Dev Update #50 (Patreon)

Let's talk about the good. Steady progress on Chapter 7 with no major issues. As expected, a few small issues here and there, but these have been easy to correct. A few outfits I got ready for Chapter 7 still have issues when you throw in a ton of different poses, but I'm learning more about clothing conversion from previous Genesis generations and a lot more about dforce from those. All-in-all, about 3-4 extra hours total to solve these small issues. My presets continue to save the day, though I'll need to expand before Chapter 8 to plug a few holes. Probably 3-4 days of work there, after Chapter 7's release.

Now, for the bad. I pulled something in my neck about 10 days ago. Ever since, I've gotten nothing but shooting pain and headaches. No serious injury, but I'm told it could be several weeks to recover. I'm fighting through that to get renders done, but it does slow me down late in the day when the pain gets significant. Good news is that being at my PC is fine. I have minimal neck movement there, so it is not exposing me to any additional risk of injury or lengthened recovery. In fact, it feels better there than laying down. I've tried a ton of stuff to treat it, and did see a doctor. I'm trying a neck brace this weekend to see if that helps reduce any strain.

Now for the final piece of news. I added a scene. I know! I can hear you shouting at your PC. It is a smaller scene, and it should add about a day to development. I'm not announcing it yet, as it is just something fun that popped into my head and filled out a slower area of the story. If I get into a crunch, it won't get completed (it will be the last scene I work on).

So, for the next 30 days or so (hopefully less), here's what my schedule looks like:

• Day job
• Render setups
• Postwork on renders that completed overnight
• Fix any issues encountered during either render setups or with renders that finished (and then dump those back into the queue). This includes things like saving updated clothing presets, fixing some character problems (a few still exist), etc.
• Rinse and repeat the next day

I'm still taking a day off a week where I do something unrelated to Daz or TBaK. I am not giving any ETA on release, as, even with excellent progress lately, that is setting yourself up for a missed deadline. Once I'm about a week out from release, I'll be sure to let everyone know. If I did this full time, it would be a bit easier to hit a release target, but still too much unknown when I have a day job, family, etc.

We do get a new character introduced in Chapter 7 (she is not an LI), with plans for several more new characters (male and female) over the next few chapters. There are many new adventures in store. So many new adventures that I had to spend a bit in some marketplaces to get assets for those future adventures. Chapter 7 finally gets us to a significant point in the story, because things are never calm in the Kingdom.

Thanks again for your patience during this lengthy wait. I'll be back with another dev update when I have anything new to share. In the meantime, patrons will see some regular previews. Maybe even some more NSFW ones. I've got quite a few posts to share today on Patreon, so I apologize in advance for blowing up your inbox on Saturday.