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Callisto v0.60 Update - Week 4

Spent last week crunching through a good portion of the stills for the main story line. Things running to schedule with nothing significant to report since last week. Interested to see the response to the character preference. I was expecting the Kara to lead the voting, however some of the others were a little but of a surprise. What will be really interesting, is the results of the same poll, following the completion of crew story arcs. A couple of the characters might surprise you.

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Callisto v0.60 Update - Week 3

I have been doing some forward planning over the past week in terms of the overall development plan for Callisto. I was originally planning on extending content all the way out to v1.20. However when considering the development timetable, this has game creation going all the way out to mid next year. 

As many of you are aware, this game is the first one I have created and as such, during the development process my skills have been improving. Some of the decisions made early in the ...

Callisto v0.60 Update - Week 2

Quick update as to how things have been going over the last week. The pole dancing animations have been rendering nicely and should be finished some time tomorrow. Due to the nature of the animation (transparent), I have to render both a colour render and an opacity render. Thankfully, due to design, the rendering speed is blisteringly fast, with about 40 seconds per frame for the colour render and 20 seconds per frame for the opacity render. What this means, is that if I elect to add more da...

Callisto v0.60 Update - Week 1

Pretty quiet week in the development of Callisto. Have predominately been working on closing out the pole dancing animations for the strip club. Almost complete, with animations posed for 4 of the 5 dancers. The final dancer just requires applying the animation frame series and then some minor tweaking to complete. This work is reflected below.

Starting next week, I am going to start focusing o...

Callisto v0.60 Update - Week 0

After a bit of a break over the holidays, it's back to work at full speed next week. Wasn't completely idle over the Christmas period and have reworked the introduction to the game with the assistance of Professorx10. This gives a new player a better initial experience and sets the stage for the main game. It also directs them more effectively to the in game help. Just a sample screen from the new intro.

2021-01-08 03:49:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Merry Christmas

Just a quick message wishing all of you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. Here's hoping that 2021 is a smoother ride for all of us.

I'll post early in the new year, with the plan for the development of v0.60. Until then, stay safe.

Xav

Callisto - December 18th Update

Have been spending the bulk of this work working on the pole dancing animations. In order to ensure that I am not heading down a dead end, I rendered and encoded one of the dance animations including transparency. Following this, I implemented into the game, through a very minor tweak to the code. Whilst the system is the same as that used for the salvage and weapons training animations I wanted to make sure. In game screen shot below taken mid animation.

2020-12-18 01:18:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Relationship Wheel Implementation

There has been a range of feedback relating to the new relationship wheel implementation into the game. This system was introduced into the game to tailor the way in which the crew interacts with the MC, based upon recent events. The goal is to increase immersion by having the crew react in a more natural way.

During the course of the game there is a variable known as 'harmony' that indicates the relative happiness of the crew. This value may be increased by making certain decisions wit...

Callisto - December 11th Update

Callisto was released at version v0.50 last week and following a few minor bugs being identified, v0.51 was created. The v0.51 doesn't contain any new content, hence if you have already played through v0.50, there is no need to download this update.

This week has seen a shift in focus from creating pure content, to the formalisation of plans for the game moving forwards. This saw me publish a plot outline for v0.60 and also a high level outline for the full game to the development team....

Callisto v0.51 - Patreon Release

Please find the following links from which to download the Patreon release of version 0.51 of Callisto. Should you identify any issues or have any comments related to the release below, please feel free to comment in the beta-testing channel of the Discord server.

Callisto v0.51 PC - https://mega.nz/file/fmBGRbiL#hiIqrNmWrvOx-zcciUAUlaaAUbt-Bf161aXjydWjk-o 

Callis...

Callisto v0.50 - Week 23 Update

Happy to report that I have completed all of the content within v0.50, including coding and personal testing. I am currently uploading to allow the development team to do quick once over of the content added since the last beta. This will see the the full version available to $5 / $10 Patreons in a little over a day. It will be available to $1 Patreons a few days after this.

Most of the work I have been doing over the past few weeks is on the side mission. Wound up being a little larger...

Callisto v0.50 - Week 22 Update

Have put in some long days in an attempt to wrap this version up as quickly as possible. Unfortunately had some back problems on Tuesday which side lined me for that day. Additionally, some of the recent scenes have involved multiple characters and also required work with dForce (makes clothing hang naturally). So the end result, is that I have pretty much just maintained the original schedule.

Callisto v0.50 - Week 21 Update

Work went very smoothly over the past week. Most of the time was spent creating the content for the side mission. This work predominately involves posing stills, however I did find time yesterday to pose the 4 off animations to be included. 

I continue to receive minor comments in relation to the beta, however these are predominately suggestions, rather than actual error identification. The rendering of the lewd animations also completed earlier this week and I have since encoded a...

Callisto v0.50 - Week 20 Update

On schedule, I released the v0.50 beta on Wednesday. Following some error reports from the Callisto Team, I have since rectified the offending parts of the code. These corrections whilst not game breaking, prompted me to upload a new beta v0.50b this morning. As mentioned previously, this beta includes all of the v0.50 content with the exception of the side mission and several of the lewd animations (alternative angles). A little frame from the v0.50 beta.

2020-11-13 04:59:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Callisto v0.50 - Week 19 Update

Everything on track for the release of the beta for $10 Patreons in a week's time. Have been tweaking the code for the lewd content for v0.50 in parallel with testing. I believe this all resolved now, which was the only remaining moderately challenging item. During testing, I realised I missed 4 Tanya stills, however will only take a few hours to resolve. All of the other images and videos for the beta have been rendered, post-processed and are in my active game folder. By the end of this wee...

