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Proof of life / Preuve de vie

Life got in the way this week but that ain't gonna stop me from writing my weekly post!

Thanks for pledging again this month, very motivating to see that people care about Inkubak :)

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La réalité s'est rappelée à moi cette semaine mais ce n'est pas ça qui va m'empêcher d'écrire mon message hebdomadaire !

Merci de votre don à nouveau ce mois-ci, c'est très motivant de voir qu'on attache de l'importance à Inkubak :)

Backdoor fun / Par la porte dérobée

Some of you have been requesting A action, which pleases me as it means Bitche did her teasing right. I'm posting a little preview in a Patron-only post right next.
I'm also pushing the boundaries of the Ren'Py engine so this can be an interactive moment.

Have a nice week!

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Plusieurs d'entre vous m'ont instamment demandé de l'action contre-nature, ce qui veut dire que Bitche a bien rempli sa fonction d'allumeuse. Je vous mets un aperçu réservé aux patrons/mécènes.<...

It's over 9000 / On est largement au-delà des 8000 !!!

Or so says Newgrounds - and proof that I care too much for metrics for my own good.

Also thanks to all the players who recently left a quick comment after beating the episode.
I asked Bitche about changing her hairstyle and her swift answer wouldn't be suitable for a Patreon post, but I'm confident we'll find an agreement.

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Selon 2020-01-20 17:58:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Inking and promo / Encrage et promo

I split this week's time on the game between finding new outlets for making the game known and inking new finishes.

They say a good bartender's main quality is not indulging in liquor during shift; the adult artist's main quality then is strong will when looking for reference poses, it's easy to get distracted :P

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Mon temps sur le jeu cette semaine a été partagé entre trouver de nouvelles opportunités de promotion et encrer de nouvelles finitions.

Happy new year / Bonne année !

I wish you health, joy, success, and more importantly lots of strong orgasms （ΦωΦ）

Thanks to you past and new patrons who trusted me for this new year. It means a lot.

Past week was partly some prospective R&D where I analyzed other game and game engines (and some frustration with the Ren'Py engine went away as I saw that the competition sucks more ;)) and partly progressing on new graphics.

See you next week!

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Je vous souhaite santé, bonheur, succè...

In-between / Entre deux

The end of the year is obviously busy but I managed to work on a new poster for the Host's room. Plus some project management tasks. Love to all :)

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La fin d'année est naturellement chargée mais j'ai pu travailler sur un nouveau poster pour la chambre de l'Hôte. Et quelques inévitables tâches administratives. Paix et amour autour de vous :)

Episode 2 is public!

Merry Christmas!

Et joyeux Noël !

Cooking / Cuisine

This week I drafted a scene in the game kitchen. Like last time, I plan to draft all of the episode and then rework each part until I deem the result worthy.

I also prepared the public release of Episode 2 with a few fixes – stay tuned.

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Cette semaine, j'ai ébauché une scène dans la cuisine du jeu. Comme la fois dernière, je prévoie de faire une ébauche complète de l'épisode puis de retravailler chaque partie jusqu'à ce que le résultat soit à la hauteur.

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Episode 1 strikes back / Le retour de l'épisode 1

While Ep.2 is still in early access, lil' bugfix update to Ep.1 got decent exposure last week – let's welcome the new patrons :) Reception was also much more diverse and eye-opening in some cases.

Aside from promo work, I did some clean-up, upgraded my software, and started chapter 3's story and game mechanics. The creative journey starts anew...

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Bien que l'Ép.2 soit toujours en accès anticipé, la mise à jour mineure de l'Ép.1 a reçu une bonne couverture la semaine...

Episode 2 news and trailer

So Episode 2 is out for all patrons, spread the news :)
It will be released for free eventually, but I'm not sure when yet (Christmas gift? ;)).

Compared to the latest beta, I reworked the Android interface, added few more texts and expressions, improved the title screen and fixed numerous details. Then spent more time on promotion, including a little trailer (see website - can't show it there) :)

The remaining beta-testers were a bit silent overall, next time I'll provide more...

First feedback / Premiers retours

The feedback from beta-testers has been positive so far! Thanks to Mederic64 in particular for the detailed report. I didn't hear from everybody yet, I'll wait for a little more. Meanwhile I'm polishing a few things for the final Episode 2.

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Les retours des beta-testeurs ont été positifs pour l'instant ! Merci à Mederic64 en particulier pour son avis détaillé. Je n'ai pas encore eu de réponse de tout le monde, je vais attendre encore un peu. En attendant je fignole quelques...

Episode 2 beta-test

Would you be interested in a limited beta-test, probably later this week? Patrons have priority, naturally :)

I see zillions of details that I would like to fix if I had a time-freeze machine, but it's time to let you decide what actually matters (and probably point me a few obvious points I am too focused to notice, too ;)).

I intend to add a couple missing pieces to have a playable and completable version, and send it to selected volunteers. PM me if you're interested.

~ 2019-11-18 22:00:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Optimization

I was struggling to work on the main scene as my graphics software was taking 4-5GB RAM, and things got worse as I added variations, colors and shading. After various attempts I eventually figured I could shrink things down to reasonable if I manually cropped all of my layers. Fascinating artistic work as you can see OTL

More interesting graphic research was done on detailing our girl's face when drawn closer, a work I could dodge so far and required some experiments. Now I plan to shif...

