2023 Sep Progress: How many CGs/Sprites?

SEPTEMBER
I hope one check-in a month isn't too spammy or annoying. I'd hate to be flooding people's inboxes with these... but I do have some pretty juicy news. I hope to have editing done by the 18th. From there, I'll have to buckle down on sprites and CGs. Those sprites will be fun to make—On Sully alone, with 6 body poses, 21 faces between them, and 6 outfits to choose from (depending on where the sprites end up cropped), that'll be potentially 126 combinations! If his briefs and/or towel get cut off by the UI (very possible) there might be less. We'll just have to see! CGs are a different beast entirely—there are 24 sets of planned CGs (10 of which are "adult" in nature).
Now, Ren'Py tells me that the current word count is just over 44,100 words... keeping in mind that many of those words are based on choices the player makes, a converter online tells me that an average reader gets through that in about 340 minutes. Something tells me that my VN is definitely less than 5 hours long, so I'll have to time myself reading at a leisurely pace.
Now. No promises about a release date. But it would be amazing (and a miracle!) to have this out before winter. The story takes place in the fall, so late October would be ideal. But I haven't even touched music yet. Still, I'll be more and more certain of the release date as I approach completing this thing.

SPECIAL NOTE
Thank you to all 800+ (!) people who downloaded the demo/prototype. It's so outdated now, it hurts to look at! Augh, the bad UI! Augh, the bald Sullivan! Augh, the several mistakes and dev notes that were left in on accident! If you are interested in the complete VN, please be sure to follow my account here. I will be posting the complete VN as an entirely new page and this one will be deleted. It seems like this will be the best option to get as many eyes on it as possible, as it will get that "new game" boost.