Status update Episode 4
Added 2019-11-01 07:29:43 +0000 UTCI had a great and productive week that was mostly spent on coding apps and free-roam events.
One free-roam event, for Derek's branch, is complete and 95% of the code for all apps is done (which was the huge progress this week).
It always takes a bit of extra time creating new environments for free-roam and new scenes in general. In Episode 4 there will be unique and new free-roams based on the choices you made in Episode 3.
Something that I always wanted to improve upon, but didn't have the time for, until now, was the Chat app.
This week I added a new app to the in-game phone, named Swyper. It's a dating app and here's a sneak peek.
The chat functionality that I created for Swyper has also been applied to the Chat app (Episodes 1-4).
Here's how it looks now, note that Chat and Call apps have been merged into a single app named Contacts, too.
I can now make Chat dialogue programmatically instead of using Photoshop for it and this will let me add more content to the Chat app faster than before.
You don't have to replay the game for this new functionality. However, you will miss out on viewing the history of your past choices in the Chat app, but you're already used to this with the current design (v0.3.1).
I haven't posed a lot of renders this week, as the render queue has been fairly big I just let the PCs do their work while I wrote code and designed other art.
One animation that took 12 days to render, the winner of the Teen vs Milf poll, was completed this week and I'm really happy with how it turned out.
So far, I've produced 74 animations and ~1000 renders for this update.
I will have to go back to posing animations soon, as there are ~15 animations in the queue and many left to produce.
All in all, it feels like I'm making good progress!
Playing the Episode in its current state gives me a good feeling that Season 1 will be wrapped up just as I wanted it to be.
Happy Halloween!
Dr PinkCake
Comments
what are u talking about, u must be confuse. Bella is the best WOMAN
2019-11-06 21:23:41 +0000 UTC:D Of course!
DrPinkCake
2019-11-06 18:02:33 +0000 UTCMore content for Isabella please :( :(
Waber
2019-11-06 15:43:01 +0000 UTCGlad to hear it. It's been an area I've tried improving upon.
DrPinkCake
2019-11-06 06:29:59 +0000 UTCHey, this game is freaking crazy good. Your sext dialogue in this one is drastically better than in AL, which was the only (minor) criticism I had with that story.
Jeffrey Jordan
2019-11-06 04:37:28 +0000 UTCTotally understood; won't ask again ;) Looking forward to the next release!
Rob
2019-11-05 13:34:02 +0000 UTCTimelines are hard to keep. I have a list of todo's that I work on, but it's impossible to estimate how long time that takes. Setting a release date will either a) disappoint when I can't keep it or b) cause stress and a rushed product. That's why I don't announce release dates until I'm absolutely sure I can keep them.
DrPinkCake
2019-11-05 08:07:27 +0000 UTCHahah. Sounds good. Every update of yours has been fantastic, was just curious if you had a timeline in mind
Rob
2019-11-04 18:54:22 +0000 UTCNo. Every season I make a new binary to get a smaller file size when downloading. The name season just implies such a split.
DrPinkCake
2019-11-04 18:51:42 +0000 UTCWhen it's ready.
DrPinkCake
2019-11-04 18:50:53 +0000 UTCIs every season a year in college ?
freddy
2019-11-04 17:09:14 +0000 UTCMore just a curiosity question, but in terms of timeline, when were you thinking the next update might be out? Not begging or bothering, more curious given how many changes/improvements you are making.
Rob
2019-11-04 15:21:13 +0000 UTCYou must have written wrong when you write that Jill is the best girl, you probably meant Maya. I'm just ironic. It's fun that we feel different, that's what "I think" Dr. Pink Cake wants, that there's nothing right or wrong.
Steve
2019-11-03 18:16:21 +0000 UTCAlways considered you to be a brilliant story-writer, and with BADIK you significantly advanced your animations skills. Seeing this (programmatic dialogues), I am now in awe of the improvement in your ability as a ren'py coder. You keep getting better and better each day. Cheers to your desire to never stop learning ;)
enigma
2019-11-02 14:35:56 +0000 UTCMy first western adult VN was AL and I was a bit skeptic to try this genre. But with the very positive review, I decided to give it a try and I'm just glad I got to play something so good. The decision to join your patrons was made very easily. Your storytelling is really good, with a dash of realism and great character progression. Thank you for the consistent update news DPC, can't wait for the finished BADIK Season 1! And Jill is best girl.
