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Hey, my shawties.

My back is healing gradually 👍

The feedback on my last post was overwhelmingly skeptical. As in, literally zero positive responses. I still want to focus on that topic and expand a little on my thought process.

I think what I failed to do was convey just how much longer development would take if I wanted to do it in full. It's not like an "Oh, I need two more months teehee" kind of thing. The remaining content I have yet to do is in an awkward position where it's maybe too small to be an update in and of itself, but way too big to just casually add to development. I genuinely think there are maybe 20-30,000 words of unwritten content, and upwards of 1,000 renders/anims. That's like, a full-ass update for most other games.

Another thing is that I do trust you guys to be patient and excited about my releases, but you need to understand that this is for me. I don't mean to disrespect you guys while trying to pull in more people, but putting something out there will be a huge weight off of my shoulders. I grow more and more anxious every day when I'm not putting anything out there. Releasing things generates buzz and more importantly, pushes my game on websites that host it for more visibility. I wouldn't worry about it so much if my platform was the size I'd like it to be, but for now, I'm very much still in the growing and trust-building stage.

So here's what I propose instead of the preview build I previously mentioned:

Ep 2 Pt 2 was originally intended to have a mid-update cliffhanger. This is what I was referring to when I spoke about the climax of the episode. I ideally wanted it to play out as one whole big event, the build-up, the events, the payoff, and the aftermath. This was the full vision for Ep 2 Pt 2. What I can do, and in all honesty, is the logical thing to do, is release Ep 2 Pt 2, ending at the climax, and move the remaining content to an Episode 3 Part 1.

So instead of a preview build, this is a full release. Over 60,000 words, 2,000 renders, 4 (instead of 6) lewd scenes. It's frustrating for me to not put out the vision I had in its entirety, but I believe there will be some hidden benefits in addition to the aforementioned exposure.

I think the main benefit of this is it gives me a small buffer to resume taking my time. I won't need to rush the rest of the content and can again, take a breather. I can un-cut the content I was going to cut for time, I can flesh out things a little more. When I weigh the pros and cons, it really isn't all too bad.

I'm quite set on doing this but I'm still willing to read some feedback on the idea. I think this is maybe the best way for everyone to go home happy. This whole "Full update I had envisioned" thing is really more of a perfectionism thing than anything else.

I'm fully committing to writing out the rest of the episode to this cliffhanger, so I'm not going to touch studio just yet until that's done. I'm close, though. I assure you. A week? A little more? It should all be written. I have one more lewd scene to write which are pretty wordy and need imaginative choreography. I'll let everyone know when it's fully written.

If anyone wants to pre-emptively assist me I'd really appreciate some background characters. Some 20-30 masked partygoers would be fantastic. If not, I'll make them myself, but these things do snowball in timesink. Also, sorry, if you want to do this, it'll be out of the goodness of your heart. I don't plan on paying anyone, so don't feel obliged to do it.

I'll be back soon. You'll know when because I'll finally do some fucking wallpapers instead of being a bum.

- Gary