_Artemis Development Log

Happy Monday!

I wanted to give a quick update on the music situation. Monday was pretty frustrating as I was going through countless Terms and Conditions from various websites that offer music licensing. Seems like nearly all of the ones I was interested in  had this bit in their T&Cs

Text may be too small but they go on to state "Please note that you may not use the Content in connection with any material or otherwise in a manner or context that is..." and they list a few things but adult content was stated amongst them.

So I emailed my current provider regarding content and received permission as long as no "adult content" is present in the project, I can continue using their music. And a couple of weeks ago, I had stated in an update that I planned on making a "Rated-R" version of Artemis that still includes nudity but no content considered "adult content". As well as an "Unrated" version that continues to have lewd scenes but no music. And this will be my workaround for now. And this is short-term. I'm already working on official DJ Kink music, so this means I'll be working with a composer who will create music for Artemis. And I won't have to deal with the legal BS as all the tracks will be owned by me. I also want to point out their work doesn't sound like the cheap stuff you hear that you hear on youtube. The synthetic orchestra sounds really impressive from the samples I heard.

In regard to Steam, this DOESN'T mean you'll have to buy two copies. My solution is the lewd-less game will be available to purchase. And there will be a FREE DLC available that restores the 18+ content while removing the music. Again, this is only temporary. Once I secure the composer and get my own music. Both versions will have the same soundtrack.

I  know it is a lot of info, so if you have questions I'll be happy to clarify in the comments!

While on the subject of audio. I made a purchase this week and got an audio recorder with a shotgun mic. In chapter 3, I probably spent maybe 3 hours trying to find a tree branch "stressing" and "splintering" sound effect. I sat there thinking I could literally record this myself... The same goes for a number of sounds I tried to find that I ended up just "settling" with because I couldn't find anything better. Some of the clips have noise that, while can be cleaned, sounds very stale. But I'm pretty excited to capture better sound effects for Artemis and future projects. So next time you hear an ass slap sound in-game, it is a good assumption that I recorded that slapping my own-

I also intend to make these clips available free for my dev buddies, once I've got a good library established. They'll be available on my public Discord and I'll also make them available here on Patreon as I know there are many aspiring/established devs on here who might want to use them. This all probably seems overkill, but the production quality is something I'm striving to improve. 

Speaking of beauty. This week I made some model repairs on Artemis. When I fixed her neck, shin and shoulder for Chapter 3, I didn't notice the polygon deformities where her synthetic skin and mechanical arm connect. Not until recently when I was using her for a scene. So I popped her back into my editor to smooth out those jagged parts. After the repairs, I thought I'd fix her jaw while I had her model up. I only did it because I was already making adjustments to her arm, so I wanted to create the jaw morph now for ease of access in later chapters. It will be a while before we actually see her jaw swapped for synthetic skin.

For those curious about how she looks without the black jaw (4K version available as an attachment.)

Progress overall has been nice and steady. I'm at 931 story renders. I'm hoping I can work on a few lewd animations this week, depends on the next couple of scenes I have planned this week. But if I get to it,  I'll be able to have a second go at trying to animate a position I felt I did poorly back in CH1.

Look forward to previews this week!

Cheers!

- digi.B