Status update Episode 9
This week consisted of posing static renders, making most art for Rooster + writing several Rooster posts, coding, writing a few scenes, polishing dialogue, and PC maintenance.
Regarding Rooster posts, several of them are ok for posting on Twitter. It was a previous concern that they would spoil too much, and I won't post the ones that do. You can look forward to more Twitter content here.
Since my static render queue has been pretty big lately, I made a PC slave render some of it this week instead of animations. Because of this, I'll likely spend some time next week play-testing parts of the episode and getting a feel for it.
I'm still working on free-roam event renders and will do so for several more weeks.
To put the content of the free-roam events into perspective, the biggest one in the episode currently has more than 900 renders and will go over 1000. Making it at least 100-200 renders bigger than the biggest one in Season 1/2 (Episode 7, HOTs party).
I will work on the final free-roam event of the episode next week. I've still got work to do in the others, but I feel I get the most momentum if I push on with this. Plenty of art remains to be produced.
I'll try to make an updated and detailed progress report for next week's status update to show you what work remains in percentages and estimates. It would also benefit me to grasp how far along the development is.
Have a nice weekend
Dr PinkCake
Comments (21)
As this upcomming episode will have the halloween party, we probably won't be expecting it until halloween or even later... please again... put me in a cryo chamber. Are you at least willing to tell us if there will be more relationship paths open then we know currently available... like quinn, lily or Nicole... Sandy perhaps? lol
Like is there other arts in the think tank or shop you dare speak of or you must get stONga to release the full might of your artistry?!?!
I'm honestly really excited for this, and I know Season 2 came out in February, but I can't help but wonder if Episode 9 will be the whole Season 3? I mean I'm not complaining by any means, one long episode with more content and plot twists would be dope! Is this either a, one really long episode (4 in 1), or b, a cover for the fact that Episode 9 is actually 9,10,11, and 12, just not listed as? Also, I don't know if February is the deadline for each Season, but I honestly don't care, I just love the fact you are putting SO much effort into this book on the DAILY! Being a DIK will always, ALWAYS, be my favorite book, and Acting Lessons is definitely in my top 5's! Again, just curious if the Steam release will contain 4 Episodes like the previous one did, and if it will come out in February or a later date. No rush, that's the last thing I want to see happen, I'd rather it be like Avatar where it takes longer than expected to come out and be a MASTERPIECE than rushed to meet a deadline and not be as good as it could've been.
I don't have any deadlines. I work, and when an episode is finished, I release it on Patreon. The next release is episode 9, and it's a meaty episode. After that comes the episode 10 development cycle, rinse repeat until episode 12 is done, and that's when I will release Season 3 on Steam.
Random as fuuu, but episode 3 or 4???.... is there a Predator Arnold and Carl moment? You son of a bitch?!?! STRong hand clasp? Forearms glistening....too much probably but shit has me laughing and its been weeks since i first saw it, just cracks me up.
I'm with everybody else. The HOTs party was awesome. I got a lot of action my first run. Then when I discovered the guide I didn't realize how much I had left behind. It was worth the additional runs to collect everything else.
hmm, the halloween episode might be done pretty soon? like around October 31st? lol. Can't wait!
I am betting late Sept/Early Oct which is fine with me looking like a great episode
I think it took me over 2 days... up to 8 or even 10 hours total... to get through the HOTs party. [EDIT] Well.. maybe that's an exaggeration, I don't know. Took a long time! So the Halloween Party must be quite the little humdinger.
cant sleep waiting for that new new. Not enough praise for your work.
I'm counting days for Episode 9.
Freeze me in please, untill the final version is there. LOL :')
You do nice work on those phone-app pieces. The text conversation with Quinn is one of my favorite memories so far. (What are the odds of that in a visual novel?)
That sounds amazing! Looking forward to see this!
Te amo mucho dr pinkcake 🥰
Dang over a 1000 renders in a free roam event. That is going to be amazing to play through!
I can already feel that this will be an EPIC episode! Have a nice weekend as well!
Awesome stuff Doc! Enjoy the weekend!!
Thanks a lot Dr Love.
Thanks a lot DPC, have a great weekend!
I CANT WAIT! Good job DPC!