Hi all,So, I have taken onboard some feedback after the last development blog that I put out about frequency of development updates and whether they should be public or not. I have decided that going forward, every month (towards the end of the month) I will put out my usual more detailed development blog including the chapter preview that comes with each, and this will more often than not be only available to paid members.
In addition to this, however, I will start to release a "mini update" that will be available to all free members too. This will usually come towards the middle of the month.
This mini update usually won't go into too much detail as I worry that I'm just going to keep regurgitating the same information if I do detailed blogs too frequently. They will instead just cover minor updates like current render count, and what tasks I still have to complete before the next release is ready to go. They may provide a bit more detail about development should I deem it necessary.
So here goes...
Chapter 10 Progress
Currently posing the last few renders of the final "big scene" of the chapter. I anticipate roughly another 15 renders of this scene left. After this, there is two very short scenes to close the chapter off, of which I expect there to be no more than 20 renders between the two. So, VERY close to finishing the posing at least.Current render count: 2258Tasks remaining:
Post-work: All of it. I haven't started any yet. This is still going to be huge undertaking, especially with the highest render count in a chapter yet.
Additional lewd writing: For those who don't know my way of working... when it comes to lewd scenes, I work differently to how I do the rest of the game. Though I follow the idea I have in my head for the scene, I pose first and write the dialogue & narration after. Thanks to the recent heatwaves, I have already made a start on this during the days it has been too hot to sit at my PC and pose... and there have been many of those.
Music/Audio: I have already started selecting music and acquiring some of the required sfx for the chapter, but I have yet to code them into the game yet.
Additional: Still need to implement all new special renders and lewd scenes into the galleries.
Testing: Obviously, not done yet.
Release estimation is still up in the air. I'm working way over 50+ hrs a week on OS to get it to you as soon as I can but it just seems to be never-ending. Summer is also a pretty rough time of year in terms of real life distractions, family visits, birthdays, end of the school year for my son and all the things I have to attend that come with it, summer holidays and childcare requirements.
And there's the insane heat this time around. This has been the hottest summer I've ever had here (at least that I remember). For about a month it has been frequently 30-40 Celsius in my office, and often I'm having to work on my laptop downstairs where it's cooler (but where I don't have a PC to pose with). On top of this, I'm also having to switch my rendering PC completely off at times and put my queue on hold because it's pumping far too much heat out into the house. Frankly, it sucks.
So basically, bear with me. I'm trying my best and working my ass off.
Season 1 Steam Progress
I'm not going to go into details why, but I'm having a tiny nightmare with Steam. Just yesterday, I have submitted the game for review for the 5th time. I'm praying this is the final time because it takes them a week to simply get to look at each ticket. And every time I get a reply after a week of anxiety over being permanently rejected, to find it's been declined because of some silly reason, my soul dies a little bit more. As soon as I get an approval, I'll put out an update with a release date.Ok, that's it. Maybe it was not so much a mini-update this time given all the explanations, but next time it'll be shorter.Appreciate you.Peace.JD