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0.090 quick fix

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I've been an idiot and released a bugged version.
When I got the files back from the proofreader, I just copy pasted his content. Forgetting that I've declared quite a few characters and images since November.

Here is the fix for it.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qQI4jdOkYjKHrEV4vgaTS_lDC5SYphgl

Link also in the original post.

Just extract...

Dreaming of Dana 0.090

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Well, it's done.

Hope you like it.

Sorry for the slight delay. I ran into some last minute problems with some of the renders. Thanks Reboot for the save.

It grew a bit, as always. its 160 renders. And it almost concludes the Jessica path.

Only a few more scenes left.

Also, most of the dialogue should now be fixed. Got it back from the proofreader. But I sent it to him in late November. So all the patches from then till now, he hasn't fixed yet. ...

Progress update

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Keeping it short. 

2 things.

The Dana patch will come on Sunday. Have some stuff to do tomorrow, and I'm not sure I'll be able to finish it then. But Sunday is free. So I'm setting the release to then.

I've just released the alpha for the post Dana game to 10+ patrons. Hope to have the feedback from them in a few days, and then I'll release it to everyone else.

Also, with Dana coming to an end in a few patches, I see no sense in restric...

Progress update

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I'll keep this short. Long day at work.

Things are progressing well with the Dana patch. It will be approx 150 renders, and will almost finish the Jessica path. 

In short the patch should be finished this weekend. I'll make another update on Friday to let you know if it will be Saturday, or Sunday.

It's possible that what remains of the Jessica and Maria paths can be covered in one update, making this the penultimate update for Dana. But I'm not sure yet. 2018-01-10 22:13:54 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress update

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Time to let you know where we're at. 

It's pretty good, I think. We're about 80 renders in. Been trying a different way of doing things. That is, writing and rendering at the same time.

I think it helps with the writing, having that visual input. And there will be no last minute renders to churn out. 

So far, so good. We'll see how it goes from here. 

No delays as far as I can tell.

Also, the server has held up with no probl...

Plans

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Well, I'll just lay out my plans for January.

This month I plan on releasing 2 Dana updates, and one IR update. Also the alpha of the prologue for the post Dana game.

The first Dana update will be not this weekend but the next one, as usual. As for IR, I'm not sure. Just released one a few days ago, so it will probably be near the end of the month. 

I hope to have the alpha for the prologue of the post Dana game ready this weekend but I'm not making a promi...

Progress update

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As promised, I can now give you an exact date.
Well, all of the renders are done. What's left is to finish up the dialogue, and the coding. 

As usual it takes a little longer with IR than it takes with Dana.

But I see no reason not to be done this Saturday. 

So, I'm setting the release date to this Saturday. Will probably be somewhat late in the evening. But it will be this Saturday.

That's it for now. Next post will be the patch.

2017-12-28 15:51:26 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress update and Merry Christmas

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Since it's Christmas Day I'll make this very quick.

Good news. 

The past few days have been VERY productive. We're well over 120 renders so far. 

3 more scenes to do. And since it's the holidays and I haven't gone anywhere this year, I'll have the time do dedicate to the patch. Not today. Today is for family. But tomorrow is free. And the next 3 days at work are short days. Don't know how you say that in english. But all I'll have to do is g...

Progress update

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Well, I'm about 70 renders in. 

Things have gone surprisingly well so far.

That said, there's still a long way to go. In terms of timeline, I've just finished the morning.

If things go on as they have been, it's quite possible that the patch will be out before the new year. But I can't say that yet.

So, to summarize. I'm ahead of schedule, but there's still a ways to go.

Will make another progress update in a few days.

As al...

Plans

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As you can probably see from the pic, the next patch will be an IR one.

Struggling to put an exact date on it. If I follow the normal schedule, it would be released on New Year's eve. Well, that's not going to happen really. I'll probably won't be working then.

December is a strange month, with all the holidays. So, I'm saying that the patch will be released around New Year's. Cant set a day yet.
But I'll be making regular progress updates every few days, as always...

