Paperwork and VFX

Hello there,

This month has been a very special one for me. First off, I had to manage my grandmother's estate, and believe me, in France, we love our paperwork and bureaucracy! It's enough to drive you mad. Add to that it's also the start of tax season, and you get the picture...
However, on a much brighter note, the game had a very good rebound on Steam. Sales are much better than they were before the bundles, although they are still far from incredible. But it's very pleasing! Moreover, the game has had a very favorable rating of 100% positive reviews over the last 30 days for over a month and a half now.

Regarding the development of the next chapter, there are several things to note. I have continued writing, and I have about 75% of the dialogues written at this point.
I have continued making renders, and it's progressing quite well.
I have started setting the first animations for this chapter. And there, there will be something new. I've decided to switch to videos at 45 or 60 fps, depending on the videos. I still need to get used to this new format, but it must be said that it looks nicer! Plus, you may know this, but for some animations with special effects, I use another software (Blender). Until now, it was quite haphazard, but I took some time to rework the workflow between my two software (Blender for the special effects and Daz for everything else), and it has become much smoother. And frankly, the result is crazy! I bet you've almost never seen animations with these kinds of special effects in Visual Novels!

Anyway, just know that it's progressing well and this chapter will likely be a bit longer than the others. We'll know more next month!

For the numbers:

• 465 static renders

• 685 animation frames (11 seconds) and 480 (8 seconds) more currently rendering in the next few days

• 1900 lines of script, 800 additional lines of dialogues to be scripted

• 1600 lines with renders.

Thanks and see you soon!