Ep2 Progress Report #20

Hello.

I have some information for you and a question.

The first piece of news is that Ep2 part 1 is now available to everyone. It's been a while since this part was released to patrons, so it's time to make it available to the public, and I have a plan to release Ep2 part 2 in detail, but you can read more about that below.

You can find access to the game in this post:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/wcgw-ep2-part1-100463083

And here are the release notes.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/wcgw-ep2-part-1-99390703

The second piece of news is an update on my progress at my work.

So, I managed to prepare 170 renders with Amanda, and there will be more. I had a little hiccup during the week preparing the renders because I got to a point where I had to think a bit about how to present a certain situation. I had it all sorted out in my head, but when posing and matching a particular render to the dialogue/text I had to slow down and figure out how to present it as I imagined it. I've got it done now, so it's going to be downhill from here, and I can safely say that I've got the event with Amanda about three quarters of the way done, and here I want to move on to getting your feedback.

I know that this part will be much bigger compared to the previous updates and at the moment I am leaning towards splitting ep2 part2 into pieces and releasing what I've prepared so far, of course, as soon as I complete the event with Amanda.

At the moment, 118 images are waiting to be rendered and 295 are ready, making a total of 415 renders, and still preparing scenes with Amanda. What I have done so far is over 100 images featuring Kaitlin, 80+ renders with Fay, 40+ with Shanon, 170+ with Amanda. I know Amanda's fans will be glad and the rest hmmm, although with Kait and Fay you will have a taste of what is to come. With Shanon, I have done the least, so I am getting down to her event as soon as I have finished with Amanda.

The main reason I want to do this is that I don't know how long you would have to wait for me to complete this part entirely. As I wrote before, I am doing what I can and when I can, but I still won't satisfy everyone. By releasing now what I have done so far, I am also resetting my attitude towards working on this episode.

What I mean by that?

I approach this subject differently (at least I do) when I have a lot of things completed and still more to do and differently when I have to start from the beginning, where I have to put in the effort to see the result of my work as soon as possible.

Anyway, fans of the other ladies will have to wait, but this way, everyone will have a chance to see what I have prepared with Amanda and be able to create a ‘save’ for the events with Shanon, Kaitlin, Fay.

Another thing is that I can proceed with each of the other girls with the idea that I will show everything I had set up without having to cut the event short because ‘patrons are already waiting 5 months or longer for an update’.

One thing I will tell you, I am not a fan of going back and revising/redoing the scenario. That's why I mentioned it, because I prefer to do the work once as planned and not after a while rework the script because something doesn't suit me. And that would mean that I didn't spend enough time thinking about how to present the whole project.

That is all. Thanks for your support.

WsZ

So that's the poll I was talking about, and I'll add that I'm hoping for patrons' opinions on it. Also, if you have something to say on the matter, then feel free to talk to me, here or in the discord.

Do you want to see what I've put together so far?