Dev Update - 2023/11/17
Added 2023-11-17 12:52:03 +0000 UTCHello everyone,
The important things first. This will (most likely) be the last Dev Update for Chapter 4. The next announcement is supposed to be about the beta stage. That doesn't mean it'll be next Friday. It might be a bit later!
Why?
Short version:
Because it won't contain anything more than "I'm still rendering away the last part."
Long version:
The script for Chapter 4 is done, excluding coding in the renders for the last part and maybe the addition of a few lines that might come up when testing it.
But all dialog, story, and so on is finished.
All renders up to the last part are done, post-worked, and coded into the script.
There are roughly 100 renders and 1 animation left to pose and render, give or take.
As I said last week, there won't be previews anymore to avoid spoilers.
I attached 2 of my test renders. 1 for the environment I needed to set up for the final part and 1 for a character I needed for the same scene.
The script is at 4345 lines right now and the render count is at 1450 static renders.
To be honest, the render count is way higher than I expected before I started work on this Chapter. Some scenes are pretty heavy on the render side without too much text to read be it because I can show instead of write what's happening (a character nodding at you for example) or because there's just no dialog when characters are kicking ass.
I won't give a fixed release date because I don't see a point in it. If something happens and I need to delay, people will be pissed (I'd be!). And if I'm done before that date I'm not going to sit here and wait for the release to come.
I'll release it as soon as possible.
That said, there is one date that might be important for the release: December 20th.
That's the latest day for a release this year. If something really goes wrong and I can't get it done by then, I'll push the release to next year. Christmas is usually pretty busy for me and I won't release a rushed update when I don't have the time to react to and fix major problems that might come with a rushed release.
But right now it's looking pretty good for a release before December 20th.
Have a nice weekend, guys.
Cheers,
Ceolag
