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Chapter 9 weekly status report (3)
I'm back with the status reports, which have been anything but weekly lately. I apologize for that and now that the vacation is out of the way I promise to be
more regular with these again.
I've finally
started writing the episode after a month and a half of working both in the structure and drawings. This will be the update with the highest art count, with
around 100 new illustrations. I was trusting in finding someone to help with the line drawing part of the process, but it's not been easy and I wasn't successful. I guess I will need to take care of the ones left myself, and I will do so as I write. Most of the drawings are already done anyway, especially the most important ones.
The
narrative structure for this chapter is proving really difficult to articulate, and I'm still trying to figure out an optimal one. This has been a burden, especially mentally, since I'm trying to account for many elements and tie them together, adding the new scenes in a sequence that makes sense and is enjoyable and well paced. To
avoid stalling, I've started writing independent scenes that I have already worked. Meanwhile I will continue to tweak the overall structure and stitch everything together once I've made sense of it all.
Also, I've
hired a programmer to help me with some aspects of the game and add some very requested features. Aside from a lot of
code and size optimization, we're adding a
scene gallery and polishing some
other features. Once that is done, we'll look to create a stable
Android port (finally!).
Now, about a
release date: all I can do at this point is estimate, but I think I will need
at least one month to tackle the writing and the other tasks. I'll know more when I see how work progresses this coming weeks, but I want to
avoid by all means possible releasing Chapter 9 later than September. I got used to release every month with GGGB and taking so much time with the latest chapters in ORS has me quite frustrated and on edge, as I want to
make the story progress and there's so much cool stuff I want to share with you, but ultimately I think taking the extra time is ultimately worth it. My goal is that you guys think the same when Chapter 9 finally releases, so I'll do my best to deliver!
That's all for now. I'll keep showing you development stuff and sneak peeks as work on Chapter 9 progresses. Thank you for following it's development!
