[Move The Chains] | S01E02 | Play Sheet #4

Okay, so I want to start off with a quick recap of my thoughts after experiencing the first release of Move The Chains.

Compared to We Were Just Kids, the amount of reception for Move The Chains felt like it was in a different realm. Maybe that's because of the accessibility of a male protagonist harem VN, or maybe it's because of the overall growth in skill. Kinda hard to objectively say which it is. But either way, the reception to Move The Chains felt really large. Sure, the dream is to boom into success and start with four digits immediately. But with the competition out there, it's obviously not that easy. But again, it felt like the reception was there.

From Patreons especially. Going from 30 to basically 90 in what felt like a week or two was surprising. Hopefully, it'll keep growing. The goal right now is to start pulling in enough for a 3090/4090 + a PSU (hint, hint. :P). As I've said before, 10GB of VRAM just simply isn't enough for the quality I'm rendering at to work any kind of meaningful speed. I'm resorting to little tricks and spot rendering to get these scenes looking at least marginally composed or busy. But with dominantly 8.1 and a couple Genesis 9 figures, VRAM dries up pretty quick.

Of course, it didn't come without its share of drama. Specifically, toward two crowds. Hence the patch that came out with the public release. The other died out pretty quickly, thankfully. I know I shouldn't let those pounding on the table get to me, but sometimes it's just easier said than done. Especially when nearly a year of work is being shit on for no other reason than being a troll with some warped view of women.

But getting back on topic, I just want those who reached out - Patreons or not - that your feedback was heard and things are being fixed/touched up on as I speak. I appreciate all the support.

So, we're about a 118-ish renders into S01E02. With a few animations done. As I mentioned above regarding the GPU, it's slow moving. I can't do much beyond letting them render to a certain point and move on to the next. But at the same time, I'm not going to bend on the quality front, regardless of how long it takes. In that sense, I'm still flip-flopping on the number of renders I'll be putting into each update until I can afford that upgrade. 500 is the minimum, I think. We'll see where we're at when release time starts creeping up and go from there.

-  As mentioned above, we're at about a 118 renders, excluding a couple spot renders for small fixes and a few animations. Though, only one currently for an erotic scene. There may be some fooling around and a one night stand in this update, but sex with any LIs is a bit off as the cast is still being introduced and the story is still being rounded into shape.

- I've put together something of a to-do list for this update (see image #1 for a larger version) that'll be updated with each progress report (provided something's changed, at least.), as you can see below:

- Which works as a nice segue into the next point. Some had trouble understanding some of the lingo/slang in American Football and or Collegiate American Football. I've put together a glossary. The UI isn't final, and the imagebutton shown in the below video likely isn't, either. It's just there a working piece for now. Unfortunately, Patreon is stuck in 2005 and won't let you embed videos in a non-video post, but feel free to take a look here:

https://youtu.be/dEBg4rO03xs

I believe nearly every American Football-specific term/slang used in S01E01 is in there. Feel free to mention anything you didn't understand in the comments below and I'll see if I addressed somewhere in there. If not, I'll add it.

- There'll also be alerts for when new terms are added to the glossary.

- For now, the focus is on the gallery. Everything else on that same line is more of an eventual goal that maybe be template'd in this release but not usable. The character section will likely be mostly completed in this release. Imagebutton updates are more of a maybe this release.

I'm currently looking at music services for Move The Chains, but most are either vague or outright disallow any NSFW content related to the said works. Storyblocks doesn't mention anything about it, which is nice, but also kind of sketchy in it's own right. I've contact them, so we'll see if they allow it or not. Feel free to drop some recommendations if you're aware of any.

I feel like I'm forgetting a couple things, but that's all that's coming to me right now. May edit if I remember, will notify if I do edit. That said, feel free to drop some comments below with any thoughts or questions and feel free to check out the preview images above! :)

P.S. Discord is coming soon. Still trying to figure out bots and such. :)