[Status Report #2 + Preview #1] MBML Chapter 2 - Episode 3
Hey, everyone!
Squeezing this in before the month's over. First preview of the update, hot off the press.
📊 Progress & Current Numbers
Lines of code: 2,019
Renders: 286
Animations: 0
Music & SFX: 0
The first month of development has been really solid. Renders are moving at their usual crawl, but that's the price of quality; no shortcuts there. Writing speed can always pick up, but rendering is rendering. You can't rush it without it showing. Nevertheless, things are moving well. No surprise hiccups, and I'm hoping it stays that way.
Now, I'm expecting this update to be shorter than usual. I know I say that every time, and it always ends up ballooning past my own estimate. But I genuinely hope that doesn't happen here, because dragging things out longer than they need to be would hurt this episode more than it helps. The elements need to be tight. That said, there are some real bombs tucked into this one, and they say more than a little about where the story is heading as we start building toward the end.
And since we're on the subject, I've been hearing whispers lately that I'm rushing to wrap the game up. I get it. I really do. It's not easy letting go of characters and a story you've spent years living with, and that goes for me just as much as it does for you. But everything has to end somewhere. MBML has been running for nearly six years, and by my estimate, it'll be seven or eight by the time the curtain closes.
When the story has nothing left to say, I'd rather let it close with dignity than stretch it thin just to keep the lights on. Charging you for fillers isn't something I can live with. That's dirty money. It has to end while it still means something. Critics will always have something to say regardless of what I do, but I hope you understand where I'm coming from.
Anyway, nothing too complicated ahead in this episode, except for one scene.
What scene?
Threesome. 👉👌💦
With who?
Who knows...
Other than that, I'm expecting smooth sailing from here. If anything even slightly bad comes up, you'll be the first to know.
That's all for now. Take care of yourselves, and have a great one.
— NiiChan
Comments (6)
Got no Words for this Update.. But Thank you soo much Nii-sama making MBiML have a greatest day to you and as always take care ❤
Please don't forget his fiancée. I think it's a shame that she is no longer included in normal life.
Thanks for the update Nii and I agree with what you said about the story and not milking it past its shelf life. Very honourable of you to not keep going just for the sake of it, thank you for not being one of those devs. That being said, is this the end of the Sicae/MBML world and the stories therein? Will we visit this world again in the future? Either way, thanks for keeping us in the loop, have a great week mate 👍 😀
There's one more story that involves this specific universe, which I'm already hinting at and planting seeds within MBML itself. And mayhaps, perchance, you will see some of the current casts there. One, being more than just seeing... 😏
Thanks Nii, I appreciate your point of view (probably because I agree with it!). I'll enjoy MBML as long as it's around, but will let it go with dignity when the time comes. Thanks for everything.
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