Dev Blog 21/01/25
Hey all! Things are progressing with the next chapter pretty regularly. I've had a little writer's block last week just trying to sort out a transition between two events. The renders are lagging behind because of it. I just had to step away from it for a few days to clear my head and that got me back on track. But things are looking good. The story outline is fully fleshed out, I'm working on the script now. The image outline is fully done. Right now it's planned for 170 images, but we'll see how it looks when the renders catch up. I usually end up adding a few then taking a few away as I proofread while I'm waiting on a render. I think last chapter I had 154 images planned then it went up to 164, then ended up with 138, so we'll see how this chapter goes. Hopefully this update isn't going to take TOO much longer.
Chapter 4 is going to be from Morgan's POV again, as I'm pretty sure I've mentioned before. And it's going to start with her night while Adam was having dinner, basically while she was texting before he left. You're finally going to meet Diego, Morgan's neighbor, but nothing too drawn out, more of an introduction for future events. And there's going to be a lot more of Jason's antics and manipulations. And just like in Chapter 3 how you got to choose how Adam reacted to a couple of events, you'll get a bit of that with Morgan this chapter as well. I'm debating adding in a final option later (Chapter 5 or 6) as a "are you absolutely sure you want this?" kind of option that I've seen other games do, but I also like when games don't do that and I get to play through again from the beginning with different choices, and wonder just what each choice will end up meaning. So I'm unsure. I'll eventually make a poll for that, see how you all feel about it. But I'm having fun writing. I really do enjoy writing from Morgan's POV. I think it's going to be a fun chapter.
I still don't want to give an estimate of how long before it's finished, because I always tend to fuck it up. lol! Maybe in the next dev blog when I'm more sure. I'll try to work on this one faster. I do have to say, though, that I have gotten better with this whole game dev thing. This is my learn-by-doing project. It was rough in the beginning just figuring out lighting and HDRI's and render settings and how long it took to move and pose every little finger joint. And kissing! My God! Have you ever though about how your neck and face move just to kiss someone without ramming your nose fully into their eye? Because I have. lol! It was rough. I think from my decision to sit down and start making my own game to that first chapter took a full year, just to learn everything and try things out, and fuck everything up, and start over. It's been a time.
And I really can't express how appreciative I am of all of your support. Every little bit helps me pay the bills and I can't thank you all enough. And those who can't support with patronage, don't even worry about it! Just play my game, leave your comments, and keep being naughty! Your messages and comments really do give me ideas on how to change things and add things moving forward. If there's something you hate or something you're really wanting to see, then tell me. I've also kinda spoiled some plot points to people who have messaged me because I'm terrible at keeping secrets. lol! And even questions like "hey, are you going to include this kink or that kink?" and I'm all "nope, no plans for it." then the next day I'm sitting here writing and I think "although... hmm..."