Dev Diary, April 5th, 2024

I've been working on a very annoying scene this week. It was so irritating to pose that I felt more or less burned out at the end of it. But in the end, I got through it somehow without wanting to strangle myself or contemplate my life's choices that led me there. :)

Play Leap of Faith and u4ia on the Iphone or Ipad.

Apple products will never allow NSFW content in their store, but now there's a safe way to play visual novels on your Apple device. I spent some time testing this, and it seems to be working fine with no hiccups. If you're interested in this, check the bottom of this post for a quick how-to.

Numbers

I've been rendering a bit less than normal this week, but I got to catch up a bit on the Renpy (scripting) part due to my girlfriend dragging me out of the house for a little trip last weekend. So the renders are spread a bit out on different folders, but I'll get them collected and post-fixed by next Friday so I can present a number for you.

Overall progress

As you may remember, I have a huge special event/trip/party planned, which is around 50% of this episode's content. I want to finish everything else before I start working on that, and if nothing goes wrong I should be able to do that this week. Which means you know roughly where I'm at in relation to content completed.

Other than that, have a nice weekend, and stay safe out there.

// Drifty

How to play Leap of Faith or u4ia (and most other Renpy VNs) on your Iphone/Ipad.

1. Visit the App Store to get Spark—Ren'Py Novels. Note that it's a $8 product, but you can use it for quite a few VNs, not only mine. (it's not made by me, so I can't give you any support on general usage).

2. Start iTunes on your computer and plug in your phone.

3. Click your phone's icon when it appears.

4. Click file sharing.

5. In the right window, click "Spark" from the list (the app you just downloaded)

6. Drag and drop any VN (original zip file) onto the Spark window.

7. Go back to your phone, start Spark, choose "Install" and select the zip archive you just transferred.

8. That's it; you're done. From iTunes, you should also delete the zip file you just transferred because it's no longer in use.

If you want to play Leap of Faith on your phone, please download the new Spark version from either Mega or Google Drive. The original release is not compatible.

The release version of u4ia works just fine, and you can transfer your existing zip file you downloaded on release.

So, what games does not work in Spark?
It seems that games with third-party modules or extra Python packages won't work. That means any VN you can see in Discord as "currently playing".

Good luck.