Dev Update #50

Hello Everyone! 

I hope that everyone enjoyed Episode 6. I really love some of the scenes in the update. It's my favorite update so far. I had a lot of fun creating it, and I tried not to hold myself back to rush it and stayed true to my vision. The Riley scene... Haha! I've never made any scene like that, and it was a blast. And Skylar's scene... Wow! A magical night under the moonlight. Feels nice man. I know some people don't like Riley, and some don't like Skylar or Jessica, but just give me time, and hopefully, your favorite character will fully be fleshed out scenes.

Meanwhile, I've been really busy the last month. For people that are not aware, I moved to a new house. I've been planning this move for half a year, and I still wasn't fully prepared. It was a lot of work. Yes, I did hire movers, but I still had to go through all my stuff, clean, organize, and pack everything into boxes. And do the opposite when I got to the new house. I still haven't gotten every box unpacked.  I ordered new furniture and needed appliances ahead of time and tried to plan everything out, but a couple of items arrived late. Like my new desk and chair for my office/computer room. I ordered those a while back, and they recently just arrived, so I couldn't set up my office until they arrived. I also ordered a new PC case, more case fans, and more hard drives. I needed to upgrade my PC. It was running hot, and I needed more space for internal storage. I did that a few days ago, so now my office is finally ready, and I can get back to working on the new update. There are still a few parts I'm waiting for, but I can use the PC as it is now. 

About the next update and progress. Well, as you read, I haven't made much progress because of all the life events that have been happening with moving and everything else going on.  But that doesn't mean I haven't done anything. I set up an old PC in the living, downloaded Ripples game files off my cloud drive, and did some work on the script and dialogue for episode 7. So, I do have a big head start in that regard. I also have been making a list of all the typos in episode 6 and correcting them. So, thank you to everyone who contributed to finding them. So yeah, I have not made much progress in the last month, but I needed this little break to move and take a little break from Ripples. But now I am ready to get back to work and create the new update!

I did miss last month's custom monthly renders, so I'll work on those first. I'll also get some holiday renders out soon. So look out for those in the next couple of days. I also want to say thanks and welcome to all the new subscribers. And thanks to all the OG subscribers for keeping this project going. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your support.  I hope you have a wonderful day!

-Jestur