Last Human: Episode 6 (Devlog 7)

That's right friends... finally an actual development log! But this is also to wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2026! I'll keep this short and sweet. I'm pre-writing this at around noon, December 31st, 2025 and will schedule the post to go out at midnight.

I just wanted to thank all of my subscribers for a year of faithful support and constant interaction. I receive messages every couple of days from some of you wishing me well. I appreciate that!

As for the Last Human episode, I plan to get that thing completed in January if I can help it. There is quite a bit left to do, but I think it's doable. At this moment, I am working the last 4 hours of my full time job. Starting January 2nd, I will officially be working only on my visual novels full time going forward. January 1st, of course, we have our New Year's Day dinner and catch up on Christmas we pretty much missed with family. Oh yeah, so my wife and I got sick as hell all through the week of Christmas. I am just on the backend of this crap today, thankfully. We had to cancel all of our holiday plans due to not wanting to spread this junk around.

Anyway, that's all I have for now. I'll try to post again after the first week of January and let you all know how things are going. All my best to all of you. And if you have a significant other with you tonight, don't forget to ring in the New Year feeding the fade! And if not, you can always jump into Serenity. ;)

Love you all! ...Fire

Merry Christmas from N2TheFire Games!

A Merry Christmas to you all!

Hello my friends... Things are FINALLY starting to wind down with the full-time job. Training is completed. I'll be spending all of this next week with family and some friends who are coming in to visit for the holidays. The following week, I will return to work my last 3 days with the company, with January 1st, 2026 being my first day of freedom! I have already started to try and get a few animations and renders completed for LH. Not much but doing what I can. I think once we get passed Jan 1st, development for LH will move along very quickly and I'll finally get that released.

I have a few surprises in store for my Serenity fans. Originally, the series was going to end within the next 3 or 4 episodes. But I decided to extend that and add some more fun content and situations before MC and the girls face Anastasia. The witch can wait, right? I hear from people a lot that comment on scenes like the one where Mia knocks the bottle off the counter. It's a little thing. A very short scene just meant as a little laugh. But people tell me they like that kind of content. I do too actually. So, even though I've already written the next Serenity episode, I'll be modifying it a bit. More funny, more sexy, and more fun for a while longer.

That's really all I wanted to say. I am really excited about my projects and getting the chance to work on them full time without the distractions. Enjoy the render... it's a sign of things to come, haha! Again, Merry Christmas to you all... and a Happy New Year if I don't get the chance to tell you.

Love you all, ...Fire

Personal Log: Merry Christmas

Hello my friends!

A lot has been happening since I decided to retire, so we'll get right to it. I'll break this down into sections in case you're looking for updates on specific things. Needless to say, retiring has put me in a busier place with my full-time job than I could have ever expected - as I need to train people to take up the mantle and do all the things I was doing plus still fulfill my duties. So, we'll start with that...

My retirement and current situation with development: Nothing has gone as planned. I thought I would be able to finish the Last Human update by the end of November. Here it is December, and I'm really no further along with it. It's about a third of the way completed. I expected to be training and all that, but at the same time we also got surprisingly busy for this time of year. We are normally DEAD through the holidays. So it has been a bit crazy. Between training, writing down processes I've done for 25 years and trying to make it simple to understand... and also still maintaining those processes at the same time (because I'm still working after all)... I barely had a break through Thanksgiving. I literally had off that day only. Weekends I did try to get a bit more done, but also having to unwind after busy weeks of work. I cannot wait until I'm done with it to be honest... I just want to get to a place where the only job I have to think about is Serenity, Last Human, and whatever comes next. And when that day comes... holy shit. Look out. My last day is December 31st with the full time job. I'll take it easy for New Year's day... but then it's balls to the wall. And I am going to love it.

N2TheFire Games 2026: You're going to be seeing some big changes from me in 2026. Much quicker updates, and hopefully better quality. By February, I'll have a brand new computer system with an RTX 5070 16GB card, core i9, 64GB RAM, 2TB NVMe, and 4TB worth of SSD storage. I'll be moving all of my projects over to that computer and it will be strictly for game development. I'll keep my current rig for playing games and other stuff. Meanwhile, I'll be doing work on my games during the day, and sometimes at night depending on what's going on. There will be a lot more time devoted to development than I've ever been able to before. This should mean update releases coming out much quicker.

Last Human update itself: As for the Last Human update... I've given up any hope that I can finish that by Christmas. I don't see things slowing down enough to grant me the time to focus on it at this point. I'll keep chipping away at it as best I can, but I won't rush it and have it turn out like crap. I am feeling like this is going to be a January release. And I hope that is the last time I have to push it because it has been way too long now.

Strangely enough: I am surprised more people haven't dropped subs with me at this point. It tells me two things: there are people who really do pay attention to these devlogs and want to keep supporting... and that I have some REALLY patient followers! LOL! I can't say it enough, I really love you guys... truly. Bottom of my heart yall. No shit. And believe me when I tell you that there will be payoff at the end. I am hopeful once I get into a good rhythm and a much better release schedule... more will sub and help me build a worthy income to keep doing this stuff and building on what I've already done. I'm not at that level just yet. But I do want to earn that place in your hearts and keep people entertained with better stories and graphics.

That's all I have for now. I'm already being pulled into yet another meeting as I post this. Hang in there with me friends... things are going to get a lot better I promise. I just have to take care of this full time job crap and leave on the best terms because - regardless of how busy or stressful it got, they were good to me. A 25-year employee who wore a lot of hats is a difficult position to fill. I'll try to post a few more times before the new year and keep you up to date on what's happening - although it will be much of the same until December 31st. Thanks again to everyone who is sticking with me! And in case I forget to say it... Merry Christmas to you and your families!

Love you all, ...Fire