Apologies for the Silence
So, I have been a little absent with making announcement updates (or bug fixes). A huge part of that is because: I was recovering from a cold. There were days I was sitting in front of Daz Studio and not able to progress forward because of illness. However, that is being taken care of and now I am working to move through the Eric Day 1 Storyline. If I am remembering the sequence right at the moment: I have this scene, plus an alternate sequence, and make sure the library works..and boom. The biggest part of the scene that will take a little time is that it involves animations, but that should be fine.
AV1
Yes, I had managed to test AV1 in the Nightly, and it seems to play well from that test. I even converted a WebM with VP9 to AV1, and it looked decent. So I will likely be converting videos once Renpy 8.1 is available. The goal for this is smaller file sizes while maintaining quality.
Once 8.1 is released (or preleased) I will also get on converting the AVIF as well. :)
Who's Next?
After I am done with Eric, I am considering on going onto Emily (The girl who had a short prologue through the woods). I can be convinced otherwise, but here is my reason:
The Council
A lot of fantasy and urban fantasy stories have these. In terms of humans, it is usually a group of people who make sure regular humans don't know the supernatural exist. The Council has been mentioned briefly in the different chapters, so having one that goes a little more into detail will help the overall story. :)