Status update Episode 3 (Patreon)

The last week I've been focusing on optimizing my protocol for renders and I've managed to reduce my render times considerably without losing too much quality. This means I'll be flying a bit faster from now on.

I have counted the number of remaining renders to do and here are the stats:

- 84 renders have not been prepared at all

- 6+ animations have not been prepared at all (I haven't fully decided on a few animations yet)

- 107 renders have been prepared and are currently in the render queue.

What has been completed:

- 453 renders

- 7 non-lewd animations

- 2 lewd animations

- 1 special render

Total progress:

~70% of standard renders are done.

~20% of animations are done.

I haven't decided on the total number of special renders yet, there will be more than one for sure.

Overall, I'd estimate that the renders are 50-60% finished, as animations will be between 15-90 frames each.

Other things I've done last week:

- Finalized the script for Episode 3.

- Photoshopped each produced render and animation frame of Episode 3 to increase overall quality.

- Written the +$15 walkthrough.

- Fixed save game issues with the Android version.

- Produced the 100 patrons reward (Will be released as soon as I reach 100 patrons).

- Added a couple more sound effects.

- Grammar checked, read and polished the script multiple times.

- Thoroughly explored all possible branches.

- Polished the GUI further.

- Redesigned the relationship reports from scratch.

I had hoped to set a release date for Episode 3 today. However, as a single animation can take between 1-3 days each it makes it very difficult for me to do this. I don't want to disappoint you by setting a release date that I can't keep; that would make me feel like shit and I want this project to be a happy one that I enjoy to the fullest.

For this reason I need another week before setting the date; if you absolutely need some sort of a time frame I'd say first week of July but I'm pushing for late June.

Please, bear in mind that the amount of content that I offer per Episode/Update is greater than that of any other single developer I've yet seen to produce monthly.

I hope that you guys don't mind the approach I'm taking; I'm aware that other developers do it differently but I rather give you a superb product that you will enjoy than a rushed one that doesn't represent my vision.

Also, I'm planning to re-render images from Episodes 1 and 2, as I've gotten more experienced with DAZ and frankly don't like the quality of those renders. I will render these images sporadically as I don't want to halt the production process of Episode 4. So don't be surprised if there are mixed quality of renders in Episode 1-2 during upcoming updates.

If you have any questions, leave a comment.

Cheers!