Day 2, Scene 3.

The bathroom scene. It was horribly bad. The new script is way better. And way longer too. I wanted to keep it under 2000 words, but in the end, couln't. After the final edit, the scene is 2618 words long and it feels just right. I've cut the scene and prepared it for posing. There are a lot of variants in the scene and I will be reusing the shots from path to path. I have planned 65 shots, over 4 different sets that I will have to slightly rework. I'm obviously talking about the light, as always. Upgrading the sets shouldn't be too hard. I've already taken care of the first one. Posing has begun. The first 11 images are ready for rendering. I will most likely get to that next week.

So, what to expect from the new version of that scene?

The story remains the same, it's not about change but about improving, even if in the end, there isn't a single trace of the old script left. A better script, a better flow, better dialogues and interactions, and better visuals too, of course. I'm always ashamed when I come back to these old parts of the game. The original scene 3 is about 500 words and 15 renders. It was ridiculously short, and quite frankly bad, for a pretty important scene, on some path at least. It was hurting the story. In the end, reworking these scenes feels like I'm just righting some wrongs.

I think I can make some good progress next week, there will be some challenging shots but most of them should be fairly easy. I should be able to finish the posing, and maybe even progress on the coding of scene 32.

If all goes as planned, we could be heading for a release in early July.

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.
• Day 6 scenes 30 and 31 are fully written, posed, rendered, and proofread. Post-processing and coding phase #2 are done.
• Day 6 scene 32 is fully written, posed, and rendered. Coding phase #1 is done.
• 18 877 words of new content.
• 2618 words of reworked content.
• 4 811 lines of code so far.
• 636 shots are planned, 582 are posed, and 571 are rendered.
• 5 animations have been posed. 330 / 330 frames rendered, 330 post-processed.
• I'm currently posing Day 2 scene 3.

You can follow my progress on this Trello board.

Thank you for your support!

The Naughty Captain