Posted December 11, 2023 by N2TheFire
Hey everyone, another brief devlog along with a Christmas render for you guys - Shade tried to stop Fade from lighting the Christmas tree. I may be pretty quiet through the rest of this month because I have a lot on my plate. Here is what is happening and how it will affect the update...
First of all, I honestly thought that this year I would have more dev time through the holidays, but it just hasn't worked out that way. Episode 3 has been a long time coming - a long time since episode 2 was released if you ignore that I worked on Last Human twice in between. Everyone knows by now that if I write something and find later that it doesn't work, I will scrap everything and start again. I have no qualms with doing that because I want the story to be what I envision for it. So, this long delay between episode 2 and 3 is NOT the norm for those who are worried. That message is mostly for those who are new to Serenity/Last Human and how I work. I will never abandon either project!
With that said, I have begun rendering images for episode 3. I have already created scenes to work from; that is usually the first step when I get to this stage. I do have 2 other new scenes I need to setup, but I'll do those when I get to that point. I don't expect those to be difficult. However, due to the added workload from my full-time job, family stuff and holidays... It's going to be at least the end of January before I have a release ready. The number of images I can render in a day depends a lot on how busy I am with my job. If there are a lot of interruptions, then I may only get a few done. If I have a full day without interruptions, I can usually get anywhere from 25 to 80 renders done (depending on the type of scene - NOT counting animations). This update will have around 1500 images (again, NOT counting animations). Animations are a different beast. I have spent a day or even 2 days on one animation. And I have 18 animations currently coded into this one episode. Granted, some of those animations are easy ones, but not all of them.
Anyway, that's all I have for now my friends. I'll probably be in Discord a good bit but may not post on here for a while outside of any special renders I come up with. So, drop into our channel and say hello! If I don't talk to you before... A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you and your families. I love you all, I really mean that. ...Fire