Hello again everyone, and happy weekend! I almost skipped this week because next week is "May the 4th be with you". Just imagine, Last Human Episode 4, Devlog 4, on May the 4th! Epic! Okay, that's silly. Seriously though, I was too excited to not post a devlog this week because I am almost done with coding episode 4.

So, coding is right around 90% completed. Also, one of my favorite modders (Fouetty) was able to help me with some desperately needed assets that will save me a lot of time creating some of the scenes. Last Human will have a lot of scenes and situations that are going to require assets not readily available to import into HS2, so a lot of scenes have to be made from scratch. I've had to do that a lot, like the capsule interior in episode 1 (a scene I'd really like to redo someday because the door just came out bad). Since then, I've learned a few things about building from scratch in HS2.

Speaking of HS2, I just updated to the latest repack version. I had been using R9 since it released (2022). Another modder (Hanmen) has recently been updating and improving the graphics mod that helps us with effects and image quality. I could have updated that without updating HS2, but I've learned in the past it is better to have the latest versions of everything, especially with Hanmen's mods. But along with all that, the latest repacks usually have a lot more new assets added, and updated versions of mods that are commonly used by all devs. Anyway, a side-effect of updating HS2 is getting all of my settings back to my preference and making sure my old scenes will still load up looking the same. Using my presets in the graphics mod though, my scenes loaded fine. And my preferences are all back to normal. So, I should be ready to start rendering right away once this coding is done.

I am pretty confident that by next weekend, I will have started rendering scenes (and hopefully have a preview image for you guys). Of course, as you know, the rendering process is the longest part of building these episodes. And I will repeat this again - this is a bigger update than I've done in the past... a lot more images, probably more animations. So, I have no idea how long it will take; I don't have a 'release date' right now. It will take how long it takes and that's all I can really say for the moment. It's hard to guage a release date when you're one person doing everything alone.

In the last devlog, I mentioned that Dezzy would get a lot of attention. Well, in the later half of episode 4, another girl is going to get most of the attention: Kalina. MC and Kalina will have an 'away mission' together. I'll leave it at that. There is a lot to spoil in this episode because MC will learn a lot of stuff he didn't know before... like things his dad didn't tell him about before he died.

Well, anyway. That's where we are right now. I will focus on wrapping up the coding/writing this weekend and perhaps the first part of next week. And hopefully by the time devlog 5 is posted, I'll be adding the first preview image. That post MIGHT be patron-only because I will probably post an NSFW image in that one. But patron-only devlogs are for all tiers... so if you're on the cheapest tier, you'll see it.

That's all I have for this week. Enjoy the weekend! Love you all, ...Fire