A New Look for Kate? (Patreon)

Good afternoon,

The week is slowly coming to an end, so it’s time to take a short break from work and sum up what I’ve managed to accomplish over the past few days.

This week, I was still dealing with bug fixes and smaller adjustments to version 0.6.3.0. I hope that most of the more serious issues have now been resolved and that I can finally focus entirely on the upcoming content.

Speaking of which, as you can see from the title image, this is what I spent most of my time working on this week: the images for the upcoming bonus scene with Frisha & Kate.

I updated Frisha’s skin texture to make it adaptable, something I’ve now done for all the women I’ve created scenes for in the recent updates. I also finished Kate’s new outfit and have already created new character sprites and dialogue images for her.

To give you a rough idea of the story and what I have in mind for this scene: Kate will be jealous of Ophilia, who receives more tips than she does despite being worse as a waitress. After the MC reveals to her that her previous outfit was created based on Frisha’s designs, Kate decides that this time she wants something professionally made by Frisha herself. This also gives the two of them an opportunity to get to know each other better...

I’ve also started working on the animations for this scene during the past week, but I haven’t finished editing them yet. So I expect this will keep me busy for at least part of next week as well.

Another big question that came up while working on Kate’s new outfit is this: should I actually introduce this outfit into the tavern as well?

If I do, I might as well use the opportunity to rework some of the existing images, which, admittedly, is something that would genuinely be worthwhile for some of them. However, this would mean at least another week of work... so I don’t want to make that decision on my own. Instead, I’d like to hear your opinions through a poll.

Otherwise, the plan for next week is to write and implement the scene itself. I doubt I’ll manage to finish everything by next Friday, but I hope it won’t take too much longer. Of course, that also depends on whether the rework of the existing images comes on top.
If I don't update the images and implement the new dress in the tavern it will only be available during the scene in Frisha's room.

There is one thing in particular that I really don’t want to redo, though: the dancing animation in Kate's current dress. That one was an incredible amount of work back when I originally created it, because the current second dress had a ton of clipping issues that I had to painstakingly edit out afterward. On top of that, the animation itself was made using the old engine, and I’m not even sure whether I can transfer it to the new one without running into problems... But that’s a separate issue for now and something I'll consider then.

Anyway, the poll will remain open until the middle of next week. As I mentioned, I do want to refresh the tavern images in the long run. They really have started to show their age, and updating them could also make Kate a more interesting character. Whether I tackle this now or save it for Kate’s next update, however, is up to you to decide.

That’s all for now. I wish you all a nice weekend!