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What goes into releasing a new version of Lust Theory
🕑 Added 2019-10-15 09:19:52 +0000 UTCHi, we get these questions a lot: When is the next update? What's thanking so long? Can you do it faster?
So, we thought we would give you some insight on what it takes and what goes into creating a new version of Lust Theory. (Some steps are not mentioned here)
1. Write, re-write and proof-read the new dialogue and story for the version.
2. Once this is done, decide what lines of text get assigned an image (Render) or an animation.
3. Create all the new images (This takes the most time since one person can do 30-50 of images per day at most)
4. Create all the new animations (This takes a long time too. A person can do 2-3 of these per day, depending on complexity. Then run "test animations" which are low quality. If they seem good, we render them out in high quality which can take up to one day per animation. In some cases, even longer)
5. Render out all the images and animations.
6. Check all the images for clipping (Things going trough things, for example. Finger going through a door or clothes going through skin.)
7.Fix and re-render the bigger clips. Try to fix smaller ones in Photoshop.
8. Write the code for the new version and insert all the new dialogue.
9. Touch up all the images in Photoshop. Then convert them from PNG to JPG.
10. Run all animations trough Premiere to check all the frames and fix things if needed.
11. Convert all the images from AVI to Webm.
12. Import all the images and animations into the game.
13. Run the first test of the game. Check if all the images and animations fit the text. If not,
re-render and re-convert. Check again. Repeat if it still doesn't fit.
14. Play the new version again and try all the branching options, look for possible inconsistencies in the story and bugs. (Fix all of these before moving forward)
15. Add the Hint system for the new episode, add new sound effects and new buttons.
16. At this stage, the Lead game designer and the Lead coder sit together and play the game to see where we can add blinking effects and "slut mode" images.
17. Create the blinking images, slut mode images and gallery images and import them into the game.
18. Deploy the internal pre-alpha version of the game. (You'd be surprised how much time this amounts to when you have to do it 15 times per version)
19. At this point, 5 people start playing the game from the beginning. So, from Episode 1 to the current Episode, in this case episode 8. Look for bugs, check if old saves work, try all the branching options, then try them again in different order to see if any of these breaks the game. Fix the new bugs. Re-deploy the game and send it to testing again. Get new bug reports, fix them and re-deploy... And so on until we can't find any more bugs. ( In a game with a repeating day and a complicated game code, bugs can always happen. Now it's up to you to find them and report them.)
20. Now we have a game BETA of the new version. This is the part where the Lead game designer and Lead coder go through new content of the game together and check once more for spelling errors, inconsistencies and they add dissolves, fades and other image transitions. Once this is done, we deploy the release version of the game and upload it to Mega (Uploading also takes a while since we have a shitty ISP).
21. At this stage, we create posts on Patreon. One that explains what's in the new version and one download post for the game.
22. We FINALLY release the new version of the game on Patreon.
(Extra bonus step.)
23. 10 minutes later, watch the hard work of 8 people being shared for free. While thinking how will we pay all the people that are working on it. Say fuck it and go for a beer. Next day, start working on the next version because, in the end, you're making games that people enjoy so there's that at least.
Comments
Adam Schaefer
That's exactly what it sounds like. I suggest they put a name stamp in the code of who they send to. It shows up on free download servers when its shared.
Homi
23. (Bonus step) 10 minutes later, watch the hard work of 8 people being shared for free. This means one thing only: Someone of your high tier patrons isn't loyal to you developers and leaks the game to one (or more) of this free sharing platforms. I think in the most cases these guy will be an administrative staff member of the crew who is running the platform server.
ineednaps
so question did you get rid of the release progress as in the percents of what was done to make it easier or where are they?
Jim timbow
I love your the work you guys do. If I could I would pay for it but I would get in trouble from my bank account history. Hope it gets better
Inceton games
Not only that any drm can be cracked today so it would be just a ton of work for nothing... XD
gamersglory
It would involve switching game engines that would require recoding the whole game from scratch. Ren'py is free and open-source and it's chief developer soes not want to lock it down in any way
Rouven Klein
Hey guys, If something is done great and takes you on a wonderful journey (some movies, books and even PC games can do that ..) you would want the sequels or prequels or whatever immediately and without delay. Many of us forget (including me ...) that sometimes, especially in the rousing stories, there is an almost infinite amount of work. Others are so dumb and ignorant (and destroying in the medium term what they find cool) to give away this paid content ... I would like to thank you in all due form for your hard work and especially for - not giving up. You're doing a great job and your text makes us think (at least the smarter ones of your fans) and motivates me by the way, even more to support you. Keep on fighting!
Kampgutte
23. 10 minutes later, watch the hard work of 8 people being shared for free. How about using a client with a patreon login. I know others also use this to update their games. protect your game. protect your supporters
Julian Harper
Interesting, I think it's fair to say most people don't understand the process for developing games, so it's nice to see just how involved it is
Hlextor
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Solstorm
I am glad you discussed the "process" to develop the game. I am always amazed at the time and effort just to do an episode. And you all make fantastic games!
Exile
So, when is the next update ? XD
