Progress Report

Alright, with the release of the Mixed Media Short for the month yesterday, the only two things left for this month are the second short story and the Left Hand Magic release. So let's get right into those.

Left Hand Magic

Sigh...I wish I could give you all a better estimate for completion than I currently can. First, I will say that rendering is effectively done. All animations are completed, and all but a couple of loose still renders (one of which will be done in a few minutes here) are also completed. The negative side, unfortunately, is that I didn't manage to squeeze in the second masturbation scene. That's more than a little irritating, since it directly ties into the Rev/Trix threesome content in a way. But, it is what it is. And, honestly, the large size of 5 out of 6 of the scene that ARE being added makes the relatively small amount of content the second masturbation scene represents a pretty minor loss as far as build size goes.

The problem with giving a solid estimate, unfortunately, stems from the fact that the rendering took longer than I intended by around a day and a half. I'll only be starting on post-processing work for everything tonight, rather than doing it all yesterday which had been the original intention. Add in the fact that the scenes being added ARE on the large side...and I'm a little worried about how long the writing/programming is going to take.

What I can say, with a fairly high degree of confidence, is that if there is a delay, it will only be the same day or two that happened last month. Essentially, the late start this month just left me with no margin for error. So, if a delay happens, it's basically just a cascading delay from last month and should go away with next month's Haven's Port build. Of course, all of that is always subject to my 'assuming no major factors beyond my control interfere' line. If my barber turns out to be a serial killer, obviously delays will occur until I figure out how to come back as a ghost in a few decades. You know, that sort of thing. 

Regardless, I'll still be trying to hit the end-of-month deadline. And I'll update again in a few days to give you a better idea if I think I can pull that off or not.

Short Story

News here is about the same, really. I actually managed to get a solid start on this, and I'll keep working on it whenever I can squeeze time in while I'm waiting on something or other for LHM. As always, though, the game takes absolute priority at this point of the month. So there's a chance this won't be released until a few days into November. I'm far enough along that I'd honestly give it at least 70% odds of releasing on time, though.