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Speedy ToP Update! | Release Date? | Personal Update
🕑 Added 2020-02-21 07:01:17 +0000 UTCHey everyone!
Yet another week where I don't really have much I'm willing to share with art due to the next scene being very spoiler heavy.
I figured I would remind everyone that I'm aiming for the $5+ ToP Patron release date a week from now! (Feb 28th) This is mostly dependent on if the last bit of animation can be finished in time. If it's not reasonable, then I will announce a push back date.
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Additionally, I figured I would talk a bit about some personal things & what's been going through my head with ToP.
The past few months have been pretty rough personally. Getting the last bit of ToP sorted has been pretty taxing mentally and physically and I feel the past few months have really started to wear me down a bit. Personal life has also been interesting. I don't want to alarm anyone, I'm doing fine but just not feeling quite at my A game as of late. I just ask for your patience if I seem a little off at times. Just have to weather the storm!
-Art-
I've been getting some additional help with art but still, getting that sorted did set back art progression early on so this update will only have 2 scenes. I've always warned that builds can have varying amounts but I do typically include 3 so I want to apologize if this doesn't meet anyone's expectations. Hopefully this will be the last build that has this amount of new content. I hope to make up for it with the suspense and story twists that this build will add.
-Echo Scenes-
Additionally, I wanted to discuss echo scenes. That's the term (borrowed from Smash Bros) that I use to describe scenes/poses that feature 2 characters or costume swaps. These are incredibly helpful as they save both time & costs to keep things moving. B/c art has been moving slower, I do want to opt to use more echo scenes when possible especially for side quest characters. I understand this also may not be news that everyone is stoked to hear.
I do still want to prioritize new scenes, but I think most, if not all new scenes will also feature a costume swap or alt character to help give me space to add in the side quest characters that I've wanted to include. New scenes will still happen every major build, don't worry!
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That's about everything. Just had a lot on my mind so I figured taking some time to be a bit more personal with you all would help a bit.
Thank you all so much for your continued support and I will see you very soon with the new update! <3
Comments
Calhoun
Defo wouldn't mind some echos of that one particular scene at the end of Rose's questline...
Siren's Domain
The sprite artist has a few more things that I need to put in still! ;) But ya, some smaller encounters would be a really good opportunity for that.
Amaranth
Whos making the pixel sceenes? If theres less work doing those than the full animation ones it migth be an idea to have a few more of those to easy the burden on the art department.
Siren's Domain
Thank you for the idea/suggestion. I've considered taking a break but that's really not what I'm looking for. I just want to be able to focus on working on ToP without worrying about the art. Eventually we'll get back there! =D
Arhiippa
You should consider taking a small break if you need one. Many projects on patreon have suffered more from their creators trying to push too hard instead of taking a break when they need one.
