EPISODE 6 PROGRESS - 09/22/15 (Patreon)

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Hello lovely lovely Patrons, and thank you so so much for your support.  You're all amazing people and should feel good about being alive.  I seriously didn't imagine I'd be getting this much funding right off the bat.  All the money I've spent on the episode so far has now been recuperated by you.  You're awesome.  I'm now free to spend a little more on commission work for some of the props.  And just to be clear, whatever money that I /don't/ spend on this episode, I'll be saving for the budget of the next episode.  I don't intend on keeping any of the extra funds to myself.

Also, before I release this episode, (if you're a "Powerful Ally" or greater) I'm going to be sending out a mass message confirming what you want your name to be in the credits, and (if you're a "Team Leader") which Pokemon you want by your name.  If you'd like to give me this information now, please feel free to do so via Message.

So, onto the update!  I'm going to try to update you with where the episode is at roughly every two weeks.

As of now, the voice acting is pretty much done, save for a single line from Caterpie, which won't be a problem inserting later.  Starting tomorrow, I will be taking the time to arrange them properly, and get the timing right (which is CRUCIAL), and in the meantime, I'll get someone on lipsync duty post haste.  There were a lot of characters in this episode, and I've learned a little bit more about juggling VA's around, so next time I anticipate getting this done a lot sooner.

There were some problems with two of the character models I ported - or rather, features that were missing from them.  I won't go in to detail, but the point is, I added and fixed them.

All of the props and set pieces are now modeled, edited, and/or ported.  But now that I have some extra funding, I think I'll get someone to touch up the textures a bit more.  This can be done while I'm in the animation process.

The sets are all dressed now, save for C, which is HUGE, but partially dressed.  I'm probably need to spend a full day dressing it properly.  One that's done, I can finally start the base character animations.

In tandem with my end of the work, my other animator has been working on the very last scene, which I'd assigned to him previously.  And, from what I've heard, it's almost done.  Once we get to the hardcore animation stage, I feel like it will go a lot smoother with both of us working at the same time.

So right now, I'm aiming to finish this Episode by NOVEMBER 1ST.  That's the goal.  Let's see if we can do it.