Good news: we get a lot of useful numbers! Bad news: we're still missing some important ones, and the uncertainty remains high. But let's not look gift numbers in the mouth!
DPC has created somewhere in excess of 700 static renders in the last 10 weeks, an average of more than 70 statics per week; overall, he's averaged ~109 statics per week since the Interlude launched. No new word on animations, but he had a total of 95 three weeks ago. We also know he completed at least 9 new ones last week, which is on par with our latest estimate of his overall animation render rate (8.6/week).
We now learn that he has completed 35-45% of the total statics and 40-60% of the total animations (these are obviously estimates, of course). For static renders the calculation is relatively simple: if we arbitrarily assume the current count is 1520, that gives us a target static render total between 3378 and 4343 - call it 3860 statics. For animations it's hazier: we could be anywhere between 104-122 animations (possibly even more), which gives us between 173-305 animations as a target. We'll call that 240, but it's a very variable 240. We can also smoosh the animation and static render percentages together to get an approximate completion percentage of ~45% (37-53%); that's an extremely speculative number since it's not clear the two should be given equal weight, but let's just go with it for now.
Throw all those numbers on are charts, scrape off the cobwebs, and what do we get?
If we go strictly by the static and animation charts, the game would probably release in early October: technically the statics would take until late January, but there's every reason to think the rate will increase substantially when DPC focuses on them. But that's the average case. If we take the optimistic view (3378 statics, 173 animations), DPC could finish the animations by late July and the statics around mid August; that's probably a late August release in practice (since there'd be less time to pick up the slack in static renders), but still a fairly rosy scenario. If we take the pessimistic view (4343 static, 305 animations), we're now looking at early November to complete the animations (and somewhere between that and February to complete the statics). That probably works out to a late November release.
So overall I'd say these numbers generally confirm what we've already been thinking: the release window is somewhere between mid-August and the start of December. Personally, I feel slightly more optimistic this week since it does sound like DPC is still on course for a smaller animation count than Episode 8. That suggests that he's been at least somewhat successful in preventing Episode 9 from snowballing out of control which is the biggest risk to the timetable (both now and going forward). So I'd say the main takeaway is that we're making good progress and DPC does seem to have a finish line in mind now, but we're still at least a couple months out.
If we go strictly by the static and animation charts, the game would probably release in early October: technically the statics would take until late January, but there's every reason to think the rate will increase substantially when DPC focuses on them. But that's the average case. If we take the optimistic view (3378 statics, 173 animations), DPC could finish the animations by late July and the statics around mid August; that's probably a late August release in practice (since there'd be less time to pick up the slack in static renders), but still a fairly rosy scenario. If we take the pessimistic view (4343 static, 305 animations), we're now looking at early November to complete the animations (and somewhere between that and February to complete the statics). That probably works out to a late November release.
So, basically, in other words, what i believe you're implying is, if i'm not mistaken, that we're looking at 1 year between EP8 and EP9, all because of that trashass inked smurf Zoey.
These two statements diametrically oppose each other.. "read every single word", "in love with maya"... cannot compute! Just playing, I don't want to Li preference shame. Ha in reality though, after her last leaked render I think I am in love too.
These two statements diametrically oppose each other.. "read every single word", "in love with maya"... cannot compute! Just playing, I don't want to Li preference shame. Ha in reality though, after her last leaked render I think I am in love too.
Maya of the first season is one of the brightest girls of the series. She is nice, friendly and not so annoying. When Josie arrived and this terrible credit issue was revealed, Maya's rating collapsed to Madame's level. I don't understand at all what Pink was thinking when he created this storyline. In the reddit, in the discord Maya is one of the most unloved girls in the community.
Maya of the first season is one of the brightest girls of the series. She is nice, friendly and not so annoying. When Josie arrived and this terrible credit issue was revealed, Maya's rating collapsed to Madame's level. I don't understand at all what Pink was thinking when he created this storyline. In the reddit, in the discord Maya is one of the most unloved girls in the community.
I think she could redeem herself if she would toughen up and stop playing the victim. I remember my first playthrough, thinking she was going to be my top pick, and then getting annoyed at how she seems to be the only college student who thinks life should be free somehow. Even her whining about being mislead went on too long and put her in last place for me. I imagine this and more is how a lot of people felt. I wish the option to reject her outright was more apparent and not just a throuple copout
the last thing I’ll say is that it actually was entirely possible to make a story where MC didn’t flip flop after the Crossroads decision. Zoey coming back guarantees that as an impossibility.
. While I won't deny, that zoey arrival might shake a bit MC feelings, I dont think he will second guess his current relationship if he has any.
It will be in the hand of the players like always, and they are the one who gonna choose to go for it. And then complaining about it here..
No matter whos path their on , most people won't reject a possible sex scene, and they will complain if they can't get it, and they complain if they get it, but it has a consequence, it's just the same old circile..
I myself guilty about this too, so I know what I'm talking about..
