April Goals pt 2 - Shrinking Nightmare 2 (Patreon)

So... Shrinking Nightmare. While Season 2 has been in progress for a few months now, I had difficulty with one of the stories. The preview image containing the shower scene is something I put a lot of work into, but has been delayed. I had just upgraded hardware and was only thinking about the limits of my new PC, and not about software limitations; and apparently, I overloaded the scene with particle fx and physics. It now takes about an hour just to open the scene. Apparently, having tens of thousands of simulated objects (droplets) is doable hardware-side, but most applications haven't caught up yet. Even if I were to upgrade software, I'd have to start most of this animation over. For now, it's in limbo, until I find a solution.

But, thankfully, I had 2 other SN episodes in progress, which have been bumped up the list! And, since these stories have no real connection, I have been sailing right along with the new episode 1 and 2! But, besides these short stories, something has already been nailed down...

The unaware story of Josie, (Season 1 Finale) was so popular, (and yet, only 1 of the stories of this series) that I knew I had to do something special with it. Instead of trying to edit together another 5+ minute animation as the ending of season 2, I decided to continue work on it right away. So for season 2, this "Finale" continuation is being given the role of "meta story" for the series, anthology style. If you don't know what this means, I'll try to frame it a little better: This meta story will bookend each episode, with the typical 1-off short stories somewhere in between. Almost every episode will give us a little bit more of this meta story, while also offering an experimental animation in typical Shrinking Nightmare fashion. This should keep things interesting, and prevent week-long editing sessions of the past. I hope you look forward to it.

And for those interested in details, some fun facts: 

-I've scored over 5 minutes of new music for Season 2 so far, with more in the works.

-The graphical style of animations will vary, and will be just as experimental as Season 1.

-Some of the short stories will be longer than usual for Shrinking Nightmare. Some will be shorter. Comic-style story-telling has returned, but I am also allowing the animations to be as long as needed, giving some breathing room to animations that require a little bit of wonder or suspense. In response to recent poll results, I will not be dragging these scenes out to inflate the sense of drama. They will stay pretty fast and action-focused, for the most part.

-Content is going to be even more varied than Season 1. With plans to show more of what is commonly wanted: (Feet, Butt-Crush, Vore,) while simultaneously adding in more reasons for some folks to send me angry hate-mail. :)  (In other words, more weird and uncomfortable situations incoming, as well)

-I've made a large re-investment of funds into new props, characters, etc, just for Season 2.

-I'm working very hard to finish Episode 1 for April, so stay tuned!