MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!\nFrom my me and my family to you.\n[img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/44872815/efcc1adffe9bd56cf9bf74c4f51c261ab38fa5e7.jpg\"][/img]\nAs for the game, it is Finished and also released on patreon and Itch.io, and It would\'ve been released on steam 3 days ago as well but the update uploading process is returning a \"[u]ERROR! Timeout uploading manifest (size 2338327)[/u]\".\n\nI\'ve raised this query to steam and waiting for a response.\n\n\n

Huh took longer than expected but also I have a second and third job now- nevertheless at least it makes me enough money to do this comfortably, because earlier it make me bureaucratic while creating this, more number of renders per days means better- turns out it\'s not, so I removed some scenes from the script to make it concise, from a final number of 1507 to 1431 renders, I am a editor by profession- BUT RENDERING IS DONE!\n\nNow comes the boring part, coding -_-\nSo numbers:\nRenders- 1431/1431 \nSFX - Chosen, not implemented\nMusic- Sorted\nAssets- 14/14 done! \nCoding- HALF DONE, It begins NOW.

Long time no update, yeah...turns out my vision and my skills are being held back by my humble PC, not enough VRAM and not enough graphical juice- so I need money for the upgrade, and that\'s what I\'m doing.\nI\'ve taken up some gigs, basically 2nd and 3rd projects- nothing serious this is ALWAYS be my passion but it\'s worth the money which I\'ll use to upgrade the motherboard, add more RAM and get myself a RTX 5090 (it\'s extra expensive up here).\n\nSo numbers:\nRenders- 1223/1500+ \nSFX - Chosen, not implemented\nMusic- Sorted\nAssets- 14/14 done! \nCoding- HALF DONE, (next half would be directly after rendering stage)

Runa as a vampire?\n\nwhy not- I\'m sure flynn would lose his shit and pitch a tent after seeing this.\n\n

Sister\'s idea, and she LOVES elodie (because she co-writes her sometimes) so here we go, base on a pose by a famous actress(?).\n\n[img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/44872815/dc90881e0f48f359488adc1fe354944239d3dcff.jpg\"][/img][img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/44872815/9d8b53aa121b9215e51152d9cfc31612ea5682c5.jpg\"][/img]

Tactical Vampire Carmine;

Felt like a interesting concept for Halloween season.\n

Remember when I said that this episode is more \"Education\" than \"Furthering\"? It\'s still that but in my unchecked passion and my desire to always punch above my weight I found my current scale...limiting.\n\nSo I dedicated myself to a part of Blender that I was scared to touch, and I still am- actually making scenes in it.\nSo I did and results shocked even myself- I have achieved photorealism within days, it\'s not perfect but it\'s waaaaaay ahead of what good ol\' DAZ3D allows me to do, and this newfound liberation and expansion of my skillset has pondering upon a massive change in how I work i.e. shifting to Blender.\nNOW NOW, not everything is done in blender of course, I\'m confident not cocky.\n\nSo numbers:\nRenders- 725/1500+ \nSFX - Chosen, not implemented\nMusic- Sorted\nAssets- 8/14 done! (yeah the script demands MORE)\nCoding- HALF DONE, (next half would be directly after rendering stage)\n

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So this episode is less strenuous in renders but more in asset making- yes I\'ve to create a whole other town yet again (Mt. Hood Village in Oregon)- it\'s a challenge because it\'s got a lot of trees (SLOOOOOOOOOOW Viewport) and several cultural things that I\'ve to get right AND adjust them according to the setting- should be fun!

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So numbers-

[img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/44872815/e8198218322324b21d47b6caba6c4ee56be8bcb7.png\"][/img]Renders- 608/1500+ \nSFX - Chosen, not implemented\nMusic- Sorted\nAssets- 5/10 done!\nCoding- HALF DONE, the new approach is refreshing!

