April Devlog

Hello everyone! It is time for the April update!

Ramble

*gives you all the smile of someone still trapped in limbo*

Yes. I am still editing. Ha ha ha ha. *slowly losing it*

Writing

Okay. I don't actually remember where I was progress-wise last time I posted but I am currently working on Chapter 9.

Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 took way more time than anticipated. Which, to be fair, those two chapters combined are over 130,000 words. 

Chapter 8 ended up at 58,000 words which is quite longer than it was originally (I think it was originally 48k). I ended up having to add a lot of content in the form of additional variations (including the 'no LI' variations). It's the 4th longest chapter in the game currently. =w= LoL

I am currently in the middle of revising Chapter 9, which is way shorter than either of the last two chapters. I'm about 48% of the way through the chapter so far.

So far it's more enjoyable because there's a lot of interesting dialogue and I like both drafting and revising dialogue.

In *total* the script is around 535,000 words at the moment. 

I am still expecting it to end up around 600,000 by the end of the revision since I am fleshing out a lot of scenes and do still have to draft a bit at the end as well.

 So yeah. Getting there...

Artwork

Three new BGs including a general location and two Yren centric BGs. And a new sketch! Currently the BGs are around 60% complete.

Other

Of course, I have formatted the chapters I have revised as I've completed the revision and proofreading. I currently have around 400,000 words of the script actually in Renpy.

So far, there are just over 200 individual choice menus.

Upcoming month(s)

I imagine I'll finish chapter 9 much faster than the previous two chapters just because it really is less than half the length. 

But once I'm past chapter 9....

Chapter 10 is the 3rd longest chapter in the game, currently coming in at just past Chapter 9 in length. But based on my edits to Asher's route and the "no LI" options I know I will be adding, I actually expect it to be the longest chapter by a significant margin when I'm done.

Chapter 10 has some very important character moments in it. Including a love scene and some important relationship moments. So I'm going to be fleshing out the LI scenarios a lot. Plus, I'm probably going to add several thousand words of "no LI" options and endings. So yeah. It's going to end up quite long.

Since it's the longest remaining chapter by a huge amount,  it feels like the last big revision hurdle ahead of me. I am so looking forward to...being done with

I'm really hoping I can get through Chapter 9 this week and start chipping away at Chapter 10 as soon as possible. But we will see...

That is all for this month. I shall see you next time.