Hi everyone, hope you've been well!

I wanted to give a quick check-in, since things were promising last time out. The tl;dr is that not much has changed and I should stop being optimistic.

The second 4090 didn't do much for this scene. I was kind of gobsmacked. I fiddled with optimization and not much there either. I imagine it's just too large and too dark. And the frustrations just keep killing me because I really only get 30 minutes here and there to try anything these days and previews take up way too much of that span. 

So I'm going to go another route and do a little re-writing to get us out of this environment and into a manageable one. After a lot of thought, I have it in my head on how I can make it happen, so I just need to get to it. There are still some scenes outdoors that we'll need to finish first, so I'm still stuck in that quagmire a bit longer, but I see a path out.

The other thing is that the last two months have just been... chaotic... at home. Shortly after my big 4090 purchase, my wife lost her job and we've been trying to figure out what to do with all of that. We're pretty well set, so we shouldn't be in any trouble any time soon, but it's still stressful and I feel like there's a new wrinkle to it every day. My day job's also been up and down (mostly up) in its demands, but as the (for now) breadwinner, I feel some more pressure to put a lot of focus there and make sure we keep the bills paid.

So like I said, not much has changed over all. I'll work on rewrites (which will mostly just move the existing action to a new location) and scenes as I can. On my subscription sites, I'm keeping billing off, as it has been since late last year.

So what's the future look like? This update will get out there eventually. It's going to take a long time and it'll be ready when it's ready. It'll wind up being much smaller than any of us would like for how long it's taking, but it'll take us to the end of day 4.

In light of how long a lot of this is taking these days, I'm also looking at some ways to streamline the experience toward the end of the game. I've had the endings in mind since day one and I want to see the game realized as a whole. There might be some opportunity for me to do that, then expand some sections around it after it's out - sort of like a DLC (but nothing extra to pay). I'd rather have it ready all at once, but this is a consideration to try and just get there. Ideally, there's still a full day 5 before the endings, though, so while it's on my mind, it's a world's worth of work away.

And that's it. Cards on the table as usual. I'll pop in to pause things again before the 29th and will check the channels as I usually do. When there's something new, I'll let you know. Thanks for caring.