I hope everyone that celebrates it had a nice Thanksgiving weekend! I had some family visiting here, so it's been pretty hectic!
I decided to do a public post this week since I am crossing a big milestone -- 2,000 renders. My render count is as of right now 2,048 renders and I've done maybe 30+ animations. As always, I tend to not list animations early because I tend to reject quite a few of them from the final release.
I apologize to Patrons for any repeat images or things they already know but I will try and minimize it to some extent.
The overall amount of work for Episode 8, Part I is pretty far along now. I would say the dom path is content done, and I am focusing on the sub path now. I am trying to get to about 2150-2200 renders by the end of this month, and then a hard look at what's left for content. I'll start to steer towards music, editing, and organizing everything, etc.
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This episode has been somewhat impacted negatively by speed from three primary factors:
1) My computer having a complete SSD meltdown which I thought at first was almost game killing and I was despondent for about 12 hours. But some great tech people saved me! I luckily managed to save most of the script and lost only about 2 weeks of renders. I also had to rebuild my entire Daz library, but I've put together a better backup methodology for everything now. I wish I was a smarter tech person, but I'm basically a creative artistic type...so bleah. I'm still shocked I can even write the basic code for this game! I still prefer writing the script on Final Draft and trying to transfer it over to the code script, but it's kind of more work! But everything overall is good now with having everything I need to work well!
2) My help on a AAA game that finally released earlier this year. I still can't say anything specific on it due to a hard NDA, but it looks like I might help out on the next one, which is likely quite a few years away. But I wouldn't have made this connection without Karlsson's Gambit, so that alone has made this game worth it for more than the fun in making it, etc.
3) A massive client presentation which took place on October 27th for my main business. It took a few months of hard prep, and involved four companies working together as one collective so to speak. I was also designated the "closer" for all four companies meaning I had to present not only my company but the overall closing hard pitch for all four of our group, so it really impacted me during October especially! Very fortunately, all that work paid off and we got it! This client will require me to travel internationally about 3-4 times in 2024, but to tell you the blunt truth, I have always so far written faster when traveling because of less distractions. I'm actually a monster with efficiency just writing on a laptop while flying! So I'm not too worried about this at all!
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This episode will be a lot of prep before the game show, with some going into the show itself. But Part 2 will likely be primarily only in the game show itself for a majority of the narrative. Episode 8 (except for the last one) in my outline is the longest of all, so this is why I decided to split it in parts. This episode will also be a standalone download, meaning it doesn't need Episodes 1-7 to use.
HOWEVER, you will need saves from Episode 7 that can transfer over! Please be aware of this, as that's the design.
I will trying a full test right when December comes, so I can see where everything stands for creating a sprint plan to try and finish the update.
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I tried to include a few more preview images but Patreon is rejecting some of them for being adult for a public post, so I have to hold back, haha!
I will try and post some on Discord later!
I will also confirm that it WILL be possible on the sub path to receive one early ending, so you might want to save here and there!
I am also including two little Easter Egg messages from me but players will only see this scene with very specific choices (one dom path, one sub path possible). It's just for fun with a little message from me (not my character in game, but me as the dev) so it's immersion breaking and I will warn that it is the case if you find it!
Anyway, it's been a hectic weekend so I better get back to the political arguments and leftover food again! (I am not really that political, so this isn't fun for me, haha!)
Please have a great holiday season everyone!
Love,
Tess
