Posted March 28, 2023 by DimPixelAnimations
Reposted from Patreon:
"Basically, I goofed with Saa's animation planning. Out of nowhere, I had an idea for a suit destruction animation that could be fun, and ran with it. A simple idea became more complicated, and suddenly my plan involves doing multiple scenes based around destroying a suit Saa has been given. I'm not sure what motivated me to go off the rails like that, but I had a moment of clarity yesterday and realised that not only would continuing this idea ruin my terrible schedule keeping even further, but this idea doesn't relate to anything resembling "Snek Training". Maybe my brain is dying? What came over me? XD
Anyway, I've now realised the errors of my ways, and cut short the "suit destruction" idea. This means you get an extra mini-Deluxe of sorts, which will please the thigh fans out there but not so much the tum ones. I will now resume the actual idea I was planning to make before I was distracted, which will involve Saa on a treadmill, and struggling to keep moving as she gets bigger. So, sorry for the fuck-up, the delay and confusion. Me dumby.
What does this mean in terms of scheduling? It means I highly doubt I'll finish this proper Deluxe finale for the end of the month, and I predict it'll be completed sometime around the 4th-5th of April. Of course, earlier than that is best, but my deadline predictions are terrible. And naturally, all Deluxe patrons will get all links to the project when it is completed, so you will not miss out.
In terms of the scrapped suit idea, no assets are wasted: you have the first scene in a "complete" form, and the work I did on the 2nd tum scene can be modified fairly easily to form the basis of the treadmill scene. So some work has already been done, but there's still plenty left to do, I'm afraid.
I am not someone who likes to waste time, and this felt like a big waste of time, all of it my own fault. I have corrected course, and will make the Deluxe I intended to make as promised, but man, sometimes I can be really goddamn dumb. I will keep you updated as a work away, and perhaps even provide a WIP of the Deluxe before the month ends, as a further apology. So, once more, I'm sorry for the delay, and will endeavour to make up for this error in judgement. _o_ "
As always, once the final animation is finished, it will be uploaded to this project page. Expect it sometime early next month, if not earlier if I can pull the lead out. Apologies for the delay / confusion!
- Dim