Status update Episode 10 (Patreon)

I've been plugging holes in the episode this week - no pun intended.

I've played the first half of the episode and tried to fill in any missing segments, be it renders, animations, sound effects, or music. This way, I could complete some half-done scenes that have been waiting for my attention and some new scenes as well.

I worked on some GUI stuff for the Party Planner that was missing, and here is a teaser of it:

I worked on clucks and phone chats - art and writing - and also carried out some PC maintenance. Overall, it was a productive week.

The current progress shows these numbers compared to the episode 9 release.

3913 renders posed (78%)

213 animations posed (70%)

The animation count hasn't grown a lot, but that's because I've been working on longer cutscene animations, and I treat them the same as a mere two-second animation in these stats.

Looking at my episode flowchart, I can see roughly 57% of it has been completed. But since it treats free-roam events and short scenes equally, the progress should be higher as many longer scenes are completed.

If I were to guess, I'd say development is around 70% completed. The odds are that the render count will be the highest yet, but we'll see as I continue to create the episode.

As you know, estimating completion is the hardest thing for me to do accurately, but we're not close to release yet.

I'll be continuing to work like this next week. I have some scenes with Zoey, Sage, Jill, and Isabella coming up.

Other information

Here's a little FYI. From the end of June to the start of July, I'll take roughly two weeks off. 

It's been seven years since I last had a vacation, and this one comes at a time when I'll be at a wedding and traveling with my wife.

My time available for work during those weeks would already be somewhat limited, so I figured it was finally time for me to schedule some time off.

I will prepare a big animation queue that will last throughout those two weeks; I don't want the development to come to a grinding halt - it will be my top priority.

And I'll schedule some previews during the time I'm off too.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake