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Callisto 0.50 - Week 3 Update

Work has continued on the strip club animation with a sample video in a couple of formats towards the bottom. Went into the latest animation, expecting it to be significantly easier than the first one, however was mistaken. To make it look realistic, it was necessary to heavily articulate the torso, with a resultant impact on the positioning chest and the impact on posing the hands. To provide some content, try placing your hand on a wall and then move your hips / torso and then consider how ...

Sample Animation - Chiara Pole

Rendering of the animation went well with each frame taking roughly 1 minute to render. For the game I will construct as a transparent animation with a variable background depending on how busy the club is and which stage is being used.

MP4 - https://mega.nz/file/a75V1J6K#Lu9Qq1c_elL0F-rIQ2Cgcd84GgfwaR59foc8ZylsqcQ 

webm - 2020-07-10 14:15:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Callisto 0.50 - Week 2 Update

Following addressing a bug in the map hint system the remainder of this week has been spent flexing my animation skills. I selected a 20 second portion of a reference routine which has provided a number of challenges during the animation process. Following roughly 30 hours of work on this animation, I have it almost ready for render. To be honest, I don't think I could have picked a more difficult animation sequence on which to start. I plan to fineness over the next couple of hours and then ...

Hint System Bug Fix

A glitch has been identified in the current hint system contained within the map screen. From the testing I have done, this is now resolved if you replace the existing location.rpyc file in the game folder with the one as linked below.

location.rpyc - https://mega.nz/file/vjxwyQrS#I0_jUK_Bt6XeRkeH1WiX2lbg-ZTDaobeyJIjx8nhu0o 

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Callisto 0.50 - Week 1 Update Part 2

Firstly, thanks for your ongoing support. The funds recently collected will be put to good use procuring Daz3D assets required for the side mission in v0.50. Going to be a western theme side mission. Given that last weeks update covered all of 2 days of development of v0.50, I thought I would call this week 1 part 2.

The work over the last week has been a little different from the norm. Over this time I have been predominately doing coding to implement the following:

- Quest track...

Callisto 0.41 - Official

Minor update to 0.40 including the following:

- Inclusion of quest tracker and replay system.

- Minor bug fix.

- Spelling / grammatical error fix.

- Very minor adjustment to main story line.

PC - https://mega.nz/file/qixyGCAQ#3cfOS-OPau0c8hS8pOi-hw0xbNOvS7jxa3lGqPNE7NU 

Mac - 2020-07-01 01:03:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Callisto 0.50 - Week 1 Update

For those that haven't noticed the official release of 0.40 was published a few days ago. The 4k source images are also available to $5 and $10 Patreons. I will likely issue a small update to 0.40 in a week or so, adding a slight tweak to the main story line and also including a quest summary on the Captain's PC.

After a couple days break, I have made a start on the content for 0.50. Initially this is in the setup of the strip club content. I am prioritising this at the start, due to th...

Callisto - 0.40 Official

Worked over the weekend to complete the official 0.40. 

PC Link: - https://mega.nz/file/ivpjHB6T#lL_KrW7i9b2JPU-TZUmKvTJd_7B4sOAdN_CT1e205HQ 

Mac Version - https://mega.nz/file/Hn4iHa6K#KOZCWPeoselVmStVGAb6MFX-YEL781ZX6DUdGkLiZhs 

I am ...

Callisto 0.40 - Week 16 Update

Managed to released the second beta a little ahead of schedule and have had my head down working on the side story. Beta testing has gone fairly smoothly, with feedback predominately creative contributions and correction of grammar / spelling. No true bugs returned at this time.

The side story is the only item remaining to be completed prior to the official release of 0.40. I have created the characters and also completed the story writing / coding. The story has even been proof-read. T...

Callisto 0.40 - Week 15 Update

Extremely close to completing the work required for the second beta. Have 5 renders to complete, then it is just tweaks to final coding, before I test the latest content myself. With some luck, this will see the beta released on Sunday. As a bit of a teaser, please see the following image from a small scene, I will tack onto the end of the current main story line. This will set up the main story line elements for 0.50 and 0.60.

