Weekly Status Report

Good morning,

as you've probably guessed, I was in crunch mode yesterday and didn't want to spend an extra half hour writing a report, which is why I'm doing this today, now that the update is somewhat released.

I've already written in the release post that I didn't get everything into 0.5.7.7 what I wanted to. The reason for this was that I changed parts of the planned script again. Parts of Carmen's background story that I had already written were completely thrown out because I didn't like them at all during the test runs. Unfortunately, this happens from time to time, I write something and then when I see and read the scene in the game I don't like it and I rewrite it again.
Another reason for the incomplete content was an extended work on new animations and transition images. As you have maybe noticed there is a new scene with Claire inside the MC's bedroom at the old boar inn (if you stop in the middle when interacting with her in the hallway). Originally this scene wasn't planned but I added it because some people probably don't want to do any sharing stuff with Bjorn. Because of that all images needed an additional background render (so this costs double the time that it usually would). And I also decided to add a little buildup to the scene since that is what usually sets the mood.
I've also decided to add the animations with Kate at the inn that were originally only planned for the wagonride (I originally put this on low priority but in the end decided to do it to give Kate some interaction at the inn in the afternoon). This scene still feels a bit short and I have indeed been working on another animation for Kate, but that isn't implemented yet.

There have also been some calculation problems with the poker minigame that I had to fix. I hope it now always finds the correct winner, but if for some reason it doesn't then please let me know!

Another idea I had when writing the story was to include animations for flashbacks. For example, for Claire when she visited the Inn when she was young, or for Carmen as she tells her life story. That would have given the whole thing a completely different format, but it would have also meant a lot of extra work. What do you generally think of something like this? Not necessarily now, but maybe in the future (maybe as a bonus scene).

Well. Anyway, I plan to add the missing scenes next week and then publish another update. And then of course I'd like to finish the update as soon as possible so that I can finally work on Penny's update.

But now I'm trying to recover from the past week.
On that note, happy easter to you all!