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Creating the Framework for Love Scenes

This next update is almost completely a story update, with content all about Amy! The next update will be focused on Kelly, then Julie. And my approach here will be copied for the other two.

First, I'm experimenting with the conversation mini-game to create some more interesting choices:

"Generate Red" means you'd fill your red bar by 41 points (+41).

2021-03-14 21:39:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Late-Night Study Session

I've said it before and I'll say it like a bunch more times: Boob grabs are a PAIN IN THE ASS.

Sorry, I wanna convey my feelings on this more accurately: Boob grabs are a FUCKING PAIN IN THE ASS.

They're a pain in the ass.

But, I think this is arguably the best-looking one I've ever done, and it wasn't nearly as huge a pain as all the past ones, because I went ahead and expanded my workflow!

The reason boob grabs are such a massive pain is largely related to <...

Wearing Stella's shirt

At one point in the game, it's possible to get a scene with Kelly where she'll wear Stella's shirt for a bit. I was just experimenting with other outfits for Kelly at the time, when I thought to try a simple solid-colored shirt like Stella wears.

I chuckled and idly tried changing the color to make it look like Stella's, and was surprised to find it really turned me on!

I think part of the reason why is simply because...boob contrast. The art style and cel shading both make it a l...

Teaser for new Amy scene

The bodies of the character models got updated at some point last year. I'll probably talk about the "clavicle shading" in another post, but for this one I just wanna mention that Flin's torso shape in particular was greatly improved, yet has hardly been shown off at all in all that time. Most images showing Flin's full torso like this are of the old model, which is much more tube-like and lazily done.

Also, this images marks my first foray into experimenting with showering scenes. Righ...

Camping, Part 4

You may recognize some of these, repurposed into a sleeping bag. I tried experimenting with lazily splicing multiple images next to each other to see if I liked that. I sorta didn't.

I always make daytime "normal" images first, and then use Gimp to convert them to nighttime versions. For some reason I didn't keep the normal versions of a few of the preamble scenes here (seen in part 3), but I'll revamp those anyway so I don't care.

I also have come to realize that the "faded out b...

Camping, Part 3

When making one of Julie's animations, I wound up being so inspired that I just modeled a tent and sleeping bag and did this entire tangent in a matter of hours. I definitely intend to add it to LLRR at some point (I'm thinking of two separate scenes: One with everyone on a huge camping trip together, with one person sneaking into your tent at night, and another where Julie specifically invites Flin out camping while Stella's at a volleyball meet and David's on a work trip).

It'll take ...

Camping, Part 2

Doing it in the cold of night, alone in the wilderness!

As with the first one, I'd like to polish this more. I think I shoulda had Julie moving up and down instead of Flin. Not sure I like her leg bending up (or being that long).

Fun fact: They're not actually inside the tent, they're in front of it. I figured the glow from the background would be enough to make them appear as though they're inside.

Camping, Part 1

There's a lot of potential here. I think the kissing looks rather nice, but I had trouble making the loop feel less "robotic," and I didn't bother with any sort of hair dynamics. I eventually got impatient because the entire idea was a random experiment, but I definitely wanna experiment more with silhouettes in the future.

I'll elaborate more in Part 2, but the next gif pushes the "Adult" boundary a bit further...

Ascension scales up forever now

Last night, I refactored my code and released version 1.2.1, making the conversation minigame scale WAY better.

Basically, I had written my code like a fucking dumbass. I'm simplifying the problem, but it was something along the lines of:
$ loop_amount = a BILLION
$ number = 0
for i < loop_amount:
    $ number += 1
    $ i += 1

Instead of, you know,
$ loop_amount = a BILLION
$ number = 0
$ number += loop_amount<...

Evolution of the Conversation Mini-Game

I am SO GLAD that people like the conversation mini-game...
Because the path to building it was fraught with PAIN. Let's take a look!

So, over three years ago, I began work on this visual novel idea. I'd LOVE to write a fleshed-out version of my whole personal story behind this, but let's try to keep it real brief for now.

First, I tried a kinetic novel, with no choices. Didn't like that enough. I wanted most the sex scenes I was writing to have a chance to be the "first time" ...

Digital Commission Rules

I would like to give people in the Hardcore tier the option to commission one free digital work from me each month. Do you want Flin sharing a milkshake with Julie? Holding hands with Amy? Banging Kelly doggy-style? All three at the SAME TIME? Just message me with your request!

