Status update Episode 9
Added 2022-11-11 15:15:48 +0000 UTC
The animation queue is down to 28 animations, and the speed feels the same as last week. My estimation from the previous status update still stands.
Animations between 4-13 seconds have been rendered to completion this week. The remaining animations range between 3-8 seconds. Seven of those animations require approximately 50% more render time than the rest.
I'm focusing on playtesting and polishing, and there is no point in listing everything I'm working on since it's in all areas of the episode.
I find things to fix with every playthrough, be it renders, dialogue, code, GUI, sound/music, etc. The episode quality is improved with every pass I make.
Due to intricate branching, I have yet to see everything I created for the episode, but I'm working my way through everything methodically.
Since I'm aiming for a December release, starting next month, the Mini DIK ($5 tier) won't have the Season 3 base game for the Interlude, and it will be moved to the DIK tier ($10), as mentioned in the past.
Like in the past, the Mini DIK tier will get the patches to upgrade the Interlude to v0.9.0 two weeks after release.
A refresher for all new patrons since the last release is that my release schedule always looks like this:
- Early access (as soon as possible), Huge DIK ($25) tier
- 3 days after early access, DIK ($10) tier
- 2 weeks after the early access, Mini DIK ($5) tier (Patch only. You need the base Season 3 game to upgrade, in this case, the Interlude).
The actual dates will be announced when beta testing starts.
And since I've gotten plenty of DMs about it, the walkthrough is released between releases and after each episode, usually within 1-2 months after release, but never during the release weeks, as I'm preoccupied with community work during that time.
Have a nice weekend
Dr PinkCake
Comments
Pone el juego en español🥹
Cristóbal Rodriguez
2022-11-21 09:15:19 +0000 UTCSounds awesome DPC! I look forward to the release. Looks like a lot of scenes coming, pun intended, I don't even know if I have all of the scenes unlocked from s1-s8. I'd have to look. I just keep playing for a while week after week, when I have time on the weekends. It's like getting together with old friends again. I'm hoping for a release around my birthday. Yeah, that would about do it. Have a great weekend all.
Scott
2022-11-18 22:57:51 +0000 UTChahah word
Jayden
2022-11-17 04:58:37 +0000 UTC3 years to see sage again..
2022-11-16 14:38:21 +0000 UTCOnly complete seasons are released on Steam, this is the first episode of Season 3, which should be 4 episodes just like previous seasons. Given the rate at which these episodes are coming out, you're looking at a wait of likely 2.5-3 years before Season 3 reaches Steam.
Wesley
2022-11-13 22:34:17 +0000 UTCIn a couple of years after the whole season is out.
Χρίστος Νικολάου
2022-11-13 16:59:57 +0000 UTCWont be on steam until episode 12 is done.
Vande
2022-11-13 16:53:51 +0000 UTCjust romance one of the blondes...............
Michael LuPayne
2022-11-13 14:25:55 +0000 UTCYou know when itll get released on steam?
2022-11-13 12:09:14 +0000 UTCJust you :)
RG
2022-11-13 07:51:17 +0000 UTC@Scott good point, that'd be F'ing weird.
Chad6o
2022-11-13 00:46:34 +0000 UTCBlonde with all those freckles?
Scott
2022-11-12 20:08:29 +0000 UTCjust you
D1pstick
2022-11-12 15:36:59 +0000 UTCThat sounds reasonable.
Scott
2022-11-12 11:01:44 +0000 UTCcan we make Sage blond, or is it just me????
Jonathan Karlsson
2022-11-12 04:39:35 +0000 UTCAnimations taking 50% longer sounds like 3 characters instead of two... :D
Furrow
2022-11-12 02:35:01 +0000 UTCWell if he's rendering animation at a 4k resolution with a 60 frame per seconds, it would mean 60 4k renders per seconds, so roughly 480 renders for a single 8 seconds animation. If a 4k render takes like 5 minutes to be processed, it means the 8 sec animation would take 40 hours of rendering on a single PC. This time doesn't account for the complexity of the scene, like the number of objects or characters in the shot, which could increase the amount of time to render a single frame.
tmp mal
2022-11-12 01:54:52 +0000 UTCI like the way you think DPC! "The more I do the better the episode gets." Just remember DPC. Some animations take twice as long? And they are 8 second animations? Dayum. That is 24/7 rendering? WTF, How many renders are in that animation? Also, I hope these animations are for major characters and not chicks like the one in the gym when I went to spy on someone.
Scott
2022-11-11 23:07:20 +0000 UTCLol
Scott
2022-11-11 23:02:02 +0000 UTCMaybe the Jill branch will hold some clues.
Scott
2022-11-11 23:01:00 +0000 UTCGood to hear it
Mr Rkoon
2022-11-11 22:37:43 +0000 UTC::Ka-Chunk, KaChunk:: GO little rendering computers, GO! ::Ka-Chink, Ka-Chunk:: Faster little rendering computers, FASTER! ::Ka-Chunk, Ka-Chunk::
Thor von Fiddle
2022-11-11 21:19:27 +0000 UTCDon't think we will get any of this anytime soon. This episode is going to be a party-episode. Any reveal will probably come much later in the season.
Flover
2022-11-11 20:17:10 +0000 UTCI'm as excited for this release as I'm when my favorite authors release a new book and Doc's work is always top notch, and it's always funny to see someone after launch who modded the game complain about how they broke it in the bug chat lol.
Jack Caswell
2022-11-11 19:28:25 +0000 UTCI hope we find out how the MC is connected to the Royce’s and their friends, or rather the MC discovers the connection…I’d hate to have to wait another 13 months to get more to that back story…
GLP2007
2022-11-11 18:27:51 +0000 UTC
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