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Progress update and a few other things

Hi 

First off the progress update. Well, things are going pretty much as expected. The alpha for the Mila path of the Maria date, that was missing, is pretty much done( aprox 40 renders). I don't know if I'll have the chance to upload it tonight. Continuing with the Dana renders takes precedence, but it will be up tomorrow, at the latest.

As predicted I have to split the Dana+ Maria date in 2. I think I'll do the + Mila path first, and do the w/o Mila path next...

Patcher

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I currently finishing up the Mila part of the  Maria date, and I didn't have a more "tamed" pic to put up. 

Well, this is the patcher release.

I'll still be using both ways to distribute the game for a while, until I'm 100% sure that everything works properly.

It should be very simple to use. 

Double click to install. Chose your folder and let it rip. 

Once it's installed, click on the link on your desktop. 

You will se...

Plans

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Well, it's back to Dana. 

In next weekend's patch, I'll finally be finishing the Maria date with Mila. 

Also I'll be starting on the Maria+Dana date. I say starting, because this event seems to be huge. It needs at least 4 branches so far. And I'm not sure if I'll be able to complete it all within a week.

The with Mila and without Mila branches, which will have to split again in  to " You want to share Dana" or " Fuck this, she's all yours" branch...

Another progress update

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Another keeping you in the loop post.

Not really a lot to say. Everything is done except the renders. Still about 8 more to go. Since I'm using different techniques, it will take longer than Dana renders. But they should be done tonight. Unfortunately I probably won't be up at that hour. So I'll implement them tomorrow.

That's about it. Patch is on schedule, and will be released tomorrow evening. After which it's back to Dana.

As...

Progress update

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 Time for a little progress update.

Well, there's not much to say. The second Kelly patch is progressing :P

Storyline for day 3 is about 90% done. Coding is the same. The main problem is the renders, which are about 35% done. But that's what happens when you experiment :)

Also the the bells and whistles part of the code, I haven't even started on. The one that makes the speaker's face appear at the bottom of the screen, etc.... But that shouldn't take me mo...

Plans

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Time to lay out my plans for the next patch.

It will be a Kelly one this time. I'll release it sometime this weekend, as ever.

It will basically contain day 3 of the game, or as much of it as I can get done. I hope to include the first, not sex, but erotic scene with one of the main characters :)

One more thing. Kelly is as much about experimenting with new things, as it is about anything else. So, I'll once again be trying different render methods, d...

PC vs MAC pool

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This is the threatened PC of MAC poll, that will help us with the patcher.

Please choose an option. Not much more to say about that :)

The patch is done and it's being uploaded now. Since both MAC and PC are together close to 8GB, it will take a few hours for the upload to finish.( Can't wait for the patcher to be done).

That's it for now. 

Please check one box, and patch will be up in a few hours.

Ptolemy

Small delay

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I unfortunately have to delay the patch for a bit. 

Full disclosure. I've changed the department I work for at my job, starting next week. And my old boss, is trying to get one more day out of me, and has called me in today.

This means that I had to get to sleep at a reasonable hour last night. And I couldn't finish the alpha. 

The renders are done, the coding is done, and the dialogue is about 70% written. But it's still not finished.

So, I'm po...

Progress update

Hi

Time for a little progress update.

Well, I've been having one hell of a week at work, so we're a little behind schedule. But I planed the patch to be a little smaller than usual, in order to make some Kelly renders.

So I still hope to have the alpha ready Friday night. And I hope to release the patch on Saturday. I'll be using the rest of the time, for some Kelly renders.

There's not much else to say. Alpha tomorrow night, patch on Saturday.

2017-05-11 06:55:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Plans

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Thought I'd give you a heads up on the next patch. 

It will come this weekend as usual, and it will contain the Dana + Andrea pool date.

The last 2 patches have been very large in terms of number of pics about 150 each. This one will likely be large as well. But not quite so much, since I'm not sticking in  a second event. 

I'll use the extra time gained by  this to start work on the next Kelly patch. 

On the patcher fro...

Quick progress update

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I don't want to go many days without getting in touch with you guys, lest you think I died. :P

So, everything is going Ok. I've had a bit of a setback last night, when I accidentally put in the wrong batch of renders :(. Lost about 10h there. But we were ahead of schedule, and I hope to have all the renders done by this evening. The scripting is done, and some of the dialogue is already written. So, I hope to have the Jessica repeatable track alpha, ready  s...

0.44 public release

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It's time for a public release.   

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Progress update

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Thought I'd let you guys know, how things are going.

Well, the Jessica random alpha went out last night to 20$ patrons. It turned out to be pretty big for a random, about 45 renders or so. And I will have to redo a few renders, and expand the ending a bit, but the results are pretty good. So, it's safe to say, that it's pretty much done. 

I've started the Jessica repeatable track date today, about 15 renders in, so far. I don't know how big ...

Plans for 0.047

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0.046 went out last night, and since I've gotten no bug reports, I'm starting work on 0.047.

Well, it will come next weekend, as usual. It will contain, the Jessica random that I mentioned in my last post, and since it's almost done, the alpha will probably be ready tomorrow.

Also, I'll be making the repeatable Jessica track date, since it's the only one left. 

If I have time, I'll also finish the Mila track of the Maria date. Most of the work was already done, so I'l...

Test post

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Like the title says, this is a test post.

Could you please leave a comment, any comment if you can see this? So that I know, it's working as intended.

A little announcement

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Just thought I'd make a little announcement.

First of all, the work on the patch continues. Almost all of the renders are done. The final number will be about 140. 

Most of the scripting is also done.

All that remains is to write the dialogue. I know where I want everything to go, and I hope to have the alpha finished sometime tonight. I will probably be quite late into the night though.