Our crew just...chilling?\n

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This episode won\'t take AS LONG as Ep6 and Ep7 and hopefully not as strenuous on my health (Yeah...I developed increased levels of \"LDL\" AKA my cholesterol shot up but this episode will also be more about FURTHERING in the Education side of the story so it\'s will be a comparatively shorter episode as well.\n

\nso, the numbers-

Renders- 168/1500+

SFX - Chosen, not implemented

Music- Sorted

Assets- 3/10 done!

Coding- ADOPTING A NEW WAY- I\'ll implement the images and complete the dialogues every 250 renders so the ending of the episode won\'t be such a drag (hopefully).\n\nThat\'s all for now!

[img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/44872815/fdbbf2cc47dcaa8111f4291e971dca411c7d958b.jpg\"][/img]\nMy idea with this is a young carmine if she had a normal upbringing with time and money to buy herself things with minimal responsibilities.

Heard it's a significant day for my american friends and it's apparently summer there as well sooo...

This one's a bit personal.
I have this main concept on how I create characters where how absence affects people, how it changes people, how's their reaction, what choices they make, what becomes of them and ultimately how they reconcile with that absence- or do they ever.

These are basically my Before-After concepts which I keep going back to to remind myself that the story might have politics, violence, morally gray choices but all of them stems from something very simple- that whatever I'm creating revolves around people first.

Same dialogues from different branch, should now be fixed.

[h3]Now THIS is the longest i've ever took to make an update, but putting this out there was an achievement in and of itself for me; through pain, illness, my money making machine almost exploding on me and so many geopolitical changes! (I live on a self sustaining island, I meant for the story's narrative hehe) but here it is!

[i]And I apologize for all my supporters on Steam, I was radio silent here- didn't post any updates or anything, I cannot promise frequent updates since I'm more focused with delivering the episodes than anything but here on out I'll make an effort of keeping everyone up-to-date!

[/i]Changelog:
- 3000+ renders
- 10+ self made assets (As a DAZ developer this is a big thing for me)
- Added major branch (Who chooses to confront in the diner matters from here on out)
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Nothing, just wanna wish you all Merry Christmas!

Holy crap it's been a while an without update, sorry about that!
A lot happened-
The PC got shot, the motherboard lights said it's a CPU problem, third party diagnosis said it's a motherboard problem, then later they said it's a Power supply problem- that ate 5 days from the development time.
But whatever, what happened, happened.
So,
Renders- 672/1500+
SFX- Picked and tested, implemented half of them.
Assets- 8/10 done
Coding- I've done some in the free time, 400+ images implemented.

This is the longest I've taken to make an episode but think of it like digging deep into the earth to lay foundation, the new set of code I've put in expand the storytelling aspect much Further! (hehe).

changelogs

Hello fellas!- It's finally done

Heads-Up:

Okaaaay so It's taking longer than I expected, not very long but, longer than what I had in mind.
But part 2 of Ep6 is now 2/3 of the whole episode, and it's taking all that time 'cause of having to come up with new features while also keeping it seamless with the world.
Numbers, right?
Renders- 1103/1700+
Coding- Part 1 DONE, new systems integrated!
Sound - Effects are acquired, music remains.
NEW Assets - 8/10 done.

1. Fixed dialogue in Ep3 where a option in shopping sequence where "99%" text would crash renpy.
2. Fixed transition in Ep3 where the "fade" started with a uppercase (Ex-Fade).

Thanks to steam supporters-
- tnwillia55
- Quetz
- prezes_08
for pointing out the mistakes.

Hello fellas! I'll just get straight to the point.
The game simply doesn't have enough wishlists as of 17th May 2024.
I'm hoping to ramp up my marketing AND release with an additional episode than what I agreed upon.

Now the game will come with 5 episodes, instead of 4, which will cause a delay obviously.
The new release date is 12th of July.

That's really it fellas, I wish I had enough wishlists but since I'm working on a whole different genre and much different settings, I foresaw this response from my audience whom I'm still grateful for - but this only means that new people are coming in! My audience and fans are simply changing and actually are growing!
My Patreon used to do 90$ Average on before Episode 4 and I basically got pelted over at F95zone after the release BUT my patreon subscribers have increased and now I make 140$ on average ever since!.

That's it, that's the update and again, sorry for the delay.