MilesMouse

Progress Report 1/20/2023

It's time to save the day! Here's what I got done this week:

• Applied saving and loading to every category in the Customizer
• Applied saving and loading to the Customizer Options Menu
• Created the Saved Outfits Menu (SOM)
• SOM: Added a scrollable list of 20 save slot options
• SOM: Added an image for previewing the selected save slot's outfit
• SOM: Added save, load, and delete buttons for saved outfits
• SOM: Added an edit name button f...
  2023-01-20 22:41:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress Report 1/13/2023

Ch ch ch... Ah ah ah... Happy Friday the 13th, everyone! Here's what I got done this week:

• Finished the basis for the save system

Only one bullet point this time, but ooooh boy do I have a lot to say about it!

TL;DR: I went through several methods of saving/loading, nearly lost a huge chunk of the project to one small mistake, had an existential crisis, and by the end of the week had a functional save system.

I'll run you through everything...

Progress Report 1/6/2023

Happy First Friday, everyone! Here's what I got done this week:

• Determined the new direction to go with gameplay
• Added selection boxes to all categories
• Gave each sprite a name and made the listed item name change each time a new one is selected
• Made randomize buttons randomize sprites in addition to colors for each category
• Made a button to reset everything to default
• Made a button to randomize everything
• Made "Are you sure?" ...
  2023-01-06 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress Report 12/30/2022

Ah, once again we come to the final Friday of the year! Here's what I got done this week:

• Made sure the colors only apply to the parts that *should* be colored (i.e. eye whites should always stay white)
• Made the default color buttons work with accessories
• Made secondary sprites optional; clothes, hair, etc. may now have only one sprite without breaking anything.
• Made eye sprites optional; eye sprites may now have *zero* sprites without breaking anything ...
  2022-12-30 21:40:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress Report 12/23/2022

Merry Christmas, you filthy animal! Here's what I got done this week:

• Added colorization functionality for each individual accessory in the Giantess Customizer
• Added a system to keep track of the currently selected object for each category in the Giantess Customizer
• Added and simplified default color buttons for all categories (except accessories) in the Giantess Customizer
• Made sprites and color buttons automatically switch to their default colors when ...
  2022-12-24 02:41:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress Report 12/16/2022

Ugh, my brain is fried...day. Here's what I got done this week:

• Published Drawing #1: Bedtime 
• Finished setting up 3D Adventures Part 17 with the additional attempts at lighting
• Wrote the first draft of 3D Adventures Part 17
• Cleaned up the 3D model's scene of all the excess

Seriously, though, I can hardly think straight. It's the second-to...

Progress Report 12/9/2022

Two down, one to go! Here's what I got done this week:

• Published Drawing #3: Playing with Her Dolls 
• Finished Drawing #1

Like last time, you can follow the link above to get a little more context for this drawing. I had a lot of fun toying around with the lighting in this one. In fact, all three drawings feature some pretty prominent lighting...

Progress Report 12/2/2022

At long last, the beginning of the end of the contest rewards! Here's what I got done this week:

• Finished flat coloring for Drawing #1
• Finished and published Drawing #2: A Lunch Date with the Ladies
• Finished Drawing #3

The drawing you see above is called "A Lunch Date with the Ladies" (the name may change after a day or two if I thi...

Progress Report 11/25/2022

Here's what I got done this week:

• Figured out the lighting for the 3D model once and for all! Hopefully!
• Finished flat coloring for Drawing #2
• Finished flat coloring for Drawing #3

Admittedly, I forgot how tiring the holidays are working at the cookie store. I didn't get as much done as I was hoping to this week.

However, I did FINALLY get a grasp on how to get the lighting on the 3D model to look good! I played with normals and shaders and ligh...

Progress Report 11/18/2022

Well, autumn was nice while it lasted. I guess it's winter from here on out! Here's what I got done this week:

• Finished setting up Drawing #3
• Finished line art for Drawing #3

Only two bullet points, but major progress! We're in the endgame now!

Starting off, I finished sketching the two tinies. That was simple enough, given their shapes. Next, I drew the giantess, which was made very easy thanks to a drawing I'd already done of her in the past, making an...

