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Hooray, official numbers are back, baby!
So, the numbers. I have a slight discrepancy with TD's numbers: I make it 462 statics since the last diary (2927-2465). That would work out to roughly 116 statics, 0.8 animations, and 2327 words per week since the previous report, and ~96 statics, 2.2 animations, and 1794 words since work on Chapter 4 Update 5 began. Here are the numbers for Week 30:
We're in uncharted territory now, and we're not out of the woods yet. We're still well short of GIL's estimated 20 additional animations from the last dev diary. That could indicate a change in plans, but more likely it means the animations will come towards the end of the scene, once the MC has made whatever fateful choices await him. Assuming ~3 weeks for debugging and playtesting, we still have plenty of time to crank out those missing animations and still add some statics for good measure. So I'd say the end of the year remains a viable target, but there's obviously plenty of room for error. Fingers remain crossed.
As far as TD and GIL delivering on the quality, I have full confidence in them. So far even updates that did't meet my tastes have satisfied, so I'm happy to trust their judgement here. The time it takes sucks, but the game has spent a lot of time building up the MC's relationships with the various girls; sooner or later you have to go big and pay that off with interest, or the whole thing will collapse under its own weight. If this is the time to pull the trigger, to start resolving those arcs rather than adding to them (as it sounds like), it's worth taking the time to do it right. This is one of the things you've been keeping the powder dry for, right?
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As far as TD and GIL delivering on the quality, I have full confidence in them. So far even updates that did't meet my tastes have satisfied, so I'm happy to trust their judgement here. The time it takes sucks, but the game has spent a lot of time building up the MC's relationships with the various girls; sooner or later you have to go big and pay that off with interest, or the whole thing will collapse under its own weight. If this is the time to pull the trigger, to start resolving those arcs rather than adding to them (as it sounds like), it's worth taking the time to do it right. This is one of the things you've been keeping the powder dry for, right?
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