Sneak Peek (SFW) and BtS Update
Added 2021-04-15 14:46:21 +0000 UTC
Hi there crew! This post is a combined sneak peek for Chapter 8 as well as a behind the scenes general update on progress.
First, here is a shot from the opening of Chapter 8. I may come back and tweak this a little more to try to get better quality and lighting out of it, but I'm pretty happy with it.
Progress on Build 0.4
Secondly, it seems both my computer and I are fighting something off. There are some assets I'm trying to use in a scene that keep crashing the rendering software. Unfortunately, I didn't discover this until after I had staged 30+ scenes and kicked off the rendering, so now I have to go back through all of them to remove the offending assets. Apparently this is a "known" issue (just one that's never been fixed; great).
Similarly "bugged", I've come down with a nasty head cold that's trying to move into my lungs. (Don't worry about me; I'm getting lots of rest, fluids, etc., and my husband is being very sweet and helpful.) Fortunately the creative writing part is all done but it does make staring at a screen to stage new renders a little difficult over long periods. I'm managing, but between these two hits it's increasingly looking like Build 0.4 will be a May release. As previously stated, if release is pushed to May, anyone who was an active patron in April will get a free month in May.
Plans for Music and Audio
Finally, a lot of the audio assets I've been using for BBN have been free, non-copyrighted assets, but I feel like I'm running out of places to get new and quality pieces. I'm looking at a few options including stuff from YouTube that only requires attribution in the credits, but I'm also looking at purchasing professionally composed pieces. The latter option is a little expensive for this early stage of the project but if more patrons continue to come on board, it's something I think you can expect to see incorporated into the game.
So there we are! Once I exterminate these troublesome gremlins from the renders and this starts working again, I'll try to continue getting you non-spoiler sneak peek images.
I realize it's only Thursday, but have a great weekend!
Best,
BBN
