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Monthly Update: Halloween Horror Edition
🕑 Added 2021-10-30 20:57:20 +0000 UTCWe are reaching the end of the month again, which means another monthly update! The struggle continues but also advances. The plan to continually post content didn't last long before it devolved into slow tinkering where I'm just endlessly rotating the 3D models while wasting time, always finding something to be wrong with the final renders. Maybe it's an awkward pose, some pixels clipping through clothing or something else.
Still, I finally managed to get some confidence back by working on a small part of Kate's storyline. Yes, I know the next storyline is not even voted on yet, but I just felt trying to work on something else for a short while. Writing a small amount of new content instead of endless editing felt nice again. Characters have different personalities and it felt refreshing to do some quick and dirty (in more than one way) renders for Kate. Working on those also inspired me to make another special Halloween render again, it has been a while since I did anything not directly related to game content.
Other than that, I'm trying to target some kind of a Christmas release. At this point, I can just start dropping stuff to make the release easier if it comes to that. As for other content, I'll try to start posting again on Patreon, once again. It feels like I'm a bit more comfortable with my newer stuff, I guess a few years of added experience means something. More natural posing, better lighting etc. Fingers crossed.
Like before, I'm not going to take any Patreon payments until 0.4 is out (I'll temporarily suspend my Patreon at the end of each month until then).
The rest of the post is mostly copy and paste from my previous updates for those who are new or want to be reminded of what will be coming next. See you in the next post, thanks for your support!
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So, TL;DR:
* 0.4 will have Alice's storyline.
* Some new tech in 0.4: interactive 3D and pre-rendered movies, at least a few of each. When I get the pipeline (and my skills) working smoothly, next releases should have more.
* After 0.4 I will try out a bit faster release schedule with partial updates instead of releasing large, complete routes that take ages to finish. We'll see how it goes.
* Steam release at some point after 0.4 is out. Steam has been pretty random with adult games, so who knows what can happen.
Comments
Poke-Ladd
Ahhhh so cute
Shane Klein
Just work at your own pace man atleast your honest about whats going on. I've seen some devs go silent for months still take money then say they gave up and vanish. Your always honest with use and thats nice. If it takes another year im fine waiting.
RShrike
As a suggestion, if you're looking for more things to throw on Patreon, you could do something with those imperfect renders. As someone to whom rendering is black magic (say -- what *is* your monthly bill for live chickens these days, anyway? ;-) ), brief "I rendered this and this is why it didn't work out" posts would be interesting, especially if there's an accompanying "And this what it's like after I fixed it" image. That way, even if you don't use it in game, you could still get some use out of those discarded renders. Cheers.
