V 0.4 Status Report 2.

And here we go again...

Since the last report, I've been coding like an idiot (everyone codes as they can)... I’ve completely finished the MC's death (possible death, don't be scared if you haven't read about it) and gone way ahead to the sex scene, which is halfway done because I still don’t have all the renders.

But, at the same time, related to this scene, I should say I’ve already incorporated the 4 videos I have so far... and I don’t want to toot my own horn, but it turned out great, zero mistakes.

I’ve seen several AVNs where, when playing a video, there are transition issues and also a noticeable lack of consistency between the previous still images and the video images (you know, lighting changes and even character and/or camera position changes). Well, that doesn’t happen here, I nailed it on the first try... All that time spent learning to use Shutter Encoder (to convert images to videos), YAK (video compressor), and checking out video-related stuff on Renpy in a couple of forums... it paid off.

Also, on another branch of the code, I’m about to finish the “light” scene of the unnamed girl’s death by Ronald’s hands... That part wasn’t written before and I made it up on the fly (the narration of the scene), and frankly, after playing it, I’m not sure if it’s so “light” after all... Maybe I put too much... well, we’ll see.

Right now, the new lines of code are almost at 2300.
The total number of images is 1135, meaning that since the last weekly report I’ve added 63 more images.
The total word count is 44374, which means 12069 new dialogue words.

As for the raw code, as I call it (the code without major revisions), I’m getting close to the end. Just the last touches on the “light” scene with Ronald and the girl, then moving on to the renders of 3 animations, incorporating the videos of them into the code, and then the short final scene... Obviously, in between all that, I have to fine-tune details like some variables, and create the Mother’s dialogue sounds and add them to the code too. But that’s more minor work. The most time-consuming part is the rendering, but it’s almost done...

See you on Tuesday :)