Dev Diary, May 27th, 2022 (Patreon)

First of all for you who didn't know, as of Monday this week, Leap of Faith was reinstated on the Steam Store. Thank you for the encouragement, and kind words while it was removed. Do note that it is still the silent version, and the soundtrack you know from earlier will not be used anymore. 

My main job in the weeks ahead (other than rendering) is to secure a decent soundtrack for the 8th and final chapter, but I am also contacting every one of the artists used in the old soundtrack, to try and secure licenses directly from them. If they are ok with the game and their works used in it, I will use their songs even if it breaks the bank. Otherwise, it will be filled with a more generic soundtrack.

This week I've been working on story renders connected to Lexi's romantic route, bumping the number up to 1,144. If there's someone who always makes me smile, it's Lexi and her goofiness. There's still a lot of work connected to Lexi due to Holly - some of which is not going to be all fun rendering, but it's been good progress.

I also took some days to make custom renders for the top-tier patrons, and thanks to Wibble, dived into Blender and learned a lot about how to improve my Daz workflow with Blender. In short, things I couldn't do before, I can do now.

While writing this I also noticed that we've reached a very round number of Patreons, which I feel should be rewarded. So I've included a wallpaper of the redheads you know by now. Is it a LoF ending? Who knows.

I know it's a poor reward, and I would rather invite all 1,500 you to my place for a pool party and barbeque and shake every one of your hands properly. But honestly, my garden is not big enough. Come to think of it, I don't have a pool either, so it would be a horrible pool party. But know that I appreciate you all. Leap of Faith wouldn't be possible without you, and I give you my heartfelt thanks.

With that, I hope you have a nice weekend. Stay safe out there.

// Drifty