Where Do I Draw the Line? (Patreon)

Good evening,

It's Friday evening again, and I'm still sitting here working on images that I had actually hoped to have finished by now, wondering where the entire week went.

So first the good news: The images downstairs in the tavern are all done by now!
But... as I already more or less hinted at, I just couldn't help myself. While working on the tavern rework, I ended up reworking even more of Kate's images from upstairs in her room of the inn. There are simply so many old images up there that really haven't aged well...

Unfortunately, I can't rework all of Kate's old animations, even though I'd honestly love to. Especially since Kate's early images and animations are among the oldest in the game, and the difference is like night and day when you compare the before-and-after versions.
Here another example:

But yeah, I could easily spend another week or two doing just that, and such an extensive rework really wasn't part of the plan. So I have to find an end and then rework the rest with Kate's next update.

The problem is that it's difficult to find a good stopping point now, since all the scenes in Kate's room are connected with each other, and I'd really prefer to avoid having an obvious transition between the old and new images. Ultimately, though, that's something I probably won't be able to avoid.

This whole thing has already taken far too long, and even though you voted in favor of the rework, it was never supposed to become quite this extensive. I really want to finally finish the bonus scene (which also needs some more work) and move on to Julia's update after all.

I had actually hoped to finish the rework update by this evening and head into the weekend with everything wrapped up.
However, with every passing hour, that's becoming increasingly unrealistic, which is why I eventually decided to sit down and write this post instead.

So, to give you a quick overview of what's still on my to-do list:

I've split some of the original images into additional layers, which means I can't simply replace the existing images with the new ones one-to-one. Because of that I'll need to make some adjustments to the code and then test if all images show correctly.
On top of that, I've added a few extra images to make certain transitions and scenes feel more natural and believable (e.g. an additional image where Kate actually takes the drink the MC offers her and not just holds the glass).

And yes, there's still at least one of Kate's upstairs animations that I absolutely want to redo before calling it finished (the scene where Claire watches Kate and the MC).

Overall, though, almost everything is finished by now, and I'm optimistic that I should have the update ready by early to mid next week.

So, once again, I hope you can bear with me just a little longer.

I'm going to get back to work and make a few more edits before calling it a day.
I wish you all a nice weekend!