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FireBreak Dev Update #1
🕑 Added 2025-11-10 00:47:13 +0000 UTCThere it is, finally, what you've been waiting for!
It's been a pretty crazy month as our workflows tighten up and we are starting to see the first chapter beginning to come together (Giggity!)
In order to ensure Kent wasn't idle, I opted to get him started on a bunch of content so I can finish reworking the broken bits of Chasing Sunsets in the background, and that's something I've slowly but surely been making progress on.
As of today, we are approximately 500 images into the introductory chapter of Firebreak, and the base framework for the game is beginning to take shape.
Music selection is ongoing with several great pieces already selected. As always, the title track is the most challenging, because you never get a second chance to make a first impression.
Workflow issues linger with the transition into DAZ 2025. Nothing that's adding too many headaches, but things we have to work around all the same. One of the downsides is that it's harder to have the renders finish "when they're done," so we have to set static render settings. What this means is that most images take between 20-45m each as we set their iterations in batches designed to minimize graininess. This has the advantage of ensuring the output has a consistent quality, but it keeps the art cooking in the queue probably longer than strictly necessary for many images.
All in all the more things change, the more things stay the same. Kent and I have a development rhythm we've both become very tuned into, and the content is churning out at a pace very reminiscent of our previous work.
Our Community Manager has hit the ground running with and takes personal pleasure in ensuring Kent and I provide regular updates, as you'll see with the coming character profiles and other quizzes and sneak peeks.
Starting from scratch is always a weird mix of opportunity and risk, but attacking the same problems the second time around with the lessons learned from the first is always a huge advantage.
We're super excited to be working on a second project and I'm no less excited to be putting some extra love and polish into our last one.
We can't wait to show you all what we've been cooking up!
Stoya
Comments
Ilya D
And so the new masterpiece begins, and also the first game I can support right from the beginning. Happy to tag along with you guys!
Batman_Sid
Great to see things are cooking over there. Really looking forward to what you guys come up with next.
JEH
Thanks for the first update for Firebreak.👍😊
Jonathan Hang
Good Sunday night, everyone 😁! The first snow ❄️ has hit today this morning!!!! Got a radio station already blasting Christmas songs 🎁🎄 already! Winter has finally arrived 🥳🧥🙌🏻!!! 🎶 It's the most wonderful time of the—YEARRRRRRRR! 🎤 🎶 I love winter... just hate driving in the snow 😅. Now onto the post 😋. The first Dev Log for FireBreak!!! And I get to be here for the start of it 🥳🎉! "I always love the feeling of knowing that I was there since the beginning 😁. It feels satisfying/validating 😋." "Yeah, put Kent to work! No slacking (even though we know you guys aren't 😅)." Nice on everything. It was a fun read 😁👍🏻! Can't wait for those characters' profiles (even though we're already familiar with some of the ladies 🥰), the quiz, and the sneaks 😉. And of course, for FIREBREAK ✊🏻🔥!!! As always, thanks for the Dev Update, Stoya!!! All of you (you, Kent, and CM) keep on keeping on 😉!!! ALWAYS EXCITED AND EAGERLY WAITING FOR THE GAME TO BE RELEASE AND READING YOU GUYS' POSTS 🙌🏻🔥!!! Love and appreciate everything! All of you (you, Kent, and CM ❤️), the ladies 😍, the posts 🥰, the renders 😘, and the game/world that you both have created ❤️! FB can't come fast enough 😋! Always make my days better 🌈! Thank you, everyone, for being a part of my life/routine 😉! Stay safe, stay blessed, and stay in PERFECT health, beautiful people! And don't forget to hydrate! Have an amazing and beautiful week! I'll catch you all—ON THE NEXT ONE ✌🏻😁!!!
fannum
I can't wait either ... though patient ... I'm a senior member ...
Tom W
Great to see progress. This will be the very first game that i will follow from the start. Cant wait to see how it grows
Calhoun28
First step is always special! Time to break that bottle of champagne you've been saving. 🍾🥂
Joshua Dershem
Can't wait!
Paladin93230
Great news. Can't wait to see the results once they roll out.
dice45
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
