Investors, quick question, so as you know I want to do MANY transformative, mind control, corruption bad ends for Abby. I want to see her as everything from a wicked witch to a vampire, but there are some foes that I cannot figure out what to do. So, for example, let us say she is beaten by an alligator on the future sewers level.
I don't want to just have a "he ate you Bad End" actually I'd write one of my bad End Bob's Burger of the Day type puns, "Bad End: See You ...
D:BB - So much work has gone into this first release! In the past 6 weeks I have put 576 hours of work into it! I am finally seeing it all come together. I have done- are you ready for this? 867 renders! And, that includes countless hours of character creation, like Selena Santana here, and ALL those monsters I have previewed. All of chapter 1 has been edited (little details and some dialogue changed), redid all the artwork, created the zon...
2018-12-27 19:22:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I wish everyone some holiday fear- uh, cheer! Yes, of course, holiday cheer! MWA HA HA HA! I want to thank a couple of you patrons for your generous bonuses that you gave me in my PayPal stocking! It was unexpected and truly warmed my otherwise dark and lonely night. And, thank you to the rest of my patrons as well- every day I get to create for you is a gift in and of itself! Happy holidays and be safe!
2018-12-25 04:19:59 +0000 UTC View Post
D:BB - I told you that I would show an example of how much more complicated these zones will be to make versus the simple halls of C:I. So, here are 6 examples I rendered myself for the first zone, Mount Hood. The entire level has 35 areas that you can explore. I worked for days on these trying to make them flow together and match up to the map grid I showed off a while back. I have totally finished rendering everything for Chapter 2 (I think) for both...
2018-12-21 03:28:37 +0000 UTC View PostOne of my biggest investors wrote me today and said, "I can't find any download links for those new games that you're showing on the post right now, please and thanks!"
So, to absolutely ensure everyone had seen it, I want to show you what I responded with, so we are all on the same page! Sorry for any confusion!
"OH that's me proving to you investors that I am definitely working on this next project. As I said in my progre...
I am working like a madman! I spent probably a good 6 or 7 hours yesterday working only on the House of Haggle. I am happy with the final result. Just know that I am doing all I can to still get things done by the end of the month and get a version out to all of you!
For those fans that follow my works and watch my YouTube channel, you'll know who Hob is. His shop, which premieres in D:BB will also be in my Unity games, like F:CoC for example. People will use...
Allow me, dear friends, to introduce you to some of the strongest, sturdiest, yet unkown saviors of humanity. As the people of Portland, Oregon sleep each night, these unsung heroes are on the front lines battling ancient forces of darkness! You already know a couple of them (as they are characters seen in my other novels already) and you MAY know another one (if you read all the character unlocks from C:I).
From right to left we have, Jacques Lumbar, Katerina Mordova, Arion a...
D:BB - I have all of the first zone/map art and renders done. Then I spent the last three days making all the new characters you have never met yet (well maybe a couple...) for chapter 2. Right after I post this progress report, I'll post the teaser for them. So, now I believe I can start doing all the rendering for chapter 2!
F:CoC - Still I am far, far from making the Patreon goal needed to build this, but Blank is still poking a...
2018-12-14 01:09:13 +0000 UTC View Post
I have worked hard and remade all of chapter one with the renders! Now, I am preparing for chapter 2. As I have said, i am going to try very hard to release Chapters 1 AND 2 (including the first monster hunting zone). As you can see, getting this all set up the way I am envisioning will be hard. I have a patron that will help me, and once we probably get this first level finished, the other 7 will be much easier. However, please, be patient with me! This title...
2018-12-09 23:20:59 +0000 UTC View PostIt's with a heavy heart that I say goodbye to one of the oldest Hypnopics members, CFADA. Some of you will be aware of their work, some may not, but they have moderated at our site for more than a decade, and have created countless manips and 3D graphics over the years. Though I shan't go into the reason for their departure, I shall say that I absolutely wish them the best on the rest of their journey of life! Thank you, CFADA for all you shared with the community!
2018-12-06 14:30:14 +0000 UTC View Post
I did the weekly progress report, and then realized that I had not posted the last of the levels! So this marks all 8 zones being shown off. The 9th and final zone will be the assault on Ivor and Eleanora. When Absinthe goes to the graveyard in search of an artifact, she finds herself face to face with Baron Samedi! He is rather upset because one of his most loyal worshippers, Heloise Laveau, recently disavowed the loa and embraced the unholy power of AhPwash! (If y...
2018-12-05 23:35:01 +0000 UTC View PostI am doing the progress report a day early this week because I have to take my dog back to the vet for a followup, and I am likely to have had little or no sleep tonight. So...
D:BB - This are really going well so far! I have most of the "meat and bones" renders done for chapter one already, but that is usually a bit easier since I already have it written. So, by next week I should already be rendering chapter 2 material. The hardest parts of...
2018-12-05 19:32:34 +0000 UTC View Post
I have just broke ground on Desideratum! Here is the first scene of Abby's story remade. I look forward to seeing another project to its end. It feels good. Cereborgs are done and now a new and exciting challenge to my skill begins!
2018-12-01 06:05:22 +0000 UTC View Post
I remade my flyer from the original version of Desideratum. I just finished them. So, from left to right, we have Fawn, Sylvain, Absinthe, Scarlette, and Tobias. As a reminder, one of the countless little easter eggs in my stories are that the places in them are often real places. If one lives in Portland, Oregon, they can actually go to Mc Menamins. Even Lola's Room, mentioned here, is a real place where musical artists go and play. Perhaps someday when all m...
2018-12-01 04:05:29 +0000 UTC View PostD:BB - As you may have noticed I have been VERY hard at work making dozens of models for the different zones. I have previewed quite a few, and there will be 8 zones and then the final chapters. The zones, in alphabetical order are:
Asylum - horror inspired zone with nurses and mutants.
