hiccups in development so far, and I'm knocking on wood that it stays that way through the finish line.

That's all for this one. Next time you hear from me, it'll be the beta announcement and schedule.

Take care of yourselves, stay awesome, and have a great one. 🫡

— NiiChan