Status of update 0.4.7.6

Good evening,

today I've been in about the same situation as last Friday.
There is still a lot to do to get the update up to the point where I want it to be and the time is again running through my hands like sand.
To give you a short overview over what I did this week:
On Monday I tried to further compress the images of the game. As some of you know all images of the game are already compressed (the original folder size of the image folder is currently at 8.7GB ~16500 images). I did a test with a few images before and found that the quality was about the same after the additional compression.
By further compressing the images I acchieved a reduction from 2.6gb to 2.2gb of the image folder. But after I compared the images afterwards in a larger scale I found that some images looked a lot better before the extra compression. Because of that I won't use these further compressed images for the game. I just thought to tell you this in case I get another request for further compressed images in the future.
I will however do update only releases again for those who have trouble with the download size. The reason I haven't done them in the past month is because of the update I tried to do with the nw.js files which caused some unexpected complications. I'm currently back to using the old nw.js files again (which give you this annoying popup because they are outdated, which doesn't affect the game however)

Over the week I've been working on 5 new animations (4 for Gwen, 1 for Sabrina) to conclude the events around Gwen's quest. I've also been working on a new map for the Mc's house after the renovation and made changes to the Arenfield map to visually see the changes from the outside. I've also started to set up positions for Athia in Arenfield so that she can get a small daily cycle and fixed a problem with shaking buildings which are currently still present if you leave Emily's renovated house after it got the second floor or in Rumah after the cage is built.

What's still missing at the moment ist the whole building process to renovate the house. I have to be careful with this as I want to make sure that none of the quests that are linked to it get broken with the renovation (for example: if you didn't pick up the torch in the old house you should still be able to find it after the renovation)

As the clock keeps ticking relentless I've come to the conclusion that it's probably impossible to get this done today as much as I would have wanted it. :(
If this damn month didn't have so few days I would be a lot more chilled but it is what it is.
I will have to move this update to Monday which is still in Feburary, but really a bit last minute.
I'm sorry for this delay, but releasing it today with so many things in an unfinished state wouldn't feel good.
The title of this report already says it. After I've worked on this over the past week I've decided to continue my work on Athia's content in March. I can probably get the house renovation done over the weekend and on Monday, but adding content for Athia on top would be too much. For that reason, I will take some time in March to further embellish her character.

Thank you for your patience.
I wish you all a nice weekend!