1- Religion has no place here. We are literally the members of a Den of Inequity
2- DPC is responsible for every single facet of his game, by choice. For those who think this is going to go more than a couple more chapters, do you really think he would start resolving some of the relationships here in chapter 8 if there are going to be 20? Exactly. He wouldn't. This particular story will be ending within a few more updates. 10 is my bet for the final, but for sure by 12. He can not keep up this pace. Plus he wants to do other things. So what are you going to do with the soon to hit ending???? Cry? Please, WE ARE REPROBATES. We nut and move on.
3- Look, Pink is not good at some aspects of this. He is brilliant at others. Visually he is hard to beat. Story...... not so much. So why get bent out of shape about the Jade/Stephen/Sage thing???? Just accept it as a stupid way of writing, and go on. It is always going to smell, look, and taste bad. Just gut it up and swallow!
does this guy knows how to do the math? we got chapter 8 by now. with 10 more updates it is gonna be 18 chapters. 18 to 20 doesn't make much of a difference and 10 updates from now is more updates than what we had so far or the same amount if you count christmas special and Zoey interlude. So if he is trying to say DPC won't do anymore chapters and is going to finish his game soon but at the same time he is saying DPC is just halfway from what he has planned, this guy must be tripping really bad.
if he delivers 10 more updates than now it is even more than I expect because I was only expecting 16 chapters. After all, DPC has told he was half way already.
Halloween is the fucking 31st of October. There is a widespread opinion in reddit about the release on Halloween, and given that people from discord are active users of reddit (f95 is considered too toxic for DPC snowflakes), it is not surprising that these conversations have reached DPC.
What he actually meant ( or claims ?! ) was the games END at EP10 which would meant 2 more to go ( next in around October and a final one later... ) or he's now going for 12 episodes ( as in EP12 THE END ! ) which would be 4 updates...
Yeah, I posted this theory after I played the update and everyone thought it was ridiculous (except ChipLecsap, who thought it was the most amazing thing ever).
The thing that leads me to believe it's true is - Bella's boss doesn't acknowledge James at all. Sure their conversation was inappropriate, but Bella's boss acts like James isn't even there. Which leads me to believe she caught Bella talking to herself and sent her home so she can relax and get her bearings.
Also, the guy with the glasses watching them outside is odd. He's in sharp focus and like in the middle of the scene and his reactions to Bella (and James) is headscratching. It's like he's also watching Bella talking to herself and thinking "WTF is she doing?"
I'm with you bro. I posted a few times about that topic after you did and you're right, the vast majority were incensed at even the possibility of the theory.
I've had enough now and will quickly get this Imaginary Husband James theory out of the way.
The MC is looking at Isabella and James' wedding photo in EP5. Ergo, James can't just be an imaginary husband, because otherwise the MC couldn't see him either.
Just accept that Isabella is no longer a virgin and James will come back.
I've had enough now and will quickly get this Imaginary Husband James theory out of the way.
The MC is looking at Isabella and James' wedding photo in EP5. Ergo, James can't just be an imaginary husband, because otherwise the MC couldn't see him either.
Just accept that Isabella is no longer a virgin and James will come back.
I agreed with you until you said he'll come back. I'll only believe that when I see it.
DPC didn't even had the balls to show him and Bella being cosy with each other when they supposedly were happily married, and Bella clearly still has feelings for him. Seeing as DPC avoids even the slightest hint of NTR like the plague, I just can't see it happen, at least for now as the story stands. Perhaps it'll make sense when we learn what the fuck went down between him and Bella.
I've had enough now and will quickly get this Imaginary Husband James theory out of the way.
The MC is looking at Isabella and James' wedding photo in EP5. Ergo, James can't just be an imaginary husband, because otherwise the MC couldn't see him either.
Just accept that Isabella is no longer a virgin and James will come back.
I'm not sure where you are getting the James is an imaginary husband part from. It's nothing I've said or mentioned in my theory, but you keep putting words in my mouth.
According to my theory and like I've told you multiple times before - James is dead and Bella has suffered a mental breakdown due to the tragic event.
People who have suffered mental breakdowns also suffer from symptoms like hallucinations, sounds or images that seem real but they aren't really there. They also at times get delusional and suffer from paranoia.
So during the flashback, James is a hallucination and Bella is talking to thin air. She seemingly can't get over the fact that he's dead and it's something that she can't accept. It's also why her boss sends her home and that guy sitting outside has an odd reaction while watching her talk to nobody.
Also, it gives a logical explanation to the locked room - James' home office or study, with his belongings and also to that library monologue "I would have cried for help".
This theory has nothing to do with Bella's virginity. It's obvious she isn't one and I couldn't care less if she lost it to James or Neil.
What if Bella has a split personality and James is one of the ego states? Bella's consciousness periodically switches from one to the other, and James's photo is a photo of some actor that one of Bella's alter imagined herself to be?
What if MС doesn't exist?
And the whole game is a fantasy of Bella who going crazy?
What if Bella has a split personality and James is one of the ego states? Bella's consciousness periodically switches from one to the other, and James's photo is a photo of some actor that one of Bella's alter imagined herself to be?
What if MС doesn't exist?
And the whole game is a fantasy of Bella who going crazy?
