R.J. Rhodes

Update 6 Progress

Added 2020-12-11 15:01:06 +0000 UTC

Hi everybody!

I'm really happy with the progress made this week. Let me show you where I'm at now:

Update 6 Tasks

Write scenes - 23/23 (100%) - All done with the new scenes! There's so many fun scenes here that I can't wait to share with you all.

Write Conversations - 31/31 (100%) - All done with these too! That means the script for this update is completely done. Which means more time to work on renders.

Write Dates - 3/3 (100%)

Render Images - 164/380 (43%) - I learned how to use a denoiser, which has allowed me to speed up rendering significantly. I'm moving along on these now and render times are not slowing me down as much as they used to. I'm SO happy with how this is going.

Render Animations 9/21 (43%)

Functions - 4/5 (80%) - Still have to do a tutorial. I think I'm going to add in a few other small tutorials throughout the game as well - just one-time things that pop up and explain stuff when you first encounter them - such as how dates work, what chatting at work does, what doing your homework accomplishes. Stuff like that.

Total Completion - 78%

Release Date

Still shooting for January 8th, though I'm a little worried about hitting this date now. Things are speeding up at the moment, but I only have a week and a half before I have to leave town (on the 23rd) and I'm a little concerned about getting all the renders done in by the end of the month and getting everything fixed up enough to get out to beta testers. I might end up having to push this release date another week, but I'm hoping not.

Final Thoughts

Honestly, I've been having so much fun working on the game this past week. Some of it is a little tedious (mostly the posing of the characters), but there's so much fun stuff here that I get excited about all of it. It's moving along pretty steadily now after a slow couple of weeks, and I believe this update is going to not only add a lot of content, but be a significant improvement to the game as well.

That's it for now. Love you all and have a great weekend!