Merry Christmas from Stone Fox Studios

It's that busy time of year, and between vacations and holiday celebrations, Kentyrr and I continue to plug away at Chapter 7, having achieved a heavy milestone with a scene we could barely fit in our GPU VRAM.

Unfortunately, we did find a model error on one character after rendering a depressing number of images of her that will have to be re-rendered, but this is a fairly minor speedbump, as frustrating as it is.

That's (almost) all behind us now, and we can begin focusing on the rest of the chapter.   My water blocks finally arrived, so I'm rendering on dual RTX 4090's...In other words, art is getting processed as fast as Kent can compose it!   He was also fortunate enough to snag one for his rig as well, so he'll be benefitting for the additional horsepower himself soon.

In the meantime, I've certified up to Chapter 6 on the new build of Ren'Py.

SteamDeck had some issues with the older version of Ren'Py that have been remedied in 8.0.3, so there will be an updated version of 0.7a pushed to all platforms within a week or so.   This adds no new content, it's simply version housekeeping.   If you had no issues with Chapter 6, Chapter 7 will ship with it anyway.

I apologize for the relative quiet on this page recently, as I spent a few weeks on vacation, and then returned to being behind schedule with holiday shopping and the like.   That said, I can look forward to a week or so off to get caught up now, and it should all balance out.

In development news, Lisa has been updated to Genesis 8.1, and the script is undergoing logic testing.   About 400 images have been rendered to date, with another 1000 to go.   

We're also excited to be working out the details on a crossover we hope many of you will appreciate!

Music selection is underway, with several new tracks already earmarked.

After this weekend's holiday, we expect the remainder of the development cycle to settle into it's more predictable rhythm...Keep checking the Discord for sneak peeks and preview images!

All of that aside, Stone Fox Studios (and the cast of Chasing Sunsets) want to wish each and every one of you a holiday season filled with warmth, love, and...Maybe just a little wetness!

~Stoya and Kentyrr