Corporate Development Memo (Public/7/30/2023)

Hello everyone!

Sorry to my Patrons -- they will see some images they might have seen before, but I will do all adult images privately next week :)

I formally did my first week about May 21st for Episode 8 after resting a bit after Episode 7 (and also cleaning it up).  I am crossing a little over 2 months and 1 week, so it's about time to do a public post!  I am trying to make sure the images are not adult for a public post, so this has eliminated entire scenes from being previewed, but I'll do what I can here.

I am plugging along and am now at 790 renders and about 28,000 words, with about 15 animations as well.

My initial goal was to try and do an update in about 4ish months at about 1,500 renders or so, and with a little over two months down, I've reached a natural point with a tree trunk branch to move forward, but all these renders above are generally so far dom path or secret sub path.  I would happily at least say that I feel like I am pacing along (over 50% of 1,500 renders in the timeframe so far) fairly well and I do tend to speed up at the end.

But with I said about dom/secret sub renders so far, I am now thinking I might want to tweak to about 1,700-1,750 renders or so to make sure the sub path has enough content as well.  I'll update more on this with weekly updates as I kind of wade into the specifics and see how the narrative is unfolding.  I originally hoped for about late September to release, and I think this can still happen, but if I extend it a bit, I might push it back slightly.  We shall see -- the goal is that the update is not way too long like 7, but still with good content.  I won't go over 2,000 renders no matter what absent a literal few just to close it out.  I always have to worry about content even if a bit longer than some other visual novels because I have a lot of branching/split scenes so a single playthrough isn't necessarily super long even if the update overall is large.

Also, keep in mind for dom path -- I have said this in the walkthrough and on Discord/Patreon more than once.  The dom Kane path without the game show being flagged is a shorter but alternate path that eventually veers back to the main narrative.  But it's definitely shorter.

The sub path will initially start in one main narrative because they start in the same spot no matter the rank, but decisions will be made that can keep the guys together, separate, or even meeting other male pods in there.  So it will also branch out some, and my main concern here is I probably have to split some of this content -- partially this first batch, but the rest the second part of Episode 8 given how it flows.  We shall see.

As always, my projections are always based on my primary business and a few other income streams I try to maintain as well.  I sometimes wish I could do this full-time, but then another part of me thinks I might burn out too without some level of mixture of things to do.

Worrisome outside activity that could impact things slightly:

1) I have an NDA with a AAA game that has been sometimes time consuming and was very heavy for me in May/June especially, but now it's coming out very soon.  I think I am about done with it as it's probably too late to change anything, but I always have the disclaimer here just in case as I don't know if they will ask for help with say testing if they do a big patch or something later.  I expect it will easily do hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue no matter what, but still curious how it goes.

2)  I am trying desperately to get this update out by October 20 no matter what as a huge project we have been working on for design will be presented October 27 and it's the biggest one we've ever done.  So I hope to have that week before to kind of focus on this presentation.

To Patrons:

The sub gentle poll is up now with 29 or 35? images forgot, will be on harsh sub poll this week.

Also, the dom poll winning scenario is 5: (read the private poll to remind yourself the specifics, need to redact a bit haha!)

4a)  Sorority Rush A (Amy end) (based on a real story haha!) - Veronica and Katsumi are sorority members lounging in bikinis and heels outside at a pool of the sorority house/estate.  Both are getting **redacted for public post** by Mercy/Amy who are PNMs (potential new members) but called "pigs" during their pledging period.  The two Sisters (current sorority members) **redacted for public post** and Kat's boyfriend Kane arrives and greets them, also in swim shorts.  The two girls decide the pigs need a little more testing and order them both to give Kane a **redacted** one at a time as a contest.  The two pigs each try their best and **redacted**.  Kane is asked to judge the "winner" and for this scenario he picks Amy.  As a result, Mercy is then forced to the ground by the two Sisters and she is then **redacted** as the "loser" as a penalty while Kane gets to **redacted** Amy the "winner."  The two Sisters then **redacted** on Mercy while Kane **redacted** Amy.

5) Sorority Rush B (same scenario but switch this out to Mercy as the winner and Amy as the loser, same general scenario but different choice by Kane)

Last edit: I have completed an initial trailer and sets of images/text for Steam down the road.  The Steam release may include new scenes from the ones I have done for my giant Patron (about nine scenes from the past, not adult but more background of characters when younger to give more context, also some musical stuff because his real profession is a highly successful musician)  More on this later, reviewing trailer now.

I've got to get a ton of Sunday catch up errands outside (I realize it might already even be Monday for some reading this when I post) and better get to it.  Thank you all!