But of course, there are restrictions. PLEASE READ:

- It should be relatively "easy" to make. This means it involves characters I've already modeled, and things that are easy to add (like a milkshake). The ...

Figured out sweat!

I'm always looking for experimental little details I can add to help make scenes look hotter. First, it was making the cheeks blush. Then, it was adding simple steam breath. Then it was occasional little hearts, both in the dialogue and in the image.

But most recently, I finally figured out a decent way to show water droplets and sweat! I see a shower scene in the somewhat distant future...

Also, I've started improving the look of the steam breath to look more misty.

CAR SCENES

The next leg of the story I've been working on is centered all around the 10-hour drives from venue to venue during the band's first tour. Flin's keyboard, keyboard stand, and microphone stands are all piled in the back seat. A perfect scenario for some 1-on-1 time...

Ren'Py Tutorial: How to make a Gallery

So it turns out, making a gallery in Ren'Py is kind of a PAIN IN THE ASS.

The amount of documentation on it is surprisingly limited, for being such a core aspect of visual novels. I found many people online opted to build their own from scratch, but I was rather of the "fuck that" mentality. Furthermore, I had some of my own goals in how I wanted my gallery to function.

Here was what I wanted to accomplish:

- Make the Gallery using PyTom's built-in "Gallery" tool.
&nb...

Makeout Session on the Bed

I'm probably going to say this on every image I ever post featuring a boob-grab, but...BOOB GRABS ARE A FUCKING PAIN IN THE ASS.

This one turned out kind of okay because I went with a simple hand pose, but any that involve the fingers curling or spreading out like at ALL immediately become a huge pain. Which sucks, because I think boob-grabs are fucking hot. To date, I have not made one that I am fully satisfied with.

Also, you MAY have noticed that Flin's hair is fucking black, n...

Voluptuousness

These three images help illustrate a curious problem I run into with cel-shading and what I like to call "implied breast mass."

To put it bluntly, Amy's rack looks rather massive in the first image. In the following two images, it looks significantly less so to me (still big, but...). The model is identical - literally the only difference is whether we're looking at a bra or a shirt. And no, the shirt doesn't have more buffer-space between it and the naked model.

I think the decid...

Ahh...that felt good...

I never QUITE liked this shot enough to include in LLRR, and I doubt I ever will. I just couldn't figure out the shape I liked for Julie's left breast (HER right breast, the one on top), though I liked how the other one kinda looks like it's squashing against Flin.

I will probably try to re-create this angle to look better, though.

Ignore it!! Keep GOING!!

One day, I found that I liked the "phone call during sex" bit. Expanding on that, I like dialing in on the innocuous events of the people being cheated on, before bringing focus back to a scene like this.

The reasoning behind this is a little complicated to describe well. In essence, the idea that this is "bonus sex," or rather, something that's not supposed to be happening, contrasted against events that ARE supposed to be happening...it's a turn-on.

Whether it's Flin's phone wit...

Playing Piano (after showering)

This image is kinda ridiculous but I thought it was hot.

I like to think they just got out of the shower (after making hot, steamy love), and they're in no rush to get dressed.

Playing Piano

I don't bring it up too often, but Flin's role in the band is that of both lead singer and keyboardist, so it stands to reason he can play the piano!

I often have trouble making it clear what a character is looking at. In this case, I decided to leverage that and keep it vague whether Flin is looking at Stella (his girlfriend) or Julie (his girlfriend's mom).

So...we're alone

Ahh, that moment when you lock eyes with your girlfriend's hot mom.

At some point in my erotic travels, I realized that "anticipation" or "build-up" scenes like this added something very important to the..."JO formula." Don't just constantly make scenes of people fucking. Have a mix of before, during, and after!

Also, eye contact can be a PAIN in the ass sometimes. I'm pleased with how this one turned out though.

FIRST POST

IT ALL BEGINS HERE.

Alrighty, so: I am a solo dev. I enjoy writing, (light) programming, music composition, and most importantly, 3D modeling with Blender. I'm also passionate about 2D art, so I typically make toon-style renders in 3D that I then touch-up in Gimp, but I would love to develop my drawing skills as well.

All that to say, on this Patreon, I will attempt to cover EVERY part of the process that goes into building a game like Love, Lust, and Rock 'n Roll.

I'd also ...