18/12/2021 Patreon Devlog

18/12/2021

This Week's Summary:

• Worked on Yuu's first chapter
• Re-worked one of ari's CGs
• Made corrections to Maggie's kiss CG
• Recoloured and coded all kiss CG sets
• Started the new round of CGs

The Ramble:

So.

Earlier this week I ended up taking a slight break for drawing. I knew I'd done a lot of art last week but really felt my hand was fine. . .

Until I grabbed something and realised how much pain I was having in my thumb - always the first sign I've overdone it.

I worked on Yuu's first chapter but did not finish it yet. (Spouse has been working from home again and that means writing can be tricky to do during the day when he is awake and talking. LoL)

I also ended up reworking Ari's kiss CG set. I had done this one several weeks ago and quality-wise, it didn't quite feel up to par. His hair was messy, his face looked weird in one pose, and the colours were odd. So I made some fixes to it.

I also ended up making some changes to Magnus' kiss CG. Sometimes I can't quite see issues until I see them full size in the game and then it's like "oh...his neck looks super weird, huh?"

Fortunately, making changes to the LI isn't the ordeal making changes to Morgan is since I only have to save and replace a single file. So that is good!  (Though in Ari's case I did slightly change Morgan so I had to resave ALL THE FILES. . .*again* (this is fourth time for this stupid CG set.)

Other than that, I recoloured and coded all the CGs. This was a slightly more labour-intensive job since all the kisses have at least two images associated with them and in many of them, it required entirely recolouring and re-saving Morgan's image.

So much recolouring this week. SO MUCH.

But it's all done. It's all tested (Fun fact - all of my old saves are with "browcolor2" - which I've removed from the game. And I'm too lazy to make all new saves. So when I test CGs, Morgan has no eyebrows. LoL)

I've now embarked on the next round of CGs. I thought at first I'd just do all the "best ending" CGs next but I think I may focus on finishing up some of the routes instead. Ari has two CGs left - best ending and love scene.

So I may just do both of those and finish up the CGs for his route entirely. When possible, I like focusing my efforts in ways I can sort of tick things off as "complete" since it helps give me a better idea of what work is actually getting done.

Sneak Peeks and Previews:

Nothing for this week. Maybe next week I'll have some that don't feel too spoilery!

Upcoming Week:

Next week is, of course, Christmas. And with a looming holiday and my spouse off work, it's sure to impact my time. So I'm not sure what I'll be able to accomplish.

I am, however, going to be working on CGs. As usual. Maybe try to finish Yuu's chapter one over the weekend. On that note, I think I decided I'm going to try to write Quill's route first. It's the one I'm currently most interested in so it'll be good to start with it.

I hope you all have a lovely and blessed holiday.

I may not update next week as it will be Christmas. But I may just push the update a day earlier or a day later instead.

See you all then!