Law School - Episode 6 - Devlog #4
Hello everyone,
Last week was pretty good. I went back to back on animations for two scenes and started to feel the weight of it, but that's now behind me and this dev cycle is off to a great start on the animation front. I may have gone a little overboard with this scene, but I have a feeling a lot of you will enjoy it.
The week itself didn't start so hot, though. One of my render rigs kept crashing, and not the polite kind. The whole screen goes dark, I can't do anything, and I can't even get in through remote control. Everything pointed at the GPU, since I tried a bunch of fixes: MemTest, a driver health check, a Windows update, driver updates rollback, underclocking, and so on. Nothing worked, so I ended up opening the computer and re-plugging everything. Thankfully, that did the trick and there have been no crashes since. Well, Daz 6 crashed a lot, but that software is so unstable it's not surprising.
Once that was sorted, I got back to work. I'm now on the first scene common to all paths of the episode. It's a big one, about 300 lines of dialogue with some variations here and there, and I'm hoping to have it done by tomorrow. The next few scenes (11, if memory serves) will be mostly static renders, though I might add a cutscene somewhere in there. Not sure yet. I'm hoping to get that render count up over the next 2 to 3 devlogs.
Speaking of, let's talk numbers:
Static renders: 283
Animations: 38
Story content: 4 scenes written (3,337 words)
Not too shabby: just over 110 renders and 16 more animations since last week. Lots of yapping as well. Last episode was about 60k words, and I'm confident this one will land way over that. I'll put a prediction on the record: around 71k words. We'll see how close I got in a few months!
In other news, fall starts today and I'm so psyched. Time to lock in, fellas. I yearn to get back to 200 renders a week. The heat will soon be just a bad nightmare.
I'm going back to work, and in the meantime, I wish you all a great week.
MisterMaya
Comments (19)
I only have a vague idea about writing novels and word count--many find dialog to be the hardest part--and I know even less about programming. Thanks for sharing your passion with us. Also, yes, I am so glad summer is over; fall and spring are best. I much prefer winter over summer as well.
Have a good week!
Thanks for the devlog and have a great week. ♥️
Thanks Mister Maya for the devlog, keep the hard working and the great work that you have did. Wish you a great week and I look forward to the new devlog.
Thank you Maya and keep up the good work ❤️
Episode 5 was already amazing and honestly one of my favorites so far. Feels like you keep raising the bar with every episode, so I’m really curious to see where Episode 6 takes it. Keep it up man 🔥
Thank you for the DevLog. Have a great week too.👍😊
Mistermaya will we be getting episode 6 at this year end or early January? Please say something.
Glad you got pc problems sorted out and it wasn’t anything serious. Hope you’ll have a great week ahead Maya.
Are you planning to make this episode as big as the previous one, or it is more on the smaller side?
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GOOD SUPER MONDAY MORNING (12am 🌛🌃), MF MAYA AND EVERYONE!!! Nice work... Hey, we enjoy everything 😛. Woooo... safe there with the right 😅. "You got this ✊🏻🔥!" 11 scenes in stills, and you want to add a cutscene somewhere. Always the overachiever, aren't you 😜? "Not too shabby," he said 😂. Mate, that's excellent 😋. I'll say 80K. Umm... aren't you always "locked in 😅?" Yeah... the heat will be gone, but Winter is coming (I HATE WINTER 😬). As always, thanks for the DevLog, MF Maya (aka MayaMan/MorningMaya)!!! Keep on keeping on 😉!!! ALWAYS EXCITED AND EAGERLY WAITING FOR YOUR GAME AND READING YOUR POSTS 🙌🏻🔥!!! Love and appreciate everything! You ❤️, your ladies 😍, your posts 🥰, and your games ❤️! Always make my days better 🌈! Thank you, MF Maya and our fellow lawyers, for being in my life and being a part of my routine 😉! Stay safe, stay blessed, and stay in PERFECT health, beautiful people! And don't forget to stay hydrated! And you're never alone ❤️🫶🏻🫰🏻!!! OUR AVNS AND OUR DEVS CONNECT US ALL 🤗!!! Have an amazing and beautiful week! I'll catch you all—ON THE NEXT ONE ✌🏻😁!!!
I hate computers. And I do programming for a living. 😂 Glad you got it sorted for now
Mayaster, good work out there! Be sure to stay healthy and enjoy yourself<3
Good Morning Mister Maya, I wish you a great day and hopefully you have been eating well and healthy, having good sleep and happy. As always we love you and good luck until next time! ❤️
Thank you for update Maya, hope you have a great week ahead man, take care!
Glad you got the PC issues sorted out! Can’t wait to see what you’ve got planned for Episode 6 👀
Rose scene 👀👀
Thank you sweet magnificient and beautiful MrMaya