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Chapter 5 - Part 2: Week 5 Progress

Hey everyone,

I'll cut right to the chase since I'm sure you're wondering why the numbers suck. Suffice it to say, it's been a really tough week for me. I can't get into too many details for privacy reasons, but I've unfortunately lost my job this past week. I'm thankful that it was at least through no fault of my own, but I've still been in a state of panic ever since. As you can imagine, losing most of my income and all my benefits so suddenly has been extremely stressful, and ma...

Chapter 5: Maryn Check-in (4K+HD GOLD-TIER renders)

Maryn is having some trouble sleeping tonight as well. Her mind races, worrying about you and your squad. She wonders if perhaps she should check in on you... to relieve some of her stress.

Hey all,

I apologize for the late post. It's been a hectic week. I'll get into it more in tomorrow's report. I also meant to make more renders for this post, but given the aforementioned hectic week, it will have to wait for another time.

Much love!
JB

Chapter 5: Maryn Check-in (4K+HD Silver-tier renders)

Maryn is having some trouble sleeping tonight as well. Her mind races, worrying about you and your squad. She wonders if perhaps she should check in on you...

Hey all,

I apologize for the late post. It's been a hectic week. I'll get into it more in tomorrow's report. I also meant to make more renders for this post, but given the aforementioned hectic week, it will have to wait for another time. The gold version of this post will be posted shortly.

Much love!...

Chapter 5: At-Home Check-in Poll (Part 3)

Hey all,

We're on to round 3 of the At-Home Check-ins, and Maryn is taking her shot on the poll, but we'll see if Gloria or Sheila will finally get the victory. So I once again ask...

Who should we visit this week?

The follow-up post should be up on Saturday.
See you then!
Much love!
JB

Chapter 5 - Part 2: Week 4 Progress

Hey all,

This week wasn't as productive as I would have hoped because I was visiting with family on the weekend. So while I lost nearly a full day of dev time, it was at least for a good cause. Thankfully, I don't have any plans this coming week, so I intend to make up for the lost time.

As for what I've been working on, I won't spoil anything, but as I mentioned in the previous poll, there are two possible paths you can take in S7, and I've nearly finished with the first. I l...

Player Development Poll! -Scene 7- (No spoilers!)

Hey all,

Today's poll is mostly to gauge people's expectations. I'll do my best to avoid any spoilers, but the very question itself could potentially spoil some very minor parts of what's to come, so proceed at your own risk.

As many surely know, Scene 7 is going to have some interesting content. While I won't go into detail about the 'who, what, where, or when' of it all, there is ...

Chapter 5: Scene 7 - Teasers #1 (Miranda and the Squad)

Miranda prepares your squad for the eventful morning. You have to admit, you're becoming quite excited as she explains the wargames in greater detail.

Hey all,

As promised, I wanted to give you all some idea of how many people I'm working with in this scene. As you'll see in time, these are BY FAR some of the least populated scenes in S7, but I didn't want to show the actual event because I would rather keep as much of it as a surprise for the actual ...

Chapter 5 - Part 2: Week 3 Progress

Hey all,

Believe it or not, this week has been pretty damn good! It might not seem like it from the numbers, but it's only because S7 is such a slog to get through, so the numbers are actually impressive by my standards. I'm glad that I'm only doing S7 and S8 in the next release, because they're both going to be upping the ante over previous scenes, and I hope I can do them justice.

I'll be posting a teaser for S7 this week to give you an idea of just how many characters I'm de...

Chapter 5: Kaela Check-in (4K+HD Gold-tier renders)

It seems that Abigail wasn't the only one having trouble sleeping tonight. Kaela, however, knows a few ways to help herself get back to sleep a little quicker.

Hey all,

I hope you enjoy the renders and have a safe weekend!

Much love!
JB

Chapter 5: At-Home Check-in Poll (Part 2)

Hey all,

I usually prefer to split up these kinds of posts a little, but my brain feels like a pinball today, so I just need to get something out so that I can try to use my limited brain function to get back to work.

The last 'Check-in poll' winner was Abigail, and I hope everyone enjoyed visiting her. Now, we're on to the next roster, adding the fiery little Kaela into the mix, as s...

Chapter 5 - Part 2: Week 2 Progress

Hey all,

Note to newer followers: Progress bars are very rough estimates that will get more accurate as time passes.

It was another relatively productive week, though, admittedly, I've been running in circles for a few days while trying to figure out how to execute scene 7. With so many characters to manage, it's bound to be a slog one way or another, but I'm hoping that some careful planning might shave some time off in the long run. I won't spoil any specifics, but pl...

Chapter 5: Abigail Check-in (4K+HD Silver-tier renders)

Poor Abi has been having some trouble sleeping tonight. Her mind seems a little preoccupied by something, or perhaps someone...

Hey all,

Sorry for the late post, but I'm a big ol' dumbass and forgot to turn on the proper lighting before hitting render on the second image.

Either way, I hope you enjoy the renders, as I think they turned out quite nicely.
Much love!
JB

Chapter 5: At-Home Check-in Poll (Part 1)

Hey everyone,

It's been quite some time since we've heard from a lot of the characters, and we all deserve to check in on them to see how they're doing. The real question is...

Who should we check up on first?

I know there are many characters that you might prefer to check on before these three, but given that these are three of the characters we haven't seen ...

Chapter 5 - Part 2: Week 1 Progress

Hey all,

Note: I'm trying something new by underlining the highlights of my ramblings so that people can skim the reports a little more easily, and so I don't feel as bad when I talk a little too much. Let me know what you think.

First progress report for the new content, and although the numbers don't show it, I spent a lot of time this week planning out the game's next major event. It's funny that for all the world-building and planning I've done for each chapter, I ...

Miranda 4K+HD Gold-tier Pin-up (Goddess-tier Credit Commission)

Hey all,

This isn't exactly an unfamiliar image to anyone who's watched the credits, but for all the years it's been there, I never released a 4k version of it for subscribers. This was the first Goddess-tier commission I ever made, and frankly, the first version was pretty bad imo, but after a few reworks a while back, I was happy enough with where it landed.

Even though the subscriber is long gone, I still want to reshoot this one more time, if only for some better framing. ...

Player Choice Poll! -Weapon of choice- part 2 (circa. chapter 5 part 1)

Hey all,

We're finally back with another Player Choice Poll!

While this is technically a repeat of an older poll, now that the decision has some actual bearing on the story, I wanted to repeat it to see how opinions might have changed since then.

I imagine the result will stay similar, as I'm not sure how many people play multiple times to see all the variations ...

Chapter 5: Part 1 - Post-Launch Report

Hey all,

I don't really have a progress report for you this week, since I spent launch week taking it easy and being ready to work on any quick patches that might be required. Thankfully, apart from my usual spelling errors, there doesn't appear to be any major issues with this release, so I was able to recharge this week.

Now that the update has been released and we're finally moving forward again, there are some things I'd like to address:

1. The next update WI...