2020-06-12 07:18:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Callisto 0.40 - Week 14 Update

I finally have my normal internet connection back working again. I can't believe my ISP has a technical support group that doesn't work on the weekend. Guess I'm going to be changing to an alternative in the near future.

Whilst loosing the internet was somewhat annoying, it really has had no effect on the creation of Callisto, outside making it difficult to communicate with my Patreons. Managed to get the adult channel episode completed and the Friday night content as planned. Also did ...

Callisto 0.40 - Week 13 Update

Managed to complete all of the Kara backstory renders this week and am currently rendering the animations for the weapons training. Will finish off the stills for the weapons training tomorrow. As a little taste of the Kara backstory renders, please see below.

This leaves the following to be completed prior to the release of the next beta.

• Adult channel movie 
• Friday n...
  2020-05-29 06:34:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Callisto 0.40 - Week 12 Update

As mentioned last week, I included some additional content in 0.40, to make the events on the ship more consistent with the situation at the end of the main story line content. The renders associated with this content were complete on Tuesday. Over the past couple of days I have managed to complete the dialogue / renders associated with both the news stories in 0.40. Tracey has managed to get away from the anchor desk and is reporting on site.

2020-05-22 02:43:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Callisto 0.40 - Week 11 Update

The release of the first beta last week went pretty smoothly from the feedback I have received to date. A minor error was identified in the prologue (that was there before) and a number of spelling / grammatical corrections required. There was some creative feedback which I have taken note of and I have been working on over the past week. This feedback related to playing the game past the events of the main story and the reactions of certain characters then appearing strange, given the main s...

Callisto 0.40 - Week 10 Update

The beta is so close to being finished, with me just now awaiting 12 animation frames and 3 stills to be rendered. It would have been done already, if not for a couple of snags I hit with the animations, details of which I posted earlier this week on Discord. I had to tweak and re-render about 300 frames which took a little over 3 days to GPU process. It's all written, coded and tested, so I should start uploading later today. $10 Patreons, you should be able to have some fun with the game on...

Callisto 0.40 - Week 9 Update

Video card has been processing animation frames continuously for the last couple of weeks now. There are about 150 frames left to be rendered (1755 frames completed to date), which should be completed in about 2 days. Currently I have been doing the still shots that surround these animations, as well as the scenes around the main story. Still remaining to be created is a scene in the hold and a couple of scenes in the kitchen. As a recent decision, I will also include an additional scene at P...

Callisto 0.40 - Week 8 Update

Been a good week completing all of the animation posing for v0.40. Whilst I finished the posing yesterday, there are still 7 animations requiring their image series rendered. Hopefully I can process all of these next week. Thankfully, due to simpler scene complexity (no water), the render time per frame is down to 5 to 10 minutes rather than the 20 to 30 minutes for the ones involving water. Put a lot of effort into the posing, taking it to the next level by animating things like hair / hands...

Callisto 0.40 - Week 7 Update

Been a bit of a mixed week this week. Whilst the images series for the animations are looking really nice, the render time is greater than what I expected. Unlike most of the other games out there I have a far higher frame count and more complex posing. Whilst this looks way better than a 20 frame loop animation, it takes times to pose and render. As an example the first animation I undertook was 250 frames with complex lighting.

This 250 frame animation is the most complex I intend to ...

Callisto 0.40 - Week 6 Update

Spent the start of the week creating some additional characters that you would have seen in the poll. Followed this up with tweaking one of my sets for night renders as seen below.

Last few days I have then been creating static renders and animations for the lewd content related to the location above.

This morning I play-tested through the main story arc for 0.40, which is now complete in...

Callisto 0.40 - Week 5 Update

Well I managed to close out the the renders for the Liberation of Dione story arc. Ended up being a little more than I originally planned, as closing out the arc required a few more renders than expected. This portion of the story ended up being roughly 250 renders and 3 animations, most of which included several characters per render. I will assign music / sound effects to this portion next week and do some internal play testing.

