In addition to the new logo, I've also commissioned an artist to help with a revamp and update to the game's GUI. This is going to include the main menu, preferences/options menu, text boxes in dialogues, etc. This may not make it into the next update, but it is in the pipeline.
While the artist is working on this, he gave me permission to share with you some very rough mock-ups of som...
2024-04-06 20:32:07 +0000 UTC
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As you may know, I spent a long Easter Weekend abroad to celebrate my husband's birthday. We got home late Monday and I've been back at work on renders every night since. I'm currently about 70% of the way through the script and still expect the next release to come out by mid-April!
Related to that, I've hit the milestone I had alluded to in previous updates, in that I'm finally in a scene other than the conversation between just Nick and Ronan. Here is the first of the images I want t...
2024-04-05 14:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Hi there!
As of late, creators of NSFW visual arts have been under a bit of a microscope with ever narrowing options on how to market their products and make a living. While BBN is a passion project and not my primary source of income, for others it is how they make a living. So, when storefronts such as Gumroad close down and payment processors impose ever stricter limitations on permissible ...
2024-04-04 14:29:15 +0000 UTC
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Update: Opened up to everyone
Hi all!
As I've been experimenting with this sandbox, I've been thinking about the UI for BBN, things I can do to update it, and also just make the whole thing look a bit more polished. Related to that is updating the splash screens to feel a bit more theatric and interesting, and that could involve updating the logo. I spent a little time lookin...
2024-04-03 13:36:40 +0000 UTC
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I am still on vacation but scheduled this post as a little extra while I was away. As I was going through and cleaning up my files, I came across these images. I had made them as an exclusive to try to promote and help grow Hive Social (an alternative to Twitter) but that didn't take off and I thought I may as well share them here with y'all!
2024-03-30 16:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Lately, I've felt so "behind the ball" on getting updates out to y'all I haven't spent much time just goofing around and making some images just for the heck of it. So, I whipped this up last night.
Honestly, I bought this bike for Ronan almost two years ago and have been waiting for an opportunity to use it in a scene (that may be coming soon) but I've gotten tired of waiting. I've always fo...
2024-03-25 13:35:05 +0000 UTC
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Hi, all! First, I'm happy to report I'm about half-way finished with the renders for this next update. As I go through, I'm following my normal process where I'm sometimes refining some language, adding here, tightening up over there, but I am about half-way through.
Second, the other bit of good news is that I'll soon be working on the next scene in this update which re-introduces Riley, the ginger-twink who was eavesdropping in the park. I've really enjoyed writing his scene, which qu...
2024-03-21 22:27:34 +0000 UTC
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As anyone who is a fan of BBN knows, there are no true animations or movie files in the game. The animations I do have are a series of still images (usually around 7 or 8) that are then looped with a dissolve transition. The end result works well enough but is rather rudimentary.
That is the result of a conscious decision at the start to stay away from them in order to keep file sizes under co...
2024-03-18 13:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Hi all. Towards the end of my last update, I mentioned I was working on a sort of tech demo and would share more with you as I could. Well, here is the first bit of it.
When it comes out, t...
2024-03-15 16:27:32 +0000 UTC
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Hi all! I meant to get you this update earlier in the week but, well, more on that in a moment.
Progress on BBN
To get straight to the point, I finished writing the script for this update last weekend and sent it out for some proof reading and feedback. In the meantime, I began working on the renders, so that is underway as well! Sneak P...
2024-03-09 15:33:02 +0000 UTC
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I realized it's been awhile since I've made a Behind the Scenes (BtS) post, so... here we go.
Light Spoilers ahead for Build 0.14
The latest update obviously took a long time to put together and a fair amount of that is just straight-up on me. As I mentioned, there were multiple health issues, the demands of a new job, and everything else I've had with my life the last ...
2024-02-29 16:09:31 +0000 UTC
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Dear Android Users:
I would love to get some feedback from you on how you're finding BBN on your devices. Putting together an Android build for a Ren'Py game involves a few extra steps as well as some special considerations, not the least of which is the relatively more limited amount of storage space on an Android device. I've tried to keep the size of the BBN Android build down by increasing...
2024-02-21 15:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Hi all. With the deadline I put on myself to get the most recent update into your hands, I did not have quite enough time to do everything I wanted.
In particular, I wanted to get a cliffhanger into the end of the chapter to set the stage for the next update. I'm working on that now and should have it out to you in the next week. Is it worth re-downloading the whole thing again? That's u...
2024-02-15 23:45:57 +0000 UTC
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One of things about being a total newb of a software developer (can I even call myself a software developer?) is I haven't got a clue about how I could track user engagement and choices in Bound by Night. The good news is that results in a complete respect for your privacy; even if I wanted to know what people were doing with my game, I couldn't figure out how to do it to save my life. The ...
2024-02-15 15:00:07 +0000 UTC
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With it having been released on a Sunday afternoon, I realize not everyone may have had time to play the latest update, but I hope a lot of you have! Please let me know if you have any feedback. I tried a couple new things in this update so would like to know if they were worth the effort, if anything didn't work well, and what you'd like to see in a future update.
Also, I am going to be dropp...
