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Progress Update - Episode 15
Short little update.
Still working on that same scene and will be for a bit longer. I've finished the first part for 1 route and I went back to the start to work on route 2 for that part. I can reuse some of the renders, so it will be a little quicker but in the majority, I still have to switch out characters and also change dialogue and make some smaller changes to the scene to make it have some unique stuff as well and it won't feel like 2 times the complete same scene with different characters. Of course, lots of it will be the same because the same information needs to be provided on each route. I think I'm about half way done with route 2 on the first part.
The second part of that scene will be mostly the same for both routes, at least I try it to make it like that so I won't lose too much time. The second part is also smaller, so I should finish that quicker.
In that first part, I've also included a small snippet of a scene which I normally wouldn't put in this version of the game. There will be some who won't like it and people will talk about it but I want to use this more of an "experiment" let's say. After the release I will ask what you think about it. If you like it and want more of it, I either extend the scene and will add more of those in the future. If the majority doesn't like it, I might leave it as it is, or straight out remove it and that scene never happened. Also, that scene will only be available on 1 specific route.
I don't know if I said it last time, but episode 15 is already bigger than the whole episode 14. And the first day isn't even finished yet. After this big scene I'm working on, there's still the Valeria date. Maybe I should just remove it. No one wants to go to an emo party...
At the same time, I'm also working on the remake of episode 4. There will be some changes regarding the paths. I will make it easier to close a path or both if you're not interested in Nikki and or Cara. There will be a variable pretty early on that dictates whether you want to continue their route or not. Of course, you can choose to continue first and end it at another point but the early variable is meant for quickly passing through the scenes. It will shorten or even fully remove certain scenes for Nikki and Cara.
Both of the characters will also get a new fun scene. Cara's personality will be slightly adjusted. I'm making her a little less shy because it's too close to Layla's route. I'm trying to make her a little more interesting early on. I think in later episodes she gets more out of her shell already because of how experimental she can be. One bad thing for Cara though, the new renders make Nikki look even better... Every time I work on Nikki scenes, she becomes my favourite. I either should make a Nikki game (I have a great idea for it) or have the car hit her... I'm actually having a lot of fun remaking episode 4.
Anyways, that's it for now. Still lots of work to do.
