Corporate Development Memo (8/25/2024)

Hi everyone!

First of all, a reminder to people that haven't read it to check out the August 18th corporate memo which talks about changes to Apple and Patreon. Those changes are coming November and I will update with anything new near that date to either confirm no changes or update with new information.

Second, my next update will be a MONDAY, SEPT 2 or maybe late that Sunday night my time so please don't worry if my normal Sunday post is a bit late. My best friend has something that requires her to be away from home a day, and I going to watch her daughter that entire day. We'll probably be really busy all day and traveling to another island so I would just prefer to just schedule it when I get back. I have some time off this Friday to work on the game, so I think the week overall should have minimal impact.

Update:

Main Renders: 213

Dom Path: 990

Secret Sub: 367

Sub: 904 (+129)

Overall renders: 2,474 (+129)

Third, my next weekly post will likely be quite detailed and try and show my HOPES for the overall release goals for this update. I will try and include my estimated render count for Part 2, plus what date I hope to make as an initial goal to release the Test Version and then Final. Please remember that I am always reluctant to give such specifics because I can discover so many things during testing/playing the game that I don't notice as of now. I never have the "big picture" perfect view until very close to the end with testing and whether something is wrong, etc. But hopefully nothing weird pops up and I will be pretty spot on my estimate.

So please remember that while I consider my desired release date a "realistic" goal if I can sprint a bit near the end with typical/normal things to fix, it is NOT a surefire guarantee at all. But on the other hand, I have never been more than 3 weeks off (late) my release dates goals yet so hopefully in the absolute worst case, it delays only a few weeks after that goal. I will say with confidence that it is extremely unlikely I will be more than a month late from my stated goal unless there are serious problems with either the game or my life somehow, which I don't anticipate of course.

Fourth, I will still be doing the sub path for a while because on the dom path, the dom Kane may have to see similar areas as the sub side but with just Zach/Jake and maybe others. While there won't be complete mirroring or anything, there may be a few environments that have crossover. (meaning a game sub Kane/Jake/Zach do may involve the dom path with Jake/Zach doing something similar) So I expect the sub path to crack near 1,100 renders before I shift back just because of how things flow.

Fifth, please have a great week everyone! I know I have a longer post/update next week (remember it will likely be a day late) so I will cut it short a bit so I can enjoy some sunshine today! Like I said, next week will be a pretty long post so sorry ahead of time!

Love,

Tess