April 26 Update (Patreon)
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This week I experimented with working on whatever I felt like. Rather than try to pull this into a focused post, I'll just list all the different things I did.
TLS 0.51.0 Design: I reviewed notes and did some prep. Now I have a pretty clear idea what main/side content the update will cover. This will be my next major priority.
TLS Report Backlog: Okay, I didn't want to do this one, but it was overdue. I went through a long list of low priority reports and made assorted tweaks to the game.
OEA Scene Writing: This one was pure fun, writing out sex scenes from the art that has accumulated over the past months. Barring potential variant scenes, every single OEA scene is now written. 32 total. This wasn't a major barrier to release, but I enjoyed it.
OEA Chibi Integration: There are still several chibi scenes not yet drawn, but I used placeholders so that all chibi art is now fully integrated into the game. Another element of OEA finished. I don't want to work more on this until I'm in a position to wrap up the whole game, though, as it will take a while to refamiliarize myself with minor details.
Set Art Balls Rolling: Since artists can take months to finish chunks of work, I never like to have them waiting on me. I took a while to give out info on a number of things, and of course TLS artwork with Annikath is always ongoing.
OEA UI: I didn't intend to work on this, but it rolled out of the previous one. I thought I'd spend a short time giving an artist information on the UI, but what they suggested was a re-skin that I didn't think would look distinctive. This led me to look into all the new plugins that have been created since I first set the game up... almost three years ago. Dang, hadn't realized it was three years. Anyway, I ended up doing most of this myself. The game now has main menus that look less standard RPG Maker.
Old Project: I dusted off a side project I tabled a couple years ago. Admittedly, this is not really helpful for clearing my plate, but it would be fun to actually see this work go somewhere eventually.
r/fantasy Panel: As mentioned, I participated in the fantasy panel. Link here if you missed it. This was numerically the most successful of the panels and I think I put in a decent appearance, so that's good. Didn't really move the needle except driving a decent number of TBS sales.
SC History: The Street Cultivation universe has an odd alternate history I've always intended to flesh out from my personal notes to something that's easily readable. I felt like doing this, so I did. It will be a bonus appendix... sometime.
Anyway... I'm more tired than I hoped, but I did succeed in moving forward some stuff I felt like I was neglecting. Hopefully next week I will be focused on a primary task.