I hope all of my U.S. supporters managed to survive Tax Day…

It’s been a busy couple of weeks. While I was still mostly out-of-commission for the first week, I did spend the time to do a lot of tasks that didn’t require rendering images, and which I could pull off laying down. I revamped all non-background images from .png format to .webp, which cuts their size by about half. Not as easy as it sounds, as Ren’Py sort-of hardcodes .png format files in a few places. Which I didn’t realize until I had to start debugging crashes. I went back and retranscoded all of the videos in the app in preparation for the final release of the compressed version. I still have a few videos left to render to finish out the game, but the existing videos went from 540MB to 83MB. The videos will still be full-frame, 60fps high-definition for the main game.

If you’ve been following on Discord, you’ll have seen that I spent quite a bit of time writing code attempting to automate the testing process. The game currently has 56 menus and 127 choices. About 2/3 of those choices affect future gameplay, so testing involves ensuring that any path the player takes will get them to the appropriate place. I’ll skip to the punchline—there are too many paths to review programmatically, so I’m back to gut feel.

Now, as to this week. I managed to complete four animations, which makes nine completed so far. I have about twelve more to do, so you can do the math. It took me a while to get back into the groove, especially when I can only sit up for a couple of hours at a time. I also incorporated some of my new tools into the workflow, trying to generate the highest quality videos I can. They look, IIDSSM, pretty awesome.

It looks like the app won’t be finished by the end of the month, so there will be a May lewd render. It will feature Elliott and Becca. I have to say, I’m scratching my head trying to figure out a viable scenario that would have both of these characters in the same scene, but I’ll figure it out. If June happens, it’ll be Emma. Emma, who? Emma, the, um, “mean girl” from Suzie’s high-school days…

To my new supporters, a heartfelt welcome! Your contribution is vital, and I appreciate it. Join us on Discord and become part of our community! There are still ongoing decisions being made about University Trans-fer—come by if you want to help shape its development direction. While you’re there, you can also find everything from lewd images, discussions about LGBTQI+ rights, reports on our daily progress, to programming tips for budding Ren’Py developers.

Step forth and witness! Two images that encapsulate the tireless efforts of the past…, um, some past work!?