Going to take a slight tangent for the next couple of da...

Callisto 0.40 - Week 4 Update

Little bit of a mixed week this week. Managed to complete Liberation of Dione - location 2 on Monday and have now finalised all of the sets for location(s) 3. I have however only done a portion of the scene posing for location 3. Hence the completion of the main story is expected roughly the middle of next week.

The scene creation for location 2 of the main story was more complicated than I originally suspected. There are a significant number of effects used in these scenes, which great...

Callisto 0.40 - Week 3 Update

Been a good week of creating images / coding the first portion of the main story. I ended up creating a branch in the first part of the main story, which created significantly more work in this portion than I expected. Hence I ran over a couple of days on this section. Currently working on stage 2 of the main story and have created all of the sets / character tweaks. All I really need to do is a series of poses and then render. Expecting this will take about 2 days (Fri / Sat). Will take Sund...

Callisto 0.40 - Week 2 Update

Firstly thanks to all my Patreons that have pushed support income into 3 digits. These funds are currently being re-invested into the game, via the procurement of additional Daz3D assets. Currently on the shopping list are a few Victorian assets, to be used in the side quest in 0.40. Don't worry, I know Callisto is a sci-fi game, however the Victorian assets will make sense, I assure you.

With each week, I gain a little more experience in creating the content for the game. I have recent...

Callisto 0.31 - Minor Bugfix

Please find the download links below for Callisto 0.31. It does not contain any additional content beyond what was provided in 0.30. It merely corrects a few spelling mistakes and provides a bug fix to the in-game hint system.

Callisto 0.31-pc 

Callisto 0.31-mac...

Callisto 0.40 - Week 1 Update

Over the past week in addition to some beta testing and the release of 0.30 (Now available to $1 Patreons), I have been developing the set and the cast of alien characters for the Rogue Den. This will be a bar located at the Beehive Station, that will serve as a hub for a range of side missions. The majority of the characters in this bar will eventually offer an off-world mission in which you assist them in some fashion. These missions will be isolated stories, hence I can include many differ...

Callisto 0.30 - Official Release

Please find links for the official release of Callisto v0.30. I have done my best to eliminate any bugs within the code, however if you happen to encounter any, please post in the designated Discord Channel.

Callisto-0.30-pc.zip 

2020-03-03 12:06:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Mad Scientist - Sneak Peak

Just a quick sneak peak of the Mad Scientist that will feature in 0.60 and 0.70. He will briefly be seen in 0.40, however in a slightly different form.

Also a reminder that billing is now active again.

Callisto 0.30 - Week 18 Update

Thankfully this will be the last update on v0.30, as I completed the content for this version yesterday, which is included in the uploaded Callisto 0.30c - Beta. All that I am really waiting on before the release of the official v0.30 version, is the completion of beta testing.  All $10 Patreons that have access to this beta, are welcome to assist in the testing, by reporting any bugs in the discord channel. As testing ta...

Callisto 0.3 - Week 17 Update

Been a hard week, but a very productive week. As an update to the hit list items:

• Main Story Renders - Rendering the final image now. Lots of emissives in it so it will be a little over an hour more.
• Main Story Ancillary Renders - Completed
• Kara Combat Training - Completed
• Coding Central - Code has been fully written, now I just have to play test and tweak.
• Music - Have accessed all of the music I require, just need to assign the last couple tra...
  2020-02-21 02:42:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Callisto 0.3 - Week 16 Update

Been a good week on the coding / story writing front. Did a few renders this week, however these have definitely taken a back seat. As far as coding and story line, I have completed about 70% of the main story line, done the backstories and the TV story. I also managed to code and test the full basketball game and winning incentive scene. The basketball coding went better than expected and worked exactly how I thought it would. It's nice to have a win every now and again.

I have also be...