Progress Update

Hello everyone!

First off, I was to say thank you for all the support! I never thought I would receive this much support within the first two weeks of release.

Second off, I don't plan on abandoning this VN. I have a story I want to tell and I'm going to tell it, dammit! I'm working on Ripples full time and working hard to get you guys the next episode in a timely fashion.

Okay, so after the first release of Episode 1, I started immediately fixing bugs, correcting typo/grammar, and then working on an Android build. I now have Grammarly, proofreaders, and beta tester going forward so this should help a lot when it comes to that side of things. Those things took about 4 days and when I was finished I went straight to writing.  Most of the whole story for Ripples was written before I ever created scenes for Episode 1. Not the exact dialog, but what will happen, what is discussed between characters, etc. So after finishing up the android build, I worked on finishing the writing and adding all the details in to makes sure everything is sound because, in a story like this, everything has to fit like a puzzle. If you don't take the time to put it all together, you are going to have plots holes and other problems I'm trying to avoid at all costs.  So after 3-4 days of writing and making sure the story is good, I went to work on creating scenes again. Now creating my scene takes a little longer than most simple HS games because I mod in a lot of customs items. There were a lot of customs items you won't see in other games. Another thing is, I create some of the maps myself. I know we all get sick of seeing the same house or classroom. The House, the school, Krystal House, were all made in Unity and imported into HS. I also customize other people's maps to fit my story.  One other thing that is custom is the animations. I don't know about you, but I am sick of seeing the same stock HS animation in every game so all the animation in my game are custom made. I know they're not the best, but I am getting better and hopefully, in the future, they will be really good.   

With that being said, I have been working on Ripples every single day. I already have the first scene done and now working on scene 2 of Episode 2. Also, I have changed a couple of things that should make my images more clear and less noise. I am always working on getting better and I still have a lot to learn. I have no clue how long it will take until Episode 2 is done because I am so new to this. Probably at least a couple months, but who knows. Episode one took a long time because I would stop and learn something, then start again. Plus, I also had surgery so I forgot exactly how long episode 1 took to create, but I think everyone will really enjoy Episode two, I had fun writing it. Which is weird because I thought writing would be my least favorite part about creating a VN, but it turns out to be one of my favorites.   

Thanks again for your support!
-Jestur