WSC - Ramble and Check-in

Hi everyone! 

I just wanted to do a quick WSC check-in since it's been a while.

Writing

I have finished the rough draft for Daaz's scenes! And....Noel is next but...

I can't remember if I mentioned in my last update that I was looking back over what I have written so far and had decided I don't like the pacing of the early part of the game. Things happen a little too fast and I've decided I need to add some content to slow the pacing down and to put some space between some major events.

I am going to add a chapter between the current three and four to give Wil a little additional time with the crew. 

And then I want to add an additional scene in Chapter Six to space out two significant plot events.

I'm thinking of doing those before I get started on Noel's content. 

Even if I just have janky potato drafts done, I think it'll be nice to have it out of the way and ready to be revised with everything else.

Anyway, yeah! 

Word count is just under 300,000 words right now.

I have about 105,000 words of "character" content left to write. But with the additions and later edits, I don't know for sure how long the game is really going to end up. I'm still estimating under 450,000 words. 😤

Art

There's nothing major to report here since I haven't done any new art or anything but...

I did decide to have the BGs re-done. 😩

There is a whole thought process behind why I decided to get them re-done as much as I love...about half of them. (It's the other half that's the issue).

I don't know how long it'll take to get them re-done. The artist I'm using now is someone I've worked with before but who is in a bit higher demand so it takes a couple of weeks per BG. It will be a while before I have them done. 🥲

I have the first one though. But I'll keep it under wraps for noooow. I'll post when I have a couple more though. I think it'll be nicer when there's more than one to show.

Coding

There is nothing to report here but I'm thinking about putting a "music room" in the game - I've been thinking of this for a while since all the music I'm using is royalty free which means I can't package it as a sound track.

I thought it might be nice, at least, to have a space in the game where you can find and listen to any tracks you particularly like. 

Anyway, that's it!