Progress Update # 6 for v0.04

Hey y'all! Happy Friday!

This week was a nail-biter, hence the later progress update today. But, there is good news! The last scene for the update have been entirely finished (barring additional small changes I will make to fit the story)! That means, all the large art efforts are done for this update! And I'm a little proud of this one, since this what got finished:

• 3 Different poses (If you have played v0.03, this is something similar to that)
  • Shoutout to Pepsi Minus for feedback on the pose above to make it look better!
• Every pose has at the very least two separate variations (clothed and unclothed)
• 2 small animations and 1 large animation for the final pose of the scene
• 1 additional unfinished pose that I realized wouldn't fit into the story (This I will be posting next week to tide us over while I work on the story)

This is probably the largest scene I have worked on, so I hope all of you really like it when you do the play the game. So now that question becomes what's left before the new version releases?

• Animations + Story for chapter 4 - 1-2 weeks
• The audio editing and putting the lines into the game - This has now been entirely completed for Chapter 1, only the introduction remains

This are just the rough guidelines for what I want to get done and in what time frame, but I have a good feeling I won't need all two weeks to make sure the story is ready. I definitely have a lot more of a the story outline ready now, and I feel like I just need to find the right wording/coordination of choices for the story now.

It's safe to say that we are now in the final stretch for v0.04! As a small reminder for what is to come, I will be releasing the beta version as early access to all those in Stu tier and above, and then releasing it to everyone a week later. I really want to get everyone's opinion on how the voice acting is, so I will be posting a poll immediately after the public release that I y'all can provide your feedback on. I have also some changes that I would like to make to the overall story and roadmap as well, so I will be posting the second roadmap update shortly after releasing this version as well (just so you all aren't left in the dark when it comes to what I have in mind).

So with the release looming overhead shortly, I would like to say that in exactly two weeks time I will have the beta release out (so not next Friday, but the Friday after). And this should be at the latest. I will do everything I can to make sure I release earlier, but this is the promised time I can stick to.

Thanks to all of you for staying patient with me as I work on this update! Hope y'all have a great weekend!