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Corporate Development Memo 3 August 2025
Hi everyone,
First of all, I'm going to give a quick 35,000 feet overview of everything.
More or less, in a perfect world, I want to add seven more scenes to this update. However, I also want to get out the update in a specific time window so I'm currently starting to arrange some time off later this month by scheduling some extra client meetings and moving things around so I can have more time on the game. I think I will end up trying to add 5 of 7 and am trying to prioritize accordingly. Two of these scenes are long to me too so I might make some tough calls how to approach things.
I am assuming about two weeks for testing in all my estimates too (testing starts in my mind when renders/writing have a rough draft and are "done" with no new content to add). Sometimes this process has been faster, and two times a bit slower. But more on that later. I've already been doing a bit of testing on earlier scenes and have even added music to about the first 5-6 scenes. So I'm barely in but have started some initial editing.
Current render count is 2,606 renders/102 renders this past week. I have been doing some extra work on my design business to try and free up more time later this month, so I'm actually pretty happy I did ok this week all things considered. I should still be pretty busy this week on that stuff but after that, I might be in pretty good shape.
I'm even getting more help on making sure I have little wedding distractions as much as possible... my mom has been so great - and my soon to be mother in law has been so amazing as a new help in my life too - and I appreciate the help so much! (after we both had to squash their lofty budget goals lol).
I'm at a very good place mentally and I don't think I've ever been happier in my life. No matter what happens with the game or even if my design business or other investments started to fail or something awful... being in love so deeply is so far above and beyond anything else in life that I can't be too stressed about anything. So I feel like I'm working in a good head space right now and not stressing too much about one scene or one specific concern, etc. Big picture, I'll get the update out and try my best to make it as good as possible.
I am still on the dom path although I may try and sneak in sometime soon an optional sub scene since it's not super long. We'll see.
I am getting closer and closer to the end, and I appreciate the patience and support! I know my updates are not fast (this is a very bad financial decision for me as honestly devs that release smaller/faster updates have better metrics) but I kind of work the way I do.
I'll keep plugging away this week and moving forward. I appreciate everything especially over the last week with nice messages and so forth...
With gratitude and love,
Tess