Progress update

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Keeping it short.

There are still a few renders I'm waiting on. I've been assured that they will be ready tomorrow. 

And so will be the patch. I've been told by my boss that I have to get to work on Sunday. Problems that are hard to get in to. Things need to be ready for next week.

So that patch has to come tomorrow, because I won't be able to work on it Sunday.

What hour? I don't know. Probably pretty late. But it will be tomorrow.

T...

Progress update

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Time for a progress update.

Things are pretty good. About 130 renders done. 

Don't think this update will go much above 150. It will containg the Andrea arc on the Maria path. Same for Mila. One major "life together" event. 

I could try to go for more. But I don't think I'd be able to fit another major event in the time I have. So I'll be using the extra time to start work on the next IR patch.

Still scheduled for this weekend.

Will make an...

Progress update

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Well, things are going pretty well. 

Close to finishing both the Andrea and Mila arcs. 

I'm about 50 renders in.

Don't know if I can wrap everything up in this update, but I'll try.

I don't have much else to say. I'll make a poll tomorrow regarding animations. By now I think most of you have seen them. And we have to decide weather to try to include them in my future games. It's too late for Dana, but maybe I can do some for IR. And I can certain...

Plans

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First of all. Counting Katya, I've had 4 releases in the last 5 weeks. Hope you'll forgive me if I'll take it a little easier this month.

I'm planning 2 releases this month.

The first one will be a Dana patch. It will come next weekend, and will continue the Maria path.

As usual, I'll make progress updates every few days to let you know how it's going.

Regarding the post-Dana plans. Patreon seems to be serious about banning certain themes. So, t...

Katya 0.99

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The animation mini game is done.

I've decided to to give it the 0.99 version because, while everything I want in terms of content is there, it's very likely that I'll make a patch correcting whatever bugs and grammar errors are in there.

Please note that this is a "test" mini game. I used it to test animations, hotspots, and paying some more with photoshop. So don't expect a huge story with many branches etc.....

I made this game because I wanted a de...

Progress update

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Well, as I've been threatening, I'm going away for a couple of days.

Leaving tomorrow, and will be back Sunday morning.
I'll be mostly out of touch during this time. So if you msg me, I probably won't get back to you till I come back.

Good news is that most of the work on the animation project is done. I was flirting with the idea of plowing through and trying to finish it tonight, but it wouldn't leave me with any sleep time before I have to get to the ...

Plans

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Time to look into my crystal ball.

Well, after the last patch, hope you liked it, got no feedback so far. I need a bit of a break. 

Fortunately, the first of December is coming soon, a national holiday, where I'm from. So I'll be taking a couple of Days off. Friday and Saturday, I'm going on a small vacation. So I won't do any work on those days.

What follows in terms of releases is, finally, the animation mini game, that I've been teasing you with. I at la...

Progress update

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Gonna keep it short.

Well, we're passed the 200 renders mark, but there are still renders I'm waiting on. And there are 11 more renders that I have to do myself.

Hopefully, I'll get everything together by tomorrow morning.

That will leave me Sunday to finish the dialogue, and story.

Meaning that the release can't happen earlier than Monday.

So, I'm setting the release for Monday evening, sometime after I get home from work.

Progress update

Hi.

Well, I'm past 170 renders, and still not near the end of what I wanted in this patch. Will probably exceed 200 renders for this one.

The thing is, that if I cut it short, there won't be enough content left to do in this path to be worthy of another update. And you guys will think that I'm just teasing you.

4 scenes left to do + the epilogue.

Still can't give you an exact release date. Late this week, early next week.
If there's just the epilogue left on Sat...

Progress update

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Sorry for not doing this yesterday. 

Was to tired from the IR update, and I just vegetated.

Regarding Dana. 

I've prepared about 120 renders so far. And I'm making good progress.

Like I said, I hope to have the path completely finished in this patch. But there are more loose ends to tie up than I thought.

