Proof of Life #141: It's Never Enough

Heya guys and gals, nice folks of this Patreon page, I'm N_Taii, the guy who writes the Monday PoL posts! On the side, I also develop the Henteria Chronicles series, but this is merely a detail.

So, onto this much-awaited post: I have finally finished the part outside the city, for which you have seen several screenshots in previous PoL. This part might not seem very important to the story at first, but it'll be fairly essential for the rest of the game. And to make it more entertaining, I've added some hot action with two side-characters that haven't yet been introduced in the first version of HC3.

This part took longer to develop because, as per the title, I never feel like what I have in mind is enough, so I'm always driven to add more and more stuff. For example, I initially intended to add some text over a black background for when the MC returns to the city, and it should have taken no more than half an hour to do so. But I found it too boring, so I created two new maps, added a short sexy event on top of it, and I'm pondering comissioning a potential extra CG to add as a background for the text I haven't been able to fit into one of the two maps I made. It takes a lot more time, more money, but the end result is a lot more satisfying.

Still, I had to show some restraint for some smaller aspects of the game. I initially wanted to alternate the guards move route on the map and switch around the citizens sitting at the tavern and what they were drinking based on the main quest's progress, but that would have required too much work and wouldn't have changed much anyway, so I gave up on the idea.

I'm close to the end of the story for the demo. A week, maybe 10 days? It'll conclude with Rose's 1st corruption event. Since I want the corruption to be really gradual, the first event will be relatively short and barebones, but it'll set the tone for increasingly juicier scenes.

Another, unrelated piece of news: I couldn't contain myself, so I went and bought yet another music pack, which means I am now sitting on an extra 30+ new tracks to potentially use in the game. The only issue? They're too good. When you want to use an ambiance music for a certain map and then there's a a 50 people epic chorus that pops up in the middle, it just doesn't feel right^^ But hey, there's still a long way before the game is completed, and there'll be plenty of occasions to use them.

Last but not least, I mentioned a potential ETA for the next release in the last PoL. I'm not sure why I did it, since the gist of the problem remains (lots of small tasks to do, no idea how long each of them could take individually). Still, I would say around mid-September sounds realistic enough for a potential release. Of course, I will keep you updated every week with more news!

That's it for this PoL. This one was longer than usual, I hope it's okay.

As always, thank you for reading, and have a wonderful week!

N_Taii