Dev update 9th June

Hi folks,

Progress on the next revision of the demo went well last week, so at the moment, I am feeling confident that I can get episode 8 and some of episode 9 doneover the next four weeks. I have completed a couple of small scenes and have started on the party scene. Also coming in the next demo will be a brand new scene (date with Bella).

If this month goes well, the aim will be to complete the rest of rest of episode 9 and episode 10 next month, and that will be season 1 of the re-do complete. Will just need to add music/SFX and do some upgrades on the GUI: (menu screen, stats screen, gallery. etc.) but the hard work is the art / writing, so I don't expect much time needed for those finishing touches. I'm working 7 days a week on WTHI at present, working on art and writing together, and I'm in a good flow, so no problems to report at the moment. This month, I also plan on putting some feelers out to prospective artists/writers to join the team to help with episode 25. They won't be primary artist / writers as me/Cell will continue to do most of the art and I'll continue to do most of the writing (don't want an obvious change in style for the last episode), but the plan for them would be to help out with some of the more cumbersome stuff, or posing or slight tweaks.

So, overall, I'm happy enough. And I finish up in my real-life job at the end of this coming week, so I'll be a full-time dev after that, so that will obviously help speed things along too. I'll be posting plenty of polls this month, so keep an eye out for them, and I'll also be in touch with each Patreon tier to get some feedback on tier benefits, etc. (Was meant to do that last month, but the scramble to get the demo out superseded it). And there will be some teaser posts too.

In the meantime, if you have any questions or suggestions (about the upcoming party scene or scenes in the previous demos), please feel free to add below. Or any suggestions of what stuff you would like to see in future posts (expect a better frequency now that I'm unemployed :) )

Also, just for fun...I have added some AI images below that I found on a game forum (a fan had created some AI versions of some of the WTHI girls). Some of them look really good, while others, I'm not so sure about. I will NOT be switching to AI... these are just for fun, and I didn't create them. :)

I'm sure AI will have a future part to play in game development, but at the moment, I personally don't plan on using it. Let me know if any of you are interested in my thoughts on AI and why I don't plan on using AI at present and if interested, I'll include a bit more info in a subsequent post (summary: Problems with reliability, addition of unwanted random shit and also a big gray area around ownership / copyright with AI usage)

Thanks,

CG

Monica original

AI version (Not sure why AI decided to change her ethnicity. She looks more realistic, but I don;t feel she looks like Monica)

Lily and Mabel original

AI version. I'm on the fence with Lily, but I think Mabel looks hot. And everything looks so much more realistic.

Original

Not a fan of these. And once again, the AI model leaned towards a specific ethnicity.

Original Zarah!

This lady isn't the Zarah we all know and (some people :) ) love. But this version deserves her own game!!! HOT!