Hey guys and girls! A very important Progress update ahead, so buckle up 😁 Last 2-3 weeks were pretty good, and the game progressed relatively steadily. I did have major issues with Hs2 Studio (for which I asked multiple people for help), and it turned out... The constant crashes and issues I had lately was only happening to me, and only due to how I had my scenes saved, aka in too many folders. The issue made 0 sense, and I lost a total of 2 and a half day, numerous crashes trying to see the cause. (if you by any chance a hs2 dev and your Material Editor freezes your game constantly, that's why)

But hey, I now know this, sooooo... Yay?? 😂 Besides that, I also worked on some brand new renders for patreon tiers which I hope both patrons and non-patrons like, for which I spent 2 days. Removing those 2.5+2 days, the rest was real, solid work, with another new 400 renders.

Which brings me to a good and a bad thing.

The good thing is that this Episode will have by far the most renders. Currently, we are at 2 200 renders (!!) and with one bigger section and one tiny left, that should be around 2 500 total. For comparison, Ep3 had the most before with "only" 1900. Now, I am aware that more than ever I render everything and anything, like small facial changes, and some characters are in same pose for 30 renders, which some might call unnecessary, so you could say the number might not be the same Vs. some other devs. But even so, subtracting 200-300 renders and it's still the biggest update render wise so far.

And that's awesome! The bad side is that I underestimated the amount of renders and work left, because I planned to be done with renders around the 15-16th of August (today). Hell, even this chart above was calculated with 2 000 renders, so now it feels weird adding "5%" to renders when I actually did 400 renders in 2 weeks. If anything, I should be moving the % to 110% 🤣

Besides renders, I started some work on other elements too. Only 3 maps remain to be made/setup, I started looking up for more music, and I started with the transitions between pics for whole Episode. All in all, solid work all around.
And this brings me to the next point. Update when?
Soon. Actually Soon.

This will be the last progress report before Ep4, at least with the usual, lengthy descriptions of work. I might make a quick post when it's about to be ready, but I think just making release dates for the next big announcement is also fine. While it's impossible to release Beta in normal state before the end of month, I do expect it early next month to be ready.

And if you are on Discord, I'll make a post after the main renders are done with everything that's left to do, and I'll be crossing things out one by one once that part is done, so people get the feeling of time/what's remaining.

As always, thank you so much for your patience, and I hope you all getting hyped in our last stage before the finish line. ❤

Thank you and love you all, Kat <3

P.s. Sneak peeks for Wine and above in few days!