[Episode Izar] Progress Update VII (Patreon)

Greetings,

it's been a while since my last progress update but I'm back and there will be weekly progress updates again. I had the payment paused because I knew I wouldn't be able to work on the game as much as I wanted. There are still some time-consuming tasks left from my private life, but the most time-consuming are done and I'll have more time for the game again. So I'm back to regular progress updates now.

Environments

I haven't had much time to do things like I said, but now and then I did work on some things. So I finished two environments. The rescue capsule and the hallway that leads to those capsules. As always I would have liked to put more details into it but I was already enough time put into. The rescue capsule maybe got a bit too narrow. I need to find my way around how to frame the shots right. But overall I'm happy with the new locations.

Shader

I updated my skin shaders a bit again and I hope they will look more consistent throughout different environments and light settings. Dark locations were always a bit of a struggle with the previous version but the first tests with this one look pretty solid. (More images in discord)

(Only the first image is canon. The other are just test renders)

Private life

I'm never really sure how much I want to talk about my private life on here. Well, basically I don't want to, but somehow feel 'obliged' too. To justify my absence, but without giving to much away from my private life or to whine to much. That said...

In the past few weeks nearly nothing went as planed. We were supposed to renovate two apartments and a garden in this time. Two of my family members went to hospital in that time. One with a still unknown cause and the other with a terminal diagnosis. So things were/are a bit tense. I got myself a small injury too but nothing serious.

Anyway I'm back to work on the game.

Current Status - Episode Izar

95% Writing

95 images

Kind regards,

ML