Law School Episode 4 - Progress update #7

Morning everyone!

Bit of an early update today, but I’ve got some exciting news to share.

Last week, I went all-in on animations. Honestly, that part had me nervous since I hadn’t touched them in ages, but I decided to grab the bull by the horns and give it my best shot. And it paid off! I ended up creating not one, but two lewd scenes: the first one I finished with some of the animations sent by the animator then I reworked to match my style, and the second one I tackled entirely on my own. To my surprise, it turned out better than I expected. With some tips from other devs and a cutie patootie, I’ve been learning how to work the timeline, simulate more natural movement, and fine-tune the details. It’s been intense: I basically spent the entire week just animating. The progress between my first attempt and the latest one is pretty obvious, and I couldn’t be happier.

Another thing I’m proud of is stepping away from pure looped animations. I started mixing single movements with loops, and the result feels much more dynamic. Some of my animations now stretch up to 1,400 frames (that’s over 20 seconds at 60fps before looping!). To make that possible, I’ve been rendering those animations at slightly lower quality with denoising, which lets me crank out a frame every 3–5 minutes. The difference in quality is barely noticeable, and the payoff is worth it.

I’d love to share some previews, but I don’t want to spoil the lewds, so I guess you’ll just have to wait!

On the flip side, I’ve also come to appreciate just how time-consuming it is to make a proper lewd scene. Take Saturday, for example: I spent the whole day working on one animation plus about 15 static renders. While it’s great that I’m no longer fully dependent on my animator, I’ll still gladly take all the help I can get. At least now I’m confident enough to tweak animations I receive to better fit my needs, or even create my own.

Progress update in numbers:

• Static renders: 1,007

• Animations: 20

• Story content: 18 scenes written (15,345 words)

Not many new static renders this week (under 100), but the animation count skyrocketed with 16 new ones added. I also plan to insert 4 more animations into the lewd scenes later, but for now my focus is on pushing forward with static renders.

Content-wise, I’ve moved on to Day 3 out of 5 for this update. On paper that’s 40% done, but realistically it’s less since Day 3 and 4 are packed with big scenes (including two lewds). One of them is especially important story-wise (LI character development) and comes right after a major scene with that love interest, so expect around 300+ renders for that single sequence plus the lewd. That means I’ll likely spend the next 2–3 weeks just on Day 3 before moving to Day 4. Still, I’ll push to get through it as quickly as possible.

Oh, and we also hit a nice milestone: 1,000 renders have been created! Not too shabby I'd say.

That’s all for this week’s update. Thanks as always for following along, and I wish you all a great week ahead!

MisterPuggy