10/06/2023 Patreon Devlog (Gilded Shadows)

Hallo!! Time for the GS devlog for this week.

This Week's Summary:

• Edited up to halfway through Ch 12
• Started CG planning
  • Decided which CGs I'll be doing
  • Started gathering references

The Ramble:

Hi everyone!

So I am, of course, feeling better and was able to work diligently this week. ╰(*°▽°*)╯

I continued editing Yuu's route, reaching about mid-way through Chapter 12.

Up until Chapter 8, I didn't actually have to do any major revisions - just minor tweaks and fixes. But Chapter 8 had substantial changes (including the deletion of about 2500 words of content.)

The next few chapters had major changes as well just due to the usual cascade effect of fixes needed when major revisions take place.

Now that I'm in the pre-story climax chapter, there are fewer fixes needed but I imagine that chapter 13 will, of course, require heavy editing. The story climax chapters nearly always do.

That said, I'm nearly done and should definitely finish the first round of revisions this week.

I was hoping I could avoid doing a second pass of revisions but due to how heavily chapters 8 - 11 were edited, I imagine I'll do a second pass through at least the second half of the route just to make sure that there aren't any story contradictions or issues.

It shouldn't take as long as the first round of revisions though. So...I'm still hoping I can get it all complete by the end of this week.

The other thing I've been working on is just determining which CG moments I'll be doing for this route and starting to gather up my references for them. Of course, as usual, I have a few CGs that are kind of set in stone (first kiss, love scene, best ending, bad ending), but there are three that I have the freedom to put when and where I want them. 

Choosing those is always a bit of a process since I want them as spaced out as I can get them and I also want them to be put in the best possible moments. So there's always a bit of planning involved. It's not exactly a time consuming job but I did get that all sorted.

Sneak Peeks:

Ugh. Hopefully in a couple of weeks I'll finally start having some stuff to show off here. 😤

Upcoming Week:

I intend to finish up the first round of revisions and do a second past of the last half of the route (or maybe just of chapters 8 - 11).

I am not sure how far I'll get in that process. But the next step after the structural edit will be proofreading and line editing for typos (not that I'll catch them all as all you beta testers know.) 😩😩

And then scripting. I suspect that'll be the week after though. But I'm looking forward to getting the script in the game and having a final word count. 👀👀

That is all for this week regarding Gilded Shadows!

See you next time!