Dev Diary 116
Dun dun dun, TD here with the long awaited final developer diary of the Ch. 4 Up. 7 cycle.
We haven’t put the bow on it yet, but the production side will be finished within the next week and as usual, we will zero in the exact dates for the staggered release once my post-production work is near done and a build is close to being in our beta-testers hands. But for now, let’s lay out the incomplete totals:
2,015 statics, 170 animations, and 49,034 words.
That makes out to be 147 statics, 16 animations, and 5,103 words added to the project over the past three weeks. Expect those numbers, mainly statics and words, to tick up somewhat for our announcement post.
This has been a tough cycle for us, and to be honest, the postmortem isn’t pretty. This development cycle hit far more speed bumps / dead time than any other before it, and while I wish I could put it squarely on factors beyond my control (fuck this year, man), a combination of indecisiveness and malaise plagued my writing habits. There’s a spot of that in every update when I get to scenes that my head has deemed important to me, but it felt like this was a whole update full of that. Of worrying I’m missing the mark creatively, of fearing not meeting expectations, and just the general disconnect to the writing spirits up high that comes with doubt.
Which is my pretentious way of saying there’s been a lot of writer’s block over people screwing in a porn game, lol.
Whatever the case, the work will speak for itself. GIL has done his best, as he always does, and I am very excited for you to see that. We do not take a single day we get to work on this project for granted, and I will say it a million times more and beat it down into hell itself before it's all finished, that none of this would be possible without you.
Thank you, and please look forward to the upcoming update.
Comments (11)
I have been eagerly waiting since I played your last release and will say its at the top of my list and many others. In the end, remember why you started this project. You have a ton of supporters and frankly I am shocked at the quality of this game across the board, its frankly amazing. Just know we love your work and we get it. Dont beat yourself up, when you get the block, take a break, watch something funny, touch the grass and know we have faith in your team.
We love you Mutt & Jeff! Please I only ask for more Mina in different outfits. More rehearsals!
Trust your instincts and do what you feel is right. I'm sure everyone will love it. I know I did.
TD there's a reason Pale Carnations is always listed near/at the top of AVNs. You and GIL do fantastic work, the level of creativity and the lewds... damn you crush it. Looking forward to the new update!
Very excited! Thank you guys 🙏 Any advice for making sure save files transfer smoothly on Aos into the new version? :)
I'm definitely looking forward to this upcoming update. Thank you both as well. I hope that confidence returns because you're likely the only person doubting you.
I'm going to be completely honest with ya, TD. Your writing is among the top 0.1% of what this medium has to offer. I wouldn't be nearly as invested in this story if it wasn't for you. All the worry and care you put into this bleeds through in every update, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. So yeah... I can't really fault you for pushing yourself so hard. You're an artist. It fucking matters to you! I love that about both you and GIL. Of course I never want you to feel like you have to sacrifice your well being to meet everyone's expectations, but your process has made PC matter to me too. I'll be back to Club Owner tier for release. 🍻
No one likes writer's block, but everyone faces it sooner or later. Please don't beat yourself up over it. Looking forward to the update!
Tell me about it. For a time I wanted to try writing stories, but I had to give up on that since I constantly kept getting writers block.
I am sure both your work will match the quality of the previous updates. I got no doubt about it.
Well, don't worry to much. Just make it good and with a high quality. Everything else is fine for me. Thx for the work and I am excited to play the game again.