longlivetheprincess

Progress Report

Added 2018-12-17 16:03:17 +0000 UTC

Christmas is coming ever closer, threatening to take away precious time so that one can spend time with family instead. Regardless, I keep churning away at version 0.16, getting as much as possible done before the festivities break loose.

As mentioned in the previous update, I'm currently hard at work on Callie's night scene. The renders are basically done, though there are always tweaks and updates needed. For example, I suddenly realized that I had left Callie's makeup on during the night scene, so I removed it and was forced to render all the images featuring her face all over again (though I used spot renders to save time). I also discovered that there were two actions I had forgotten to create renders for, so I had to add them in today.

I've also made good progress on writing and coding the scene. Due to how complex such scenes can become, it's essential to maintain a solid plan at all times and know exactly what I'm trying to achieve with the code. Since I'm going to bring Callie's night scene to the same level as that of Evelyn and Primrose, this is doubly important. It's a lot of code and a lot of complexity. The skeleton of the scene is in place, which means the easiest (but still time-consuming) parts remain, such as animation and the results of menu choices.

I don't expect to have to spend too many more days on this scene before moving on to something else that I won't talk about just yet. Got to keep some secrets, you know. ;)

Until next time!