Quest Failed: Chapter Two - Dev Log #134

Hiya everyone! How are we all doing? Keeping warm I hope! I know I am, with a heater under my desk blowing full force, haha. And it's probably not even the coldest month yet, either, so, ahhhhh

Anyways--this is admittedly going to be a short dev log compared to others--as it's the middle of December, and I'm currently balancing between a lot of things, but I still wanted to take at least a little bit of time to update you all on where I'm at.

As of right now, all the difficult parts have been completed for this upcoming alpha build! Which, for me, was writing the h-scenes planned for this current build--and I even finished a scene I had been having trouble putting to words for the longest time, so I'm really happy. All I have to do now is some scripting and chopping up all the voice files for the scenes that might have them right now, along with implementing all the little bits of scripting for the CG visuals and the many poses/expressions some may have. Which, can sometimes be a bit of an endeavor, depending on how complex the scene is.

One scene in particular has many, MANY moving parts to it, with multiple expressions for both poor Matty and the lucky lady riding him. Along with multiple head and arm movements. It essentially ends up being one big puzzle of layered images for me to muddle through and constantly test, reload and test again to make sure nothing is out of place--but it's nothing too strenuous. It just takes some willpower, and chugging down a lot Dr. Pepper to get through!

I'm quite happy with how many complex CG scenes there are against some of the shorter, more simple ones! So not every h-scene that starts is going to be an immediate 30+ minutes thing--some will be shorter and sweeter. Providing I can restrain myself from going into multiple paragraphs of a near comatose Matt describing everything down to the individual droplets of sweat racing down someone's skin, haha. Which, knowing me, might be quite a challenge.

And once this alpha build is out--as I've said before, I'll finally be tackling the big story finale. The end of Chapter 2's main scenario! Where everything comes to a head--and lots of shocking revelations are made! Or, uh, something. It's gonna be fun, for sure though and will cement QF as getting ever nearer to that sweet 1.0 release.

In addition, Christmas is on the horizon! In just over 1 week. Isn't that exciting? As is tradition, I have some cute stuff lined up for you guys. Potentially more than I've had any other year, providing I don't kill myself trying to get it all done in time. But a lot of work has been going on in the background--and I really think you're all going to enjoy what I have to share! I just...can't show it yet, until it's actually Christmas, or close enough to that date. Because that would go against the spirit of things!

So, I might be a little quiet in the coming days. But don't take that as a sign that I've fled to some deserted island to live out the rest of my days like a bandit. I'll just be hunkered down trying to finish an absurd amount of things--all in the name of making 2020 the best Christmas I can!

Until next time~