SFM-DH:
Progress Report, Update Schedule For December
Hello everyone and welcome to another in the line of progress reports.
More work means the intro of the Ivy project has had its first proper animation pass, so it now has all its main cast moving appropriately. What remains is the surrounding characters' motion, as well as lip sync/expression, which will probably require two separate sittings for me to sort out. None the less, it's more than a full minute long alone, and most likely the most time consuming scene in the project, where the others are more straightforward. Things are turning out well, and I'm really liking how it's going so far. Spirit and motivation remains high for Ivy and Lizard action.
On a completely different note, the schedule for December (and a bit of January) will look a bit different. My social commitments require me to be away for about a week, spanning from the 25:th to the 31:st, where I am aiming to take that week off to recuperate, meet with friends and family, etc. The consequences of exactly how the days fall very inconveniently around the holidays is that December will have a weekend fall away, meaning one less opportunity for a loop over that month, where I have opted to cut the Less Popular Ladies variant so as to maintain a higher tier priority.
To clarify, this means the content schedule up ahead is:
27:th-30:th of November: November Scenario approximate release.
4:th December: Animation Loop (Alley Crew Vote)
6:th December: Wallpaper
13:th December: Wallpaper
20:th December: Wallpaper
24:th December: Scenario Christmas Special release (Alley Crew Vote)
DH taking a break between 25th and 31st of December.
3:rd of January: Wallpaper.
Schedule returns to normal.
I'll be scheduling both an Alley Crew vote on the 28:th of December and a New Years wallpaper for the 31:st for everyone, that way, while January 1:st won't have an update, the usual schedule will be able to resume in January - just being slightly pushed by the holidays. So January will still have 2 loops and one scenario, and all the wallpapers and other shenanigans.
I hope this makes things clear in terms of what to expect up ahead. My apologies for the lapse in the update schedule, but the holidays come with certain commitments that I simply cannot avoid. If anyone have any questions pertaining to the schedule, feel free to ask them in the comments or send me a direct message, and I'll answer to the best of my ability.
In the meantime, thank you, as always, for your continued support and for all of your kind words. I've got something quite special in the pipeline for the November scenario, so I hope you're holding on to your hats, as it's shaping up pretty nicely so far. Fingers crossed the snow stays, as I'll have more excuses staying indoors, meaning more time to work on all me stuff. Also, it's cozy.
Take care of yourselves out there, and each other!
/DH