Chapter 4.5 Full- 2/2 Dev Log

Hello,
(I attached the new Steam/Ambient Trailer. Watch it in 4k. Otherwise, it looks like pixel-mud thanks to the YT compression.)

So... First of all sorry for not doing a Dev Log when it was supposed to be out. The last Dev Log date fell exactly on the date I moved across the country.

Then a week later, I flew back and spent Christmas with my family.

I'm currently pretty damn sick. Not sure if Covid or the Flu... But it also doesn't matter. It'll go away eventually.  

I finished setting up the PCs etc. not that long ago. Got my desk, and everything that's needed for work.  

One WiAB hard drive died, but I didn't lose anything game related. (I had a backup.)  

I'm around 70% done with the full version of Chapter 4.5. 

All that's left is the college part plus Amber/Bella.  

2. Steam 

Summer's Gone is coming to Steam next year. The first Season will include Chapter 1 to Chapter 5.  

If you want to support the game beyond Patreon, consider wishlisting the game. (Even if you don't necessarily plan on buying it. It still helps a lot with no additional costs attached.) 

SG STEAM 

3. Music-related stuff 

So, the biggest headache in development again... 

I met up with a law firm and discussed quite a bit of music-related stuff. In the future, I will never ever use a site like Shutterstock, Epidemic, etc. again. 

All deals will now be made directly with the artist/label.  

I mentioned before, that I was in the process of making a deal... Well, besides their very dubious actions towards me. (Promising me stuff that wasn't in the license agreement and would have gotten me into serious legal trouble, I will remove A LOT of music again for Season 2.

Summer's Gone Season 1 will keep all the music. (Chapter 1 to Chapter 5.)

But with the start of SG Season 2, I'll look for new music, far away from these fucking licensing sites.  

That's why I'll work with a law firm in the future. Secure the licenses, etc. 

It's very possible that music will take a place in the back for a year or two... I just really don't wanna deal with this permanent anxiety of breaching some weirdly designed line in a contract, that is open for all sorts of interpretation. 

The lawyer said, that the best way would be to create original soundtracks for the game. 

But it's way too expensive at the moment.  

But someday we'll do it. 

And Steam has the potential to be the first big step toward original soundtracks. 

3. Previews 

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Anyways, I'll try to finish the rendering part for Chapter 4.5 Full in the next two weeks.

I'm currently taking it easy to recover from my flu/covid. So I'm not at 100% efficiency. (Also still have to take care of a lot of stuff due to the move. I don't even have a bed right now.) 

See ya then.

- Ocean