Progress Report #3 - Jan 21, 2022

Hello everyone!

This week's progress report will be a shorter one as the numbers haven't changed dramatically.

This week was all about planning and preparing the things we need for the next scene. Scene 4 is the first proper introduction to each of the girls in The Minges as well as the center piece of the game, the bar itself. I've written a ton of new dialogue that wasn't in the original draft to fix a few plot holes and flesh out the world and character motivations moving forward, as well as tying in a few threads that will lead to bigger narrative arcs. This has resulted in the scene growing from 1237 words to 2066 words, so far. I estimate I'm maybe a third to halfway done with writing it. As of now, I have 87 renders planned for the first perhaps quarter to a third of the scene. Depending on how things play out, I expect the render count to probably end up at around 300-400 for the scene, if not more.

Other than writing, I've been going through the environment and fine tuning the lighting, creating about 30 models I can use as background characters, finding assets needed for the scene and doing a bit of storyboarding for shot planning. I currently have 10 renders posed for testing throughout the 87 renders planned to fine tune lighting more.

So, all in all not a super exciting week news wise, but I can't express how excited I am to finally start working with the girls in the bar for the first time. This week has really driven home for me the journey that I've begun and made me realize how excited I am to be able to see in reality what previously I've only been imagining for this game. More than ever, I'm motivated and hopeful about the project and I hope it comes across in what I am bringing to the game.

Speaking of which, I'm not the only one whose been bringing it this week. Puggy has knocked out an incredible animation that I'll begin rendering tonight. Unfortunately I can't share many details with you about it, but let's just say that the animation content starts with B and ends with J. (Imagine me winking really hard).

With that, I hope you all have a great weekend!

Wilson