Hi all! I hope the summer is treating you well!
I've finally finished writing for Chapter 11 and have started staging the renders for it. So, expect to see some sneak peek images this week. Because this chapters pick back up where we left off (in Alex's apartment with the gang as you saw them in Chapter 10), there may not be a lot of visually new stuff until we get to the latter half of the cha...
2021-07-26 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Friday, everyone.
I'm nearly finished with the writing for Chapter 11 and will soon begin staging renders for it. In the meantime, there are a few things I'm doing in parallel to the work on the next update. And one of those things is finalizing the work on the next antediluvian-tier character.
More details will be forthcoming, but expect to see this gentleman introduced in Chapter ...
2021-07-23 13:33:08 +0000 UTC View Post
This post provides a behind the scenes discussion of some of the challenges that came with Chapter 10 and why it wound up taking longer than I expected, and then talks about what I have planned for Build 0.6 and future chapters.
NOTE: There are some minor spoilers ahead if you haven't already played Chapter 10.
The Challenges of Chapter 10 2021-07-16 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
For this post, I thought I'd pull back the curtain a little bit on BBN and what your support as patrons has meant.
I've said since the beginning that BBN wasn't about making money. It's about putting together a project that people enjoy. And as long as there are folks out there who are enjoying it, I'll keep working on it until we come to the logical conclusion of the story. But that doesn't me...
2021-07-14 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Now available for public download, Part 2 of Build 0.5 includes Chapter 10.
In addition to the entirely new chapter, this build fixes some typos from previous chapters and properly updates the acknowledgements section for the Lycan+ tiers.
Without further ado, here are the links:
Note: This post is a serious, longform discussion about some of the thought that has gone into including BIPOC characters in BBN, particularly Nick and the tensions in the United States between race, policing and incarceration. As with most Behind the Scenes posts, this one sheds some light on the development process, and it can be read (or skipped) with no impact ...
2021-07-07 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
I wanted to give you a heads up about a small change to required tax on pledges. Patreon already adds sales tax/VAT/GST to pledges from patrons in most US states and several other countries—anywhere that’s required by law. They’re now required to start adding tax in a few new places: Canada (other than Quebec where Patreon already charges QST), Thailand, Florida, and Kansas. If you live in one of those places, you should see a small amount of tax added to your ...
UPDATE: As of this morning (USA), I've got audio done for about 70% of Chapter 10 and the entire chapter has been through several playtests to check the code. With any luck, I'll have this out for Early Access later today or on Saturday.
ORIGINAL POST:
After splitting Build 0.5 into two parts and releasing 0.5a, I've been continuing to work on Chapter 10. I'm down to the...
I'm going to give your inboxes a little break after this one, but wanted to show you one of the renders that ran last night. This is from the last quarter of Chapter 10 -- we're almost there!
On the left side of the shot is the next antediluvian-tier character, Seth. What's his story? How does he fit in? We'll start to find out in Chapter 10.
Next week, expect a proper progress upda...
2021-07-01 13:22:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone! I wasn't planning on another post but did want to share some updates on BBN's development path and schedule for new content.
Development Schedule
When BBN started in February, I was releasing a series of very small updates with short chapters. Then came Build 0.4 which took about two months to put together but contained two much larger chapters and the total ...
2021-06-30 15:08:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all.
Last week I noticed that Discord roles and invites had been desynchronized with Patreon. I reached out to Patreon Support for assistance and they confirmed it is a known issue on their end that they're working to resolve. In the meantime, they ran a script that should have corrected everything.
If you're on Discord and don't have membership in the server, or you do have members...
Alright you lovely people. You've got Part 1 of Build 0.5 in your hands with Chapter 9. Hopefully you've had a chance to play it but, just in case, I won't reveal too many spoilers here.
But I am back at work on Chapter 10 and <knock on wood> seem to have gotten over the worst of the technical challenges I was having with the images. So, I wanted to offer you some sneak peeks of ...
2021-06-28 23:33:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone!
Just a quick note that the end of the month is coming up, which means the billing cycle is also coming. While it always makes me sad when patrons need or decide to cancel, I just wanted to flag it this month particularly as a lot of new patrons have come in the last couple of days with Part 1 of Build 0.5 being released.
With the way billing is setup, you are ch...
2021-06-27 21:39:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Now available to the public, Build 0.5a includes Chapter 9.
In addition to the entirely new chapter, this game includes several technical updates including: the ability to add customized text to your save game files. This should help keep track of different paths and decisions.