End of gametober and quick pause

I managed to work on the game every day in October as planned! Even if with varying intensity. Compared to Inktober this lacks the opportunity to release something ~finished everyday (I wish I could release a game everyday ;)), so one can work 1-2h and consider the daily duty done. Still, an interesting work habit experiment, which I concluded with a little break to avoid a burn-out.

Thanks to you reliable patrons for pledging for another month, I hope to bring you comrades soon :)

The devil is in the detail

Each and every part of the current scene, including variations and animations, requires some attention. I regret nothing, I wouldn't see it any other way. Enough teasing, I don't want to put your expectations too high.

This week was busy and it was harder to honour my game-tober oath to work every day on the game. I managed though!

I'm considering running a beta version soon, keep in touch.

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Le diable est dans les détails.

Chaque partie de la scène, y compris ...

Got what it takes, boy?

I've been honoring my game-tober oath so far and progressed every day, in particular refining the main scene and all the variations. Did I mention hands are hard to get right? Especially when they are holding water balloons filled with warm cream..

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T'as le cran, p'tit gars?

Pour l'instant j'honore mon serment de game-tober et j'ai progressé tous les jours, notamment sur la scène principales et toutes ses variations. Vous ai-je déjà dit que c'est difficile de bien faire...

Inktober 2019

I was contemplating participating in #inktober, or maybe #kinktober, checking the prompt lists, when a warm, devilish voice echoed fiercely in my head. My vision blurred, the words shifted in front of my eyes and materialized into the above.

Greater beings called upon me, and I will fulfill their Mission.
Last week already, carnal scenes were being fleshed out.

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Je me posais la question de participer à #inktober, ou peut-être #kinktober, parcourant les listes de thème...

10k plays on Newgrounds

We reached a little landmark on Newgrounds. Of course that doesn't take into account my own online plays, desktop & mobile downloads,and re-uploads to other sites (I see you) -- but I didn't take time to aggregate my stats, so this'll do.

Last week was busy professionally but I could slip in some time to improve the website and patreon page. I should get more time for the game during the coming weeks :)

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10 000 parties sur Newgrounds

On a atteint un petit jalon su...

Updated online version

I updated the online version with a faster one, plus the translation fixes I found while working on Episode 2 :)

I hope you all survived the start of the (school) year!

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J'ai mis en ligne une version web plus rapide, et j'ai ajouté dans la VF les correctifs que j'ai trouvés en bossant sur l'Épisode 2 :)

Sinon j'espère que vous avez tous survécu à la rentrée !

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With Love,

Text mode week

Refining my medieval inner story and programming sex scene interaction kept me away from drawing! I'm experimenting with something hopefully fun involving the mouse wheel during sex and I fought with the Ren'Py engine. As planned I now have a rough version of Episode 2, and I can better see all the little things that I need to do to make it an enjoyable playing experience – I'm tasked for the weeks to come.

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Semaine en mode texte

Retravailler mon récit médiéval gigogne...

What would absorbing the female energy look like?

I've been experimenting around that existential incubus question - what's your take? :)

In other news: I proof-read and translated the text I have so far; I drew props; last but not least I worked on an inner story that was much fun to write, I can't wait to share it with you.

There's another chunk before I finish Episode 2's rough, then I can start refining, coloring, balancing, etc. 

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À quoi ressemblerait l'absorption de l'énergie féminine ?

J'ai expé...

Episode 2 is progressing

Aside from releasing an update to Episode 1, last week I worked on several new expressions required by the story, and a couple new sound effects. Also you know how important it is to lubricate pistons for smooth movements - well this was given attention as well :)

Next I'll try to work on a rough but complete version of the episode's gameplay, so I can better see what to best spend time on.

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L'Épisode 2 progresse

Outre une mise à jour de l'Épisode 1, la semaine der...

Episode 1.0.2

I reworked Episode 1's pacing a bit and added a little secret at the end of the episode.
Downloads and online play at https://bozr.love/inkubak/

Dear SFW folks, last week... #2

I kept refining the seed-planting animation, with a new frame and new rhythms.

I started designing a secret, privacy-savvy feedback system for players to easily reach out and share some love.

I also had to work and pay my bills, damn it - life is a Bitche!

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Cher (tout) public, la semaine dernière... J'ai continué d'affiner l'animation de plantation de graine, avec une nouvelle étape et de nouveaux rythmes.<

J'ai amorcé la conception d'un...

Dear SFW folks, last week...

I worked on the next scene, including an animation on how to safely plant a seed in elastic ground.
Curvy shapes are appearing, they need to be refined before going full colors. 

I designed clothes: a birthday suit for our Girl, and a collapsible shirt for our Host.
I added new expressions to the characters.

I started integrating all this and prepared the next gameplay logic.

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Cher (tout) public, la semaine dernière...

J'ai travaillé sur la prochain...

Episode 1.0.1

Just a minor release, I fixed some typos and replaced the "History" button with a "Hide text" one :)

Progress report

Thanks to all the nice patr-, err, players I was able to work on an unrelated, SFW project for the past few weeks with zero pressure ;)

Joke aside, Inkubak's first episode was reasonably well received, giving me confidence to work some more on it.

Episode 1 is out

The first playable release is out at last!

Links are at the top of the page.
Feedback welcome!