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Hi everyone!
It's time to chat a bit about the update. Since I decided to release the prologue first and then start developing the first chapter, let's talk about that one.
My current plan is to create around 2000 images. It's too early to talk about animations, but we can always circle back to that in future posts. Since we've got a few new girls introduced in the prologue, we'll need to spend some time with them—and the first chapter will likely be geared toward just that. I haven't finished writing it out in full yet, so I'll have time to think things over while I work on images for the parts that are already written. That doesn't mean the plot won't progress; it'll just shift a bit to make room for the girls. I'm working on sourcing new music and deleting the tracks that ended up not fitting, so they don't take up precious space in the game's folder. I'm also mulling over a menu design overhaul and full rework, but that's still just in the brainstorming stage for now. I rushed the prologue release and didn't get help proofreading the English text, which was a mistake. I'll aim to make the next release better in terms of writing than the prologue was, even if it takes a couple extra days.
Right now, I've finished 2 intro scenes for the new chapter, and next up are the branches and romantic scenes for some of the girls. The toughest part for me at the moment is not going overboard, since plot-wise we can't get too close to all the girls—but there's one who'll open up to us in this chapter, and I'll do my best to fully capture her story and motivations.
One of those two scenes was pretty taxing on my PC; I created 96 images, and rendering a single one took 1 hour (60% of them took 1 hour 20 minutes). That meant I could only render 8 to 12 images per day (9-15 hours). I'm hoping to optimize the process and speed up rendering by at least 20-25%. Right now, we've got 135 unprocessed images. I'll be stuck late at work on Friday, and over the weekend I'll handle some real-life stuff, so I'll get back to posing either Sunday evening or Monday. No preview today, since I don't want to drop any spoilers. (I honestly have no idea how to share a preview for this update without spoiling things.)
Hope you all had a great week!
Huge thanks to everyone for your support, guys. Catch you in the next post!