This will be the last devlog before episode 6 releases on the 20th of December
Right now I'm still working on the last sex scene and all the parts that it has. There's a lot of different shots in it so it's taking quite a bit of work to get it all together. I'll be working up to the last day before release on it
I had to stop collaborating with two of the three animators because it just wasn't working out, one had low quality output, the other, while great quality, was flaking on commitments.
Still, the first one remains, but can't rely on them for all the work because there's too much. I'll be on the lookout for a good quality/price animator next year. Meanwhile Abyss lent me a hand with an adapted workflow he has for ai animation and I used it for a couple of animations in this episode, especially here near the end when commissioning an animation and getting it back can take a week, and I don't have that much time left.
Episode 6 resolves a bit of the mystery story we have going so far and sets it up for the future.
There's also the threesome at the end which is taking all my focus now
So yeah this episode took a long-ass time to make... I was quite sluggish and unproductive over the summer to be honest, and the itch/steam ban scares happened, then came my paypal account freeze (which is now resolved, as you know), which were further headwinds for me, mentally.
We're good now though!
Also, this episode has a much higher image to text ratio (more images per lines of text) than previous episodes, so all in all takes longer to make.
By the way, Patreon enabled direct-to-bank payouts for me just yesterday!
So paypal/payoneer shouldn't be an issue in the future
Alright, I think that's it!
Have a great week, release is on the 20th of Dec
BCG