Progress report 14

Hey guys and girls!

Again with another progress report, and definitely bringing some positives this time. And wow just like last one, nothing IRL happening to stop me! (knocks on wood)

Lets dive straight into it.

Last 2 weeks were basically aaaaaall about renders. I am really trying to hit 40 renders per day as often as possible, and even with parents around, so far it was quite doable. Since last report, I managed to pump another 400 new renders, bringing the Ep4 total to 1 800. And holy, there are still some sections left. Two longer ones (150-300 renders), one short one (50) and one really short one. I wanted to put +20% renders since last time, but yea, the last part could wary quite a bit and still be roughly 400-500 renders to do. Yeah, I am bad with estimates of percentages 😂

I really hoped to surpass 450 renders in 2 weeks but one damn map took me 3 days to satisfy my lightning standards 😠💢, and hell, it's a map that appears twice so I might slightly tweak few renders. I'll have to for 5 renders where I spotted an inconsistency anyway.

But yeah, REALLY happy with the speed as ~400 renders in this period is more like regular full time hs2 devs, which is a great relief to me.

Besides that, I initially planned to post last Sneak peeks the same day as this progress report, however, with ~400+ renders still left to do, in multiple sections, it kinda feels... Well, off. "Last" sneak peeks should have all relevant elements to the Episode, not some missing. So expect it in roughly 2 weeks, where I with this speed plan to be done with renders.

What after renders?
Still few things, some that will go fast some a bit unknown speed wise. The 2nd part of proofreading, animations (not many to do but it could be 2-7 days as I am still learning), one coding aspect (with Gary's help), all the sound/music and image effects/transitions. There is a chance for Ep4 to drop to Beta access and the end of August still and I am pushing for it, but if any of this takes longer than anticipated, my initial tests take longer or anything similar, then it would move to early September instead.

Anyway, thanks for reading, thanks for patience, and love you all to bits!
Kat <3

P.s. idk butt renders are so many I can't count.