Corporate Development Memo 7/25 & 7/26

I am SO happy to be writing this one myself, but I am at another airport and flying soon, so it will be a bit shorter.

I am back home next week, and because of travel, I may do the next update (which is likely to be bigger with some preview pics if I can manage it) either Thurs/Fri or next Monday as Sat/Sun is my last big travel to come back.

I can edit/create a few Daz renders with me, but I cannot render on this laptop, but I am getting a nice assist from Anais on some preliminary work on the polls.

Expect a third sub poll sometime this week, and I apologize in advance for any delays with getting them out.  This is a very unique trip that won't be exactly happening all that often.  I have people likely coming to me this winter versus going out, so I doubt I travel again until 2023.  

I'm not going to get into deep detail about my trip yet, but it's going so great!  I am traveling east now into Asia, and have three more stops before going home.  I am pretty tired at times, but also excited and absorbing the experience.

My estimated word count is maybe 20k right now, but I can't know for sure until I am at home.  I'm pretty happy with the progress for barely a month into the work.  My first update for 0.1 had only 18k words total!  I have written a decent amount while taking breaks here and there, but most of the writing has been on flights.  We have been VERY lucky to mostly fly business class through a combination of upgrades/miles/smart planning and buys, and have used that time to write quietly in a fairly comfortable spot.  (Planes for me are usually awful with feeling squeezed since I have long legs, so I empathize with a lot of men with this problem too!)  I thankfully have a lot of miles from this trip for future upgrades too!

Now, I plan to write more this week, and even try and sneak in a few more renders, but you will see me ramp up hard in August since I have a lot of scenes written now.  I'll probably still write some in August, but focus a lot more on renders too.  0.7 is an update that starts to shift a bit more towards more direct Olivia/Kane interactions and decisions at times, so there is a little more permanency with a few things that players should know.

And last last, a POLL!  This is regarding the "evil" assistant for Dom Kane with also some interaction with the sub side as well.  So it impacts everyone.  I am debating a lot of new character models too, but I have also pondered for this assistant having a prior character as well.  I will not reveal which specific character I have in mind, but I am going to post a poll with SIX names as possible assistants being moved to help out at times temporarily.

This vote is NOT about a winner yet (as I want to combine possible old characters with new models for the real thing) but rather if there is strong Patreon support for certain characters in this idea.  So just vote for anyone you like for the possible role (consider for current characters, their personality might impact the initial degree of "mean" they start with, etc.)  I will put them in alphabetical order to not reveal my own thoughts.  I am also adding an option for "Use a brand new character" as another option.  I am NOT using this poll as a set/winner type thing where I am going to do XYZ, but rather it is for information gathering for the REAL poll later when I include new models as well.  I just consider this another small way to allow Patrons to kind of voice their desires in a way that I feel doesn't detract from my overall narrative/vision for the main plot.  (this is the only thing I will never budge on due to Patron demands/desires, the main story is set in my brain!)

 I need to wrap it up, but I will put the poll for a few days, and thank you so much everyone!