Dev Log --I'm back--

Hello!

It's been a while, but I'm finally back. After what feels like forever, I've allowed myself some time off to relax and clear my head. It was a very good thing and I feel much better now--I've been more productive and I feel like what I'm producing now is of better quality.

More than that, though, I think I realized just how stressed and miserable I was. I'm sure you've noticed this release has been going at a much slower pace, but that's not something I intended. I just wasn't capable of keeping up with it any more. I think I pushed as hard as I could with having two jobs (basically) and it was going to give at some point.

Now, after having rested and cleared my head, I'm back to where I was before and going at a steady pace with the development of the game. But I'm not sure how long it'll last this time. Maybe I can do another 3-4 months at this pace, I get Chapter 2 out... and then what? Unfortunately, while a break was definitely needed, it doesn't address the source of the problem.

I'm not sure what the solution is quite yet. I have a few ideas, but I need more time to plan and figure out a way forward. The ideal scenario would be that I go full time on Zero End, but that's not possible, so I'll need to compromise somewhere. I just want to clarify that not a single one of the options I'm considering involves abandoning the game. I know it's fairly common that happens and I understand why, but that's not what this is and I just wanted to make that clear.

Anyway, now that that's been said, since I got back I wrote one of my favorite scenes (so far) and almost caught up to the writing with the renders. Next week, I wanna pose and animate an erotic scene and finish the writing for the first part of the release.

Hope you're having a wonderful day. It feels good to be back (though the vacation was really fun too).

--SR