ArcaneSpoon77

Dev Blog 14

Last week I spent on turning the prototype of minimap into something functional. Hopefully it will find its use.

Dev Blog 13

Finally uploaded 0.09.1 build on Steam. I planned to do that a week ago actually, but I found that the game built on UE 5.4 doesn't save input config file anymore. To make saving custom key mapping possible again I had to move the input system to a new unnecessarily convoluted 'Enhanced Input' as they call it. This is basically what I was doing last week.  At least I added support for character control via gamepad, UI navigation I'll leave for later because it's quite a big task. 2024-10-21 23:30:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Dev Blog 12

• I went through all the interactables, changed bits responsible for highlighting and cleaned up post process material. However I will postpone implementation of the special view I was talking about because I have some doubts that it would be a good idea. Instead I added a small vfx around the character's head that signals when interactables become highlighted.

• Black outfit now available in all replays.

• For replay of the last event I added options to w...

  2024-10-14 01:11:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Dev Blog 11

My current plan is to go through TODO list and do some smaller things for smaller patches. 

What has been done so far:

- Project moved to UE 5.4

- After climax stains persist, there's Clean button now to remove them manually

- Added Evi POV

- Orbit camera now saves its last position before going POV so that it doesn't appear in weird places on switching back from POV to Orbit

- Closed with geometry necks of summons when switching to POV

- Added s...

Update 0.09

0.09 build is finally published on steam, hopefully there will be no hotfixes necessary, because last couple of days I was doing the worst bugfixing marathon. Still, if you find any, please let me know.

Dev Blog 10

This week I made another animation and worked on localization. Basically what's left before the release is to add the event into replay book, find several sounds for puzzle and do a bunch of playtests. Hopefully this will take no more than a week.

Dev Blog 9

This week I continue to work on animations, made two so far.

Dev Blog 8

Last couple of weeks I spent finishing work on cutscenes, doing related coding and catching bugs caused by that coding.

While I was at it, I reorganized some things so that climax animations will play repeatedly instead of forcing player out of session. After this update I should probably start adding climax to other animations.

Couple icons also needed rework.

Next on the list are animations, so I'll be working on that.

Dev Blog 7

I can't wait for the day when I can say that cutscenes are done. It feels like I've been doing this task for ages. But what can you do, this is an important event for Evi.

Dev Blog 6

In last two weeks I had less time to work on the project, which slowed down progress. But still work on the dialogue scenes continues, just finished another one, and I think there's two to go. Maybe for the next post I'll find some interesting screenshots.

Dev Blog 5

Again Evi tasted something she didn't want.

I continue to work on cutscenes. The goal is to put all scenes and logic for transitions in place, then I can start animating.

Also did some coding related to playing H scenes, fixed couple of issues in characters textures. Tried to find a practical way to control cloth sim on switching frames in sequences. Apparently it is impossible, so if a character in cutscene changes it's position, cloth bits will jump unpredictably.

Dev Blog 4

Majority of this week I spent making shots and writing text for cutscenes. There's a lot of work ahead. Also worked on functionality for saving state of new puzzle.

Dev Blog 3

Not much to say, basically spent this week finalizing rig for the last character and working on idle animations.

Now I think most of the preparations are done so I can start planning and work on dialogues and animations.

Dev Blog 2

This week:

• Some work on the environment. Finished another room and looped the current last room (with white paint) back so it’s not a dead end

• Worked on rigs for NPCs

• Added floor collision for camera in H scenes

• Fixed an issue with some UI elements overlapping on lower resolutions

• Fixed minor visual bug in planet puzzle

Dev Blog

Hello everyone.

Since there's a considerable gap between content updates, I will try to regularly write short reports on the development progress.

So, this is what I managed to do so far:

- Made logic, models and vfx for new puzzle. It involves even more telekinesis, so I implemented a bit different controls for this case.

- I'm going to need new characters for cutscenes and all that, so I made three NPC models (still need to prepare them for animation though) I took m...

Early Access

Good news, everyone! :D

The game has finally made its way to Steam EA and has its own little page now.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2878000/Personal_Study/

Changes in 0.08:

• The project moved to UE5. This is mainly to have access to up-to-date development tools. I will not add raytracing or other such gimmicks. The only difference for the player is a sharper ...

  2024-03-31 15:11:45 +0000 UTC View Post

Plans

No build this time, just plans. What I'm doing currently and will be doing in coming months is polishing. Instead of making new content, I decided to address issues that I postponed for too long. This includes adding sounds for all kinds of interactions, ability to save game, some sort of intro, and bunch of other smaller things. It's a lot of work, so I will probably disappear for some time.

PersonalStudy 0.07.7

No new NSFW content  in this one

- Added new puzzle room (in part selection menu, there's option 'to new content' if you'd like to give it a look)

- In Ability Menu added option to view dialogue logs

- Corrected hair shading

- Some FX work

- Some work on locomotion animations

There's also one thing in this build, I need your feedback on. In part selection menu if you click on 'test' button, game starts in the white room with canvas and rune beside it. ...

PersonalStudy 0.07.6

It's been more than 3 months since I posted anything. You would think, new update should be gigantic. But nope, the changelog is quite modest. I took some time away from development and in general being super lazy. Besides, I always struggle animating stuff. I can never achieve quality I want in reasonable time and it frustrates me. Being frustrated and at the same time work enthusiastically is impossible, and it adds to procrastination. Basically that's why animations take so much time for m...

PersonalStudy 0.07.5

- Added new puzzle room

- Made some corrections to MC model and textures, mainly to make her butt look smoother.

- Tweaks to the look of succubus

- Bugfixes

Next update I plan to dedicate mostly to animated content.

WIN: https://mega.nz/file/GC5ThJoQ#t5fkr6JSvCDwwKOPjI3n0U6F7qDIULvmNZmfXBqHCT4  2023-02-10 14:45:26 +0000 UTC View Post

PersonalStudy 0.07.4

For this update I focused on building the location, where MC finds the next summoning tome and eventually going to conduct next ritual. Although currently there's no gameplay value in that room.

Besides environment I addressed some of the smaller stuff from my todo list like:

- Character now can walk, not only run (shift, caps lock)

- Added option to disable help popups

- Added several options for frame limit (maybe that will help some people with screen tearing proble...

PersonalStudy 0.07.3

In this update I reworked another H-scene with male summon (1st one on the floor) and added climax option to it. Still not sure if I want to continue adding these to other scenes, they bear little value, but add quite a bit of headache.

Added H-scene with succubus (available only if MC is in demon form)

Added summon POV option in scene menu 

Added FX to interaction with items

WIN: 2022-10-01 21:49:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Build 0.07.2

In this build I added first puzzle room for second part of the game. I'm aware of the demand for more complex puzzles, but this one again came out super simple. I need good references for future puzzles, if you know games where I could borrow ideas, please leave a comment or DM.

There's an option to start game from part 1 or 2, it's temporary solution until I implement some sort of save system.

No new NSFW content in this build, I'll make something for the next one.

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