Dev Diary 94
Hello beautifuls, TD here.
It’s been a bit since our last status update, so let’s get after it:
All told, the exhibition update sits at 1,340 static images, 35 animations, and 30,162 words. Which all works out to 308 images, 0 animations (plus like 4 or so animations GIL made in his free time that we may or may not use), and 5,965 words added to the project over the past three weeks.
So, all-in-all, our regular steady progress. Which surprised me, considering how anomalous the last couple of weeks have been with me changing home offices (twice), GIL having a dental emergency over Easter holiday, and a country wide blackout in Spain killing a day’s work in Spain.
Beyond the totals, still not much to say. We’re at the tail end of what we call stage 2 of the free-roam, leaving the next to wrap up a few of the questlines. There you’ll see the animation count finally rise again, although some of that will be animations GIL made months ago in anticipation of the scenes.
We could feasibly split the exhibition day across two updates (there’s a good stopping point), although we really don’t want to do that. Like super, SUPER don’t want to. I worry that would kill the story’s already plodding momentum, but we’ll check the clock and make a decision on that once we hit that hypothetical stopping point. In all likelihood we’ll push through to finish out the day. A bit premature to bring it up, but I wanted to touch on update time tables in this dev diary since it’s been awhile. Like usual, it’s a growing anxiety as the season’s change.
Anyway, thank you all for your support. Please look forward to Ch4Up6.
Comments (8)
Honestly, take as much time as you need. I'm sure the fans (me included) would prefer good content over update speed. Anyways, good work as always.
I don't mind either way. I'd *love* for there to be an update sooner, so splitting it up would be fine, but I also understand the desire to both get the entire update finished (on the dev side) and have an entire update to play (on ours).
I feel like splitting up the exhibition over two updates would be ok but only if the 2nd installment came relatively soon after. Like if we got part 1 and then say 2 months later got the 2nd then I would be fine with that but if it would be 6 months in between then I would rather wait the extra time now and get a big update with the full exhibition. Just my opinion though
If there is Hana lewd scene in the update then maybe release the update if possible... *whistles* (I know im not the only one)
I would be in favor of keeping the exhibtion in 1 update, even if it takes you longer to finish it. Ending mid way would be a serious cliffhanger and who likes those when you need to wait several months to see the end…
I agree that the exhibition should be a single update. I can wait.
Yeah，I'm just waiting for your update, bro
From a business perspective - and totally not from the viewpoint of a starved addict😜-I would be in favor of splitting the update. If there is a logical stop point splitting will not be much worse than waiting on Sunday after finishing the exhibition.