Highres Teaser #2 and Status Update (Patreon)

It's been another month, and at a minimum, I want to give you guys something every month. So, here is another high resolution teaser of the updated artwork. Welcome to the new, and hopefully improved, potato sack outfit. 

Couple things to note. I did away with the texture, as I thought it looked a little jarring. I like it quite a bit more without. I also updated the shading to match the style I'm using now and made her breasts much more in-line with her other portraits. Aylia is supposed to be around a D cup, and these may look a bit bigger than that, but they're pushed up from her posture. I've also done away with a lot of the blurring of colors in her facial features.

As for a status update, I'm now 2 months into full time. As I mentioned in late January, I had my second child. That did not stop me from working, but it did slow the transition to a full 40-50 hour work week, as my wife is on maternity leave and the kids were home quite a bit. This is the first time I've ever tried working from home, and let me tell you, it takes some adjustments--especially if your family is home. So, it kind of progressed from 4-5 hour days to 5-6, then 6-7, etc. until I found a work schedule that worked. I've settled in at this point though and have been getting solid 40+ hour work weeks for the last few weeks.

In terms of the game itself, things are coming along nicely. For those worried about my perfectionist tendencies, I have not revamped any artwork during this entire full time stint. Everything I'm showing you has been done for awhile. The progress for the game has been going forward, not backwards, as was the case last spring/summer when I kind of scratched a lot of the artwork. I don't plan on doing that again. I do believe the facesets, system artwork, icons, and sprites are done now. They took me a surprising amount of time, and are not something that should be required for every chapter. In areas outside of Zalran, you'll find a lot more minor NPCs without faces. The thing about Zalran residents is you'll see these people through the entire game, I wanted them to have a bit more character.

This weekend, I'll finally be sending the first chunk to Pseudo for editing. I'm at a point where I believe I'll be sending him a chunk every week until he's gone through the entire thing. There's a lot of dialogue to work through, so I kind of pity him, but he deserves a big thanks for doing it. The one bad thing is that it probably ruins it a bit to edit the game and not just get to sit back and enjoy it. For me though, that means that as each chunk goes out and gets edited, it's fucking done. I'll check that portion off and move on.

As always, I appreciate your patience. I'm trying to comment and reply to messages, but I have been doing so more sparingly than in the past. My limited posts, limited comments, etc. is a temporary situation until I get chapter 1 done. So, please don't be offended if it takes me a day or two to reply.

Thank you!

YT