Dev Update #14 (Patreon)

Okay, so one day early. I think I am probably going to move these to Saturday from now on. It is just more comfortable for me to manage.

For those who have gotten a chance to play the latest version I hope you are enjoying it. I was a bit worried about the direction of focusing on the characters I did, but from the feedback, I think my worry was unfounded. Not to mention the car. Oh, I won't shut up about that, I know :P

To let you know, I have started dev again. I took a bit of a break of about two days then the itch hit again. I also created some big special renders for Canada Day and Independence Day. They both are pretty silly but all in good jest. I can't wait to show those to you guys on their respective days.

Now one thing I want to bring up is I am setting a new goal, and it may be confusing to some, so I want to lay out the why of it. Before, I had set a goal of 3500 for a new render rig to offload renders. When I created that goal, that was back around this time last year. Back then, I barely knew what octane was (the render engine that I now use). Thing is, using another computer with my workflow is not very practical for me using octane, sadly. So, what I did do when I hit that mark was still got a second machine, but it is for things such as photoshop work, video editing, coding, and writing. I still want to get more speed to do some higher quality stuff. I am talking about scenes such as the Nuru scene with Victoria, or the lighting style from the subway in the last update. I can't always do those types of scenes simply because right now they take insane amounts of time to create.

So, the next goal which I will set reasonably high to cover the costs is to acquire an actual proper 3D rig. What I have now is good, no doubt on that but I like to push things as I think most are aware and I'd like the proper hardware to pull that off. I just wanted to make sure you guys are aware of why that goal is being set and why it's high, so there is no confusion.

As always stay awesome guys!

Philly