2023 : What's the plan ?

Happy New Year Everyone !

Yeah, I know, it's been a few days already, but hey, that still counts.
Anyway, here's a big post to talk about my situation, curent and future, the state of the game and where it'll go, and other things like that.

                             2023 is gonna be meaty for sure !

   First off, those last months have felt a little barebones, I know. Between work, comissions, tiredness and some art block, there wasn't that much new content, and I've been pretty bad with communication too. Since I don't have that much new stuff, do I share it, and there'll be nothing new to see really see in the new update, or do I keep it secret for you to discover in the updates ? It's a pretty complicated question, and I don't think I've found a satisfying answer yet. I know I need to share more stuff here, and I want to, but between the moments where there's just not a lot, or where it's just boring things like "today I spend 6h copy-pasting aline of code to display the correct pic depending of the situation".

  One thing I have been clearly lacking on though, is polls for the game (not the pinups ones), and I'm sincely sorry for that. I often have precise ideas of what I want to add in an update, and for the scene details, it's more decided on the instant, when I'm working on the scenet in DAZ. And I don't want to make polls for things that will happen in 6 months or more, it feels a little weird projecting too much when there's many things to work on before. But with 0.08 I'll have quite some new scenes, so I'll make polls for those !

                    Final frame of the transformation animation

Screw's situation :

  So, for those who don't know, I'm currently working part-time, which in combination with your support makes enough to live decently. It's not perfect, of course, and I can often be way too tired from work to be producive for a few days here, which is kinda frustrating. That's why I want to dedicate more to art this year, and try to make a living from it. I'll see how it goes, of course, but with comissions and some side stuff, and the growth of the game, it might be manageable. I'd love to be able to fully live from my art.

  Another thing I want for this year, and the sooner the better, is upgrading my computer setup. I've got it since 4 years now, and even if it's still pretty good for gaming (the reason I bought in the first place) it's struggling for all the rendering stuff I'm needing now. I wanted to upgrade a few pieces recently, by my motherboard ended up being too old to support newer stuff anyway, so I'll upgrade the whole setup soon. I have some money lying around, thanks to coms and all, so I should be able to invest 2k in a solid setup (I'm still far from those madman who can get a 4090 to render every bump on a booba in 8K, but hey, it'll be a really nice upgrade).

  That'll allow me to render much more quickly and in better quality, and even more importantly, see a preview of my animations. Because right now, I can't really see how the animation unfold, only frame by frame, cause my PC isn't quick enough to show every frame playing correctly. That means I often render an animation (which takes 2/3 days), see there's a minor problem on it, and have to render everything again. So yeah, a new setup will make me gain a lot of time (not even speaking of being able to render more complex scenes, I had a few crash with some scenes too detailed, so I can't even load them, let alone render them :/)

                         Who's the best ?

0.07, the state of the update :

For those who don't know, 0.07 is focused on "updating" Illonia's model, since the original one dated when I just started DAZ, and had a few issue. And it's the opportunity to make body modification, breast expansion ,and make her sexier ! So she's gonna transform in a new version that I'll use from now on. But it's quite a lot of work, that why this update is taking some time to come out.

  So, how is the progress on the current update, and when can we expect it ?
Well, the progress is pretty good. A good chunk of the pics of the new model are done, and implemented. The transformation animation from Illonia's old model to the new one is done as well, and I'm working on a really big scene that'll take place just after, cause it's important to try what that new body can do. I've already made 8 pics, gonna start wiht the first animation, and I'll probably do a 2nd animation too and a few pics inbetween. So yeah, big scene. I'll probably find a way to make it kinda repeatable too, so you can enjoy it multiples times without having to go through the gallery (of course I'll edit some dialogues and all to keep it coherent).

  After that I'll still have to do another pretty big repeatable scene with the Watcher, that I've been delaying for far too long. You'll be able to choose if it's only the Watcher and Lothar, or if you also want some futa action with Illonia ! And after that, I'll just have the usual writing and implementation to do.
  Overall, I have good hopes of having the BETA done for the end of the month, maybe even before.

                                  That finger might not be enough...

0.08 and after : a brief roadmap (which might quickly be outdated, as always)
So here what's planned for the next upcoming updates. As always, there might be things cut, and others added, but that should give you a good look at what to expect next.

0.08 : Illonia's new model, part 2

-New combat and defeat scenes with the goblin, male bandit and the threesome scene with Eris (all the scenes that included Illonia basically). They will be new scenes, not just the old ones with the new model (and the old scenes will be added in the gallery, so you'll still have access to them)

-New "relax a bit" scene, and maybe make a few different versions, for the sake of variety

-New repatable scenes in the bed (probably with more animation)

-New pics (and probably small animations) for the tease and masturbation comp)

-Maybe add some small animation playing when transformations happen

Depending of the amout of work, it might be splited into two smaller updates

0.09 & 0.10 (or 0.10 and 0.11 if I split 0.08 in two) : It's up to you

I'll make a big vote, and you'll decide which one of those options you want me to focus on first

-Continue the main story : it'll mean go into the goblin cave for Frida (and it'll be the opportunity to choose Elleria's fate if you lost against the ogre, if you take her back or she stay with frida). So new maps, new enemies, new characters, and plenty of new scenes

-Add the lewd skill tree : New transformations for Lothar, new sexy capacities for Illonia, maybe new enemies as well, and plenty of new scenes

-Add the village : Go to the village on the south of your base, and meet plenty of new characters, new interactions and plenty of new scenes

-Add pregnancy to the game : A kink that has been awaited by a lot of you, and myself ! Now that Illonia has a new model, it may be time to bloat those bellies full of babies ! It'll add a lot of variation images for most girls, and new interactions and game mechanics, and some new scenes.

                    A map of the village I made some time ago

That should pretty much sum up the global ideas for the next few updates, I have plans for later on, but they are much less detailed and subject to change, and I'd rather focus on the shorter term.
  And for all those options that didn't win, it's still things that will definitively be added into the game, so it'll probably be added in the next updates anyway ! The game will definitively have pregnancy, lewd skills, a village, and of course it might be important to advance the story at some point xD

I think that should cover most of what I had to say. Thanks for reading all this, and even more than that, thanks for your continuous support. When I started this project, two years ago, I would have never imagined it would be such a big part of my life, and damn, that feels good ! Let's hope I'll be able to dedicate ever more to it ! Let's make 2023 a really lewd and depraved year !