2024-02-13 15:27:58 +0000 UTC
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Hey there! As I began to sip a celebratory martini, I had a moment of panic when I realized I hadn't properly copied all of the necessary code to the Android build to implement the new consent weresex sequence. As a consequence, everyone would be defaulted to opting OUT of weresex but not be able to opt IN.
I've updated the links on the original post to include an updated build that properly ...
2024-02-11 21:57:33 +0000 UTC
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Update (Feb. 19, 2024): Now updated to Build 0.14b for all versions (PC, Mac and Android). See change notes at bottom of post for what's different in (b). Also, I've added the ability to download via GoogleDrive.
HERE IT IS!
With a huge thank you to a talented group of volunteers who helped QA this release, Build 0.14 is now available to download! First up, the lin...
2024-02-11 21:02:52 +0000 UTC
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Hey all!
Another quick update for you here. The build is currently clocking in at more than 2100 lines of script and code with more to come as I add in the final images and code. I don't know if it is the largest update I've ever done, but it's certainly in the top 3.
I did find a couple areas I had skipped earlier due to writer's block, but that's almost all squared away....
2024-02-07 04:16:32 +0000 UTC
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Hi, everyone! The time is coming and we're getting very close. I have a few more images I need to work through then I'm onto audio and QC. I promise I'll keep everyone updated as I work through this in the coming days.
In the meantime, I wanted to check with patrons to ensure that anyone who has supported me at the Lycan, Elder or Antediluvian tiers has been appropriately acknowledged. If you ...
2024-02-05 20:08:53 +0000 UTC
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Hey all!
As promised, I've been working gangbusters on this next update, with 112 images generated just this week. It's a lot of images, but I'm not sacrificing quality to get these out to you. I'm pushing hard to get this out in the first week in February. Things are coming together really well and I think folks are going to be very happy, particularly those who are looking for some spe...
2024-01-27 23:57:46 +0000 UTC
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I'm going to post a progress update in a few moments but I decided this time to keep spoiler-ish Sneak Peek images separate from the update as I remembered some folks are particularly leery of spoilers. That said... I think the teratophiles among you will appreciate this series of images (that means "monster fuckers").
Alex is finally getting his chance to really go at it with Connor, and thi...
2024-01-27 23:44:03 +0000 UTC
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Hey all! Here's the NSFW version of the latest sneak peeks for the next build. As to what exactly is going on here, you'll have to wait to find out! (Sorry, not sorry!)
2024-01-22 17:39:11 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! I want to give you a status update on the next release as well as some SFW image previews.
In terms of the next release, I can tell you it is very soon. I've got about 60 lines of script to create images for (I started with over 1,000 lines), then perhaps a little more writing and images to iron out some spots where I think a little more development is needed, and then I'm on to a...
2024-01-22 17:34:31 +0000 UTC
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As I mentioned in my previous post, the creator of an upcoming werewolf erotic comic was kind enough to send me some very NSFW images that he said I could share with you. These are from Magnus L. Alexander's upcoming erotic werewolf comic, Beneath a Lustrous Moon, and you can find more informatio...
2024-01-08 22:18:26 +0000 UTC
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I wanted to take a minute to give a shout-out to a couple of other artists creating M/M content. I'm a big believer in supporting other artists, partly because other VN developers dedicated space on their Discord servers for me to share information about BBN when it launched but also because I think we all benefit from a strong community. So, I wanted to give a shout-out to two different developers ...
2024-01-08 22:12:22 +0000 UTC
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Work on the final scene for this update has begun in earnest, and you can now see who is going to be appearing in this scene as well as, I imagine, a bit of a surprise. I have this Friday off work and the family is out of town, so I'm hoping to make some significant progress this week.
Whether you spent the last couple of weeks observing a holiday or not, I hope your days have been peaceful and filled with light and love.
2023-12-27 17:59:59 +0000 UTC
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Hi all! Here is a set of some of the final images from the shower scene.
I know not everyone is wild with how Alex looks here, but all-in-all and given the constraints of the software, I'm pretty happy. But not quite happy enough I'm likely to be doing this again. As I mentioned in the previous SFW Sneak Peek post, this scene required a surprising amount of work and patience. Every pose t...
2023-12-13 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Hi all! Quick progress update and sneak peek!
I am finally done with renders for the shower scene! And, depending on your perspective, this will either be good news or bad news, but I don't think I'll be doing another one of these! Oh my... Everything from the hair to getting a proper wet sheen on the guys' genitals was a nightmare, then posing them turned into a very tedious and laggy affair. ...
2023-12-12 14:32:49 +0000 UTC
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Hi all! I'm working on the first of two sex scenes for the next update and would welcome your thoughts. Putting a wet sheen on textures is an imperfect process in this software, and hair requires an entirely different hair that I just have to hope is "close enough". As I'm working through it, I thought I'd share some different renders I've been working on.
What do you think? You can cast multip...
2023-11-13 19:36:40 +0000 UTC
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Hi all! I meant to get this update out to everyone yesterday but between work and Halloween, it just didn't happen. Anyway...
October had some ups and downs but I've made some good progress the last couple of weeks. I don't have an estimate release date for you but I am plugging away at it and it's shaping up to be a rather large update. Patrons have been getting a variety of sneak peek images,...
2023-11-01 12:19:28 +0000 UTC
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