Hey guys! It’s been another long week, no days off. But fuck days off, we have a game to make.
I said last week I wanted to finish editing the Max date by Thursday. But it took more hours than I wanted. The new version of the Max date is now 85% done and I expect to be finished with it tomorrow or Wednesday.
Why the extra work?
Broadly speaking, for a scene in FA to work it needs to be either sexy (best case), exciting (second best) or at least short. The Max date scene was just coming out long.
I wanted to fix it. My first idea was ramping up the sexiness – but without context and build-up, it didn’t come out as sexy as I wanted, it just felt fake and meh. I don’t know how to explain it exactly – I guess like when you’re watching porn and the characters just start fucking for no believable reason? (This is why I often watch porn with the sound off, I have to invent my own stories 😬)
I made a bunch of changes to pacing, mood & vibe, and something subtle-but-important to the heroine’s characterisation, and all of a sudden the scene started taking on a life and character of its own. It just felt correct (and the hotness was coming from the characters themselves, not the scenario I was trying to impose).
But all this work took time. Like I said, I’m expecting to finish it inside the next 24-48 hours. Then I’ll move straight onto the sex scene.
Morale transparency
Sometimes I feel like the pressure is impossible. When a scene isn’t working, it takes time to fix it, so I throw myself into that. But I feel guilty for putting in the extra time. People tell me to just release it, like I’m deliberately holding a finished episode back or something. Really what I’m doing is working my ass off to get it ready for you guys.
Days off this week
Obviously I need to take at least Thursday off this week, just so I’m not the worst human in Christendom.
But I know everybody’s waiting for the next ep to drop, so I’m not planning to take days and days off. I’m gonna get an early night tonight, and do my best to get the date scene finished tomorrow.
Merry Christmas to everybody, guys! I love you all. 🦀❤️🔥🎄