08/01/2022

08/01/2022

This Week's Summary:

• 3 CGS ???? Caissa?? It's all blurring together
• Official game guides
• One new BG sketch

The Ramble:

I am starting to lose track of what CGs I've worked on when. LoL. It doesn't help that my updates across platforms (KS and Patreon) are sometimes different because by the time I post on one, I've completed more stuff so the updates are slightly different. I also work on weekends sometimes.

So it means I struggle to remember what exactly I did between updates.

I think that when I did my KS update, I still had 13.5 CGs to complete but by the time I did Patreon, I had only 12 left. So that means I completed  CGs since my last patreon update.

So I have a total of 9 CGs left (well, it's really 8.5 since I've started on the next one.)

The other thing I did for multiple days this week was work on the backer walkthrough that will be available to KS backers and high tier patrons.

Just to be clear. . . there *will* be a walkthrough available to everyone. It's just that the public walkthrough is more utilitarian - it tells you the correct answers. That's all.

The extended walkthrough has character profiles, route summaries, route stats, and other 'extras.'

Working on walkthroughs probably doesn't seem like much work but the extended walkthrough isn't just a list of correct answers. I want it to look nice and polished. It's also 87 pages. I've spent about 4 full days working on it and it's not complete yet. (I can't technically complete it yet since it does have CG snips in it and not all the CGs are done yet.)

But this is an example of what the full guide will look like.

The public guide is essentially just the ending section (but without the little CG flags in it.)

Working on the guide has also got me thinking about how I want to do the art and lore books as well, though I haven't started either of them. I'm just thinking of better ways to do them than my approach last time.

I will probably do a more in depth post on the walkthrough just for anyone who is curious about it.

For those who are keeping count:

CGs are: ~ 83% complete

Game itself is: ~ 96% complete

Sneak Peeks and Previews:

Unfortunately I don't really have any previews I feel like I can show off without either spoiling things or having to crop them so severely you can't get much out of it. But here's a crop of one of Caissa's CGs. . .

Upcoming Week:

It feels repetitive to say that I'll be working on CGs. I feel like everyone understands I will be working on CGs until they're done. 

As I said, I have 9 (technically 8.5) CGs left:

• 3 "passionate ending" CGs
• 2 "love scene" CGs
• 4 "assorted moments" CGs

These are across Jack, Magnus, and Lance's route. But I'll be focusing on Jack's CGs specifically this week. One of his is the "passionate ending" CG and the other two are other random moments in his route.

I know I said I might push out a new beta version sometime soon. Honestly, I just haven't gotten around to it as I've been working on other things. I may end up waiting until all the CGs are ready.

So that's it for this week. My goal is to, at the very least, have Jack's  CGs done by the next update - and hopefully be started on Lance's remaining CGs.

See you then!