After a short break, production moved into the first racing scene of Episode 2. The new environment included large grass-covered areas that were unusually demanding to work with, making individual scene files slow to open and increasing the production time for a sequence planned to contain more than 200 images.
The team was already looking ahead to an even larger event scene that could potentially require hundreds of renders. At the same time, Joshua was approaching one of the most important scenes in the episode and working through the growing number of branches created by earlier player decisions.
The update also introduced the 2022 Christmas community renders. Players were invited to vote on the featured character, with both a public SFW image and an additional Patreon version planned.