Sunday Devblog 04/06/2025

(Note: Had to remove all screenshots to make sure this post passes patreon guidelines)

Happy Sunday! Hope you're doing well. I've been working full force on the Special Serum scenes since the release of Nene side story.

To make each of the special serum scenes more interesting I altered where they take place. So rather than just the girl coming to the player's room, making them all feel too similar the player often goes to the girl to surprise her. This was suggested by our members in the discord and I am so happy I took the suggestion.

It gives me a chance to really play with the scenes and make them feel more unique.

I've been hard at work making the lead up to the scenes something to enjoy as well.

I've also leveraged the new ChatGPT image generator model to improve the backgrounds by a ton. It helps me recreate familiar locations with less AI artifacts, making the picture seem more intentional. Here is Naomi's apartment recreated.

It really lets me be specific with what is in the scene. In this example, Naomi has discarded clothes, dumbbells, and a white lab coat hanging on the wall. I use the original image as the input and specify the changes. I also wanted to add a sink, microwave, and fridge because Naomi's old apartment image had only a mattress and pull up bar. Now it looks more like a place someone lives.

I similarly recreated Kaori's rooms, and steaming background. Adding discarded snack bags and sodas hehe.

ChatGPT is also great for changing the time of day! Ever wondered what the school would be like at night time?

I am working really hard to tie these special serum scenes together. I hope to get them done this month!

As for side story, the poll is up with 1 more week to vote! Goth Girl seems to be winning! Even though she doesn't have an official name yet. I guess she really made an impression in Nene's side story. I will take all the name suggestions from before and put them in a poll soon. We will have a community voted name for her.

That's it for this week! Very excited for the new backgrounds. It's never been easier and that's good news for all of us! It means shorter development time, and more expressive freedom in bringing the world to life.

Alright that's it for today, I'm going to get back to the grind!

-Jon