Callisto 0.50 - Week 1 Update

For those that haven't noticed the official release of 0.40 was published a few days ago. The 4k source images are also available to $5 and $10 Patreons. I will likely issue a small update to 0.40 in a week or so, adding a slight tweak to the main story line and also including a quest summary on the Captain's PC.

After a couple days break, I have made a start on the content for 0.50. Initially this is in the setup of the strip club content. I am prioritising this at the start, due to the rendering time that will be needed to complete all of the animations. From the initial clothes test renders, I have been doing, I should be able to render each frame in about 2-3 minutes. Hence at 25 frames / sec, this means I can create about 1 second of animation per hour. My current goal is to create 30 seconds of animation, with 3 outfits across 5 characters. Which will be about 3 weeks of continuous rendering. Depending upon my pole dancing animation skills I may extend the animations a little.

I will create a few polls later today with clothing alternatives for the various strip club performers. Worked with Krull to come up with the final selection of the Jool outfit which is as per below. 

I have also already decided on the outfit for the Chiara character as below. It simply suits her character so much better than the other outfits I created. The remaining three will be outfit selected by the created polls.

The image above is what the final animation frame will look like, except for the conversion of the animation to a transparent one. Hence the performer animation will occur on a static strip club background, which I will randomise based upon day of the week and strip club success.

The plan is that when you visit the strip club initially, only the Jool performer will be available. The additional 4 performers have to be hired with an associated acquisition cost. This will be controlled through discussion with Jill (Tanya's friend from the prologue). Whilst you can acquire all of the performers, only 3 can be active in the club at any given time. The plan is that you will control which performer appears on which stage. I could also include a randomising function, should you wish to be surprised by which performer is available on any given night.

Also as a quick reminder, the billing is once again active on this Patreon account. As such you will be billed at the start of next month.

Thank you for the ongoing support,

Xav