I may not have finished my usual two animations, but it was a good week nonetheless. Somehow, I managed to lock in one night last week and spent several hours coding and scripting after work. Now scene 3 is nearly finished apart from the renders and thankfully that scene renders quite quickly so things are looking up.
I'm sorry for not getting at least one extra sub post in last week. I was trying to get a couple of pinups finished to post last night but I just wasn't able to finish them in time. I'll be posting those throughout the week (one SFW and one NSFW) and I'll make sure to get something else up this weekend.
I'm dead right now so I'm going to leave it here. Hope you all have a good week. Much love! JB
It's just been another week of grinding out animations with a few odd renders and some minor scripting when I had time. I keep trying to find ways to improve my productivity, but after a long day at work, I can't seem to get more than a few lines written or maybe a single render before I'm on the couch or desperately trying to get a little bit of gaming in before getting too tired to function. It's a giant pain in the ass, and I'm extremely frustrated, but it is what it is.
I know it's been a slow grind, and no one hates it as much as I do, but I'll say it once again, I won't blame anyone who decides to hold off on supporting me during this slow dev time. Times are hard, especially with the holidays around the corner, so make sure you're taking care of you and yours first. Things should start to slow down for me around the new year, and I'll be able to devote more time to the game then. For now, all I can do is chip away at things when I'm able.
There isn't much to report apart from the usual. I'm still cranking out animations at a steady pace, though I'm really hoping I can get more than just two finished this week. They take a while to render but I can get large chunks of them done by leaving them to render overnight or while I'm at work so I'll try to plan out my free time a little more efficiently.
I still have another handful lined up before I can start churning out regular renders again but as most of you know, the more animations, the better, so we'll see if I decide to add more to the queue.
I suppose that's all for now. Hope you all have a great week and Happy Halloween! Much love! JB
Hey all, This is part 2 of the Halloween renders for this year. Part one was just the HD's posted for all subs, but I'll include those here
Hey all,
This is part 2 of the Halloween renders for this year. Part one was just the HD's posted for all subs, but I'll include those here as well to save you time. As I mentioned over on the first post, I wanted to revisit the winning costume from last year as it didn't get as much attention as it deserved. The NSFW versions will be posted for Gold tier+ members on the 31st.
Hey all, This is part 1 of the Halloween renders for this year. I wanted to revisit the winning costume from last year as it didn't get as
Hey all,
This is part 1 of the Halloween renders for this year. I wanted to revisit the winning costume from last year as it didn't get as much attention as it deserved. I'll be posting the 4K versions of these renders for the Silver tier+ members immediately after this post and the NSFW versions will be posted for Gold tier+ members on the 31st.
Once again, I unfortunately don't have much to report. I spent most of the week working on some animations and managed to get 2 wrapped up. Technically one of them is still rendering but it's mostly finished so I'm including it in the report.
I hate that I don't have much else to add to these reports recently, but there isn't much that I can do about my schedule right now. I'm doing as much work on the game as I can manage.
I have some important announcements below, so I'll try to keep this report short.
It's been another busy work week, but thankfully, there's still been slow and steady progress across the board. I've even started working on some animations. Which, despite my usual exhaustion, is pretty damn exciting right now! Not that I've been particularly burnt out, but there's been a notable lack of excitement to dive into heavy coding or scripting lately, and waiting around while my computer renders images after I've already been at work all day can be painfully boring. However, being able to work on animations whenever I have time and then letting them run overnight is a nice change of pace.
Announcement time:
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL: I've made some minor changes to the Patreon and Substar tiers. Most notable was adjusting the game's download links to be a Silver tier reward. It's been an internal debate for a while but after some chats with friends and a few complaints, it just didn't feel right to have the game's price vary so much from platform to platform so I've tried to balance it out a little better.
IMPORTANT PATREON INFORMATION FOR APPLE USERS: Starting next month, if you use Apple’s in-app payment system, all charges will be subject to Apple's 30% commission fee. This could mean that patrons might pay more (to cover that fee) or that a significant portion of their support goes to Apple instead of directly to the creators. You can avoid this fee if you use other platforms to subscribe to creators. Also, I believe that this does not affect existing subscriptions. (These are the changes as I understand them, but if you use Apple's in-app payment system to subscribe to creators, then I recommend you also look into these changes yourself.)
Sorry for the huge report. Hope you all have another wonderful week! Much love! JB
Hey Homies, Sorry for the reduced posts lately but things just seem to keep pilling onto my plate. I'm going to try to get another post out
Hey Homies,
Sorry for the reduced posts lately but things just seem to keep pilling onto my plate. I'm going to try to get another post out later tonight. I'm aiming for that last 4K NSFW Sheila pin-up that I didn't get a chance to finish a couple of weeks ago. If I don't get it done tonight, it'll be posted first thing tomorrow!
