Episode 5.1 - Progress Update

Hi everyone!

It’s been one month since we came back to work after the holiday DLC and a short break, so it’s a good time to show you what’s happening behind the scenes and what we are working on for you.

As you can see on the graphic, we are close to finishing the scripts, which means the written part of the game. The full structure of the story and scenes is already planned for the whole game. Right now we are adding dialogues, emotions, and small details – the “skin and muscles” on the skeleton. In about 7–10 days, the scripts for episode 5.1 should be ready. Within the next 6 months, we plan to finish scripts for the entire game. This will give us much more clarity and peace of mind about where we are going and how much work is left 🙂

When it comes to images, we are getting close to the halfway point. In January, we created about 700 renders. Our goal is to keep an average of 20 renders per day. No matter if we are coding, writing, or it’s a holiday or special occasion – if we miss one day, we will make up for it the next day. I think this number is good for keeping the current quality. Animations are not included here. Renders are the main bottleneck for us (and for all AVNs), but we hope that this year we can hire at least one more artist. This would let us increase the pace to about 30 renders per day and around 1000 renders per month, which would be awesome.

I can’t say exactly what you will see in the new update, but there will definitely be a lot of Riley 🙂 I’m still moving some scenes between episode 5.1 and episode 5.2. As mentioned before, we are also working on extra free-roam content outside the main story. We focused too much on main scenes before and neglected this a bit, which is a shame because free roam is important to many of you. Over the next 3 updates, we will expand it a lot: bar work, pole dancing, beach activities, gym workouts, and a few other optional activities that we want to slowly add to the game.

The new update, episode 5.1, is planned for March. We will share the exact date closer to mid-February. If you have any questions, I’ll try to answer them today or tomorrow. I’m leaving you with a few renders to enjoy – there’s a lot to look forward to. As always, have a calm and nice weekend!