Dev Update! 4/29/24

Hey hey, friends. Hope everyone's well this week. I've had a pretty productive one! Chapter 9 recently crossed 1000 renders, and I completed some scenes to my satisfaction. Today I kept the party going by adding one more scene, which came out to around 37 renders. It's not exactly the most sexy scene, granted.. Well, unless you like severe old guys in wire-frame glasses, in which case, this one's for you, Boo-Boo!
But, I am finally moving into the last couple scenes of the chapter. Woooo! This one's been a struggle, but I'm excited to finally be approaching the finish line. I don't want to start patting myself on the back too hard, though. Still lots to do. If I had to guess, I'd say this chapter will end up around 1300-1400 renders, which will make it one of the larger ones thus far.
My immediate priority is to get a new, stable demo build out for $15+ supporters, and then move right into doing Mason and Gabby's scenes, to wrap up this chapter. I've been cleaning up code variables, scene jumps, and other boring stuff like that, but still need to place over 400 new images and animations into the script, and then do some playtesting. I wanted to have it ready tomorrow, but my day job hasn't been cooperating. So, I'll get it out sometime within the next few days. 
Hmm, what else.. Oh, I got some Loopable Royalty-Free music from Humble Bundle! I'm going to look into experimenting with that a bit, when I redo Chapter 1. I also got a ton of sound effects from a separate bundle, which might provide me with some cool options to punch up scenes.
I also started a Carrd site, which I'm not doing much with yet. But, it'll eventually house links to some of the various places you can find me.
Besides that, all's quiet here in Neon Land. I'm going to try not to let my foot off the gas until Chapter 9's officially in the can. By the end of May, come Hell or high water, it'll be ready.
Let's gooooo!
As always, take care of yourselves, and thank you for your support!