Post from the dev on discord today
Hey Everyone
With 2024 coming and going with no new chapter for Artemis released, I know many have stopped by to see any status of what or when. Those of you on Patreon, especially if you were subbed in the first half of 2024, know the full details as I had shared this information with you guys at the time this happened. It's a difficult topic to discuss and the whole situation had caught myself and family in a storm of emotions. As we went into 2024, my mother's cancer took a turn for the worst. She lost a lot of strength to do things for herself and required a lot of help. I stepped in to take care of her, get her meals, keep her on track with meds, doctor appointments and even trips to the ER. All while also juggling the Artemis update. Unfortunately, she lost the battle at the end of June just two weeks before my birthday. It's been a difficult year to process everything and working on the update for Artemis has kept my mind busy. But for those who've experienced a loss of a loved one know how much emotional pain can overwhelm you at times. Especially during holidays.
Many of you, especially on Patreon, know how transparent I am with things. And bringing this up publicly certainly isn't easy, especially when it still feels new. I'm here to tell you that the update is very much still coming and there's only a handful of things left to do for this update. I wanted to chime in and set expectations as some of you are likely expecting a massive update of like 10k renders or something. Since chapter 3, the average release count has been 5-6k renders and that's about where CH6 is going to be. Content wise, a lot of the romance options took the backseat in CH5 with Artemis taking center stage (She is the title character after all.). With Chapter 6, this will be balanced out with the main story continuing and catching up with the love interests.
As a solo developer, times like this I wish I had a partner or team to hand off work to. Unfortunately, in the past many have gotten burnt out (non-AVN work) leaving me to do all the work. Which is why when I got into developing my first AVN (Artemis), I decided I'd go solo. I am hopeful I'll find a solid team in the future, but because of my past. I am very cautious of who I let into my inner circle when it comes to work.
Thanks everyone,
digi
Here's some behind the scenes of me working on custom assets and some previews for what's to come this coming chapter.
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