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Status update Episode 11
🕑 Added 2024-07-19 12:18:49 +0000 UTC
Happy blue screen day! I'm not affected by the global outage (so far). PCs are rendering and I'm working.
I've been writing a lot this week. I focused on writing scenes for the general story and Jill's branch. I've written the broad strokes for Jill's content now. There are a few areas left to fill in for her, but she's the branch closest to completion in terms of writing. The canon story is closing in on completion, too; it's ~80% written.
You might wonder about the rest of the branches, and I'd say the order of most to least completed goes Jill > Others > Bella >> Josy & Maya = Sage. The latter two branches need the most work, and I have plans to get to them eventually.
I think it's safe to say that most of the remaining work is branch-related.
The canon content has received much attention so far during this development cycle. While I'm somewhere around 3600-3700 renders into the development, I still have much left to do for the episode.
I currently estimate that I need four, potentially five, more lewd scenes - if you've kept up with my Status updates, you'll realize I've added a few more along the way.
The current animation count is 272 animations (228 completed + 44 in the render queue).
Episode 10 had 335 animations, meaning I'd need a maximum of 16 animations per remaining lewd scene to get the same amount for episode 11, and that's not going to happen. Given my ambition for the remaining lewd scenes and SFW animations, I can safely say that the animation count will be higher for episode 11.
We'll see how that affects the development cycle in time. This is the first development cycle in which I'm rendering everything @60fps. I can see a need for ~100 more animations to finish the remaining animation work.
I don't have a similar estimate for the remaining static render count; thousands of static renders remain.
I've started writing and working on what I assume to be the biggest free-roam event of the episode. This week, I planned the flow of it, started planning events, wrote parts of it, and dressed 60 characters.
Currently, I'm working on the environment, placing characters in their positions, and setting everything up so that I can continue writing the events. Thanks to these preparation steps, I can hammer out the art swiftly when everything is set up and written.
I'm feeling very creative with the ideas I get as I work on this free-roam event. Since the episode development started, I've had big ambitions for this free-roam event, and I've been looking forward to creating it. I aim to make it one of the highlights of the episode.
Have a nice weekend
Dr PinkCake
Comments
Targonis
When episode 11 is finished, Steam will get an official post to update the Steam people about it. Steam won't get new content to play until season 3 is complete, meaning episode 12 needs to be completed first.
Targonis
At least the news is now giving estimated percentages now for different aspects, showing that things really are coming together for the episode.
Skii
Probably not until the season is over, which would probably be after episode 12
Skii
I think he’s said before, that the “main girls” will never change so while you can romance rio I don’t think she’ll ever be more than a “others” category
Franz_ Righel
Thanks for the update. What is the best way to flag a bug?
PavilionDX
Is the steam version getting an update?
EHelström
Thanks for the update. Really looking forward to getting past this cliffhanger!
Jordan Trizisky
The wait is always worth it. Always happy to hear about the progress 😃
Seth Biemiller
So given recent development of Rios character is it safe to assume she’s becoming a “main side girl” or is she going to fall in the gutter again?
iCrusade
oh, gotcha. thanks!
GeraltOfRiviadx
The same
Nordwolf
With every update my anticipation for ep 11 rises. Sounds like it will be a blast. But the more hyped I am, the more agonizing the waiting gets.
Nordwolf
That is the core story that will happen whatever choices you make. As DPC often said, the main story is fixed since he started developing the game.
iCrusade
forgive my ignorance, when DPC says "canon content" what exactly does that encompass?
Jack
Happy Blue Screen day too... lolz
Scott
Blue screen day, lol.
ZackNero03
Happy Blue Screen day, may we never repeat it.
Scott
Others is way too far up the list. I want a relationship with Lily.
R2D2TS
Thanks for the update. Sounds like it will be quite epic.
GeraltOfRiviadx
Thanks for the update dpc and have a great weekend
Jonathan Hang
Nice! Doc is cooking!!! Thanks for the update!!! I'M HYPED AF!!!!
Scott
Sounds amazing DPC. Another spectacular episode is in the works. Enjoy and remember as was said above to take some time for yourself too. Family is important. In a way the people in this game almost feel like a family for me by now when I play it. Enjoy your weekend.
Quarterback
I assume the 60 character free roam is the Christmas party, I’m getting hyped
Zeca
Let's fucking gooooo, so hyped
Shad0w45
Better detailed updates than many big name studios!😂 Thanks, Pink!
jay8008
The "global outage" isn't one. It's a very particular IT service for enterprise customers, not random people with a Windows machine.
Dušan Smrček
Wohooooo, great performance bro!!!
Arta
Great stuff DPC. The more content , the better 🤩. Enjoy your weekend.
Craigbk1976
Thanks for the update looks like it will be an amazing episode.
Chiss
Thanks for the update, seems that Ep 11 will be a blast!
SmugLife
Dont forget your R&R time Doc! Keep crushing it
Kurmblog
Great stuff as always!
Tim Anderson
Your the Man DR Pink
Lilatentakel
Thank you for the detailed DevLog. This sounds like a lot of work. Thank you for the afford. Have a nice weekend too.
Jacek Wiśniewski
Wow. Big episode, big plans. Ambitious as always. Hopefully Ep11 will be this year. Thanks for the update
Tiberius
Wow... You sound really busy. Glad you are enjoying it.
Kenny
Thanks again for your hard work! Have a great weekend
Calhoun28
Thank you for the update. Have a great weekend.
