Weekly Report Number 65.

How's everyone doing?...
Back again with a public update, 'cause there's some stuff I gotta say that everyone should know...

First of all, what you see above are all the images from the upcoming version 0.6 that I can share publicly... As you probably know, we're not allowed to show any more explicit images. It's not that we don't want to, it's just that we can't, or we risk getting hit with some kind of penalty from Patreon.

More importantly, I’m excited to let you know that despite the chaos of getting hacked and having to start over, I’m back on track, and I’ve got 171 images done for version 0.6. Yeah, 137 of those were made this week alone. But don’t get too hyped yet... there’s still a ton left to do, and I'm sure this 0.6 update will be the biggest one so far... and by far.

What I’m working on right now—and those are the images above—is the continuation of version 0.5... I’m about halfway through, maybe a bit less. After this, I’ll be switching back to the other route, the original one, and working on the images for that alternate reality... and that’s as far as this "two-games-at-once" thing goes (for now... later on, things split again). From the start of day two, both routes merge into one... How the hell does that work? You’ll see XD

The start of day two and the first challenge are also part of version 0.6, and that’s gonna be a long job. I don’t remember if I said it publicly before, but it’s something new, and I have no idea how long it’ll take. What I can tell you is that I’ve got around 170 images done so far, and after that I’ll probably need another 200 just to finish day one in the alternate route. Then about 400 more for the original route... and possibly around 1000 for the actual competition.

On top of that, add an extra week for working on animations, which are extra images not included in the previous count... Yeah yeah yeah, I’m saying version 0.6 will have way more than a thousand regular static images.
Yep, I’m gonna have to work like a machine.

Doing the math, if I make about 140 images a week, it’ll take me just over 3 months... and a bit more extra for animations, coding, and testing... remember, I’m just one person doing it all, and I work part-time for real... please be patient.... So, not bad, I just gotta avoid getting too hyped and rendering extra stuff.

Keep in mind, these are just rough estimates—quick math without considering all the factors... Like, some images will take forever to create and render since there might be 20 characters on screen, while others will be way quicker with just one to three characters... it’s all variable.

Also, there’s a possibility I’m considering... dropping a version 0.55 so the wait won’t be so long and I can have some peace of mind while working on the actual competition... but that’s still up in the air.

For those who haven’t played version 0.5 yet, everything’s still on track, and the public download links will go up on the 13th of this month—or maybe the night of the 12th, depending on my free time.

Alright, time for me to sleep, take care...

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