Progress Report 11/11/2022

It's 11/11, make a wish! Here's what I got done this week:

• Finished line art for Drawing #2
• Began setting up Drawing #3
• Continued trying to make lighting on the 3D model look good

Hoo boy, I'm gonna save the 3D stuff for last.

So first off and most exciting: I finished the line art for Drawing #2! I finished up the hair and clothes for the ladies and added some extra background and foreground elements to make it a little more lively. As with the...

Progress Report 11/4/2022

It's Friiiiiiiiday time! :D  Here's what I got done this week:

• Finished and published 3D Adventures Part 16 
• Continued line art for Drawing #2

Diving right in to the drawings, I got both tinies fully drawn from sketch to full. Additionally, I finished sketches for the hair on all three ladies. With all the bodies posed ...

Progress Report 10/28/2022

*Chop! Chop! Chop!* Heeeeeeere's what I got done this week:

• Finished setup and sketch for Drawing #2
• Began line art for Drawing #2
• Wrote the first draft of 3D Adventures Part 16

This has been quite the week! With Halloween right around the corner, my job has been kicking my butt harder and harder. Fortunately I still managed to make some pretty good progress!

Drawing #2 is by far the most complex of the three contest drawings. It involves a tota...

Progress Report 10/21/2022

Friday... Friday never changes... Here's what I got done this week:

• Published 3D Adventures Part 15 
• Finished the line art for the next drawing
• Began setting up two additional drawings
• Finished setup for 3D Adventures Part 16 & 17

This week was quite a bit of setup work. It makes for a bit of a boring p...

Progress Report 10/14/2022

Are you excited for spooky season? I'm excited for spooky season! :D  Here's what I got done this week:

• Published 3D Adventures Part 14 
• Reworked the face normals to work better with a variety of light angles
• Fixed an odd lighting issue by removing specularity from the model
• Used shader nodes to make the nose and ...
  2022-10-14 20:44:40 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress Report 10/7/2022

At last, my favorite month is here! Here's what I got done this week:

• Published 3D Adventures Part 13
• Finished 3D Adventures Part 14 (to be published next week)
• Finished adjusting the face normals (lighting) on the face... for now
• Cleaned up texture on the nose so it's invisible from the front
• Gave the nose an "out...
  2022-10-07 20:21:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress Report 9/30/2022

This is the day you will always remember as the day that is Fri. Here's what I got done this week:

• Unwrapped and textured the eyes and eyelashes
• Added highlights to the eyes
• Published 3D Adventures Part 12 
• Finished 3D Adventures Part 13 (to be published next week)
• Finished the second draft of 3D Adventures Pa...
  2022-09-30 21:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress Report 9/23/2022

It's time to d-d-d-d-d-d-write a progress report! Here's what I got done this week:

• Finished the first draft of 3D Adventures Part 12
• Finished the first draft of 3D Adventures Part 13
• Finished the first draft of 3D Adventures Part 14

I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty tired of writing. @_@  Each of these journals is (according to DA) 10+ minute-long reads. They aren't short, and there's a whole 'lotta stuff that needed explaining since texturing is ne...

Progress Report 9/16/2022

Hey everyone, sorry for the delayed post! I was out all day yesterday and didn't have a chance to write this. ^^;

Sadly, I didn't get much done this week. I spent just about all of my free time throughout this week moving back to where I lived a couple of months ago. I won't bore you with the details, but I still have lots of organizing left to do so progress may be a bit skim next week, as well. I'll still do my best to do as much as I can, though!

As far as progress goes, I did ...

Progress Report 9/9/2022

You want me to put the progress down?! Here's what I got done this week:

• Cleaned up: navel, breasts, butt, hands, feet, ears, vagina, back, legs, face, and pelvic area
• Painted: nipples, eye whites, butthole, fingernails, toenails, inner ears, navel, lips, and underlip shadow
• Added blush to: face, knees, elbows, butt cheeks, vagina, soles, and hands
• Added line art to: eye folds, inner ears, butthole, upper belly, and clavicles
• Reshaped the lips a...
  2022-09-09 20:36:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress Report 9/2/2022

It's Friday! Here's what I got done this week:

• Baked the shader into a texture on the 3D model (many times)
• Finalized the UV map a few more times
• Began drawing in details onto the body using PaintTool SAI

Fun fact: baking this particular shader in Blender takes about 35 minutes. 35 long, long minutes to fix that one thing I forgot to fix- oh, hold on. There's something else I need to fix. :x

Yeah, it was a lot of waiting this week... But the tex...

