New Year's Day(e)
Progress Report 3/22/24
Hey Everyone!
It has been exactly one year since I began work on New Year's Day(e). When I started it, I honestly thought I'd be done with it by now. I mean, Christmas Eve was 4 chapters and it took 6 months, so I figured simple math would dictate that NYD would take about a year to finish. Imagine my surprise when chapter 1 was a little over 7,700 line of code long. CE was about 12,000 lines long in it's entirety. It's been a challenging and sometimes daunting task, but it's also been really fun and strangely rewarding.
Everyone: SHUT UP, JONESY! TELL US WHEN CHAPTER 4 WILL BE DONE!
Sorry! So, I was almost done with act II (afternoon) when I had a really awesome idea for a scene that would tie into the end of it really nicely, so that scene is what I am currently working on. The new scene introduces 3 new characters and opens up a new perspective on the story. I posted one character for my Patreon and Subscribestar peeps the other day, and I'll probably do the same with the other 2 soon.
Act III will be fun, but challenging, and I'm hoping to have it done by mid-April. Then I just need to clean it up and get it into your hands. I'm doing a lot of editing, proofreading, etc. as I go these days, so hopefully there won't be too much of a delay in the post-work.
On another more personal note, the past few months have been really rough for me. Some of this has of course spilled into my stories. I lost my dad back in September and I just lost a good friend the other day to severe alcoholism and drug abuse. I'm too damn young to be going to this many funerals. Tell the people you love how much they mean to you. Give them that hug. Hang out with them. I know we're all busy doing our own things, but seriously, make the time. Call them. Squash that argument or say you're sorry if you need to. Get the help you need if you need help. Help them if they need it. Tell them you love them. Tell them now, before it's too late. None of us lasts forever, but when they're gone, they're gone for good.
I love y'all.
~ Jonesy
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Sounds like you're going through a rough time. I can relate. I've lost a few family members lately including my father. It's not easy. I've also dealt with a lot of alcoholics and drug abusers in my life. I don't know you well enough to know exactly what you personally are going through with your friend but if you're questioning yourself, please try not to. Addiction is just as cruel to the people around the addict as it is to the addict, maybe more so since they can see it clearer. But in the end if you say to yourself "I could have done..." you have to know there would have been nothing you could have done. In the end only the addict themself can find a way back.
I agree with you on the whole squash the argument. There were a few moments recently where I can perilously close to permanently damaging my relationship with my sister and realized I myself needed to back off. I took the time to instead strengthen the relationship. So thank you for saying that.
I enjoy your work and just as another person on this ball of rock, I wish you well.
Thanks so much for your words. I really appreciate it. Yeah, addiction really is terrible. This isn't the first and unfortunately, will probably not be the last friend I lose this way. I try not to blame myself for too much of the things that are out of my control, but I think we all find ourselves beating ourselves up unnecessarily from time to time, so thanks for saying that in particular. And, yes, sometimes you just have to let go of the arguments. Depending on the disagreement, being the bigger person, taking the high road and letting the other person "win" if you need to can help you both be happier in the long run (at least I think so).
As far as my dad goes, it was just his time. Thankfully it was quick and painless.
But yeah...I've kinda let some of this pain and anger seep into my stories for better or for worse.
Thanks for playing my games. I'm glad you're enjoying them. Working on the first half of the final scene of Ch4 right now!
Good luck. I know too well how it goes.
We once talked about your discord over a year ago.
Back then, I told you, I’m helping someone to finish his VN.
Now it’s about time for the final act.
Three weeks ago it was 47 pages long and was written in 2022.
I told the guy I’m done in a week. But I wasn’t happy with it, now the script is 73 pages long. The fun part is, I still have an idea for after the credits and I might add another 2 or three pages.
Enjoy the journey of creating your VN, I sure had a fun time writing for one for two years. :)
Hey, yeah, I remember our conversation.
Creating these stories has been awesome. I wish it was something I could do for an actual job, but that's not looking too likely. I'm kinda hoping I can learn enough about writing through creating these games to maybe write a book someday. That'd be cool. Let me know when your game is done. I'd like to check it out.
The VN I help with is Max’s Life Chapter 5
I wrote almost the entire 046 update (Everything related to Natalie and the pool scene before)
I wrote half of the 048 update (only the big lead up with Emma, but not the end at the party or what happens before)
I wrote most of the 049 update (I wrote the Nun action scenes, and created the Alisia scenes)
I wrote updates 050 and 051 (yep, I wrote all that.)
Update 052 is the next one, I will only fix typos in this one when I get a finished version.
From update 053 on there should be to 90+% my writing if nothing changes. But that will take another 3+ months until you see an 053 release.
I’m not involved with most of the NTR stuff and you can turn it off, it’s just fan service anyway. Those NTR scenes are not canon for the story.