DrPinkCake

Status update Episode 12

Added 2025-11-14 16:20:40 +0000 UTC

I've been writing dialogue for the big free roam event every single day this week. I thought I would be able to complete the dialogue and start working on art, but there's been too much to write about. And the free roam event grew as I wrote, and I included more scenes. Who would have thought that would happen?

It's tough to give you a picture of how much writing there is for this free roam event. Comparing the calls to images in the code with that of the Christmas party in episode 11, I estimate the writing would need ~2900 renders at the moment, making it roughly 30% bigger. But I'm not done with it yet. I'm getting close, though. As you can see, this event will be a major part of the episode.

I have written 76 events out of 82 planned - event count isn't set in stone -, meaning I'm 90-95% done with the dialogue for the free roam event.

I haven't written any code for the free roam event navigation yet, but that's fun and fast to code. I'll knock that out in 1-2 days of work alongside making the art for the environment renders.

This morning, I only had 10 animations in the render queue. So, today I pushed the stop button on writing dialogue mid-flow and started posing animations. I will pose animations to increase the queue a bit, then I will write the rest of the events and go back and forth to create the art. With the environments, characters, and dialogue done, posing the free roam event will be straightforward.

Poll news

During my years on Patreon, I've had many polls, but none as close as the one that ended today. In fact, it had a different outcome yesterday, and this morning, only 14 votes separated two of the options (a patron in the $30 tier has 11 votes, with the voting power that comes with the tiers accounted for).

When the poll ended, the difference between options 1 and 3 was less than 1%, with option 3 in a marginal favor. For the first time ever, I have decided to include two winning poll options in episode 12. Hopefully, that pleases the vast majority of you. You'll discover how it's implemented when you play.

Thanks for voting!

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake