Hi everyone!
This is my last public post before an update comes out! (It means I am very close!) Sorry for this post being long, but I guess I'm saying it will be a bit long.
Forgive my images, I spent about 40 minutes looking for preview images and I realized after about 300 images that virtually all of them are too "adult" for a public post! I'll try and post some adult ones on Discord.
For Patrons, my render count was a tiny bit off last week - it was too low - so I have done a full complete update here. More on that below.
1) First, I always want to do a PSA about Patreon and signups, etc. Remember that my site and most others are now on subscription billing. So that means it cycles every 30 days versus the 1st of the month, but most importantly -- please do NOT use Apple products (iPhone/iPad) if you want to avoid paying extra for a tier on the site. This is not Patreon's fault (I mean they had to make the decision for Apple app business but probably would have preferred not doing this) but rather a necessity of their business model with Apple. But you can sign up with Android/PC products and still pay the normal rate, so keep that in mind. Still want to always do this PSA for a while because not everyone follows these changes and I don't want someone to pay say 13-14 dollars (and that will go every month) versus just 10 if they sign up without Apple.
2) Ok update numbers:
Bottom line, I am down to one big dom scene left to write/render and put togethe for a final rough draft being finished. My original thought was that my update would be about 3700-3800 renders, but as usual I'm an idiot and have ballooned it a bit more. But this is the last scene and then I'm into editing for the Test Version. Here are my numbers right now:
Main path renders: 232 images (this is what all players see) (final count absent minor tweaks/corrections)
Secret Sub Path renders: 367 images (final count absent minor tweaks/corrections)
Kane Domination Path: 1,647 images (one large scene left)
Kane Sub Path: 2,100 (done/final count absent minor tweaks/corrections)
Overall: 4,336 renders
3) I am working very hard this week and am only taking off Thanksgiving for family stuff and will be even be grinding a bit on Black Friday. I am thankful my fiance is a gifted cook because it helps me avoid so much stress! We usually do two things -- one lunch event for all staff of our businesses with free food and even live music together (some of them don't have family here so we make sure everyone can enjoy an event together and frankly I think it's one factor why we have super loyal people) and then in evening just a family/private one. I am little behind on the update where I hoped to be, but it was based on a smaller update size to be honest. But I am adding no more scenes (I am forcing myself to stop lol) beyond this last big dom path scene. So expect a true count of roughly 4,500 renders at the end. Which would make it my biggest update in that metric.
4) Please forgive terrible communication for the next two weeks. I will be super hard grinding and not much else.
I wish the Fierce Goddess would release the update already. I really want to play it before many of us have to play Fallout. I hope there will be a hero who will leak the test version. May the Fierce Goddess forgive me for such impudent thoughts and desires, I was simply really captivated by the plot of her masterpiece, and this is almost the end. However, as the finale of Game of Thrones shows, sometimes it is better to think out the ending yourself...
I wish the Fierce Goddess would release the update already. I really want to play it before many of us have to play Fallout. I hope there will be a hero who will leak the test version. May the Fierce Goddess forgive me for such impudent thoughts and desires, I was simply really captivated by the plot of her masterpiece, and this is almost the end. However, as the finale of Game of Thrones shows, sometimes it is better to think out the ending yourself...
Well, I reasoned like this (in short):
If Tess follows the literary basis (plot, introduction, climax, denouement) according to my feelings we are somewhere in the middle of the climax - the beginning of the denouement, and there are 2-3 updates left. And if this update is the penultimate one, I will just think up the ending for myself (if anything).
Although the Fierce Goddess is undoubtedly more talented than those pida***r***assof who wrote the finale to Game of Thrones.
John Snow - MUDAK (stupid asshole)!!!
Here in America we are celebrating Thanksgiving Day. It's simply what it sounds like; a day to give thanks. So, I am thankful to Tess for creating this wonderful story and for all the entertaining hours it has provided for me both reading it and talking about it here with good friends. I am thankful for all the friends and acquaintances I have found here (even Maviarab). I wish everyone here good health and happiness. May God bless you all.
We can assume a lot of things, but the best thing to do is ask the dev about it. A year ago, according to her feelings, it was
like this.
(If English is not your first language, below is the text version of her post).
So here I agree with Maviarab and what he wrote above. Anyway, in addition to the upcoming Ep8 pt2, we have Ep8 pt3 (the final installment of the game show) waiting for us, which Tess hasn't started working on yet. And basically, the “war of all against all” won't start until episode 9+ at the earliest. That is when the first heads of serious players like the Karlsson sisters will fly. (However, it depends on our decisions, and, as Tess writes, we can save the first possible victim among the sisters if we try very hard and make certain decisions).
So, using chess terminology, I'd say we're now in the first half of the Mittelspiel, which will last (I think) at least until the end of episode 10+, after which we will be waiting for a large and extensive Endspiel (Ep/Ch 11-12+), the result of which will be ~17 different endings of the game. But, again, it all depends on Tess and how much the creative process takes her over. For example, the new update (Ep8 pt2) was supposed to be smaller, but according to her, she again didn't hold back (lucky for us) and did more scenes than planned. So time will tell.