Chapter four dev log

Hey guys, time for another dev log.

The past week or so I've been spending working on various commission work as well as chapter four of course. Things are moving along smoothly, albeit a bit slow as I've had some issues getting certain scenes and renders to look as good as I imagine them to be. But despite this, I think I'm still on schedule for the most part and should be able to release mid April-ish. 

I'm going to spend a lot more time testing and tweaking this release and if necessary will push back the initial release as much as necessary until I feel it's the way I want it. I felt I rushed chapter three out too early but felt pressured to release it as is because I already had delays from technical issues. I'm not saying you guys were pressuring me, in fact you all have been really understanding and patient whenever there has been some kind of delay, but I put pressure on my self to stick to a release schedule and I need to relax that a bit to ensure that what I release is up to the standard that I want. So yeah, thanks again for all of you being so awesome and understanding.

The first three chapters have been roaring along at a pretty fast pace with not too much time for the characters to digest and reflect on past events or have discussions about their lives. This chapter will remedy that with Luke and Kathryn having time to talk about their lives and everything that has been happening. One thing I don't want to do is bore the player with hours of dialog as this can really make players lose interest. Finding that balance is important, but I feel like this game has been a little light on dialog between the two main characters. We can get inside Luke and Kathryn's heads a bit more this chapter and have them talk about everything. I'm also adding some new renders and dialog at the end of chapter three to smooth out the ending of the photo shoot and also fix some errors with variables and stuff. My goal is to have exciting sexual scenes and good story and character progression this episode and hopefully you will all enjoy it. 

I've posted a couple of renders from the start of chapter four. This is a very emotional scene that demonstrates the love Kathryn has for her little sister and also shows that despite appearing very aloof and irresponsible, Courtney really is a loving Mother. I know many of you aren't interested in this kind of stuff in these games, but showing these scenes in my opinion is vital in creating believable characters, which makes the sexual scenes that much more intriguing. What are your thoughts on this?

Anyways, despite hemorrhaging a lot of paying members recently, I'm still very enthusiastic and dedicated to this project. Hopefully we don't lose too many as I'm only able to convince my wife to allow me to spend so much time on this since I've been making a decent amount of money so far. But even if interest really starts to dwindle, I'll still be making the game right to the end, I promise you all that, I just might have to move to a longer release schedule. But, we're nowhere near that point yet and hopefully things will pick back up in April. 

I'll be posting a few polls this week to get a better understanding of what you guys like and don't like in the game and to give me ideas for future content.

I hope you are all having a great week, and I'll see you in the next one.

Bobby