January Progress Update (Patreon)

The initial script for Chapter Two is complete! It clocks in at about 63000 words. Chances are that number will go up rather than down as development continues, so I'll round up to 65000 for estimation purposes. There were ~52000 words and 1800 renders in Chapter One, so if we go by the same ratio, that would result in about 2250 renders for Chapter Two. Pretty beefy. Half of that, 32500 words and 1125 renders, is a pretty common update size for a lot of other AVNs. So, it's looking more likely than not that I'll be releasing Chapter Two in two parts. If that's the case, I'd guesstimate that I'd finish the first part in May/June and the second September/October. I'll see how things are looking as May approaches and make a determination then as to whether to commit to the two part plan.

I put together most of a new PC in the middle of the month, the only old component left being the video card. On that, I'm waiting to see how things shape up with the cards releasing over the next couple months. I expect the RTX 5090 and 5080 to be scalped to hell and back, and am looking for more VRAM than anything else, so I may wind up with a 5070 ti or AMD's RX 9070 XT, depending on price and availability.

Next up for me is a couple days off for the first time since the Chapter One release, assuming I don't get bored and push on. After that, I'll tinker with animating a bit. Chances are I'll do some basic ones myself for Chapter Two and find someone to commission the rest from. I've written six scenes total for the chapter, and they're split evenly between where I'd divide the chapter into parts, so three for each. There's some important moments in there, and I'd like to make sure the animations do them justice, which would take quite a bit of time for me to do on my own, which would push the release(s) back.

Next update will be end of February at the latest.

Thanks for the support and stay safe!