Hey folks, hope all’s well with you and yours this week! I don’t have a whole lot to talk about, as I’m still just working on the usual stuff: The beta for Ch14 to fix some bugs and add a few bells and whistles, and Ch15 with Cutiedoll. I’m still aiming to have the Ch14 public build and one build for Ch15 out this month.

If I can be super honest, I’ve been struggling this month. I’m feeling burnt out after Season 1’s soft-remake, and Chapter 14’s ever-expanding render and word count. Add in illness, computer problems, concerns over ever-encroaching platform censorship, a demanding day job, and a healthy dose of depression and neurosis, and it’s just been tough. For the past couple of weeks I find myself sitting down at my keyboard and staring at code, fiddling with this or that and never really getting anywhere. I feel like I’ve been telling myself for months now, “Just get this chapter done, and you can slow down a bit,” and it still feels just out of reach.

This all sounds a bit dire, I know. But I’ll work through it. I’ve succeeded in putting my ass in my seat and getting stuff done for the past couple of days. Once Ch14 and Ch15 are finished, I really hope to have the mental bandwidth/time to start doing more fun stuff here. I want to do more short stories. I want to publish my novel. I want to do mini-games, and explore different game engines. I want to do speed-draw videos and Daz instructionals. I want to try streaming while I work on stuff.

I’ve got big plans, but they’re all kind of dependent on me not feeling crushed beneath a cascading workload. So, I’ll use that as my motivation to wrap this stuff up. Thanks for your patience while I do that.

In addition to this week’s (edited for public consumption) image from Ch15, I wanted to do a couple pin-ups of Nicki and Risa. Nicki’s was really just an excuse to try out that dress asset (spoiler: I love it) while for Risa I just wanted to explore her ennui.

Wow, for not having much to say, I sure said a lot. Funny how that works! As always, take care of yourselves, and thank you for your support!