With that all out of the way, Imma try to start a new poll on whether or not I should finish the update after it's a final, polished update, or if I should just release the text only update. I'll clarify.
It's been close to 2 years since an update was rolled out for this. Saruh sat on it for about 5 months before he bailed the first time. When he asked me to take it over in February of 2022, I had the rough draft of the next update completed by like, early March of 2022. Doing some clean up edits & tweaking of the script to get the proper final copy of the text will take me all of maybe a week, even with my limited availability to work on this, because I'm a fast writer. So, if I release it as text only, you'll basically get all of what's currently in the game, but the new content will be a mix. Some of the new content will have renders, but the rest will just be a black screen with text. It sucks, I know, but I mean it's been nearly 2 years & I haven't even had time to try to work on more renders for a few months. This way, you'll be able to get the next update, get the next chunk of the story minus some of the visual elements within the next month, instead of whenever I'm able to finish it, which very well could be another year or longer. I don't like the circumstances any more than y'all do, but I mean, it is what it is. I care enough about finishing this enough to work on it for free when I have time, but I mean, I got a life guys. I have work, relationships & family & those all take priority over this. Sorry but like I said, it is what it is. So if we go this route, y'all at least get the next chunk of the story, you just have to use your own imagination to fill in a lot of parts of it. Once that's out, then hey, if enough people are hyped about where the story's going & the writing style & such, maybe that might motivate some of y'all with better PCs & the time & willingness to learn DAZ to jump in & help fill in the render blanks & might make doing the rest of it faster & easier, or I might end up just doing the rest as text, we'll revisit that when that time comes.
The other option of course is not releasing it until the update is 100% complete & polished, (or as polished as I can get it with the hardware I have to work with), Obviously, with that route, y'all will get a much more complete & polished product, the obvious downside is it might take a long time to get there.
So in short, the 2 options are, release the text of the game & just accept that there's going to be parts that don't have visual renders, but you'll get the story of the update MUCH faster, or wait until it's done to release it, however long that takes.
Since I don't have access to the OP account anymore, (Saruh / Slappy Kinkaid Games), I might have to make another post elsewhere & link it here. Will update once there