Development Blog #97

stoperArt

Some info in the new blog post.

Diovane

Alguma novidade meu amigo??

TheSneaky

Yeah

Esteban Bale

some other game that the woman is the protagonist ?

Serner

I hope it goes well! Excited to see the remaining week! I know it's hard coming, and I get the creative loss. Honestly, the only thing that helps me is to keep going at it! But it's a very good product so far! Can't wait to see more! >:D

John Buesse

No, it wouldn't be the same story.

John Buesse

Of this year? Just kidding, but do love the game and can't wait for the next release.

stoperArt

Direct collaboration inside DAZ Studio (the program I use for the graphics) is rather tricky. There isn't much of the workload there that I can give to anyone else to do. But some of the external work can potentially be passed to another person. Like polishing clothes and characters in ZBrush, or cloth draping in Marvelous Designer. We'll see...

Tskxe

maybe, if you would get some help with rendering and graphic stuff, it would improve the development...but I don`t know if it`s possible for you...

Eric wade

So either pick up the pace or sell your idea to someone who will complete it.

stoperArt

I must be a complete moron to intentionally anger my patrons and hold off on a ready update. In order to what? Get an extra month of money, while losing patrons? Make no mistake, my slow release schedule is hurting my income, not increasing it.

Robert

Stoper why don’t you give a clear due date (whatever it will be) and everybody will stop asking this kind pf questions. The fact that your patrons lost their patience is a solid recognition sign of your artist skill. Therefore you have to play it fare and respond with a clear statement. I know that creation takes time but it is more than half an year since you did not update the game and your patrons may start to believe that this is kind of a strategy behind and you are interested in assuring yourself a monthly revenue without doing nothing … one of the scenario that people may think of is that you have the update ready and you are waiting the patrons boiling point to see when they will start to massive rennounce to fund your account … so to avoid all this just set a sure date and respect it in the future … this is just an friendly advice …. No hard feelings bro’

stoperArt

Sadly, no. As I don't plan the scenes in full detail before I start working on them, so I don't know how much images a scene will have. Only the last scene of the update is missing, and that's what I'm working on. If that can be any indication.

Mega

Is there any way to know how far the progress is right now? Like how much % of renders are done and how much is remaining?

Robert

Exactly :))

yufeihong

中文还行

stoperArt

Definitively. I just need to speed up the development process, or we'll get old before it happens.

Robert

There will be a scene at the strip club with Jessica undercover ?

stoperArt

Not this update.

Yair

Will there be a scene with Mr. Parker?

PixelFlynt

That's hardly fair. One could argue L&P isn't really in the same category of game given how vanilla most of his scenes are.

PixelFlynt

Here's my thoughts. The branches probably are popular except for a vocal minority. People are far more likely to take the time to complain than they are to voice approval. I suggest just staying your course and don't let a few loud voices distract from your vision.

Jonathan Heard

tommy or Christian the neighbor the former cop doesn't really fit

Sinnemmx

hope

Sinnemmx

@robert so jessica, during the blake event, should she meet one of these you said?

Eric wade

Take his time? He is slower than lust and passion and that game is way better

Robert

If the Mayor is not involved remains only the following : Mr Parker, the neighbour, the former policeman … or Tommy ?!

stoperArt

yes

stoperArt

The cheating path will be in that last scene, and the Mayor is not involved.

stoperArt

Yes

MotiMan

Damn, Jessica's mom is looking fine! Great to hear about the multiple paths coming along. I really like to explore each and every option so it will be great to see the diversity. Can't wait to see where the cheating path will lead to. So far we've had a couple guys get some action to varying degrees but who will be the one to go 'all the way' first? Also, if it is Blake to have the lesbian option then i'm definitely going to need some extra tissues for that one! Phew! Thanks for all the great work stoper. Look forward to the update!

Eksekiel

We can clearly see where Jessica got her hot body from. :)

Sinnemmx

yeah

Eksekiel

Is the picture of Jessica's mother?

TheSneaky

Some of the other Patrons I support also takes 2-4 month between each release so and as a firm beliver in quality over quantity I have no probem waiting as long as there's some life sign of the devolpment here and there.

Sinnemmx

no

182881912

你会在一月份发布吗？

bin

So will you release it in January？

gicashut

i concur and the problem with creative work (as a designer myself) is that deadlines aren’t realistic when you want to create a perfect storyline, I think we are deeply invested in the game and want you (stoperart) to release more and get more patreons but there’s a point of diminishing returns,you have to understand and course correct. You started with amazing update frequency then it all dropped and it seems to be a theme around this niche, probably burned out, at least i hope so;) Good luck and don’t set exact deadlines unless you have a roadmap that you can live with (that’s a lot harder then sounds) to be behonest i think you need a project or product manager or it will be a 1 release year in 2022. Deliver 1 release a quarter, that’s amazing, your patreons will love it. Never over promise and always over deliver! our jobs as creatives are hard enough mate!;) happy holidays and happy new year, get the vaccine so covid doesn’t affect you or your loved ones!

yufeihong

disappointment

Jonathan Heard

like can the straight cheating path involve the mayor and that be released before the other parts of the path?

Dashole

Love seeing so much Mayor-love on this section! Thought I was the only one! 😋

Darshana Neranjana

Mayor is on this update???

stoperArt

The first in what sense?

stoperArt

Your frustration is completely understandable. I tried a few things that should've sped up the workflow, but they didn't work as well as I was hoping. And I know that some branches are not that popular, but I like having these choices and where they can lead to. We'll see what 2022 brings.

Robert

Could be Mayor the first ?!

stoperArt

Thanks, mate.

Karel Lopata

Shirouste

It's ok, your game is one of the best out there. Better to take your time than rush it. Take all the time you need, we don't want you to burn out :)

Dashole

Looking forward to the update, especially wondering who the "straight cheating" will be with! 🙄 Merry Xmas and Happy New Year, bro!