Man, there’s no better feeling than being locked in.
Last week was solid. I finally moved on to the next day of the update, and getting to work with a bunch of characters I hadn’t touched in a few weeks (or what felt like years) was genuinely nice.
Day 1 is done, and it’s a big baby: 1,341 renders and 69 animations (not even on purpose). Content-wise, that’s bigger than Episode 1 of The Entrepreneur… and I did that in 9 weeks lol. And I gotta say, this last LEWD scene holds its own against the other two, easy. I haven’t rendered the animations yet, but I’m feeling pretty confident they’re gonna look good.
Moving on to Day 2, I designed two of Fang’s friends (2 down, 6 to go) for this big halloween party scene. This day is also shaping up to be massive, but I’ve tackled a good chunk of it already.
Here are the numbers right now:
Static renders: 1,509
Animations: 71
Story content: 27 scenes written (23,605 words)
That’s +205 renders since last week, and +4 animations. I also experimented with a bunch of short 0.5-2 second animations stitched together like a montage, and it turned into an 18 second animation that looks surprisingly nice. I’ll still count it as one animation, of course, but I knocked it out in about 8 hours, and I’m honestly really happy with how it turned out. Kinda sucks it’s only visible on the altruistic/neutral path, but hey… that’s branching for you.
In other news: I’m taking Friday off to swap computer parts and build the new desk setup I ordered. So I probably won’t hit another 200-render week, but I’ll do my best.
Work is still going strong. I’m pushing for the next milestone (2k renders) as fast as I can, and I’m really looking forward to delivering this episode.
Alright, back to work. Catch you next week. Have a great one,
MisterMaya