Plans for the future - Mini animations (Patreon)

Hey!

As some of you already know, I've added doing short videos to my work schedule, which would allow more frequent releases in addition to the longer game release intervals, which seem to be getting longer and longer with the ever increasing scene complexity.  I'm sure there'll be simpler scenes now and then as well though.

There's a slight change to the original plans, where the shorts were going to be monthly releases, which is part of the reason I'm making this post.

The current plan for published content:

• Mini Animations: Every 2 months, except if a game part is releasing that month (30-60 seconds, depending on complexity)
• Short Loops: When there's nothing else coming for that month (Similar to the game's loops, for example the licking loop in Diminishment chapter 1 part 3)
• Diminishment parts:  Around every 2-6 months (depends on complexity & length of the scene, could be more or less as well)

The first mini-animation will release before the end of this month. It's estimated to be around 40 seconds in length. It features Lucy and a tiny Anya. I can't go into too much detail in a public post without breaking Patreon's NSFW guidelines, but Lucy's "special place" is heavily featured.

Initially the idea was to have mini-animations every month, but that would greatly limit scenario complexity. After working on this one, I couldn't help but add at least a simple intro, and I'd like to have some internals as well, which I feel would all take too much out of the time spent on the game, if these were monthly releases.

So the release schedule for the next few months would be roughly like this:

• End of September: (Mini-animation) Lucy & Anya - Fun with teach (name might still change)
• October: Short loop
• November: Mini-animation
• December: Short loop
• January: Mini-animation OR Diminishment Ch2 Part1 (Earliest possible release date with the way I have the scene planned right now, combined with the increased work load from the mini-animations)
• February: Short Loop if Ch2Pt1 is still not ready, or Mini-animation if game was released last month, or Ch2Pt1 if it's ready now.
• etc.

I'll of course be evaluating how this schedule affects the game along the way, if it seems like it's taking too big of a toll, I'll drop the release interval for mini-animations to every 3 months, and replace the missing months with short loops.

I'm pretty much done updating & prepping characters for chapter 2 part 1, so I should be able to start animating it next month, so you can expect to see some playblasts related to it in October!

I'll post a playblast of the mini-animation within about 24-48 hours, so slightly late, due to adding unplanned complexity to the scene.

Let me know what you think, and have a nice Sunday!