Progress Report

Alright, bit later than intended on another progress report, but not by much. Had a few technical difficulties that had me scrambling a bit today, which was part of the reason. Anyway...diving right in:

Left Hand Magic

Progress here has been solid. Good, even, if I'm being honest. I'm just about completely done with Week 2, and I think I'll get 2-3 days into Week 3, which is about what I'd hoped for, honestly. I've settled on a pattern of two events per day, six days out of each game week, with 3-4 animations spread through each week.

That mix gives quite a large number of individual interactions, which is what people wanted, while still providing at least some animation for the route as a whole. I'm aiming to be done rendering around the 22-23rd this time, instead of the 24-25th which is my usual target. Hopefully, by cutting off rendering earlier and giving myself more time for coding/writing, we can avoid a repeat of last month's delay/overrun...

Mixed Media Short

To that end, I've managed to accelerate the first entry in the new Cyber Dreams series. I've got 17 renders so far, and only need another 3 or so to call this complete. That means I should wrap up renders by the 20th, and hopefully will publish by the 22-23rd so that it will be fully out of the way when I start on coding/writing for Left Hand Magic.

Short Story

This one is a bit more up in the air. I have one other writing project due by the 22nd, then there's the writing for Cyber Dreams. I'm not quite sure where I'm going to be able to stick the Alyia and the Magic Shop entry. I'll try to squeeze it in, but it may get shuffled to the back of the queue and worked on only after I'm through with Left Hand Magic. I really want to avoid another overrun of the game, since that's stressful as heck. I'd rather the Short Story overrun a bit than squeeze it in and not have enough time for Left Hand Magic...

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Anyway, that's all for now! Hopefully you should be seeing the MMS release around the time of the next Progress Report!