Hello!

Last month was fairly productive. The render count for the chapter is now around 2200. In the previous dev log, I estimated I'd be able to around 600 renders a month, but I ended up a bit below that theoretical target this month, as a lot of them took more work than average to produce. Also, the early part of the month was spent on a scene containing Ava, whose model is by far the slowest rendering. Even on the new computer, renders containing Ava take around an hour per image. That's still an improvement on the previous 4-6 hours it used to take, but I digress. Even though this month ended up slightly below the render count I'd hoped for, I still think my 'some time in July' release date is fairly accurate, as the rest of the render work will be quicker.

Now that we're close to the end of the dev cycle, I'm better able to give numbers on what's left to do. I have 8 scenes left to make renders for, and I've roughly approximated how many renders I'll need for each scene. The total is 750. Some of the scenes will be quick to work through, as they're mostly static conversations, but there's a couple that tend to need more work on a per-render basis. All things considered, I think by the next dev log I'll be very close to the end of the rendering for the chapter, which would put the release date into view.

Thanks again for your patience. I'm really excited to get chapter 3 out there, I'm really enjoying what I'm making at the moment and I hope that's reflected in the work once you get the chance to play.

Oh, also, a week before chapter 3 gets released I've got a little project I've been working on that'll drop alongside the announcement of the chapter release date, as a teaser for the chapter itself. I hope you'll like it.

Thanks!