Nadia and a progress update

Hello, it's been a while since my last update so this is probably a little overdue.

Firstly, thanks to those of you who have been getting in touch to ask how I am doing.
Thanks also for all your ongoing support, it really means a lot to me.
It's still a challenging time with too much driving, visiting and preparing for what's to come.
Time is running short for some of my family members so it's important to spend time with them while we still can.
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Progress on the concluding part of Chapter Sixteen has been frustratingly slow.
It's a complicated part of the story which closes many of the narrative threads and offers up rewards and outcomes.

I've been working with Nadia this week hence her appearance in this post.
There are a couple more new images that I've added to the 'High Resolution Images Collection' too.
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Along working on Ch16 I've also been chipping away at creating walkthroughs for everything up to the most recent releases.
This takes a while, partly because I have to thoroughly check my production notes to include everything and be accurate.
Sometimes I forget how expansive and complex each chapter and the overall story is.
Cross-linking everything is also a bit laborious on Patreon, but worth it.

We've also been making a number of technical updates to the website.
As traffic increases we are keeping on top of bandwidth demands and delivery speed.
It seems to be all working pretty well at the moment and can handle the huge surges when new material is added.

That said, I guess you will all be eager to find out when the next release is likely to be.
My honest answer is that, in terms of Ch16, I just don't know.

After completing work on Chapter Sixteen : Part One, the next part has been the first installment for many years that I've started completely from scratch.
Unlike all the previous website releases since 2022, this one was a totally empty folder when the previous episode was completed and went online.
I've normally had considerable overlap, in that I'd already started work on each chapter long before it was close to being released.
There was always something else ready to go first.

But not this time.
There is a lot of work still to do and clearly some uncertainty given the personal circumstances I'm at the mercy of.
I can't accurately predict how much time each week I can devote to game production.

For many of you, that will be frustrating. It's frustrating for me too.
However, despite this I can still see several positives that I can share with you.
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I've already started work on what will become two or more chapters beyond Chapter 16.
I also have a huge amount of unreleased 'experimental' work filed away in my archives.
This includes what could be referred to as 'alternate viewpoints', 'incidental images', 'out-takes' and 'possible scenarios'.

Long time players will have noted that I often allude to scenarios and leave potential branching points throughout the game.
I sometimes explore them with a few test images. These are the possible scenarios I'm referring to.

I also have all the magazine images from Chapter 14 and several 'phone screen' images from throughout the series as separate large renders.

So while Ch16:Pt2 might be a while away, I do intend to release some of this new material in the meantime.
In some cases this may be an image or two, or perhaps a larger image set.
Other material is a bit more extensive.

With a little polish they will be good to go.
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I can pretty much guarantee that even the most ardent players won't have found everything yet in the game. It's designed to have huge replay value.
There are nearly 43,000 in game images released so far. Have a play through and see what else you can find.

Let me know which plot branches you discover and if there is anything you would like to see.
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dsp3000