Progress report 12

Yahalo!!

Happy Katana noises! ☺ Before we begin, if you haven't seen, I highly suggest looking at the previous post Link .
It's a really long post but talks about many important stuff that happened, about saves and so on.

But let's get to the new stuff now.
I took a small one week "vacation", as I really needed some alone time as my parents are home almost 24/7, and it gets both distracting and exhausting after a while. However I also went for the trip so I can write my dialogue in peace, and it really helped. Dialogue is almost done, the only reason why I am putting ? at the 95% is because I am a bit dissatisfied with when and where the Episode ends. I'd rather add one more element or part and of course, can't end without a good cliffhanger ( 🏃‍♂️ emoji). Meaning the Episode could be a tiny bit longer than I initially planned. I could be wrong numbers wise, but I added another ~1200 new lines of dialogue since last time, and we are now at ~4300 or so total, currently more or less same length as previous episodes.

The next chronological thing that happened was just when I returned back home. As you might have seen in that previous, linked post, I am upgrading my pc a bit. And my parents basically said "order now", as they are traveling to that country that I'll buy it in (as it's much cheaper there, roughly 15%), so I had to quickly research what exactly to buy. After a furious 1 day of googling, this is what I ordered:
Rtx 4070 + Budget Cpu cooler + New Power supply

Just to point out, this is only possible because of your generous support throughout these difficult times. I am also funneling some of my savings here as I didn't manage to move out yet, so I am saving more than I should have.
I am reaaaaaaaally excited and hoping this will help me. Honey Select is terribly optimized, but even in that state this should be at least a moderate step up. With how long I work in it per day, even if it just saves me 15 minutes per day in my work, that easily stacks over days and months.
I'll also stop being a laughing stock compared to other devs for my crappy gpu 😂
Of course, I'll post some comparisons after the weekend when I install it. I'll most likely take a day off to clean my pc after more than half a year and to install it properly.

And lastly, Renders. Besides finishing the dialogue, this is the main part of work at which I'll be the next ~3 weeks. We are now up to 1 180 renders, so a total of ~150 new renders since last time. I am not the most efficient, but I am pushing for ~40 per day in normal circumstances.

What's next:
When I am done with the main renders in ~3 weeks, you can expect the next and last Sneak peeks! So stay tuned for that in July.
The game still seems to be on route to be released (at least beta) in August, so letting you all know for transparency ^^

As always, thank you for patience, and love you all!
Kat <3