Development Status: Rework Cap02 #8
Hello, dear supporters! Let's kick off our weekly development update.
Firstly, last week I couldn’t post our development status because I was busy with repetitive tasks, working hard to finalize all the renderings. However, I realized that some specific renders were still missing in certain scenes, so I had to create a few more images to address these gaps.
Today, we'll discuss what we have completed so far, what is still missing, and the anticipated release dates for the remake of Chapter 02 of W2H, which is finally approaching.
I have finished the most time-consuming scene of Chapter 02. This scene, which was previously divided into three different routes, has now been streamlined into one, dedicated to the Harem tag. This is the scene where you need to choose who to proceed with: Anabelle, Lily, or go alone. This scene was quite labor-intensive and made the chapter significantly larger than the previous one since now you have three encounters in one night and specific scenes with each of them. These scenes will only not occur if you choose not to pursue a deeper relationship with the character in question.
Let me give a simple example: in the remake of Chapter 01, we have two options with Anabelle: you can treat her as your vampire sister or decide to have a romantic relationship with her. If you chose the non-romantic route, you will still have a scene together, but with a normal friendship dynamic. If you made choices for Anabelle to be a romantic interest, you will have a complete scene with her, including exclusive adult scenes. The same goes for Lily: you can decide if she becomes your best vampire friend or rekindle a childhood romance. In both choices, you will still have scenes with Lily, but choosing to maintain a romantic bond guarantees an adult scene.
In the route where you go alone and end up meeting Myuki at the bar, the exciting bathroom scene has been significantly improved. The animations are at a much higher level compared to the old 10fps version, and now you will see a clear improvement in the animations of Myuki and the MC in the bar's bathroom.
With this scene completed, my work now is to finish the final part of the renderings, which is the final scene of Chapter 02: the cemetery scene. This scene has a major plot twist where the MC reveals he knows Kevin's plans. Although I like this scene, it had some subtle errors that have now been adapted and explained in detail. The plot still exists, but in a more impactful and clear way.
What bothered me the most was the lighting of the environment. I know I’ve mentioned this several times, but now the images clearly show that you are in a nighttime setting, except, of course, when the scene occurs indoors with controlled lighting appropriate for the setting.
So far, we have approximately 1000 images ready and rendered, with the final cemetery scene still to be completed. I believe I will need around 300 more images to provide the necessary realism for this remake. With this number, we have already doubled the images of the previous version, which makes me quite happy. However, I feel a bit sad for having underestimated the work needed for this Chapter 02 remake. It is proving to be much more difficult than I imagined, being considerably larger than Chapter 01, and therefore giving me twice the workload. But I am happy to be doing this work and am very grateful that most of you are still here with me, supporting this rework.
It's difficult to define an exact release date for the Chapter 02 remake, but my goal is to have everything ready by next month. After completing the renderings, the next step is to work intensively on the new dialogues, refining and improving every conversation between the characters, something I do with great care and attention.
In the previous post, I mentioned the future plans for W2H and the release schedule, where we would have the Chapter 02 remake followed by the direct development of Chapter 08. I received some messages from players suggesting it would be more interesting to release all the remakes first. I have decided to create Chapter 08 first because I don't want the story to be stalled for too long. However, I would like to know your opinion, my supporters, on this matter. I will leave a small poll here to understand what you think: should we release the Chapter 03 remake or Chapter 08 first?
Sincerely, I want to thank you immensely for being here supporting me in this remake. I know not everyone is happy about remakes being done in the middle of a game that was unfolding with extremely important scenes, but as I’ve said before, without a well-structured beginning, the game would become a big mess. I prefer to take a step back now to then take several steps forward.
A big hug and have a great week! Don't hesitate to send me private messages if you need any information or details about anything.
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