Corporate Development Memo 7/28/2024

Hi everyone!

Sorry for being a bit late for my normal post time, but really got busy this morning.

My total render count for the game is now 2,030 -- so I did about 131 renders this week from the prior count.

These are ALL optional pictures above, so cleaning up a few last branch renders.

Hitting over 2,000 renders is another big milestone for me. I always feel like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel once I cross this threshold.

I will be working on the sub path a lot more this week and I wanted to work on the sub poll at the same time to be in a good mindset to focus on that side a bit more. But I also have one final short dom side small branch scene to render as well. So I feel like I'll be pretty busy this week.

I can't go nuts again with 60+ renders for a poll option, but I will definitely try hard to do a really good sub poll set. It's Olivia and Doctor Chastain and I know these are kind of the two most popular females (in terms of dominating votes) so I will try and do a great job!

I am approaching a scene I have thought about since Episode 3...tried to play with it in Episode 5, and again in 7 tested it a bit. I am still wondering if even a 4090 with 24 VRAM is enough for it because of the sheer amount of people I'd like to have in it. But, I am going to try to test it yet again pretty soon. So I have three versions in my mind of this scene which range from it all works, selective shots to make it work within reason, and a backup option if all else fails. I will give it my best shot and talk about this more when it's more present and relevant.

I expect a good sub poll set but still hope to crack 100 renders this week for the game. I am trying very hard to maintain a 100+ render per week average. I hope when sprinting at the end to crank out from about 150-180 renders a week, with a super lucky week being 200-225. (I need time off my business to manage to attempt this pace) The fastest I ever did was when I took a lot of time off - I think it was Episode - and I did about 1000 renders in a month.

I don't expect that to be so easy, but I will still see how I can do when sprinting. Once I am getting close to that moment (I will let you all know when I do) I will not be doing polls anymore until the next update is out. I have done this with prior updates and it has seemed to work well for a balance. So I imagine I will do one more poll voting set this month, both dom and sub...and then work on two new sets...then after those two are done, I think that will be it until Part 2 is out.

I will also take some time this week to play test things as hitting every 500 render milestone is a good time to check in and see if anything seems really off, etc.

Anyway, thank you all for everything! I will keep working hard :)