Chapter 2 - Progress update #10

Last update before the release.

The bad news first. I hit a roadblock while working on Music & Sound. Since I was dissatisfied with the selection of free music, I wanted to try a paid service for chapter 2. Two were recommended by other AVN developers. The one I chose and a second one that starts at 2500 Euro/Dollar fee per year (noped out of hat one really quick). I then went through my list and selected music, ending up with 41 new tracks. Unfortunately, when I wanted to pay, the problem jumped out at me. Neither their payment service nor their contact methods are currently active. This means that although I would like to leave my money there, it is currently not possible. Other developers have confirmed the problem, so it's not just me.

Fortunately, I had already prepared a list of free tracks as a backup, which included about 30 tracks. With an extra day's work, I was able to find the missing ones. 3-4 days of work wasted. I'm sorry, I wanted to improve the music theme with this, but unfortunately it wasn't possible this time. Maybe for chapter 3 then.

The good news. Since I was faster with the rework than expected, I also improved the prologue bonus animation a bit and rendered it in 1440p 60 FPS. The playtests are also done, except for the final one after music & sound are implemented into the code (can do that once I put in the dialogue corrections for chapter 2).

The person who proofreads for me has proven to be very effective and detailed. In order to have a consistent style throughout the game, he started making corrections from the very beginning in the prologue. A short illustration in numbers:

• Prologue - 202 lines out of 674 changed

• Chapter 1 - 448 lines out of 1312 changed

I should get the corrections for chapter 2 on Wednesday/Thursday. From there it's another 2-3 days of work and then I'm done.

I don't want to give any firm dates, so the release date post will come later, but I expect the Tier 3 release to be this weekend.

A quick info for my Patreon members. Due to the completion of chapter 2, there will be no progress updates for the next 3-5 weeks. My approximate schedule for chapter 3 is as follows:

• 1-2 weeks break

• Watch tutorials and try to improve things I'm not happy with in chapter 2

• Script writing

• Finding and purchasing missing assets

• Write first dialogue version

• Set up new locations and characters with outfits

• Test renders

• Start 3D posing & rendering

Weekly posts will start either at the "Test renders" or "Start 3D posing & rendering" step.

If you have anything before then, just drop me a private message.