Slowly getting back to work.

That was a pretty slow week. I made limited progress on the posing front. The last twenty shots were pretty difficult to pose, with a lot of contact and interactions. It should be easier from now on and I expect to progress a bit faster, especially as I should also have more time available next week.

I'm still pretty bad at animating stuff. I just finished rendering animation #2 for the second time. It doesn't look bad, but it feels weirdly slow. I'm not sure it's a question of speed however. I'm not sure what to do with it.

I still need to work on animation #1 again, and restart it from scratch. The more I think about the animation situation, the more I'm scared of actually diminushing the value of the game with subpar animations. Maybe I'll make them optionnal through a switch in the preference screen, so that the player who don't want to endure them can get a decent experience through stills only. I know it's a weird stance, but I do think that some players might be interested.

Rendering is progressing nicely. The renders honestly look good, in my opinion. That's one more reason to worry about the quality of the animations.

Steam.

I still won't talk about the sales, as I think it's a bit too soon. However, I couldn't help noticing a dramatic increase in the wishlists since the release. I wonder if it can have an impact on Steam's algorithm now that the game is available. I couldn't find a definitive answer to that question.

The quick sum up :

• Day 6 Part 6 will contain 3 new scenes: scenes 30, 31, and 32.
• Day 6 Part 6 will contain 1 reworked scene: Day 2, scene 3.
• 5060 words of new content so far.
• 149 shots are planned, 90 are posed, 83 are rendered.
• 2 animations have been posed. 16 seconds, 540 frames.
• I'm currently posing scene 30.

You can follow my progress on this Trello board.

You can also add the game to your wishlist on Steam !

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2994790/Summer_Scent/

Thank you for your support!

The Naughty Captain