Weekly report Number 57.

Hey...

Hopefully everyone who got to try version 0.4.5 enjoyed it for a bit. If you didn’t, well, that one dropped a few days ago just for the Patrons, 'cause April 3rd was the one-year anniversary of the game’s first release—and yeah, I had to do something for that. The rest of you will have to wait for 0.5... it's coming soon, and it’s got something new...

0.4.5 was also the first version to drop on Android (yep, I did the port myself). No issues have been reported so far, so I’m guessing it’s running smoothly. From 0.5 onwards, the game will be available for PC (Windows-Linux), MAC, and now Android too.

Alright, let’s talk numbers. This week I’ve been working on a new competition location for the upcoming 0.6 version, so obviously the number of renders for 0.5 has gone down... I only managed to get 64 new images done this week.

Version 0.4.5 has a special scene that’s gonna be completely removed in version 0.5… It’s not the first time I’ve done this. I also did a special scene when I introduced the new Emma. Yep, the current Emma is actually the second version. The first one just didn’t work for me for a bunch of reasons, mainly her hair. And when I redid a ton of images with the new Emma, that version of the game also had a special scene at the end, like an introduction... and then it got deleted. Obviously, that’ll affect the image count. For those who saw the scene at the end of 0.4.5, that was 87 images and a video (animation) made up of 180 images… all of that’s getting erased... Such is the life of a developer 🥹

I like working ahead. The new locations for version 0.6 have to be made eventually anyway, and it’s slow work since I’m using mostly real 3D terrain. Most of the outdoor spots you see now are actually just HDRI images—or sometimes a mix of HDRI and real props. But that doesn’t cut it for the competitions, 'cause I need full control over camera angles and stuff HDRIs just don’t let me do.

Just so you get what I mean, here’s one of the images I shared a few days ago for Patrons. This is real 3D terrain and one of the future locations:

Anyway, as I told the Patrons recently, 0.5 should be finished in a month or maybe less.

Last thing. This Saturday I’m putting up the poll to decide the second competition… and yeah, it’s for Patrons only. If you wanna help choose, that’s the way in. Gotta try to earn a little cash somehow 😅

See you later... 💖💖💖