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Episode 6 Beta 50 F.A.Q.

Added 2023-04-28 17:02:50 +0000 UTC

General Questions:

It’s been 7 months since Season 01 was released on Steam. Why did it take so long to release Episode 6 Beta 50?

As creators, we’re always striving for improvement. We want to be better, faster, more effective. This is one of our core philosophies at Oppai-Man. So when we released Season 01, we were at a crossroads.

Season 01 was made using Daz Studio, which is a decent enough software, but didn’t have enough for us to grow more on a technical level. Once we hit that ceiling, that was it. It also didn’t have a ton of basic functionalities, especially when dealing with animations.

In order to grow, both artistically and in terms of productivity, we had to change.

So we decided to move to Blender, which would allow us to grow exponentially once we took down all the technical barriers.

First, we had to port all of our assets. Characters, clothing, facial expressions, environments, everything had to be manually adapted in order to work on Blender.

This took both fronts: our artists had to learn how to make gorgeous materials, shaders and characters in Blender, and our programmers had to create new systems that would allow us to render these images on our servers, in a semi-automated fashion and with fast render times.

We also used this time to hire talented and capable people, who would be able to take us to the next level. So we hired a story boarder, a new animator, a generalist artist and a lookdev who specializes in skin shaders. These new hires helped us transform our graphics pipeline into something amazing.

It took a lot of work, but we made it to the other side. We managed to develop an amazing visual pipeline, and we’re very proud of the graphics we have today. Thanks to the efforts of a lot of people, Freshwomen Season 02 will have incredible visuals.

And, better yet, we still have space to grow and improve. We can learn more, develop more tech, make art that is more and more beautiful, and improve productivity. Blender will allow us to improve constantly, and give you every bit of quality you deserve, today and long into the future.

Why make a 4K game?

According to our Steam player database, 30% of our current players already plays at 1440p or 4K. This number has been growing over the past few months, and we expect it to grow even more in the future.

In order to create a great experience for our current players, as well as for our future players, we decided to include 4K in our pipeline. This will guarantee that everyone that plays FreshWomen in the future will have great visual quality and fidelity.

Working in 4K resolution also allows our artists and animators to maintain a higher focus on quality, creating renders with sharp accuracy, huge level of detail and great lighting.

Looking into the future allows us to bring it into our current work, and the heightened resolution also impacts lower resolutions, making for sharper images and great quality of detail.

Will 4K resolution make development slower because of longer render times?

It could, but we took active measures to prevent that. As our render demand increased, so did our render capacity and our understanding of rendering engines.

We’re now equipped with 12 RTX 3090 and 4 RTX 4090. These GPUs are rendering exclusively to us, 24/7, in a dedicated render farm.

Will you update Season 01 graphics?

As of now, we don’t plan on updating or upgrading Season 01 graphics.

Season 01 and Season 02 development files are not backwards compatible. This means that Season 02 upgrades would have to be retrofitted into Season 01, which would take a lot of work.

We’d also have to rebuild most of our textures from scratch, as they weren’t made with higher resolutions in mind.

These processes would take a long time, and we feel these resources are better invested creating new content.

Is Android Version available? Will there be an Android Version?

Currently, Android players represent less than 0.1% of our player database. Developing and maintaining Android takes a lot of work, and we feel these resources are better invested in areas that will reach 100% of our players.

How many people are currently on the team?

Today, our team is composed of 15 people. There are 3 programmers, 2 writers, 2 animators, 2 render artists, 2 team leaders, 1 lookdev, 1 story boarder, 1 architect and 1 integrator.

It’s important to say here that there are people on our team working on things that will give us immediate results (i.e. Freshwomen development), and there are people working on things that will give us future results (Voice Acting, Infrastructure, Pre-Production for Fantasy Project, Website and Patreon Integration, R&D, Marketing, and more).

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Episode 6 Beta 50:

What is the download size of the game?

Freshwomen is currently split into Full HD and UHD version, which are distributed as separate files, with about 5.5Gb each.

I have a 1080p screen. Do I need to download 4K version?

No. You just need to download the version that supports your screen resolution.

Which version should I download?

Full HD version supports: 720p and 1080p. UHD version supports: 1440p and 4K.

What are the Minimum requirements for Episode 6 Beta 50?

Intel Celeron
4 GB of Ram
6 GB of HDD Space
720p resolution

We are working to optimize the download size even more.

How can I download Episode 6 Beta 50?

Access https://www.freshwomen.net/episode6, link your Patreon account and download the game.

You need to have an active membership to Oppai-Man’s Patreon in order to download the game.

How much do I need to pay for Episode 6 Beta 50?

If you bought Freshwomen Season 01 on Steam, you’ll pay US$ 2 after linking your Patreon and Steam account into our website.

If you didn’t buy Freshwomen Season 01 on Steam, price will vary according to your region. After you link your Patreon account, our site will give you an updated price.

How lifetime contribution is calculated?

Your lifetime contribution to the project is calculated by adding your total contribution to Oppai-Man’s Patreon and if you bought Freshwomen Season 01 on Steam.

If I pay for Episode 6 Beta 50, will I have to pay again for Episode 6 Beta 100?

No. But you’ll need to have an active membership of Oppai-Man’s Patreon.

When will episode 6 launch on Steam?

Season 02 will launch on Steam as a DLC, containing multiple episodes. We’re aiming for at least 4 hours of content. When we get there, Steam release will come.

When will Episode 6 Beta 100 be released?

Episode 6 Beta 100 is currently being finalized. We’re polishing the last details, refining, testing and translating it into 14 different languages.

You should expect it in about two months.

Will my old save file work? Can the Beta Version corrupt my save files?

If you are playing an original and unmodified version of the game, your old save file will work, and you’ll have no problems. Otherwise, problems should be expected.