This is a little teaser for the romance path of scene 2 with Miranda's Alt hairstyle.
Unfortunately, the winning style from the recent poll had some extremely glaring issues that I didn't catch until after the poll was finished.
Long story short, trying to match the hair color broke everything and made the hair hollow. It's partially visible in the screenshots I took for the poll, but I didn't notice it until I tried to make full renders.
Anyway, I think the hairline for the runner-up matches much better and still looks incredible, but let me know what you think.
Sorry for the late report. I'm super tired and fell asleep right after dinner.
I'm still grinding out these scenes whenever I have free time and getting through them slowly but surely. Truthfully, I don't have a lot to report and my brain is in low-power mode right now so I'm going to keep it short and sweet.
Hey Homies, It's time for the fourth installment of the Player Choice Poll! It's time to figure out what everyone decided to spend their m
Hey Homies,
It's time for the fourth installment of the Player Choice Poll! It's time to figure out what everyone decided to spend their money on. So let's get to it!
How did you choose to spend your money at Gloria's shop?
Describe what you chose and why in the comments if you'd like.
It hasn't been a huge progress week, but I still got some important things finished. I created a handful of new characters, I assembled 2 new sets (one of which is a literal city), and best of all, I learned exactly why my scene editing was taking so damn long. I changed a few settings in the preferences menu and now I've cut my scene editing time in half! Honestly, it's embarrassing that it took me so long to figure that out, but at least it's another step towards improving my overall efficiency.
I wish I had more to report but it's been one brutal week after another of being rung dry at work and barely having the energy to stay awake after getting home. If I'm lucky I get an hour or so in the mornings to work on things before rushing off to work. Saturdays have become rest and recovery days, Sundays mornings are for chores/shopping/groceries and the like, and only then do I get to work on the game and any leftover Subscriber posts.
It really fucking sucks. I feel like I'm writing these progress reports every other day, instead of once a week.
Anyway, I'm doing the best I can, but I won't hold it against anyone who dips out on supporting the game until I can get back to devoting more time and energy to the game. Frankly, I would probably dip out too lol, life is far too expensive these days.
Regardless, I hope you all have another great week. Much love! JB
First and foremost, I want to make it clear that I'm not currently planning on changing her hairstyle permanently, however, there are a lot
First and foremost, I want to make it clear that I'm not currently planning on changing her hairstyle permanently, however, there are a lot of issues with the current style that I didn't see as a problem when I was an amateur dev creating these characters.
I won't go into too much detail because that isn't the point of this post, but to summarize the main problems: It's a pretty old asset and that often makes it much more tedious to work with, and much more importantly, it's an absolute pain in the ass to animate. Having an alternate style that she can throw her hair into, both to get it out of the way and to make the entire rendering process easier, would make things a lot smoother for me in the long run.
Please note, that these are just early tests to try to match the color and appearance as best as I could. There are still more tests to run, but I'd love to get some early opinions on the idea of giving Miranda an alternate style and also to see if there were any fan favorites. I may still find some other options and run another poll in the near future, but for now, these were the best options I had access to.
I definitely have my preference, but I don't want to sway the vote in any way! This definitely isn't a decision I take lightly so I wouldn't be surprised if some of you felt the same. Please tell me your opinions below!
Also, I didn't forget about the last poll! The results of that will still be posted this weekend!
TLDR: -This is not a permanent hairstyle change! It's only for certain instances -These are early color matching and style tests. More options may yet come -Yell at me in the comments below if you hate the options -Last week's poll results will be up this weekend
I'm very tired today so I'll be breaking things down as quickly as possible. I'm adjusting to my new schedule and I was able to invest a little more time in the game this week. I'm still pretty much useless Monday-Friday
I finished most of the heavy lifting for S2; the rest is just a 1-on-1, so I hope I can finish it much faster. Although, I'll probably have to change the scene's lighting because I always forget that candlelight makes for long render times. I might power through, but no matter how nice it looks, it takes longer than I would like.
Anyways, I'm out of words for today. Much love! JB
Nerves run a little high as Miranda gives the girls one last pep talk before their final test begins. She might even have a few words of en
Nerves run a little high as Miranda gives the girls one last pep talk before their final test begins. She might even have a few words of encouragement for you as well.
Hey Homies,
You know the drill by now...
Lots of text to hide the teasers for those who don't want to see them.
For those who keep scrolling, as you can see, there are so many characters in the following images.
My last GPU would have taken two or three passes to get a few characters each time. Now I can do it in a single render.
The irony is that it takes 10x longer to pose everyone than it does to render the image, but I'm not complaining.
Unfortunately, it's been a brutal week. My day job's busy season just started so I need to work some extra hours every week. I hate that it started just as I got my PC fixed, but life is life and I'm trying to adjust.