Progress Report 8/26/2022

It's the last Friday of the month, and I figure this is as good a time as any to get back into the swing of things! Here's what I got done during my absence:

• Wrote pseudocode for two issues with the default color buttons
• Unwrapped the 3D model into a UV map
• Made a simple shader in Blender to block out the colors on the 3D model
• Organized the UV map of the 3D model

As you can probably tell from this list, I'm shifting my focus from game develo...

Change

Hello everyone, I have some very important announcements to make.

First and foremost, I'm currently undergoing some very serious and unfortunate life circumstances right now. It's nothing you guys need to worry about, but it is a large change in my life that has happened rather suddenly, and I'm going to need some time to adjust to it.

As such, I've paused billing for September and will keep it paused until I've gotten back on top of things. I wish I had the foresight to pause bil...

Progress Report 7/29/2022

There's no time to explain! Here's what I got done this week:

• Added the following categories to the "Extras" tab: "Animal Ears", "Tails", "Wings", and "Horns"
• Added prototype sprites for animal ears, tails, wings, and horns
• Made "Animal Ear", "Tail", "Wing", and "Horn" prototype sprites colorizable and sprite-swappable
• Added a prototype sprite for the "Shiny" toggle in the "Body" tab
• Made the "Wet" and "Shiny" prototype sprites toggle on and off...
  2022-07-29 20:03:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress Report 7/22/2022

• Made all remaining giantess sprites (in prototype form) swap with their respective buttons
• Simplified the process of changing the colors of each different part without having to manually tie signals to each of them.
• Made color toggles (eyes and nails) immediately change the color of their respective parts
• Readjusted the positions of all the color pickers, which had jumbled up at some point

I'll keep this one relatively brief; no gif this time since...

Progress Report 7/15/2022

Apologies again for the delay! Now that I've gotten some much-needed sleep, I feel like I can actually write coherently. :P  Here's what I got done this week:

• Made the color buttons change the color of the giantess's respective parts (in prototype form), save for the accessories
• Made the breast sprites (in prototype form) swap with their respective buttons
• Began a design overhaul for the gameplay

I've bitten off a lot with this giantess customize...

Progress Report 7/8/2022

Okay, I might actually be melting this time... Here's what I got done this week:

• Added a text box for hexadecimal values for colors in the Giantess menu
• Made the color picker push other UI elements down when it's not minimized
• Fixed an issue in which the size of the color pickers grew each time the window size changed.
• Added all UI elements to the "Body" tab in the Giantess menu
• Added all UI elements to the "Face" tab in the Giantess me...
  2022-07-08 22:18:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress Report 6/24/2022

It's so hot... I'm melting... meeeltiiiing! Here's what I got done this week:

• Created a modular grid of buttons for the Giantess menu
• Made color selections for the Giantess menu
• Spent WAY too much time giving scroll functionality to the Giantess menu

What's this "Giantess menu", you ask? Well, I was planning on writing it as "Mystery Menu G" and keeping you guys in suspense, but this one is gonna take me a while. So without further ado, this ...

Progress Report 6/17/2022

I, uh... had less sugar this time. Here's what I got done this week:

• Made a circle transition into and out of Mystery Menu C
• Set up an AutoLoad (singleton) to manage data between scenes
• Began sketching Mystery Menu C

I've been feeling the effects of fatigue this week, so admittedly I don't have a whole lot of progress compared to the last several weeks. Fortunately, I have my quarterly week off after next week, so I suppose it's good timing! Well, as ...

Progress Report 6/10/2022

OBJECTION! That'll make sense later. Here's what I got done this week:

• Prototyped the Options menu
• Finished prototyping the Pause menu
• Enabled the "Give Up" button in the Game Over menu
• Began prototyping the Main menu
• Began prototyping the [no spoilers!] menu

Yep... This is the UI update.

... *Uncomfortable cough* ...

Okay, I'll try to make this as interesting as I can. *Ahem*

An old foe appeared! *Explosions! Gunfi...