Dev Log #112 - February side story inbound/March progress!

Hi all! Welcome back to another weekly dev log! Let's dive right in!

February side story
The side story featuring Noodles will be released in about two to three days from this post, featuring (of course) Noodles and the twins in an offshoot story that features over 200 new renders, predominantly featuring snake vore, and just a smidgen of transformative goodness!

EP3 progress
There has been a lot of in-game development over the last week. I've been focusing the other half of my time (first half being on the side story) on stitching the images with the dialogue, and using the remaining time to continue increasing the renders!

It must be noted that the number of renders may differ depending on whatever path everyone is on, but with that said, I will strive to make sure that whatever path you are on will have the healthiest amount of content! It doesn't matter if you picked Natalie, Stanford, or Poloson on that night visit in Episode 2, or whether you chose to send a few characters to their untimely end throughout the game, each path will see something fresh along the way and I'll be looking to weave the different paths into the main plot points of Episode 3 while keeping things fresh and exciting from all perspectives!

Therein lies the challenge, of course! And with that said, April will more than likely not have a side story similar to March. While this is understandably disappointing in terms of overall regular content, do know that this side story development time will be used to refine and develop Episode 3, which is arguably sizing up to be as large as Episode 2!

In this time, polls and custom renders will still be the norm as I work my way towards the eventual Episode 3 release. I'm truly thankful for everyone's patience on this and I will continue to make things ship-shape and as content-filled as possible!

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Story: 100% done. No change from last week.

Renders: 40% done. The total render count is 2,599, which is 328 more renders than last week (note that this render count does not include the 200 or so renders for the side story). Up 5% from last week.

Dialogue: 50% done. Writing dialogue of newer scenes as I stitch up images and dialogues of written scenes. Up 5% from last week.

Game Playability: 40% done. More scenes stitched together as a first pass, but the image/dialogues line up and will be progressing. Up 5% from last week.

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As a side note, a few of the previews this week will include images from the new side story, but will still mainly showcase Episode 3 renders (i.e. a 2-to-1 ratio favoring EP3 renders!)

Alright, hermit-crab me will be retracting back into my shell for a few days! I'll see everyone soon for the side story release post!