Development Update 64

Hey guys,

In the month since my last update I’ve been primarily working on the twins' punishment system. I’ve probably spent about two weeks writing and storyboarding (creating scenes in draft) and about two weeks recording animations. I've made good progress and I’m very happy with the animations I’ve got recorded so far. As with Liz (and now Faye), I’m trying to increase the variation in the punishment actions, I’ve also tried to combine some of the early actions to get to the exciting stuff a little faster (e.g. combining butt and thigh massage). I was hoping to have the twins at level 2 by now, however, I’m not quite there yet. The punishment system is extremely laborious and painstaking work, even more so with two girls being punished at the same time, so I’ll probably need another couple of weeks before I’m at that stage.

The headmaster and Claire will be working together to punish both twins at the same time

Looking at the overall picture for version 0.17; I’ve got Faye’s punishment system working and most of her storyline written and storyboarded; I’ve got the twins' punishment system nearly up and running with most of their key scenes written; and I have the girls' volleyball practice set up and I’ve got a few long events and several short ones at various stages of completion. I think everything that I have in the pipeline will be more than enough for a substantial release, and it’s time for me to start capturing all the final renders and filling in all the gaps in the script. Which means I am finally prepared to hazard a guess at a release schedule. Trying to tackle both Faye and the twins at the same time is a tall order and I’ve got a lot of work to do if I am going to get both storylines to a satisfying climax. I would say that we are looking for an autumn/fall release date. My best guess right now would be patron/subscriber releases sometime in October, with a public release sometime in November. However, there are just too many unknowns for me to be more specific at this stage. I know that is still quite a long time to wait, but it will be a big update.

The girls will have permission to cool off in the water, but swimming in their volleyball outfits is strictly forbidden.

Still remaining from my list of essentials to get done before we can move on to Chapter 3 would be some more of the staff training storyline/class punishments and Alice’s initial punishments in class/the headmaster's office. I still hope to include at least a couple of staff training sessions in version 0.17. However, I don’t want to split my focus any more than it already is. So, it might make sense to leave the rest for version 0.18 (along with any other little bits and pieces left over from Chapter 2).

So, in summary then, we are looking at an autumn release which will focus on Faye, the twins and volleyball events. There will be plenty of little extras as well, but I’m not sure exactly what will make the cut just yet. I’ve mostly been writing and doing animations recently but I will switch now to capturing renders, and I should have enough ready for another big batch of preview pictures in a couple of weeks.

Altos