Hello everyone! How are you guys doing? I hope you all are doing fine :) So... where should I start lol xD.

Update Progress Tracker.

First of all, let's talk about the progress tracker. This is actually my first time ever making something like this, so I don’t know if I did it the right way xD. One thing I want you to understand is that the tracker percentage is purely based on my own estimation. I didn’t use any Excel sheet or tracking program for it, I did everything manually lol.

For example, the writing progress. I actually just need to write three more lewd scenes and translate some of the lines or phrases that I still have in my native language, and that’s it. I could’ve marked it as 80%, but I don’t want to. It’s better to underestimate than to overestimate things. 

 As for the code, I’ve fixed several more grammar mistake reports that I received after the public release, and I’ve also restored the quick menu to the bottom-right of the screen. Instead of using image icons like before I disabled it, I decided to go with regular text instead.

Oh, and I’ve also come up with a concept for the new in-game menu. When the time comes, I’ll show it to you! I haven’t started making it in Photoshop yet, but if I finish the update faster than I expect, I’ll start working on it. As for the code progress bar — once I’m fully done with the writing, I’ll start putting the scripts into Ren’Py, so that bar should also increase later ;)

HS2 Experiment and Practice.

This last couple of weeks I've been experimenting with HS2 a LOT lol xD. Basically, there's this new HS2 Graphic Plugin Update that I haven't been able to update for months xD It's a paid mod, and the last time I update the plugin was around 4-6 months ago xD. And I have to tell you this, the new feature of this plugin is frikkin crazy! xD I was so excited about it that I can't stop experimenting with it lol. It's one of my bad habit lol xD Whenever I'm excited about something I always want to get it through until I am satisfied with it xD

Now, I don't want to talk much about the feature lol, but let just get into why I decided to experiment in the first place. Basically, I've been making DARK scene for so long that I don't know how to make a good Day light scene lmao xD

When I open HS2 again after the public release, I kinda realize that I'm suck at day light scene lol. I've tried several approach, but most of them just doesn't really feels right to me. Like something is missing about it. That's it until I upgrade the Graphic plugin lol. Just fyi, this is how my bright/daylight scene look like back then:

And this is how my outdoor daylight scene look like now:

Can you see the differences? Basically the old one looks... unnatural. Because I've tried a lot of approach, but somehow it still looks like that lol. But now, thanks to the new plugin, I could finally make an outdoor scene to my liking lol xD. And here are some other lighting setup that I experiment more with this plugin:

Another comparison from an in-game images from V.01:

BEFORE

AFTER

HS2 now has an extended Color Grading options which I'm so excited about lol. I still need a lot more practices with it, but now at least HS2 has a feature that I always wanted from DAZ xD Here are some of the example:

Like I said before, I still need more practice for this one lol xD. So far I just mess around with the slider without any knowledge on how it actually works. But I'm trying to find a good video about color theory atm. Hopefully, I could found one.

MORE EXPRESION.

So one of the feedback that I got from this first release is that characters lacks a proper expressions. Well, back then I kinda do it on purpose because the scene is kinda grim and dark, so making a character show a happy/cute expression would be weird in that vibes. But don't worry, I could make a characters show a more fluid expression ;)

SMALL CHARACTER ADJUSTMENT.

So there's a small adjustment to MC face, mostly around the cheek area since some people said that it's kinda too sharp. So in this opportunity, I decided to reduce the cheek sharpness a bit and make our MC cheeks a bit more chubby. This is the before and after, I'm not sure if you can see the difference from this itch image tbh lol xD

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

And in this image, I also already use the adjusted MC face.

Oh and I also made a small changes in MC father Skin Tone a bit. From looking like this:

To this:

CLOSING.
Pheww... such a long write lol xD There's actually a lot more stuffs that I want to show to you, but some of them contain a spoiler so I can't really show it atm. Plus, this post is already too darn long lol xD I've already prepared some of the Special Images with Halloween Theme and it's either gonna be posted tomorrow, or I'll schedule it for 31 October so wait for it ;)

Last but not least, after this post I will really get into "working mode" again so I want to apologize if I can't answer your comments/DM right away. But once I have the time, I will reply it as soon as possible. Fuck I'm so sleepy lol, sorry for the messy grammar, thank you~