It's the "A midweek update?" update...

It is! And hello.

I must confess it is good to start enjoying this lark again. The overwrite of the files for Chapter Two was, I'll be honest, a bit of a low point. It was bad enough to have to do a load of code wrestling, re-animating etc but then, for a moment's stupidity, to have to do it all again...*

But that was then, this is now and we're fair romping through stuff at the moment. So what's been happening? 

Chapter Three

Chapter Three went out post testing to some players for a "not wrapped up in cotton wool" round of tests and, although the guys found a few other things, so far nothing that's more than a mad hour on Saturday to fix. 

Also on Chapter Three, you may recall I used the overwrite disaster to extend and modify Babes lewd in VR there (well, why waste a crisis?). This piece ended up, considering it was a quick buff, pretty good and went off for VA work. 

Crikey. I mean I thought it was good, but the reaction from the players was, let's say, more than positive. They loved it. I'm not overstating this either - and this was for a scene that I'd really only given a buff to. Compared to what I've done in Four and Five, it was nothing. Of course, the quality VA is really what makes it. I'm under no illusions here but, by golly, I think you're in for a good time.

Chapter Four

Chapter Four is whizzing along as well at the moment. Not a lot to say when things are going well (I wonder if that's why my posts are getting shorter?). I've no doubt I'm going to hit my marks for the end of the month. The only challenge is can I get the lewds VA'd in time. Given the impact they've had on the work so far I'm starting to regards these as more than essential. We'll see. Four will come out as a standalone but if it has to slip for voice work I can live with that, largely as it means my work is done and I'm still on track to ship Five in January. That date is the key one.

Chapter Five

Speaking of Five, the "Supah Sekret project" had a bit of an extra buff and is now complete. It was mainly for an extra bit of GUI work and to polish the introduction to it. But that's a wrap. It should be a nice little extra for you.

And that's it. So a lot done, progress in the right direction and no car crashes. Not a bad week! 

Laters,

Notty.

*one of the things that forced me to carry on, even if it was with near zero enthusiasm for a little while, was Gaiman's little prattle about GRR Martin not being the readers bitch and that no one is owed a story. Bollocks. If people have paid good money for it, and it's not finished, then yes they bloody well are! Disaster area I might be at times but this game is going to be finished come hell or highwater.