Chapter 4: Week 31 progress

Hey, Homies!

As you might have noticed, I'm trying a new format for the progress reports.  Hopefully, this will help give people a better idea of the game's progress.  Although, please keep in mind that these are still rough estimates based on a ton of factors and these aren't exactly an accurate representation of your average 'Percentage bars'.  I tried to make it more informative than the old one while still giving me a bit of room to estimate.  If anyone has any questions about the new format, feel free to ask below and I'll respond as soon as possible.  (Again, These are really rough estimates ')

As you may have also noticed, the game is turning out to be waaay larger than I'd originally intended and it's both frustrating and encouraging.  Frustrating because, rough estimates or not,  I was expecting some of these bars to be much further along by now, but encouraging because I'm still excited about developing this story and sharing this world with everyone.  The last few months may have taken a lot out of me, but at least everything has settled down now and I can start spending more time on the game instead of moving my life around.

On that note, I was animating my ass off this week and I managed to finish 5 animations!  My computer was chugging away nearly non-stop all week, but the results are worth it.  It might not seem like much in the grand scheme, but I try to remember that my animations are anywhere from 24 frames, to 60 frames each.  So, in a way, I actually finished nearly 200 renders this week!  It makes me feel better at least lol.

On a less exciting note, I discovered that at some point during my apartment hunting and moving, I made an error in my calculations for the 'lines coded/scripted' and I've been reporting incorrect numbers ever since.  I'm pretty sure it was a 'meant to add 400 and accidently added 4000' type of situation.  During my move, I was being a little careless in my haste to get reports out and I was just estimating the amount that I had typed every week.  It wasn't until I finally got settled and started going hard into development again that I actually noticed the error.  I know it's probably not a massive deal to most people, but I'm sure some people would have noticed so I wanted to address it.  My bad, Homies!

Anyways, sorry for the long report, but there was a lot to say.
Much love!
JB

Week 31 progress:
-843 renders
-24 animations
-14,542 lines coded