Month end progress report



Well, June was mostly about taking it easy; after Chapter 10 came out, I had to take a little break to step away from it myself. Seriously, for quite a few months now, I’ve been waking up and going to bed with Rick and Cora seven days a week. Before I fell asleep, I’d be thinking about how I could speed up my work and how far I wanted to get by the next day; when I woke up, my first thoughts were about where to start and how far I needed to get.
I gradually got over it, although the first few days were strange because I no longer had to think about Chapter 10. And because I didn't have as much to do. By now, it's completely gone, although I haven't quite let go of Chapter 10 yet, since there are still a few animations missing.
Well, I’ve been working on putting these together in the background, and they’ll all be ready soon. Unfortunately, my work has been slowed down by the heat dome that’s settled over Europe, which has kept temperatures at 38–42 degrees for days. Since I don’t have air conditioning in my apartment, this has been quite a strain. And in this kind of heat, I haven’t done any rendering work at all, because, well, when the room temperature is 40+ degrees Celsius, it’s not a good idea to throw another heat-generating render on top of that.

That’s also why I haven’t been able to show you any renders from the upcoming update for Distant Horizon yet. I’d already set up a few images in Daz3D, but I didn’t want to render them until the heat wave was over. That’s over now, though, so I’ve rendered not only the first images for Distant Horizon v0.7, but also for Chapter 11 of Rise of the Crime Lord. You can see them here, in this post.

On top of all that, I kept working on the coding—that’s where I focused most of my attention. And I wasn’t just programming Distant Horizon—I was also working on Chapter 11 of Rise of the Crime Lord, since, as I mentioned earlier, I’d already written it. Although the onset of hell on earth slowed this work down a bit, I’m certain I’ll be finished programming the entire Chapter 11 by the end of July. And I hope that a new update for Distant Horizon will be released in early August. As I mentioned, this will be a short update, though it will be a bit longer than I had originally planned.

In the meantime thank you for your kind words, your honest criticism and thank you very much to my patrons for their support. And I'm still available on Discord (where I also post pictures of my progress) or here, if you contact me about anything, I'll answer. Maybe not right away, but I'll do my best. Or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. Be good and take care of yourselves!