EPISODE 7 PROGRESS - 9/14/16 (Patreon)

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Long overdue update.  I apologize for the lack of updates.  I'll explain more about that at the bottom, but here's where we're at right now:

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- All dialogue is recorded, timed, and finished.  All models are done.  Everything is ready.  All that's left is the rest of the character animation and post production.  There are no hiccups left, just work.

- Three out of the four scenes are animated.  The first one was by far the hardest to execute, and I've had a great deal of help from my assistant animator, Joe in the last few weeks.  This last scene is a bit long, but far easier to implement.  I'm already in the process of doing it.

- Set A is more or less dressed, I just need to populate the area with more grass, which should take a full day, tops, and must be done after the character animation is complete.

- Set B is currently being worked on by my assistant animator, and will be completed while I finish Act 1 Scene 3.

- Once we hit post-production, we'll be in the home stretch.  Sound and SFX should be a breeze.  It's the lighting I'm a little concerned about.

- This episode is nine minutes long. It includes more features of pretty much everything from all the previous episodes.  It encapsulates everything I've learned from doing all of these.  Aesthetically and thematically, it is a testament to how much the series has advanced.  It is the bane of my existence and no one wants it done more than me.  And it's kinda funny too I guess.

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Okay.  Again, really sorry for ghosting on you.  In my previous posts, I'd been alluding to my personal problems.  Long story short, they've really come to a head this past year.  I won't go into detail in this post, but I'll probably talk at length about them in the Episode 7 Commentary track.  When times get tough, I have a bad habit of severing all communication with everyone and becoming a hermit until I can figure things out on my own.   At a certain point, I'd reached a vicious cycle where I kept saying, "I've waited so long to update!  I can't show them that THIS is all I have to show for the time that's passed," which ended up getting longer and longer.

I'm in a much better place right now and am once again able to keep making this series consistently.  I didn't want to update until I was sure I could.

As for a release date, I'm not comfortable giving one just yet, but I'd really really like to release it on or before November 21st, the 1 year anniversary of Episode 6.  Having one full year go by without an episode would make me legitimately sad.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask, preferably via direct message.

Thank you all for your support and have a wonderful day.

Shippiddge