Dev Log #54 - Heading into November!

Hi all, welcome back to another dev log, as we round off the development of October in this edition! In this dev log, I will go into detail about the current progress as well as the remaining work planned for November which is just on the horizon!

Current progress update!
With the Day 5 rendering currently in progress (about halfway done), I intend to have most of the renders ready by the end of this weekend! Of course, this is slightly behind schedule as just last week I did mention that I wanted to finish October by being halfway into Day 6.

That said, I would more than likely be starting the rendering of Day 6 at the start of November, instead of being halfway through it, but I believe this is nothing deal-breaking as I fully intend to finish all the renders by the 2nd week of November at the latest (the week of 13th November), before completing and cleaning up on all the in-game dialogue, and (try to) make the game as bug-free as possible!

Context of work for November (spoiler-free!)
To give slightly more context on the last three days (i.e. Days 5, 6, and 7), Day 6 intends to be the day with branching content that depends on player choice, and with choice-dependent scenes, this means there will be multiple variations of one singular scene that can play out depending on what you have chosen on the previous days. Meanwhile, Day 5 is more story-heavy while Day 7 will be where the episode concludes!

Of course, quality is still paramount even in these kinds of varied scenes and it is something I will continue to keep an eye on (and not get carried away by over-complicating it further!).

Update on monthly render requests
With development going on for the months of October going into November, the monthly render requests have been halted to prioritize the episode's continued development. However, these monthly render requests will return by January 2024 and will include render requests from December 2023 as well as January 2024 requests, as I do intend to take a break during the latter half of December 2023 (i.e. after the episode's release), although I will still be around to fix bugs found in the episode!

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Story: 95% done. No change.

Renders: 57.5% done. Day 5 is about halfway done. Up 5% from last week. The total render count sits at 2478 (+315 from last week) renders.

Dialogue: 55% done. Day 4 dialogue is underway as Day 3 has concluded. Up 5% from last week.

Game Playability: 55% done. Up 5%, the game is playable till the start of Day 4.
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That's all for this week! I'm thankful for everyone's patience on this much, much lengthier development cycle and I'll see you next week for more updates!

Thank you and stay safe!