Law School Episode 2 - Progress update #2

Hello everyone,

This past week has been a bit slower than I would have liked due to having to socialize more than usual because of birthdays and such. Consequently, I didn't get as much work done as I wanted, but I still made decent progress. I've started working on a complex and large scene for DAY 2, which I managed to finish yesterday. It was particularly challenging due to intricate lighting and more scenes than usual. But it's now behind me, and I can move on to other scenes.

I've also modified the first episode of Law School based on all the bug reports I received since its release, and I adapted certain dialogues. The updated version is already uploaded, so new players will receive the corrected version. There was a sentence from me in the released version addressing the proofreaders, which I missed! I mean, can you believe it?

Now, back to Law School episode 2. The huge scene I mentioned features the first animation of the episode. There will be more animations in DAY 1, but I haven't created them yet since I postponed its creation. I'm very happy about this animation because it’s a significant one, featuring a new lip sync feature. I found a plugin that works remarkably well, allowing you to see the characters say the words. I probably won’t add voices when using lip sync due to negative feedback. But now that I have access to this feature, I’m excited to create more "transition animations." I’m currently working on one right now, following the previous lip-sync scene.

Here are the numbers:

- 185 story statics

- 2 animations

- 4 scenes fully written

Yes, I have added the animation I'm working on right now because it's almost finished. Other than that, it's not bad, but I wish I could have produced more renders last week. My goal is to aim for at least 150 renders per week from now on. However, I'll be away for 5 days next week, so I'll miss this target in the first week. But that’s okay; there’s plenty of time to adjust afterwards.

Also, I’m happy to see so many people commenting about Law School on itch.io, or joining the Discord to exchange with us. It’s nice, and we even have some events going on in the Discord right now, so feel free to join if you haven’t yet!

That’s it for today. I’m excited to get back to work, but that will have to wait until tomorrow since France is playing in the Euro tonight. Allez les bleus! 

I’ll get back to work tomorrow, and in the meantime, I wish you all a good week.

MisterMaya