Thankfully, there was more progress than the image above might insinuate as I dedicated most of my limited dev time this week to getting in the prep work for the rest of the scenes in this chapter. There's a lot more preproduction needed for this chapter and I want to make sure that everything is done right. The squad is already outfitted in new uniforms, but I still need to arm most of them. They're also off to a brand new region with new environments and characters so I'm currently in the process of building up those scenes.
I wish I had more to add but I'm struggling to keep my eyes open so I need to wrap this up. Have a good week! Much love! JB
Sheila sneaks back to the kitchen in the middle of the night for a little taste of her new treat. She can't help but think of you as she gen
Sheila sneaks back to the kitchen in the middle of the night for a little taste of her new treat. She can't help but think of you as she gently laps up the golden nectar.
Hey homies,
Sorry it took so long to finish this week's rewards, but I've been busy. The 4k's are in the attachments! It's just a pretty innocent Sheila post, and I spent way too long on them, but oh well, I hope you enjoy the renders anyway.
It's been a great week! Mostly just because my PC is working again and being able to put in some work on the game has been wonderful.
I could only get a relatively minor upgrade from my previous model, but, so far, the difference has been fantastic! I've been able to render more characters at once in just a fraction of the time, and for this chapter, that is going to be very important. This GPU may have set back my credit, but this chapter would have been a nightmare if I hadn't just upgraded my system. It's going to make a huge difference in the long run going forward.
Sadly, I didn't get my PC set up until Thursday night. Because of this, I only had a few already busy days to work on the game. However, starting this week, things are going back to normal! Patreon/Substar posts will be resuming with 2 posts a week, not including the report, and apart from work, I have no plans, so I'll be able to put some time in every day this week.
I genuinely can't wait to dive back into development! Thank you all for your patience! Much love! JB
Hey Homies, We're rolling out the third Player Choice Poll with the unintended lie told to Kaela during your convo in Chapter 3. It may not
Hey Homies,
We're rolling out the third Player Choice Poll with the unintended lie told to Kaela during your convo in Chapter 3. It may not have been an intentional lie, but it will still affect how some scenes turn out.
Who does Kaela think you're dating, and was there a reason other than general attraction that you chose them?
I wish I had better news, but the parts I ordered to fix my GPU last week didn't work out as I'd hoped. My computer worked for half a day after the repairs before it broke again and I've been unable to get that GPU to work since.
Sadly, I'm not in the best financial position right now, so I've had to sit on my hands and wait for this new month to start before I could throw the new GPU onto my credit card. I just can't afford that kind of interest right now. The new GPU is arriving early this week and I pray to whatever powers are listening that this will be the last of my PC issues for a long while.
I'm so sorry this mess is taking so long to fix, but I promise I'm trying to solve it as quickly as possible! Trust me, I've only been without a working computer for less than 3 weeks but my support has already regressed to what it was 8 months ago. This issue is at the top of my to-do list!
I wish I had more to say but I'm already spiraling so it's best to stop now. Let's all pray that this week turns out better than the last! For everyone who has remained supportive, you truly have my deepest thanks!
Unfortunately, I've had more computer issues this week. Long story short, my GPU was acting up and I can't render until it's repaired.
Short story long, my GPU started slowing down and overheating so I tried cleaning/dusting it as best as I could, and at the time it seemed to fix the issue. However, the next day, a faint melted plastic smell was coming from my PC, and I found out that one of my GPU fans had stopped working. I didn't want to order a whole new GPU so I've ordered the parts that I think I need and am waiting for them to arrive (Should be tonight at some point).
I've had to throw my very old GPU into my PC just to survive the interim until the repairs are finished, but it was already dying when I replaced it and it has no hope of rendering out images. I've been able to script a little here and there, but when it feels like my PC could die any minute and corrupt my files, I've been a little hesitant. I'm going to shut everything down after this post and prep for the repairs. Wish me luck! I've never taken apart a GPU before so I'll need all the luck I can get!
I'm sorry that this shit keeps happening, and I pray that this is the last PC issue I have for a while. Thanks for your patience. Much love! JB
My day job was pretty exhausting this week so I wasn't as productive as I'd hoped, but I've still made a good chunk of progress.
I can't go into too much detail without spoiling things, but there were some difficult development decisions that were holding up progress and I had to render a lot of samples to figure out what direction I wanted to go with something. Thankfully, that's all sorted now and I'm nearly able to move on to the last section of the scene.
There's not much else to report, sadly.
I hope you all have another great week! Much love JB
A short while after you explained her situation to Miranda, Gloria receives a very welcome visit from the Castle's Treasury. After so many
A short while after you explained her situation to Miranda, Gloria receives a very welcome visit from the Castle's Treasury. After so many years of disrespect and abuse, she's finally free! Though perhaps she's taking things a little far...
Hey homies,
Here's the NSFW version, with the 4k in the attachments below again!
Hey Homies,
