Dev Update #54 (Patreon)

AH! So nice to finish a release. What a journey that one was. My thanks to everyone who stuck with me here while I went through a few life crises and development hell for a bit. Here are the stats for Chapter 7:

- Over 1250 new renders
- 36 new scenes
- 11 new lewd scenes

Every time I saw I am going to get away from these mega releases, they just keep getting larger. Let's see if I can stick to a more modest length goal with Chapter 8. 

I normally take a few days off after release, though long time patrons will know that I am sometimes bad about those being full breaks. In any event, I'm planning a break starting early next week. I like to wait a few days after releases to take the break, just in case there are issues that were missed. So far, it's been quiet on that front with only a couple of minor things.

A big thank you to all of the supporters here on Patreon, both new and old. I appreciate your financial support, and it is always great to hear that you love the game.

If you've played Chapter 7, just a reminder to not leave any spoilers here in the comments just yet. We will release it to $3 patrons on Friday. I know my beta team found Chapter 7 very interesting in what is being setup for future releases (and they enjoyed all the lewd content too).

With Chapter 7 finally behind me, my focus turns first to fixes and then to Chapter 8. Fixes are going well. Unfortunately, I ran into a major issue that I discovered very late in Chapter 7. I was able to work around it, but I've got to get these things fixed before I start renders for Chapter 8. I've been plugging away on that and other fixes. We will see how much I can get done before my break.

As to Chapter 8, I had a brief period of inspiration, and I now have a rough outline for all of Chapter 8. It needs some tweaking, there may be some cuts to it, and I'm sure it will get adjustments as I write it. But, as of now, I am pleased that it includes the main things I wanted to cover. There is some interesting character development, and it seems to flow well. I'll start the writing that soon. It does look like it will be a bit larger than I'd like for the release, but I will need to finish writing and then add my render marks to figure out if it will need trimming. There are a few scenes that could be cut, and I've already moved a couple of planned scenes to Chapter 9.

Once again, I want to express my immense thanks to my beta team. It is no small feat to test and proof a very large branching story where each release equals a short novel. They plowed through, found some issues (including a couple fairly large ones), and got my grammar and spelling in order.

That's all from me. I'll be posting the special render poll here very soon, and I should have no problem getting that out before the end of the month. Other than that and customs, I'll be taking it easy starting early next week. Thank you all again for your wonderful support! I hope you love Chapter 7! If you've already played, you know there is a lot to discover in subsequent chapters.