Beta is ongoing.

I finished all my planned tasks on Thursday and managed to build for the beta. It is now ongoing. I hope we'll be done with it by Monday. If we do not encounter any major issue... We'll have ourselves a release next week.

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Day 2, Scene 3.

It's posed. I'm not overly satisfied with the rendering, however. I seem to have some issues with the wet skin geoshell I have used until now. It always served me well, so far. I don't know why but on most of the renders, it doesn't look as good as it used to. It will have to do though.

There are about 20 images left to render, I should be able to deal with them over the weekend.

Coding phase one is done, and I sent the script to my proofreader.

The post-processing should be a breeze now that I have found a way to automatize it. I've already done most of it anyway.

I have some coding left to do and a list of bugs, typos, and details to correct. I also have to find some new music. I do hope to be done with all this by Thursday and proceed with a short round of closed beta before a release in early July.

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Day 2, Scene 3.

The bathroom scene. It was horribly bad. The new script is way better. And way longer too. I wanted to keep it under 2000 words, but in the end, couln't. After the final edit, the scene is 2618 words long and it feels just right. I've cut the scene and prepared it for posing. There are a lot of variants in the scene and I will be reusing the shots from path to path. I have planned 65 shots, over 4 different sets that I will have to slightly rework. I'm obviously talking about the light, as always. Upgrading the sets shouldn't be too hard. I've already taken care of the first one. Posing has begun. The first 11 images are ready for rendering. I will most likely get to that next week.

The story remains the same, it's not about change but about improving, even if in the end, there isn't a single trace of the old script left. A better script, a better flow, better dialogues and interactions, and better visuals too, of course. I'm always ashamed when I come back to these old parts of the game. The original scene 3 is about 500 words and 15 renders. It was ridiculously short, and quite frankly bad, for a pretty important scene, on some path at least. It was hurting the story. In the end, reworking these scenes feels like I'm just righting some wrongs.

I think I can make some good progress next week, there will be some challenging shots but most of them should be fairly easy. I should be able to finish the posing, and maybe even progress on the coding of scene 32.

If all goes as planned, we could be heading for a release in early July.

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The posing of scene 32 is complete. Coding phase 1 is also done, I've sent the script to my proofreader. Rendering isn't fully done, however. It still needs a couple of nights to finish. I'll post-process the image set as soon as it's complete, most likely Monday morning.

I can now get to the rework part of v0.6.6 : Day 2 scene 3. In its original version, it's a very short scene. Jack is taking a shower while Eve and Cassie are gone running in the nearby park. Jack fantasizes a little bit and the girls come back. As always with the rework, the story will stay the same, I'm only aiming to improve its quality, both in terms of writing and visuals. It should stay short, even if I do plan to add quite a bit of content.  I don't want to go over 2 thousand words and about 60 renders. That should be more than enough to tell the story I want. I know rendering the shower is going to be a pain in my ass again but I don't expect any other significative difficulties. I don't think I'll need more than a couple of weeks to deal with that scene.

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As I mentioned last week, Summer Scent is now, officially, my main and only job again. That should pretty much double the time I'll spend working on it. Let's hope it helps speed up the development.

I have reached Shot #204. The "action" part of the scene is posed. I have about 30 shots left to work on. I'm not entirely happy with the scene as it is. That feeling has been growing on me as I posed it. I feel like something is missing. I might have to add or rewrite a couple of paragraphs at the end of the scene to complete it. 

Not doing any animation for that scene was the right call. The poses themselves weren't compatible with movement, and I don't think I could have produced a loop fitting the mood of the scene. That is of course a me problem. If my skills in animating were better, maybe I would have seen it differently.

Being back to full-time on the game, I should have ample time to finish scene 32 next week, posing and coding phase one included, Maybe even the rendering and the post-processing.

I have already started drafting the rewrite of Day 2 Scene 3's script. The original scene was rather brief. The new version will be much bigger and yet very short compared to the more recent parts of the game. Most likely about a thousand words and 40 renders. This should be a swift job. The harder part will be to rework the light on the required sets and find some decent outfits for the girls. I already have something for Eve, but I'd like to find something good and new for Cassie.

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Meager progress again this week.

I wasted a lot of time trying to animate something. That failure led me to rethink some choices. I'm considering dropping entirely the animations for scene 32. I feel like the poses I came up with don't do well with the concept of animations. Difficulty aside, the poses lack amplitude and oompf. It's more of an intimate setting than an overly sexual moment. In that context, I'm not sure I can create anything satisfying when it comes to animated loops. I'm telling myself that I can do something else than the usual mindless pumping but then, maybe I should focus on producing better stills. At least for this scene. I feel like animations are better suited for some more demonstrative moments.

I also lacked time to really work on Summer Scent, this week. And next week will most likely be worse in that regard. Things will be different soon. Starting June, Summer Scent will become my main activity again for at least a few months. I hope to make some good progress. Going back to working full-time on the game should speed up the dev cycle quite a bit.

In terms of numbers, I have reached shot #176 and the posing got seriously intense. Contacts and interactions are difficult to pose. I would love for Daz to add some soft body physics and deformation to its software, that would seriously make things easier. Sadly, it doesn't seem to be on the menu.

Rendering is progressing nicely so far.

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