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Gonna start with "easy to digest need to know" information then talk about a few other things.
This'll be a pretty long post where I drop my brain on you guys a bit.
Good:
- My grandpa's first Covid-19 test came back negative
- Day 8 part 2 will release this month on the 31st
Bad:
- My girlfriend and I both tested positive for Covid, we both have mild symptoms and we're both totally fine.
- Development time took a pretty big hit through all of this. From planning out our weekend to finding out and dealing with all of the covid stuff and all of my own personal faults there hasn't been a lot of time to get substantial work done.
There's a lot going on over here but I don't want to get into my personal life too much or how exactly we're handling everything. Just know that we're all okay and we're doing everything we can to keep everyone safe.
Note: I made the Day 8 part 1 post accessible by Tier-2 patrons.
Rambling about development and my faults:
Not my best body of work these past few weeks if I'm being honest. My head has been a ton of places and I haven't been able to fully concentrate on WVM. I definitely could have done a better job and I do sincerely apologize for that.
I promised myself after Day 7 that I would ease myself back into things and I did... it's just that I worked harder in different fields of my life so I still overdid it a bit. I'm still trying to find a good Work/Life/Rest balance.
You guys are always so amazing and supportive of me taking care of my personal life but I definitely let the balance slip too far over that way this month.
I could say a million different excuses that would justify myself but the simple fact is that I could have done more without it being detrimental to myself and I slacked a bit.
I don't want you guys to think I'm being too hard on myself I'm just trying to be honest with myself and all of you.
Rambling about what to expect in Day 8 part 2:
It's definitely not as long as I'd like it to be, but I'm still working on it. I do have a pretty nasty headache and I feel very fatigued so I'm not sure exactly how much I'll be able to get done. A solid expectation is it'll be around the 200 render range, hopefully more.
It'll be whatever I manage to get done by the 31st so it may end in a strange place.
Since I do not currently plan on pausing this month I'd feel like an omega jackass if I didn't get this out.
Rambling about "A day in the life of Harper and Natalie" and the future of "A day in the life" render sets:
So, I've come to the realization while making this render set that I want to do a ton of these "a day in the life" render sets. And it'd be nice if there was one convenient place to view them. It would also help a ton if I could add dialogue to these sets as it'd save a ton of work.
So what my current plan is, is to have a separate "game" that includes all of the sets and make it to where you can choose whichever one you want to view from the main menu.
They do follow a timeline of their own. The Emiko set was for around Day 10-11. This Harper/Nat set is for not long after that. So I'd want the menu to reflect the timeline.
Keep in mind this all still needs to be made and I suck at UI. So I'll likely work with someone to make it, so it's more of a future thing.
In the meantime I'll be releasing the Harp/Nat set as its own thing.
Future "A day in the life" sets will likely be voted on. As least the majority of them.
In the "Week 1" version of the game that will be out hopefully soon I plan to add a gallery where you can replay scenes and I plan to add the character sheet. I may also add these to the base game and have them be playable from the menu but I'm not sure it's worth the increase in file size. I might make it a thing solely for "final" releases and not the "beta" versions. Let me know what you guys think
Rambling about Halloween renders:
Yes there will still be a few of these.
I plan to include them at the end of Day 8 part 2 first then release them on here.
And yes I'm still taking suggestions please feel free to either comment or message me them.
Please don't worry about us:
We may have tested positive but we're both young, healthy, and in shape. My grandpa tested negative and we're going to have him tested again to make sure but he's feeling fine as well.
Please stay safe:
We caught it despite having all of our gatherings outside and everyone wearing masks.
It only takes a second to slip and catch it.
Thank you guys for reading this:
It means a lot
I'll do better, I got too caught up in my social life this month. After months of being in a slump and everything covid, it was really nice to catch up with everyone. But I have to find a better balance and I promise I will.
Thank you,
Love you guys <3
