Development update #3 - Chapter 3

Hi. So, new devlog.

It's the third week of development and I've made it to 315 total renders. There are still 9 days left of March and I think I'll definitely finish the month with a little over 400 renders, probably like 420 or so, which would be something unprecedented for me.

I think during the development of Chapter 2 I finished the first month with around 250 renders, so this is a big jump.

If I keep this rhythm, I expect to hit 2000 renders in around 5 months, which again, compared to Chapter 2 (that took me almost 8 months), is great.

Now, I don't know if I'm being too strict with myself, but 2000 renders feels a bit short for a chapter, even though, realistically, it's not a small amount.

That's why I want you to have the mindset that the first 4 chapters of this season are more like setup chapters you know, setting things up, getting to know the characters, etc.

For Chapter 2, I actually had to cut a lot of extra stuff from the middle and ending that I wanted to include because of time issues. I think it was around the 5th month of development and I still had more things planned before the characters even made it to the house.

So I realized that if I committed to putting absolutely everything I wanted, I would probably still be rendering Chapter 2 right now 😅💀

So yeah, I feel like a proper chapter would probably need more like 4000–5000 renders to really have proper routes and stuff.

But that's something that will come with future chapters, more advanced setup, etc.

And that's pretty much it. It was a good week of development with no issues. With these 315 renders, I finished what I call the introductory part of the chapter.

I hope you all have a great week.

—pixelend 🧟