Hello everyone!
Some bad news this time. The special Christmas episode won’t be ready for Christmas. A bunch of things piled up: worsening power situation, me underestimating the workload and time needed, holiday closeness and family time, plus my perfectionism with art and experiments that took extra time for tinkering and testing.
When will it be ready? Honestly, I don’t know. No point rushing now as well as abandoning it, so I’ll work on it comfortably alongside Chapter 7. Looks like some of you will get to celebrate Christmas twice this winter :)
Otherwise, progress is steady as usual. When power’s on, I’m all in on art. When it’s out, I switch to adapting scripts for translations or writing dialogues and prepping code for upcoming scenes. Recently I worked on a few new environments for Chapter 7 scene and a big location for the Christmas episode’s main event. I’ll probably use that location for this month’s wallpapers and special renders too. Speaking of:
Wallpapers pool results:
Octavia - 17 votes
Cathy - 16 votes
Daisy - 15 votes
Chloe - 14 votes
Riley - 12 votes
Ellie - 6 votes
Liu - 6 votes
Olga - 2 votes
Octavia and Cathy won!
Special renders pool results:
Daisy - 7 votes
Chloe - 7 votes
Cathy - 5 votes
Ellie - 4 votes
Riley - 4 votes
Liu - 1 vote
Olga - 0 votes
I planned one winner for specials, but Chloe and Daisy tied, so I decided it will be both! It’ll be even hotter (special renders are usually NSFW, and Chloe + Daisy is a fun duo :))
I’ll try to work on them tomorrow or the day after and post all of them on Christmas. Fingers crossed I hit the deadline this time :D If not, sorry in advance...
After that, I’ll take a short holiday break. Whole family’s together, which hasn’t happened much the last several years because of everything going on. But starting next week, I'll be back at work full time.
That’s it for now. As always, thank you for your understanding and support.
Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating! I hope you all have a wonderful time with your friends and family!