Dev Update! 7/31/23 (Patreon)

Hey, hi, and howdy! Hope everyone's doing well this week.

At long last I'm winding down work on the next update. Renders stand at 1284 as of now. By this Friday I'll be posting the Beta version of Friends Indeed, with the final version to follow not long thereafter. As always, it'll be released in tiers, staggered by patron level, before finally being opened to the public. I know it's been a long road, but we're nearly there.

This week's been spent primarily working on erotic scenes, so I don't have a ton of images I can display here on the public post. So, I thought I'd whip up a few HD pics of Madison and Pepper, as a little bonus. We don't get to see a lot of Madison, but her time is fast approaching.

Besides the always-fun (and often-tedious! :D ) work of completing the art, I was also working to resolve a nasty little bug I'd made for myself. Folks at the $5+ support level will be aware of this, as I briefly explained my frustrations in last week's Sneak Peek post. I've said it many times, but I'm not a strong coder. Technical stuff just ain't my bag! Fortunately, I have an absolutely amazing community of supporters here, and had two different people offer me a hand with it. So big ups to fans of the game, Nyyppa and MasterOfPuppets. Y'all the real MVPs.

So, yeah! Not really much to say at this point. I'm just keeping my nose to the grindstone as I gut this one out. 

I'm super excited to finally get this into everyone's hands, but I'm really excited to move onto the next update. See, when I began this project, I'd actually written a four-chapter outline. I wanted to get ahead of the curve, and have plenty of scripts in the can before I even started rendering. 

But, things changed, as they tend to do. I added a lot of characters, a lot of new story hooks, got better at coding, and refined my whole production process. So, all that stuff basically got chucked in the trash. But, the original Chapter Four ended with a big story beat, which would have reverberated through following chapters. Now, finally, I'll be getting back to that moment. This means nothing to you folks, but for me it's kind of a big deal. I'm coming to the end of the road I'd initially laid out, and moving off into uncharted waters.

(Except I've totally be charting those waters, in the interim.)

So, stay tuned and watch this space, and I'll have some new stuff for you soon enough. As always -- I sincerely appreciate everyone who supports this little project of mine. Without you folks, I couldn't do it. Much thanks and eternal gratitude to all of you fine folks.

Take care of yourselves, and see you back here soon!