Caverns - subterranean zone with bogies and goblins.
Docks - underwater monsters and pirate ghosts.
Forest - outdoor nature zone with fae folk and witches
Graveyard - ou...
On a dark, stormy and cliche night, Abby will have to board the Flying Dutchman and attempt to steal an artifact gathered in its treasure hoard. However, the fiercely-willed Captain Hendrick Van der Decker won't simply give it up without a fight. Even reaching Portland's island community where the ship, luckily, happens to be docked, will be an endeavor in itself. The briny deep all around the city swarms with monsters, all looking for their next hapless human victim!
2018-11-30 21:27:19 +0000 UTC View Post
I have finished yet another group of foes you shall face in my next project! When Abby arrives at the museum, it happens to be on the very night mentioned at the end of The Anax: CotCO. Evelyn and I have arrived to obtain the scepter of Osiris, the only artifact powerful enough to stop Eleanora Blackwood so that I might finally have my delicious revenge! But, some annoying monster hunter has managed to get inside the museum and she seeks the very same relic. Can she someh...
2018-11-29 01:57:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Another massive project finished and shared! If you are not my patreon, please consider investing in all this hard work- and if you are- thank you for your generosity!
DO NOT USE SAVES FROM EARLIER VERSIONS - START A NEW GAME
2018-11-28 21:58:34 +0000 UTC View Post
The people of Portland, Oregon have no idea that as they sleep, eat and go about their lives, under their feet in the dank sewers, turbulent battles for survival are wages between strange and terrible abominations of nature. As Absinthe, you will have to trudge through the moldy, dark, slimy sewers on the search for a missing monster hunter, but you may find much more!
2018-11-25 02:13:56 +0000 UTC View Post
You might recall over a year ago in The Anax: CotCO, the mention of Hawethorn Asylum.
That's right, as always, this has been planned since the beginning, as it eludes to one of the zones in Desideratum! Evelyn Addams and her paranormal crew did a ghost hunt a couple of years ago, and since then, one of the Anaxverse's super villains, Dr. Demented (you'll see more of him in Giggle Night), has set up residence. Abby is no super hero, so will she stand a chance against him one ...
Thank you for your continued investments! As always, feedback, questions, and comments are welcomed and encouraged!
2018-11-22 00:33:08 +0000 UTC View PostI will post this a day earlier than usual because it is a American holiday tomorrow called Thanksgiving, and my girlfriend's family wants me to spend the day with them. It will be very odd because in 10 years I have spent them all alone, so we shall see how it goes. Anyway!
D:BB - I have been a workhorse! If you have not seen the massive number of characters I have been creating, then scroll down. There will be several zones where one can mon...
2018-11-21 23:25:27 +0000 UTC View Post
I have worked hard to create yet another group of monsters to hunt- these will be the forest folk. Those that read all the character unlocks in Cult of Corruption will know about Katerina and Baba Yaga. The witch is back! As her evil spreads through the nearby woods, the natural defenders of nature have risen up to stop the blight from spreading, and poor, ignorant Absinthe is about to walk right into the middle of this war!
I will immediately start making the crea...
2018-11-20 04:22:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Up the snowy slopes of Mount Hood, the very elements rise up to stop the monster hunter, Absinthe van Gothen, from reaching her goal, but why? What is the elf, Adrasteia guarding? If Abby manages to obtain her treasure, it will doubtless be a relic capable of helping her fight other monsters! I am currently working on the creatures of the forest. I have been creating creatures left and right, and with my knowledge of folklore, Abby will have many enemies to defeat... or l...
2018-11-18 03:00:27 +0000 UTC View Post
In order to fully realize the game with everything I intend to have in it, that is, music, voice acting, special effects, and balance, it would take my Patreon getting to $2500 per month. I can reallocate some of my finances to continue making baby steps. I have talked about the costs enough that I think the average investor here has a good idea of how much all these things cost, and I won’t get back into all that, rather, I want those of you that are Faction: Crystals of Contro...
2018-11-16 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The last three days, I have been able to create all these green-skinned terrors the past three days. Since, like C:I the fight sprites will be PNG files, I expect people will take my renders and try using them in their own games, so for posterity you can say- hey! That was Anax's art, mwa ha ha ha! Anyway, this troll, Stenhållare, has amassed an army of goblins, hobgoblins, bogies, spriggan's and more of the Unseelie Courts dark fae folk. Will Absinthe be able to fight h...
2018-11-15 22:29:43 +0000 UTC View PostI have been so busy the last couple of weeks! We had the releases and then last Thursday, instead of a regular progress report, I ran another developer question and answer session. Now that things are finally out there, publicized, and set, I will be doing my usual weekly investor progress reports.
Desideratum: Blood Bonds- (As I did with my other stories, for time's sake, I will be abbreviating this henceforth as D:BB.) I have begun working on this proj...
First, let me say thank you to the many new patrons that just joined me on my quest to corrupt all goodness from the world! Without you, my dark plans could never be achieved! And, though I try to personally message and thank each of you, if I missed you somehow with all the things I juggle, please know that I love open communication with my patrons, and all feedback and questions are always welcomed!
While the poll is still going, I am going to go ahead and start redoing both...
So, I have been focused on Factions so much, but now that C:I is all finished up, you know I like to leap onto the next project. I'm trying to figure this out though... I know how it SHOULD work in my head, and a nice Patron (the same that helped me with C:I fights) has offered to help. So, some "insider" information for you investors. It will work where there is a chapter for Brone, then a Chapter for Abby, then she goes off on a monster hunt, then repeat. Now, fai...
2018-11-11 00:54:10 +0000 UTC View PostBlank just got the conversions finished, so if you use those OS's enjoy the full demo!