16 OF MAY AT 15:20
Tutor Post: Viv, Paul & Planning
Goooood morning everyone!
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Okay today I'm gonna begin with the progress sheet and talk from there:
-Byron Beach - 100%
-Instagram photos - 100%(?)
-Date with Viv Pt1 - 100%
-Date with Viv Pt2 - 50%~
-Visiting Jo - 0%
-Council2 - 0%
-Moddy's Gathering Outros - 40%~
-Mod Shop Betting game - 0%
-Harassment events - 0%
-2 Paul scenes at home:
---PM Pt1 - 100%
---PM Pt2 - 10%~
---PC - 0%
So let's discuss the Viv scenes first, I've separated them into parts as they are both huge scenes. Part 1 is during the day and it's a chance meet with Viv in Renshire and despite Viv being obviously distracted by something the two go and grab a bite to eat. Before the meal even arrives there is an unexpected visitor which causes Viv to run for the hills. Part 2 is Lisa visiting Viv at home later that evening followed by some reveals about why Viv moved to the outskirt and some insight into her husband. The real meat & bones of part 2 is that Lisa stays the night with Viv as Luca always stays at his friend's house on Mondays. Lisa being new to the whole Lesbian thing, Viv an experienced older woman shows her the ropes <3
I think it's a great scene and I love the sets and renders for it thus far, I think you guys will love it too
For those not on the Viv Romance path, the scene will still play out without the sexual content as Viv is now and will remain an important character to the story.
Okay onto the Paul content:
I've separated the Paul scenes to "PM" & "PC" with two parts to the first. I've discussed with several of you some ideas & intentions going forward with the Paul and I wanna publicize it today. It's no secret that Paul hasn't been a favorite character of mine so far and that's primarily because I didn't fully believe the characters reasoning which is poor ass writing quite frankly but I am moving it in a slightly different direction. The big picture will remain the same with the same events planned later still in the pipeline but it's taking a more "believable" path to get there (I think at least).
The Paul scenes that came runner up in the vote were intended to be short scenes kind of like the shower scene or the coffee in the kitchen scene but this time Paul would be playing with Lisa instead of the other way around but in their place I've chosen these absolutely massive scenes intended to pave the way for the future content. The "PM" scene will also lock out previous Paul content from the house (it will still be accessible in the Recollection room).
It wasn't easy coming to this decision but this new motive has me engaged entirely. It also opens up a lot of crossover with other optional routes which I am always eager to explore ^_^
Alrighty so that's the two scenes I'm working on for now, I tend to bounce back and forth between scenes quite a lot when when I'm developing. Often I'll be outside having a cig and something cool will just pop into my head - maybe a particular CG or a cool line to write in that needs a specific expression but it feels nice to work so freely ^_^
I know this progress post is later than usual but it took me almost 2 days to get the poll working and ready and any images I had weren't "new" enough or had MAJOR spoilers which I didn't want
The render count is sitting somewhere between 250-300 currently.
I'm aiming for a Mid June release - there will definitely be delays on some of the scenes and I think to keep things interesting / varied I'm gonna work on the scenes and release in this order:
-Byron Beach
-Date with Viv
-PM
-Instagram photos
-Mod Shop Betting game (IF I HAVE TIME OTHERWISE BETA)
^^^^^ALPHA RELEASE^^^^^
-Moddy's Gathering Outros
-Harassment events - 0%
-Council2 - 0%
-PC - 0%
-Visiting Jo
^^^^^BETA RELEASE^^^^^
-Marcus Makes Model Images
-Renshire Rewrite
-Character Compendium
^^^^^FINAL RELEASE^^^^^
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This makes the most sense I think
I should note that Paul "PM" won't be available until "Council2" has been completed in the final version but it WILL be available in the Alpha and Beta. This is because I'm a bit of a fool that keeps moving pieces around
(I promise there is at least SOME method to my madness!)
Unlike E2Ch2 there is a LOT of RPGM work to do in this update and that's not including the new sprites I need to put together so despite the release being a month away I am incredibly stressed already x)!
But that's pretty much everything. I did want to talk about an event that has happened that I might gate behind Episode 3 going forward because it introduced characters I'm not sure I want introduced yet but I'll discuss it in another post if I need to ^_^
Love you guys, thanks for sticking with me always. I just wanna take you all out for a nice pint o' Guinness <33
//pG