Without further ado, here are the links:
All, after talking with some patrons on Discord about some of the challenges I'm experiencing with the images for Chapter 10, I've decided to release Build 0.5 in two parts.
In short, Chapter 9 should release for Early Access before the end of June, with Chapter 10 to follow in July. Someone who has read an advance copy of the script agrees that the two chapters stand on ...
2021-06-22 21:30:29 +0000 UTC View Post
A month or so ago I did a live chat on Discord. We had a great time chatting about the game and what was to come in future development. My intention had been to upload it to YouTube but the chat wound up being about 2.5 hours and would have been way too long for me to edit. So, I'm going to try a different approach.
Do you have some questions you'd like to ask? Let me know in the comments below...
2021-06-21 15:11:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is a sneak peek image for Chapter 10 just rendered last night. If you like it, you can download a 4K version of the wallpaper here.
2021-06-15 13:35:58 +0000 UTC View Post
While I'm working hard on Chapter 10, I realize there haven't been too many sneak peek images for this next update. So... here you go!
Hopefully this brightens up your Monday!
2021-06-14 14:17:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello you beautiful people. I have a few updates for you regarding progress on Build 0.5 and, at the end, some sneak peek images of what's to come.
As mentioned on the running update post, images for Chapter 9 were finished a little less than a week ago and I am now well into making the image...
2021-06-10 13:45:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Staging and rendering of images for Chapter 10 is now well underway while I'm also working on QC and correcting images for Chapter 9. Getting you sneak peeks of Chapter 10 without completely spoiling it will be difficult, but I thought you might like this image from the beginning of the chapter.
Cheers,
BBN
2021-06-08 02:31:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: This post is a longform technical discussion about the werewolf models in BBN. It is being offered in response to some feedback and initial impressions on a scene in Chapter 7. As with most Behind the Scenes posts, this one sheds some light on the development process, and it can be read (or skipped) with no impact on your experience in playing the game.
Here is the second of images introducing Seth, our next antediluvian-tier character. Enjoy!
2021-06-03 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Pride Month, everyone.
Whether you're Team-Vampire or Team-Human, this is a month where we get to celebrate our diversity. For a little fun, I thought I'd put together some BBN wallpapers to celebrate pride month. These are all in 4K, so you can downscale if you like.
You can also download these as a zip file from Mega: 2021-06-01 22:10:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Cue the SexyBack. In today's post, we're introducing the second antediluvian-tier character, Seth. You'll be meeting Seth in Chapter 10 but I won't say anything beyond that just yet.
Stay tuned for an NSFW shot of Seth later this week!
2021-06-01 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys. Absolutely no promises on this as I think I need to do what best maintains the structure of the story but it is possible I could release Chapter 9 and Chapter 10 as stand-alone updates to the game, rather than as a single package.
I've written them as part of a single update and together they tell part of the story and then tie everything back together again, but they are both big cha...
2021-05-31 15:13:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a series of NSFW images in store for you but today I wanted to show you a little bit more of what is going to be coming in Chapter 9. I number of patrons and fans have offered some requests and suggestions via Discord and I have something planned for Chapter 9 that should accomplish several of them... This is a glimpse of that.
Next week I'll have some teasers for a new antediluvian-tier...
2021-05-29 17:36:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening all!
A new stable build for the Ren'Py SDK came out and I'm now able to put together Android builds.
Here it is: Mega
Now, I'm offering this with a very large caveat. I don't have an android device. I haven't been able to test this. I can't...
2021-05-28 01:06:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Tuesday everyone!
With my attention now fully back on rendering for Chapters 9 and 10, I wanted to share with you some NSFW renders that will be appearing in Chapter 9.
Somewhat to my surprise, this is proving to be a technically challenging chapter for reasons I'll share in a BtS post later, but I still wanted to give you a taste of what's to come. (See what I did there?) 😉
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As part of the Chapter 1 reshoot, I took multiple angles of the final "shot" in the scene. For inclusion in the next update, which angle do you prefer?
Option 1: Looking Up
Option Two: Looking Down
2021-05-23 10:31:39 +0000 UTC
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We did it! Today we hit 40 patrons for Bound by Night and, as promised, I have now purchased a service for professionally-produced, royalty-free music and sound effects to include in the game. This was a big purchase for such a small project but I think it will be worth it!
This will start right when you load Build 0.5 with a new piece of music for the main menu. Music and sound effects will al...
2021-05-20 18:02:32 +0000 UTC View Post