Progress Report, 18/04 - 25

Hello everyone and welcome to another brief progress report.

First things first, the FPS poll results, which I forgot to talk about last week:

Given 60 fps's great advantage here I'm going to consider the matter settled, sticking to it by every means necessary. The Ivy project will be the final piece of work of mine that will be rendered at 1080p and 30fps in that sense, with my work otherwise officially transitioned over into 1440p and 60fps.

In Ivy news I was pretty pressed for time this week, with family arriving on relatively short notice on Thursday, meaning I've had to spend a lot of time deep-cleaning and tidying up the household, prepping for a night or two of them staying over. I'll thankfully still have the weekend to work on the Scenario, so there won't be any hiccups in the schedule in that sense, but still a bit of a road bump that proved to eat away most of what I wanted to dedicate to Ivy. Still, I managed to get in and get something resembling a core animation structure delineated, something I'll no doubt be able to resolve and go beyond next week, what with the lip sync already fixed up. Detail animation and hair jiggles after that, and I'll go on to Scene 5, and then the epilogue after that. Given the pace I'm knocking these scenes off at, it's not impossible we'll see a summer release for Ivy, but it's also contingent on budgetary constraints for voice acting and the likes. Slow but safe, we're getting to the goal.

EDI's comic similarly stood a bit still this week, where I just barely had time to create session files and poke with some basic scene setups this Tuesday, with the Aftermath wallpaper taking up most of the time I had. I'm looking forward to next Tuesday when I can dive into it and get Chapter 2 started proper, where Ashley will show us what she's up to.

The Alley Crew ($10 tier) has determined Yor Forger to be this month's Scenario winner, with posing beginning Saturday, which I am also looking forward to.

Patreon currency change for next month is looking more and more likely. The US Dollar is in virtual free fall and with the additional strengthening of the SEK I'm seeing payout cuts at 20% and above compared to earlier this year, which could genuinely threaten this venture outright if it is allowed to continue. I understand this might make for a jarring transition particularly for US backers, but unless something drastically changes before the 1:st of May, I am going to have to pull the trigger and move over to either the Euro or the SEK outright, depending on which looks more stable. I'll be posting several warnings ahead of time specifically dedicated to this matter so it doesn't blindside anyone, more than a week in advance, so starting Thursday next week unless something changes.

TL:DR:
60fps wins poll
Ivy project work still underway
EDI comic work still underway
Yor Forger Scenario winner
Patreon currency change on May 1st from USD to Euro or SEK

Thank you folks, as always, for your continued support and for all of your kind words. I gotta get to cleaning the darn house, wife's sweating bullets right next to me, so I'll schedule this now for an early Friday posting and hope you're doing alright out there - and please, take care of yourselves and each other.
/DH