Corporate Development Memo 6/25/2023

Hi all!

I will be posting the dom poll (40 renders) about an hour after this post (just making sure two last images are ok) so look out for it!  I had some severe trouble with the whip so had to abandon a few ideas and adjust some things.  I think next time a different whip and/or tool like a bamboo cane or something might work better!

I am going try and update each week with a slight twist, so here goes and let me know how people feel about it.

Current renders for 0.8:  366 --> 445 renders (last week to this week, +79)

Current words: 10,100 --> 12,200 words (+2,100)

The dom poll was 40 renders so that basically takes out about the same amount of renders from game work for a given week depending on my schedule, so I feel I could have hit 100+ renders this week no problem with a bit more luck.  I am averaging about 90 renders a week so far, but I tend to tweak up a bit in speed near the ending, so I am still aiming for 1500ish renders as a release.  It's harder to gauge a final word count, but I would guess between 40-50k? 

The problem I am feeling now is that I almost feel like the story has barely moved but I'm already getting close to 500 renders!  I guess I am used to longer updates so my perception feels a bit funny.  I should be starting the sub path either late this week or next week as I cross about where I think I will kind of soon.  I didn't want to include an image or two from one scene I did this week, and I will do this from time to time to avoid certain things being shown.  Please let me know if the style and pace of how I do image sharing feels about right?  

On another matter, if anyone has any issues with the game, please feel free to contact me here or on Discord.  However, keep in mind my time zone is very different than most people and you really need to give me at least 24-36 hours (usually less than 24 unless super busy) to answer.  

I think most know by now I am a very hard worker (juggling multiple businesses and investments) and honest (I have paused Patreon billing for the month I think three times? due to my own sense of honor and value for Patrons) developer, but I'm also one that can't do everything at once either.  So I appreciate a little patience, but I always want to help!  

I am traveling in July for a week - it was moved back a bit - to New York City and the East Coast (Maryland) for a quick stop of two days.  I will be writing just fine during the trip (I often can grind out a lot on plane flights for whatever reason) and will prep some scene setups for rendering too.  So I don't anticipate any issues for the game.

I will also start prepping scenario ideas for the prior polls voted on recently.  I think I will just go in order so harsh sub poll first.  (Doc/Olivia/Alessandra if I recall)

I hope everyone has a great week!  I appreciate each and every person that brings positive energy in any way towards things.  :)

Love, 

Tess