Progress Report
Added 2021-11-12 09:09:51 +0000 UTCGreetings, everyone!
This has been a very productive week. Not only did I completely finish all of Primrose's images, but I also managed to get a solid headstart on Callie. I have already rendered all of her still images and three different animations (six animation loops), which bodes well for finishing her up relatively quickly.
As mentioned in previous progress reports, I still have to write dialogue and code for all of this stuff once the renders are done. There is a lot to go over, which means that this will take some time as well. I see it as unlikely that I will be able to get this update out in November, but it's far from impossible. All my focus right now is on trying to get 0.38 out this month. I might fail, but I'm not going to give up without a fight! If I miss November, the update will definitely be out in December. I cannot imagine a scenario (barring force majeure or severe illness) where it would take longer than that.
After all the work I had to do to fix the Evelyn and Primrose night scenes, heading into Callie's scene was a breath of fresh air. There was no doubt that I did this scene after learning from the others. Whereas Evelyn/Primrose had utterly messed up lighting that I had to remake from scratch, Callie's lights were perfectly fine. All I had to do was adjust their intensity to make the images brighter and give them better contrast. The result is that they look pretty similar to before, only with greater clarity and detail.
I still have a lot of animations to make for Callie, so the finish line for image rendering isn't in sight just yet. However, I can feel it right around the corner. This update has taken ages to make, and I'm not sure if it's even worth it, but at least it will be over with and finished soon. I can't wait.
Until next time!