Aldo Adiputra
2019-11-02 11:40:25 +0000 UTCCant wait to see it! Super confident that im gonna love it :D
2019-11-02 03:49:23 +0000 UTCThanks for the update DrPinkCake 💗
Jill Valentine
2019-11-01 21:16:04 +0000 UTCProbably the best game out there the only thing I would say is that I'd like to see the girls getting POUNDED haha. Any new content for Camilla? She is by far the hottest character IMO.
Wild Buck
2019-11-01 20:01:16 +0000 UTCi'm really excited for your work. actually just bought Acting lessons on wednesday and got completely amazed, so i had no chance but to support on Patreon. Just finished Episode 3 of being a DIK. It really shows that you get better and better. If you do the same as in Acting lessons from that point i will probably throw a childish tantrum though. lol
Luca Zipfel
2019-11-01 19:05:16 +0000 UTCReally excited about those news! Nice concept there with the Swyper app! Can't wait to see more of Envy/Nicole! Just like the MC, I didn't recognize her at first sight because of her clothes, haha. She had the best sex scene in the last episode, imo. Lots of poses, combined with arousing writing (which I believe are essential in creating a great sex scene). Happy to support you on another patreon cycle. :)
VK
2019-11-01 15:41:44 +0000 UTCGlad you like it! I want the game to be my Magnus Opus, so I'm going to pack it with as much content as I can.
DrPinkCake
2019-11-01 15:25:02 +0000 UTCHoly balls you are going crazy since You went full time on this. I thought the game had a lot of content before but this is awesome!
CaseyJones
2019-11-01 15:03:54 +0000 UTCCan't wait to show you. ^^
DrPinkCake
2019-11-01 14:47:22 +0000 UTC2 weeks? One of my PCs has been rendering 24/7 for 14 months. ^^ When I pause between animations, I check their state. I update Windows/Drivers etc, then they get back at it. Haven't noticed any problems with it and their sole task is rendering in offline mode and that doesn't seem to slow them down.
DrPinkCake
2019-11-01 14:43:21 +0000 UTCLet your PC in-charge of rendering rest at least 2 hours every now and then. I know 24/7 rendering is cool and all, but in my experience, leaving the PC working 24/7 for more than 2 weeks slows it down to a crawl the longer it goes beyond 2 weeks :)
Marky Chua
2019-11-01 14:29:20 +0000 UTCDamn I like where you are taking this! Also cant wait to see that juicy new hardware of yours in action :)
Chicken Knight
2019-11-01 14:20:31 +0000 UTCThe potential walkthrough (3000 patrons goal) would cover everything. I did have the statistics screen for the main girls in the first Episode, but I moved away from that concept as it isn't supposed to be a hunt for scores that drives the choices in the game. I want the story to be experienced and eventually branch out into different paths instead of having a mod telling the player that "this choice is right", because there's no right or wrong choice, there are only different paths you travel. Just like in life you can fail/win and life goes on and takes you places. So, it's not a workload issue why I wouldn't add that, it's a game philosophy standpoint.
DrPinkCake
2019-11-01 11:59:03 +0000 UTCThat looks really cool. I guess one of the side benefits of working full time on this is you can focus on the details more, like all of the coding and systems. Have you thought about adding a built-in walkthrough or guide, such as adding context to dialogue choices, like +1 Jade, like the mod you can download for the game? I've always liked the games which have built-in guides like that, but I understand they can take a lot of work to do.
Julian Harper
2019-11-01 11:28:42 +0000 UTCRooster is one of my favorite apps. Making characters, who normally don't interact with each other, chat opens up for many possibilities. It will be included, most likely, throughout the whole game and it may also be remade someday to make it easier for me to work with it. Its limitations right now is that it's labor intensive to add a lot of choices to it, something that was solved with Swyper/Chat apps by making them in RenPy code instead of Photoshop. I hope to find time to make similar changes to Rooster in the future as well; I just need to prioritize tasks at the moment. I'm posting Rooster pics here: https://twitter.com/DrPinkCake
DrPinkCake
2019-11-01 08:47:13 +0000 UTCSwyper looks like a cool addition to the game and it's nice that you want to extend it's functionality to first episodes too. However, is it possible for Rooster app to get the same type of love? I know that's a bold thing to ask for 1$ patron, but I loved this app so much and had a few good laughs reading messages.
2019-11-01 08:24:59 +0000 UTCCan't wait until you get the chance to play it! I'm very happy with how that dating app turned out.
DrPinkCake
2019-11-01 08:19:10 +0000 UTCWow! Love swyper and contacts, that's fantastic functionality. So much work! It feels like you're developing three games in one. Congrats 💪 Looking forward to getting to know the real Nicole!
Robert Arctor
2019-11-01 08:15:07 +0000 UTC
