Weekly Report 1, version 0.7

Good evening.

It's been quite a while since I made a public report, and I think it's time.
What you see up top are the only images that I can show in this type of report, since in the others, Pamela shows up and she's a bit lacking in clothes... Anyway, there's not much to show because I started working on this again last night and I've only got 12 images. Remember that yesterday was update release day, and it just coincided with the Wallpapers date and I've gotta work on them too.
So actually, this report's not so much about what I've done as it is about what's going to happen...

A lot of people reading this are the free public, and this is for you. I'm not sure if you've noticed, but the elapsed time since you got the 0.6a update and then 0.6b was just over a month, I think around a month and 10 days. Well, that's going to have repercussions...
I just started working on version 0.7 yesterday, and what was released for Patrons also yesterday was version 0.6.5, which is mostly just some visual improvements, not real new content.
Well, that version's never gonna see the light of day for the general public, it was just for Patrons, because if I drop it for the free public a while from now too, it's bound to end up on other sites and I don't want people complaining stupidly (people don't read, they're gonna complain when they realize there's no new story content in what they downloaded). For that reason it'll only come out when it's part of the update to version 0.7. And this brings a problem for the free public, because when my Patrons finally get version 0.7 in their hands, the general public won't have anything because you guys got it yesterday.
It was either make you wait now or make you wait later, there were no other alternatives, and I chose to make you wait later.
So the following version, 0.7, is only gonna drop when my Patrons have version 0.7.5, and naturally the waiting time will be bigger than normal, since the current one was smaller... I'm talking about 2 updates so it's gonna be 3 to 4 months minimum (and I think more 4 than 3). There's nothing else for it, I'm just letting you guys know.

Another thing I've gotta update you on extensively. Safe Mode is gone for good.
In a recent vote, it was decided that Safe Mode doesn't really bring much to what the majority of my benefactors (the ones who make this possible even for you) are after. And frankly I'm glad that's the way it went, because it delays things pointlessly. Safe Mode from version 0.6a, which means just the creation of the competing content, not the other additions like the new info interface, just the competition, delayed me a little over a month. That time could've been put into more Normal Mode content or dropping the same thing a month prior.
So Safe Mode won't keep being developed, and what was part of it in version 0.6a is gonna disappear, probably by version 0.7.5. I'm still thinking about what to do with some interesting things that happened in that part... MC's animation with Vanessa was pretty good. Maybe I can use it later as an Easter egg, hidden with some code or at some point when I incorporate more content into the info interface. The rest, like Finn using his passive ability, can go to hell since it'll be shown again later anyway xD

Well, moving on to nicer things. I'm nuts... I've been thinking for a couple of days about doing something that, as always, I don't know if I can do, but you've got to try. DAZ is trash, let's be straight haha. It doesn't allow for certain things. For example, you can't make fire, nor smoke. I mean, for static images yes, and it's very good, but with animations it's impossible... the other thing is learning to make simulations and also animations in Blender, starting from zero because I only did the Donna tutorial a few years ago and a couple of landscapes, prior to starting with DAZ. But there's another alternative... Video Editing...
Yep, like I said, I'm crazy xD
They do it in ads and movies all the time, so why shouldn't I?

I've done 2 projects with video editing. Obviously I didn't have a clue about anything at first... and the first thing I did was add the glitch effects to my animation/simulation that's now the logo at the start of the game. My second video editing job was recently, creating the background screen where the credits and photos run at the end of the game (that's part of 0.6.5, don't bother looking for it xD) and it turned out really good, both things. Video editing's just about having patience, you don't gotta be a genius or know everything, just have patience, patience searching (for part of the content to edit) and patience with yourself because you're gonna screw up at some point.
I already have some of the content to edit and now I just need to do tests, making a simple animation first and then blending it all together to see how convincing it turns out... all of this is because the time to showcase character abilities is drawing nearer. What I did with Finn, Emma, and the burning tree ended up decent enough for a start, but soon, very soon something massive is coming and I need to be up to the task. And I don't see another way since I don't want everything to fall back solely on normal, boring images... I need more.

This is what I mean, just like this there are tons of videos like this, completely free, you just have to know where to search. Some feature a black background and others a green one, they're literally made to blend them into another video or picture... This is what's going to make up my first test.

All I need is just one of those lightning bolts, to start...

Someone's bound to remember this, it was a long time ago... another one of my tests...

Imagine some images like that, then switch to an aerial view and finish with an animation including something like this, mixed with my DAZ animation, making everything look integrated, like it's a single thing...

Time will tell, but I think I can. If I didn't believe in myself I wouldn't have even thought about it. And as you can tell, I'm no longer just thinking about it, I've already got test videos, these are GIFs I just turned from those videos, only to be able to post them here, I'm a couple of days away from making the first test run.

Aaanyway, I promise you the wait for version 0.7 will be worth it. It's going to be the version featuring the most lewd content to date, and also, you know how it is, I always enjoy finishing versions with a cliffhanger... and the one for version 0.7 will be monumental, the biggest you've experienced in the game. If you thought MC passing out or finding out Linda would die anyway were good cliffhangers, well folks, you haven't seen a thing yet.

To whom it may concern, the wallpapers will most likely be ready by this Saturday or Sunday.

That's all for now.
Thanks and take care, see you anytime.

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