Artemis DevLog - CH5
Added 2023-01-23 21:48:28 +0000 UTCHappy Monday!
I was working on a scene this week that I ended up having to back and correct. Basically, I accidentally disabled a light for one shot and forgot to enable it again for 4 others. While working on restoring the light, I was distracted, stepped away, and came back. And well sort of messed up one shot big time. Fortunately, I was able to log into my backup service and restore the file from the previous night. But that had me thinking, what if that one backup wasn't enough and needed one that was more recent? So tapping into my former profession as an IT professional, I decided to review my current Disaster Recovery Plan and implement shadow copies into it. Artemis' project files is nearing 2TB of data which consists of assets, Adobe files (Photoshop, AE, Premiere Pro, Audacity, Substance), countless external OBJ files, and so on. I ordered 100TB worth of NAS drives where I plan to migrate both my DAZ library and the Artemis project onto one NAS, which should be more than enough to cover the growing size of the project files+DAZ assets. Currently, my server served as the home where these files are stored and backed up from. All my other rendering PCs are shells and connect to the server. With the revised NAS setup, it frees up resources on my server and allows me to store the new NAS in a new location. Most of the parts came in already, just waiting for the drives and mobo to arrive. Once this is in place, I'll have one additional local redundancy, local backup, and two off-site backup solutions in place.
All that said...
This week, I went back and forth on a few scenes written. The ones involving Artemis. I have an outline I stick to, but the chapters are still very much organic. I've said this before and sometimes I get an idea and think this would be a great path to go. But of course, not all ideas will be great. I had pumped the breaks and just gave Artemis' scenes some thought and went back to make some tweaks. Very satisfied with the direction now. Handling Artemis has been an interesting thing to write. There are several tropes to follow of introducing characters into a world where they must "blend with the humans". And while there are some nods to some pop culture flicks, I am hoping you enjoy how I chose to integrate Artemis into the story.
On the subject of writing, I've had some questions brought up from time to time about if I had anything lined up in the future following Artemis. The short answer is yes, I do. The script that Artemis is loosely based on is something I would be able to adapt to for an Artemis sequel. But it is fair to say after completing Artemis, I should give this universe a break for another IP. And I do have a story I wrote back in high school that is a fantasy setting. I also love post-apocalyptic stories, so there is also that route I could try my hand on. Though I am curious about your thoughts on what you would like to see from me in the future. We are only one book into Artemis with three more to go. But it would be nice to have something lined up once Artemis concludes.
CH5 is 576 story renders in with a few animations still in the oven. I usually set up a poll for an LI that wasn't originally planned for this chapter, but for this chapter I am shooting to have something for everyone...without trying to bloat this planned release.
Have yourselves a great week and stay safe!
-digi.B
Comments
I based my name on "Ajax the great" from Greek Mythology, I just added the "e" cause it looked better.
Ajaxe 32
2023-01-30 14:49:07 +0000 UTCIf I may ask, are you an Ajax supporter ?
Sir Witchblade
2023-01-30 12:11:57 +0000 UTCWith the current base of Artemis's Story/Writing ( I am fully invested in). I would love to see what post apocalyptic setting you come up with in terms of story and renders.
Ajaxe 32
2023-01-25 16:14:27 +0000 UTCWith your skills I really would love to see fantasy ip, if any one could make a fantasy world really pop; its you. Though I would be down with a post-apocalyptic game as well but the fantasy one has a slide edge, regardless what you will choose I'll follow. I never thought I would like AVN's so much, but some really have become an alternative entertainment source. To fill a gap western comics & video games have created by straying away more and more of their core identities over the last decade, a game/avn like Ataegina even has a decent turn based combat system. I love the development you and other peoples projects are going through.
Sir Witchblade
2023-01-25 00:26:25 +0000 UTCFYI, Patreon doesn't have a spellcheck button, just annoying red lines that make you think you wrote something wrong, even though you checked the address bar four times to make sure you spelled patreon right (doh!).
J Wilson
2023-01-24 17:14:28 +0000 UTCI know you need more ideas with how you are overly concerned with all this free time before steam launch (sarcasm). I did have a cute idea though. remember way back when that 3d cartoon company, yes i really am that old, remember way back then, before cars and electricity... at the end of the movie, they surprised the hell out of everyone by including a blooper reel during the credits? That was really cute right? and some of them were hilarious... that was the idea. The idea was you adding a blooper reel during the credits... and maybe a couple of information screens clarifying that no adult entertainment devices were harmed during the recordings of this "Visual Novel" for a knod to the masters themselves, cobra kai, naked snakes, whatever. Technically that was 2 ideas, but, they both involve the credits, soo... Reading about your 4 shots you had to redo because you didn't notice one of your spotlights was turned off (sheesh, amaetuer (which actually stems from the latin: working with(or for) love(not prostitution related)(I lost track how many closing parenthesis i need;)) It is only in recent history where it got added the meaning of being poor quality(saw that on youtube, so it has to be real right?)) (okay, time to spell check)
J Wilson
2023-01-24 16:58:41 +0000 UTCPlease do not worry about what you should do when Artemis is done, because you will know it when the time comes, and then the best thing is to act based upon what you feel inspired to do at that moment. So you will know what feels right to do or not do. Peace.
Marc
2023-01-24 13:39:47 +0000 UTCPost-apocalyptic would be insanely cool, but maybe don't close the door on Artemis sequels completely. Sometimes there is such a good IP that a DEV works on and when they finish they close the door it sucks for the people who really wanted a world about that.
Day
2023-01-24 10:13:06 +0000 UTCNever give an IT guy money and an excuse to build a private server farm ๐ Love to hear you take this seriously and actually know what you're doing after a few other devs had some real scares lately.
RMZ
2023-01-24 09:09:42 +0000 UTCIt's the least sexy until you need it, but then its awesome. :D
Benjamin Lyric
2023-01-24 05:54:39 +0000 UTCHonestly a fantasy setting story is something I defenelty like to see.
Jei
2023-01-24 01:48:57 +0000 UTCAh...backup, the least sexy and arguably most important IT task...3-2-1 rule for life! 3 copies of your data, 2 local, 1 off-site.
Matthew Griffin
2023-01-24 00:07:57 +0000 UTCI had a brain lapse a few days ago and thought the Eternum 0.5 update was Artemis. Good game but I was slightly disappointed but oh well good things take time. Canโt wait for the next chapter.
Mister Mackerel
2023-01-23 22:16:28 +0000 UTCGreat stories can be told in any setting and for me the setting is not that important as the story itself. But I think the best stories are written when the author enjoys them. Thus please decide yourself and do what you feel is right when the moment comes.
Callisto
2023-01-23 22:07:00 +0000 UTCJust to be contrary, I think the last thing the world needs is another "Fallout" story. That and Cyberpunk are my least favorite story worlds.
JFR
2023-01-23 22:05:42 +0000 UTC
