Status update Episode 9 (Patreon)

I playtested and polished parts of the episode last week. It was a very nice experience. No matter how you play the episode, it will be a long one.

I also wrote some remaining scenes, including a long scene for the Josy and Maya branch and some lewd scenes. Furthermore, I posed some animations and static renders.

As promised, for today, I've attempted to summarize the current status of the Episode 9 development.

I'll start with the stats and give my general take on the development at the end.

Work completed:

2815 renders (2694 renders produced, 121 in the render queue)

205 animations (179 animations produced, 26 in the render queue)

13 songs

2 sound effects

23747 written lines of code for story + free roam events. It's the biggest episode in terms of content, based on this number alone. Episode 8 had 22055 lines of code, 7% less by this standard.

Work that remains:

Make static renders for 69 written scenes of various lengths.

Make animations and static renders, and write for a few lewd scenes.

Write and make art for ~15 more scenes.

Make static renders for Jill's special render set.

Make some missing GUI for the new mini-game.

Write some code needed for other mini-games.

Add music

Add SFX

Add phone content (Rooster, Phone chats/Calls, Bios, Stats, Pack Quest, Vault)

Add collectibles (special renders/2D art/scenes)

Make art and update the main menu with Season 3 art.

Playtest and polish

Verify bug fixes from the Interlude.

Overall completion:

My best shot at estimating a completion % right now is:

Static renders: 65-70%

Animations: 68%

Writing/Coding: 90%

Render and animation numbers are based on a target of ~4000 renders and 300 animations; subject to change if needed. The writing/coding percentage is my gut feeling.

All-in-all, this list of tasks looks standard to me. I'm feeling confident and also happy about it. The art takes the longest time to produce, and we've come a long way since the Interlude was released. I usually fly through the rest of the task list faster when it's time to make it.

Take this report with a grain of salt. Things will get clearer with every passing week.

Now we all have a better understanding of the state of development.

I will push on with writing, and static renders next week and soon switch focus to animating again.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake