Devlog #76: Cuts and Boxes (Patreon)

On the last devlog I mentioned how I was at almost 1200 renders. Now I'm at almost 1600 (1590 to be exact) and that is after a pretty lazy week where work was slow and sloppy.

But this past week I got back on track, somewhat fixed my sleep schedule and grinded.The way things are now, there is a good chance I can finish rendering this next week, since all that is left is 3 out of 4 closing scenes for the party and the chapter's endings (is gonna need 3 of them, one for each living path). Oh, and the Party Helper stuff, but that should be relatively quick since it's just a bunch of shots looking straight at her.

Admittedly, to get to this point I had to cut some things.A sequence that led to MC judging a wet t-shirt contest on behalf of the Betas and a whole subplot about a girl and her ex had to be scrapped.Though I kept said girl, reworked her dialogue and left her sex scene in, just because I had already done it.

Amber also had her party quest cut. There was supposed to be a chain of "quests" to do for the Alphas, but I realized it wasn't particularly fun so I just scrapped it. Though I did keep in a way for people who don't leave with her to start a sort of relantionship with her.

While having to cut stuff is a bit annoying, I needed to balance "doing what I want" and "release within this century".Overall I'm moderately happy with how the party has turned out and I really do not look forward to having to code it.

And that's it for today. I'll see you all next week, hopefully with some good news!