As of now, I'm not sure if I can tie everything up in a neat bow by this weekend. So the patch might be released next Monday, ...

Progress update

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There are a few things I want to touch on.

First IR.

I haven't been able to do much work on it. Hell of a week at work. 

I had hoped to be done by now. But I have to set the release date for Saturday evening. Writing code and dialogue is more involved than preparing renders. I can prepare renders while I do something else, like do some work for my job, or play EU4 :P. But writing code and dialogue requires my full attention, and I haven't been able to do th...

Plans

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Time to let you know what to expect.

Well the patch went out yesterday. Unfortunately there is a bug, thanks to Kimble for pointing it out. 

There is a image that appears at the wrong time. Not game breaking. So unless you guys demand it, I'm inclined to wait till the next patch to fix it.

Speaking of the next patch. It will be in 2 weeks, as always. It will be the continuation of the Andrea path.

Don't hold me to this, but I hope to close ...

Progress update

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Sorry for the late hour, got stuck at work.

The patch is going along well, and it will be released this Sunday. Only about 15 renders left to do.

It will be in the range of 130-140 renders, and will end with Dana moving in.

Was hoping for more, but the work I did on IR, slowed me down a bit. I could push for one more event, but I don't want to be forced to scramble at the last minute, and maybe get delayed. 130-140 by Sunday is a nice jog to the finis...

Progress update

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Time to let you know where I'm at.

Well, Preparing the renders for the next IR patch is almost done. Just one scene left to do. Mind you, I decided to expand the patch a little. 

When it's done it will probably be 200 renders, or similar.

Now I've rendered some of them, sent some of them to other people to render. And I think they should be done by next weekend.

On the Dana front. Managed to do about 20 renders. 

And f...

Progress update

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Well, I wish I had better news.

It hasn't been bad, the progress, but it hasn't been great either.

I've made about 60 more renders for the Intimate Relations update. Not bad, but not as much as I would have liked.

Wrote about half the dialogue for the next Dana update. Again, not bad, not great either, in terms of how far I'd like to be.

I don't know what to say about the last 3 days.

I'm not ahead, I'm not behind. It's just been average.<...

Plans

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Hell of a day at work. Just got home.

Won't keep you long.

The next patch will be in 2 weeks, as ever. 

It will contain the post Jessica+Dana getaway storyline.

Not sure how much of it, because I'll also be working on the next IR patch. I've got about 1/3 of the renders for it done. And I want to finish the posing and lighting, basically prepare all of the render files for processing by the end of this week.

Not promising that they wi...

Brief update

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Have to keep this short.

I'm setting the release for Sunday evening.

It will contain all that I've mentioned in the previous progress update.

Will be about 170-180 renders.

That's it for now.

Ptolemy

Progress update

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It's that time again.

Well, at the end of last week, I've stopped working on other projects and focused on the Dana patch.

We're a bit over 100 renders, and about half the dialogue.

So, we're ahead of schedule by a bit.

Event wise, they are at the point of all of them moving in, and I've partially closed the Andrea arc in the Maria path. I say partially because Mila hasn't been touched yet, and she'll have to play a part in that.

I think them moving ...

Progress update

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Well, I've gotten a couple of days off work, and things are going quite well.

Between the various projects, I'm well over 100 renders.

The Maria path is turning out to be a lot easier, that the Andrea path.

Mainly because Maria and John don't need to have their hands held. They take care of themselves only too well.

So, everything in on schedule for next weekend.

Also, as some of you may know, there was an issue with adult themed patreons ...

Plans

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Well, the Dana patch went out. People seemed to like it. 

Happy to hear about that :)

What's next?

Well, another patch, of course.

I think I'll focus on Maria this time. Haven't given her any attention in a while.

Scheduled in 2 weeks, as usual.

I've also started work on the next IR patch. 

Only about 20 renders in. But the release date for it won't be till next month.

Will start rendering for the nex...