Progress Report 24-04
The reception of Ep3 has been incredible. I had high hopes for it, but didn't realistically expect I'd come near them. I'm thrilled so many of you have enjoyed it, and loved seeing some people put TaH into their personal Top-10 or Top-5 AVNs. Being in the same conversation as the big boys is what I envisioned for this project, and I plan to continue building on that.
With completing the third episode last week, I've experienced something I haven't felt after the previous two chapters: a desire for an extended rest. I'm sure most of it was due to other life events, but nonetheless I needed a break from heavy development.
With that said, I haven't been completely inactive. I have been doing what I call "busy work" while I give my creative mind a rest.
I've released some fixes with [v1.03] that resolves a few bugs. I've also deleted old/resolved comments on the (Best Bud & Fun Fling+) Download pages. I update and reuse these pages for every release, so I felt the comment section should be kept clean of anything that's outdated (no sense in showing old problems that aren't relevant anymore).
My PC has been stripped down and completely rebuilt, including a fresh install of Windows. It's been running better, but I will still need a better long-term solution.
I've taken time to do more detail fixes on character models. It's mostly things nobody will pick up on unless you see direct side by side comparison images, but they will enhance the quality nonetheless (and I'll be less annoyed while creating my renders). But a main focus I want to improve is optimizing the environments/lighting better. This is the next major leap I can take to augment the visuals.
Among this busy work I've also started April's promo images that will be released next week (a fan favorite who's getting their second set of promos). And I also hope to get the month's Psycho tier customs done as well.
All this needs to be out of the way now because in a week I'll be doing some house sitting for my parents to care for their pets. I want to use those 8-9 days to complete the Ep4 outline and get a big chunk of first draft writing done.
Ep4 timeline will span one week and (hopefully) will be smaller in size. But if you really prefer how large Ep3 was and want more of that, let me know.
-ckr
Comments (4)
I personally liked the approach of using the episode to further explore the female characters. I really did enjoy the respective stories and to create a more immersive world. Very good work in this update overall.
I just finished playing this game for the first time, and I had to take a minute. There were several moments in the game that hit me right in the feels and make you empathize with the characters and others were just gut wrenching. This is one of the best visual novels I have ever played, not just AVN. Amazing work. As for the updates, i have no issue with waiting longer for bigger updates. The quality shown is definately worth waiting for.
Personally I'm happy to wait longer for larger updates, especially for high quality releases like ep. 3. You can't please everyone though, so I'd say go with whatever option you prefer.
Episode 3 was great and whilst the lewd content was less than I hoped especially with my preferred paths, literally everything else was pretty amazing so it easily gets a 9.5/10. Now I do however would like it if the next installment won't take as long as this one but since it was coupled with real life issues I guess we won't be seeing this again. I'm on my third playthrough now and while I enjoy reliving the story I do hope I can get more content in the near future xD