Progress Update: April 2025

Greetings Patrons,

Good progress has been made on both active projects while another potential topic has been identified as our next focus.

While DerEineSchwarzeRabe (DESR) continues to discover minutiae related to Project A for the sake of accuracy and thoroughness and chasing down information obscured by link rot, I've been writing the script and rewriting early sections to be more clear and concise. The foundation for this video is quite niche despite widespread knowledge of its existence, and making certain that the relevant details are explained succinctly and clearly while maintaining a good pace has proven difficult but doable. Reception from test audiences has been extremely positive, and Ryan has begun concepting music for the early sections that are ready.

In the meantime for the Foxhole video, while Arcaxon's temporary animation help has been doing good, quick work, Arc himself has been attempting to resolve issues with exporting the finished animations due to the amount of individual moving parts in them. Once these are resolved, Section 2 (the second half of the video) can be animated, which includes far less animation runtime due to the fact that we have much more footage of the latter part of the battle.

Once DESR is finished chasing down loose ends for Project A, they will begin looking into a new video topic, which I'm labeling "Project C," as a potential candidate. There's a good chance that much of the information has been lost to link rot, but the topic is too interesting to us to abandon without checking first.

With little way to influence the Foxhole video's pace, Project A rapidly taking shape, and the uncertain nature of Project C (which will need time for DESR to research either way), I myself will be contacting the Power Rangers enthusiasts who have agreed to help with research to see if they're still interested. Should they be, once Project A is completed, progress can begin on that inevitably large video.

Overall, work has been steady and is mirroring the pace that I had set before long absences had become the norm, though much less manic than in the past. I've set a rule for myself not to discuss (at least too in-depth) about plans for the future and to constrain my discussion in these progress updates exclusively to what progress has been completed, but I will say that the whole team has been feeling good about progress; it feels like we're back in form. Our new production pipeline is proving efficient, and stepping into my role as project manager has had excellent effects on overall efficiency while avoiding overwork. Burnout is no longer acceptable. (I've found a Pomodoro Timer to be especially helpful at reminding me to get up, make tea, and stretch as well as helping ensure that I don't lose track of time and work into the wee hours of the night doing work that isn't even time-sensitive.)

-Fredrik

The Foxhole Video: Section 1 animation rendering errors being diagnosed and addressed, more animations completed.

Project A: Principal research completed, minor research being performed. Script is in progress, early parts edited. Music in concept.

Project C: Awaiting resources for preliminary research

The Power Rangers Video: No progress, awaiting resources.