RealmInvader

Where am I? Where's the game now? What's going on?

Added 2025-04-26 11:44:29 +0000 UTC

Hey, guys, more of open-policy Gary with a generalized update (because I really need to unfuck the last year of bad communication).

I finished working for Companion of Darkness a while ago, don't worry about that. Sucks that it ate just over a week of Realm Invader time. And Berkili4, if you're reading this. No, I'm not doing it again, especially before I put out Ep 2 Pt 2. Anyway, the point is that I've been comfortably back working on Realm Invader for the past however long it's been.

Animations are genuinely exhausting, and I dread lewd scenes for this very reason. The juxtaposition against the torment of animating and the praise I get for them is kinda funny, but I digress. I really like how this scene is turning out, I re-read the script in preparation of rendering it and I think it's really cute and well-written, with loads of those interpersonal dynamics and banter my writing usually focuses on. And the renders/animations I've done so far are really nice.

I'm very nervous about doing this next part, I'm always nervous about doing things like this.

But I think, finally, for the first time in this update's development, I'm confident enough to give some kind of release window.

I cannot stress enough how difficult it is to predict these kinds of things. Every time I've done it before, I tried too early and was out by a factor of months; this is why I've left it so long this time. But here we go...

With all things considered, needing to do audio, the remaining renders and animations, and a potentially tricky piece of coding. We have:

Best case scenario: 6-7 weeks-ish

More realistic scenario: 8-10 weeks-ish

Worst-case scenario: Rabies

Things will become clearer to both me and you guys as things progress. I plan on walking you through these last stages of development with me, so we can all see it becoming clearer if I'm working fast, slow, if it looks like my prediction was a little too hopeful, or maybe if I'm making great progress, whatever.

So great, now I'm fueling myself with anxiety because I alluded to a release date, yippee!

- Gary