And the patch will probably be released Sunday evening. 2017-04-28 13:30:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress update

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I thought I'd let you guys know how things are going.

Pretty well, the event keeps growing as usual, it will probably be well over 100 renders by the time I'm done. But since I got a couple of days off work, I should finish in time. I hope to have the alpha ready in a couple of days.

I've started work on the game guide. It's basically just a list of all the events in the game, and what are the preconditions. It's not very narrative, but I think p...

Plans

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The Dana patch is coming up.

I will release it this weekend, and it will contain the Dana random that you've seen as an alpha. Also the repeatable Andrea pool date. It's quite a big event, as I've conceived it. And depending on when I finish the alpha for Andrea, I'll also make another random event.

I'll also be making a game guide for every scene, and how to unlock it.

In regards to Kelly, here is how I am going to do it from now on. I'll keep making...

Quick update

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I have to make this quick.

The Kelly alpha went out last night. 

I hope to have the full patch ready, and to post it to all 5$ patrons, the day after tomorrow. The next Dana patch follows after that, and I'll be able to give you more details in a couple of days.

Also, I'm asking for some help. I'd like to include a game guide/walkthrough with the next Dana patch. I don't know if I'll have the time to write it. So if any of you, that knows the game well, wou...

Progress update

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Well as most of you know, the Dana alpha went out yesterday. Kelly is up.

I hope to have the second Kelly alpha, all dealing with the afternoon of the second day, released tomorrow night. 

I'm realizing that I need two weeks for a full Kelly patch. Render times are longer, renders setups are longer, everything takes more time than it does with Dana. Most of the story is done, it's the renders that take a lot more. But then again, that's why I didn't set an exact date for it...

Plans

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Got home from work and thought I'd do my plans post.

 Well, the next patch will sort of be a Kelly one, and it will come sometime early next week. 

That's pretty vague, Isn't it? There are 3 reasons for that:

1) With Dana, I have by now a bit of a routine. I know that I can make about 15 to 20 poses in 4h, and leave them to render over night. 

So if I dedicate 4h a day, after work, I know I'll have about 100 renders by the weekend. Some of t...

Another update

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Well, the alpha is out. And depending on the feedback, and how much I need to change etc... The patch will be up for 5$ patrons, either tomorrow if the changes are minor or none, or Monday if it's a lot.

Happy to report that the patch will also contain a few extras for the Andrea scene that I released in 0.043. I wasn't happy with not having a next day morning scene after she spends the night at Chris's place. So I added 3 endings, one for each path, that take place the nex...

Quick update

Hi 

Time for a quick update.

We'll the Maria repeatable is going well, except that it grew to very large proportions.

It's going to end up having 4 branching paths.

I've finished the renders for one of them last night. And I ended up with almost 40 renders. That will make the total event somewhere around 160.

I can't do that many renders, and implement them etc... in one week. So I'll split the event in 2. Not a part 1 and part 2 like I did with other ev...

Future plans

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I'm using a Kelly pic, since I don't have a Dana one available yet.

Well, this weeks patch will also be a Dana one. It will focus on Maria again, since I've made a few promises regarding her to some of you.   :P

With the extra time, I'll keep making Kelly renders and next week will be the first patch for Intimate Relations.

I'll keep you guys updated of course

Best regards 

Ptolemy

Quick update

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Thought I'd give you a quick update.

Well, the Danceclub random alpha with Andrea went out yesterday, but I'm going to have to postpone the Andrea repeatable until tomorrow night.

No major problems, just the usual scene growth ( instead of the 2 branching paths that I planed, the writing now demands 3), plus some real life stuff that I had to deal with.

This also means that the patch will be out on Monday.

That's about it.

As always, I tha...

Quick update

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Thought I'd catch you guys up.

Well the first dance club random is almost finished. It's with Andrea. The more I think about it, the more obvious it seem to me that this will be an all about Andrea patch. 

I don't know if I should even mention it anymore, but of course it ballooned. Went from a planned 10 to 15 renders to 40. But I've gotten used to that. And I think some of my older patrons have as well. What can I say, sometimes the words just flow :)))

T...

Future plans

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Well, as usual the next patch will come sometime this weekend.

It will mainly consist of the repeatable Andrea dance date, that I've been putting off for a while.

Plus a couple of very small randoms. Not like the other random events. I'll be using these to start populating the various places that open up on the map. 

Basically, you'll go to the restaurant for example, and there is a random chance that one of the girls will be there. And you'll be able to engage ...

Intimate relations DEMO

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I’ve decided to start a side project called “Intimate Relations”.

Why, If my main project isn’t finished, would I start another, you may ask. Well, for several reasons.

1) As a player, one may spend a few hours a week with the characters, but as the guy who writes the, you spend considerably more. And you need a break from the same faces and motivations from time to time.

2) 4 months ago, when I started “Dreaming of Dana”, I barely knew...

Another progress update

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My new GPU is in, and I have to say I'm very happy with it :) 

I have to thank all you guys, I probably wouldn't of gotten it without your contributions. I have yet to fully test the new system and see how it compares exactly, in terms of speed with the old one, but from a few test renders I did this evening, it seems MUCH faster. 

On to how much we have left until the next update. 

Well, as they kept my PC for stress tests,...

Quick progress update

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I'm writing this from my phone at work, so I'll have to make it quick.

The Dana update is going ok so far, mainly focusing on Maria. I've also been remaking a few of the Demo renders that had clippings in it, to ready it for final release. Also adding a few graphical enhancements here and there.

The company that's supplying my new GPU is a mess though. They first said that it's delayed by 6 days, they just called me now to say that it's arriving tomorrow.&n...