Callisto v0.50 Week 18 Update

Been a solid week making progress on the remaining content. Early part of the week was spent completing all of the stills associated with the lewd content. These are the little events before and after the coitus. These were a little more extensive than originally planned and hence took and extra couple days. To avoid release slippage, I have elected to defer a scene relating to purchasing a dress for one of the girls. Believe the timing is more appropriate and avoids some additional work exte...

Callisto v0.50 - Week 17 Update

Rendering of animations has been going so well over the past few weeks, I elected to bring forward the work on the interface for the lewd content. First cab off the rank was to post-process all of the animation stills and then encode into video files. I have been remaining mindful of the game file size, however elected to render these at slightly higher bitrate. At the lower bitrate I was using before, I was getting significant quality loss. Don't worry, it won't get out of hand and I have no...

Callisto v0.50 - Week 16 Update

Following the successful creation of the strip club interface system last week, it was back to creating story lines and images for the game. A good portion of this week was devoted to creating a significant event at the strip club, that depending on how you play it, leads elsewhere. I made a start on this last week, however, once I fleshed out the story, it took a little longer than expected. Just waiting for the remaining animations to complete rendering, to wrap up this portion.

Follo...

Callisto v0.50 - Week 15 Update

Had a particularly successful week developing game content. Focus this week has been on the strip club content and its in game integration. This represented the main coding challenge for this version and I am happy to report, that for the most part things went smoothly. If you take a look at the images below, I will further elaborate on the design.

Each of the dancers have information pages, th...

Callisto v0.50 - Week 14 Update

Nose the grindstone this week, working predominately on the main story content in v0.50. Additional characters and varied sets resulted in a little more work than anticipated. Progress was also made on the strip club implementation over the week. Had an interesting diversion this week as the development team discussed the nature of various races that will become more prominent in v0.80. I know this sounds like a long way off, however fleshing out the roadmap is the only to maintain consistenc...

Callisto v0.50 - Week 13 Update

Had the nose to the grindstone this week creating content. Nothing quite like a schedule to place pressure on you to get to work done. This week has focused on the Tiffany backstory and the news story content. I also found some time to dedicate to tweaking some lewd content and also doing the stills for the strip club. Typically when planning out the work, I like to get around 20 images done per day, including the coding. With the news story at 40 images and the Tiffany backstory at 70 images...

Callisto v0.50 - Week 12 Update

Took the time to plan out the work remaining to complete the v0.50 update. After listing all of the items, it became apparent I had to cut the pole dancing routines from v0.50. However despite trimming the dance animations, I will implement the remainder of the strip club content. This includes the navigation system to move around the club, the management interface and acquisition of dancers and allocation to the stages. Whilst you will not have the animated routines, I will still include som...

Callisto 0.50 - Week 11 Update

Finished off the Kara backstory on the weekend (still have to render out) and worked on the lewd animations through the course of the week. Last night I managed to finish off the posing of the last of the lewd animations required for v0.50 and even some that won't make an appearance until v0.60. To ensure that I don't loose track of exactly where I am, I did a little summary last night that I will update on a weekly basis.

2020-09-11 05:24:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Callisto 0.50 - Week 10 Update

The work on the lewd animations took a little bit of a turn this week. As I converted several of these from image sequences to playable animations some issues were identified. One was related to posing, where I had to rework the animation of the Captain's left arm on one range of animations. The relative positioning of the hand and the love interests body shifted significantly between key frames and did not produce a desirable result. Another related to the use of a smoothing modifier on the ...

Callisto 0.50 - Week 9 Update

The work on creating the lewd animations has been continuing over the past week. Have been using my dual GPU setup with the more powerful card processing the renders, whilst the less powerful utilised for posing animations and other general work. Due to the nature of these animations, the rendering time is substantially greater than creation time. The following is the current status of the lewd animations.

• Created - 84 animations
• Rendered - 21 animations / 1860 frames 2020-08-28 05:34:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Callisto 0.50 - Week 8 Update

The side story writing has been reviewed for both grammatical accuracy and story line consistency. There are some minor tweaks required to give some context for a couple of the characters within the side mission. Generally though the modifications required are minimal. I quickly did a sample render this morning, to give you a sense of the style of this side mission. The marshal outfit that Kara is wearing is a recently released Daz asset, acquired using the funds raised via Patreon.

2020-08-21 05:33:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Callisto 0.50 - Week 7 Update

Damn real life stuck it's head up again this week, reducing the time available to create content for Callisto. Thankfully several related to items that I will not have to deal with for at least another year (eg tax). I was however able to complete the script / code for the second side story and have just sent it off for proof reading / creative review. As it currently stands it's around 1,000 lines of code requiring about 400 images and a few animations. This is roughly double the size of the...

Callisto 0.50 - Week 6 Update

Unfortunately have had a few real life distractions this week that has detracted a little on the progress of the game. Despite this, I have been working on the characters and coding for the side mission. The side mission is going to the largest single playable item within the next release. As a bit of a guide, it is nearly double the length of the side mission (Victorian setting) contained within the previous release. As mentioned previously, the outcomes are more varied than the previous sid...

Callisto 0.50 - Week 5 Update

As mentioned last week I have taken a little bit of a break from the club environment to work on the writing / coding. As part of this process I have invested significant time into the side mission which for the next version will be set in a western theme. One of the reasons I am prioritising this content for early attention is that often it is necessary to procure additional assets during the set creation and character outfit work. Below is some of the work in establishing these sets.

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Callisto 0.50 - Week 4 Update

Have been spending the week completing the strip club environment backgrounds. This covers tweaking the strip club location and creating and populating with customers. I have created 9 different location backgrounds, on top of which the pole dancers are inserted within game. The background used will be somewhat randomised, however will also be dependent upon how successful the club is at any given time. The performers available will depend upon which ones you have hired at that point in time....