Dev Diary, September 30th, 2022

Ready, set, test!

The first week of u4ia work, and I'm very happy with the progress.

Some weeks I can't really reference numbers, as it's mostly prep work, and that goes for this week.

I've done a lot of test-renders to determine the art style of u4ia, been fiddling with the UI, game elements, taken some Python classes over at Udemy, and upgraded the models to fit the new art style.

It took me two full days to look into model improvements and test them under different conditions such as lighting and wetness, but I'm very pleased with how they turned out. The biggest change you can't even see until we reach the lewd scenes, where they really shine.

Here's a quick sneak peek of Celeste.

"Celeste is a woman with a goal. Nothing means more to her than that goal, and she will do absolutely everything humanly possible to reach it. She couldn't care less about love. Though, someone might have to show her that there's a possibility that she can't reach that goal on her own."

Right now I'm trying to build up a decent render queue, so my computers have something to do while I look into the Ren'Py part, build a UI and redesign the menu.

Job changes

And now that one Leap of Faith is completed, it's also time for me to take another one. I delivered my resignation notice at my normal job yesterday. Unfortunately, due to the nature of my job and current contract, I still have three months before I can call myself a full-time developer, but come January 1st I can finally focus on this 100%.

Again, I have to give you my heartfelt thanks for your support along the way. 

Patreon changes

From tomorrow, the 1st of October, I will activate the new Patreon feature - Subscription Billing. That means, from that moment, anyone supporting me will be charged on the day they sign up, and then again every month you stay a patron (for example, if you join or upgrade on the 10th, you will be charged again on the 10th of next month). You existing patrons will still be billed on the 1st as usual.

I believe this is much fairer than the existing '1st of the month' billing, and I have been waiting for this to be launched since when it was first mentioned about 18 months back.

Have a nice weekend, and stay safe out there.

// Drifty