5/1/2021 Corporate Development Memo

This will be my last public post before 0.6 comes out..

I am knee deep in hard grinding now, but I will try and be detailed with some info.

First, I am putting some final public (non-adult) images up, as I can't under Patreon rules show too much for a public post.  It's actually a little harder for me on the sub path to show as many images as Kane is often not fully clothed, etc.  :)  I might be repeating some images 

Second, my current render total is now from last week's 2275 ---> 2,496 images.  The game - absent serious issues with me somehow with health/disaster will release this month.  It will come out first as a Test Version and based on feedback, I will make further changes as I go.  I have about 6 scenes left to render, as I have added a few scenes to the sub path after testing.  This update will be bigger than 0.5 which was about 2100ish renders from memory.  This one likely ends up about 2,750 renders.  Someone pointed out last week to me that my 2/27 corporate memo had me at 1115 renders, so in a tiny bit over two months, I've gone from that number to almost 2,500!   No wonder I feel like I've been grinding, haha!  

The update may in the end come in three versions as I am debating this:

1.  Normal Version - This will be the normal release which will have the basic renders, and some limited animations.  (not too many)  As my Patrons know, I experimented with basic animations for the first time.  I believe the total number of animations available are about 40-50 or so.  But for this version, much less will be in the game because a lot of this was learning and being honest, some aren't great to me.  So I'm trying to have a critical eye on this aspect...

2.  Non-animation version - No animations at all, more like earlier updates for the game for those that don't like them at all.  I will not release # 2 or # 3 until the entire cycle of # 1 (test/version B, General) comes out first as I consider that version the normal one.  

3.  All animations in - This is just going to include everything -- it will likely not be the best version, but it is more for me to understand and learn for the future and for those very curious, etc.

A few other notes for this version:

1) Two final endings can unlock (and be missed) in this version.   For the first time in the game, missing these two choices can close off the chance to experience those possible ends of the game.  There are still other endings of course, and just opening these endings does not mean you get them for sure...but you can miss something.

2) 0.6 will have less pure branching for the sub path than the dom side -- this is because Kane in this specific update has less control to make decisions as he is being sent from Point A to Point B more as he trains.  This will change in 0.7 quite a bit.  The sub Kane also has some choices from 0.5 playing out, etc.  In a general sense, 0.5 and 0.7 will have a little more branching than 0.6 and 0.8, which are going to have more "consequences" from the earlier updates more.

3) The biggest decision from 0.5 (Olivia deciding to help or err not help Seth) plays out as well.  So some sub scenes especially will clearly show a different Olivia at times.

I want to get back to things (just woke up) today, so I will cut it short here.  The bottom line is that the game is getting pretty close to a Test Version release.  I have felt bad because I really wanted to release this last month, but a lot of my assumptions on time were based on a 2000ish render release, and I'm going to do quite a bit more in the end.  (likely 2750+)

I honestly will need some time to really test when I finish as there is a lot to check!  But I will proceed as best as I can!

Thank you so much for the patience/support.  I likely will never do a release this big again for my own sanity!  (more likely smaller and more frequent updates, but not sure yet) I will discuss a lot of what I learned moving forward for 0.7, as I made a few mistakes from my side doing this update.  

I am likely stopping further previews as I do the last scenes...have a great week all!