Corporate Development Memo (moving on to 0.7!)

Hi everyone!

I first apologize if I have not been super good about responding to message on Discord or Patreon, I'm getting hit a bit hard there (random ones too) and have been trying to rest just a tad this week.

But, I did update the pinned post with a Final 0.6.2 version which won't impact most people, but I did tweak a few code points for the Dom path with Dominique most specifically.  Saves with Final 0.6.1 should work fine too since I did not alter anything meaningful with saves, etc.  I may include later a full animation update here, but beyond that, I am moving on to 0.7 now.  Whew!

The walkthrough has also been added to the pinned post.  I'm not really great at writing these, but I tried to at least be sure all the relevant info is there.  In particular, I try and give some advice about good save points and/or what I might be thinking about for 0.7 with specific choices, etc.  So it might be a helpful read to explore everything more easily!  I appreciate any and all feedback on this walkthrough, and anything else!

What to expect this week:

1.  Two polls in about two days on two votes for fantasy scenes with the poll winners:

Poll A: Olivia, Juliette, and Alessandra winners

Poll B: Doctor Chastain, Phoebe, and Raven (I would find this combo in the actual story very interesting haha!)

Remember, for poll fantasy images, it is non-canon and has no bearing on the game so you can imagine these characters being very much different than in-game.  So maybe you can request seeing say people like Raven and Juliette with opposite personalities in a few choices, haha!  But generally in the polls, most like the characters how they are, but if you have ideas you want to submit involving either of these sets of 3 (you can include men in the idea but be reasonable, I can't do like a 10 person render without taking forever on it) .  Please send me an idea privately or publicly by Tuesday, June 21.

I will run the polls likely on Tuesday to run through Thursday/Friday so I ensure enough time to work on them.  

On 0.7:  I usually spend the first week doing a lot of outlining and asset hunting.  I already know a very tough and challenging scene coming early in 0.7 (Olivia party) so I am building the scene a bit now.  First, each character needed, and what they wear (selecting outfits can be for me a long process just like real shopping, haha!) in the scene.  Then building out creative ideas to allow a large scene, etc.  Doing 30 renders in this kind is way harder/longer than 30 renders with say 2-3 characters, so I'll be tackling something tough right away.  I always wanted the original idea to have 20 characters (which I am skeptical is possible so easily) but I think I can get a lot in there with some creative shots not always showing everyone all the time and using some tricks here and there.

There is some actual progress on 0.7 during the break week: 21 renders!

Three of those images (work in progress) are right above, the first previews of 0.7!  Not the first scene in the update, but the first official renders.

I have also thought about update size (especially 0.5 size which was 2150 renders vs. 0.6 which was 3350 renders) and may ask all of you for feedback about it in the near future.  I tend to naturally just try and get to a certain point in the story, but I'm very open to trying to understand the best "rhythm" of updates to size that might work best for everyone!

I have to do a lot for here with home stuff, but I should be back to getting to a more normal workflow from tomorrow.  We have Father's Day here, and I'm luckily very close to my father so doing some creative stuff for later today!  If any of you have great fathers, maybe let him know today he's so great :)  

Thank you again for all the advice/comments/suggestions, and I sincerely appreciate each and every one of you.  Some of you were here very early when I was struggling with a 6B Video card and while this was supposed to be a "side project" for me, it's grown into something I really love doing (ok, maybe except the crunch at the very end, haha!) as part of my life.  Part of that reason too is just talking with some of you privately...I feel really gratified hearing from people in a way I will never be able to articulate well, but it's just...wonderful.

Thank you all!   Have a great week!