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It's the "Update" update...

Hello!

No waffle this update, straight into it.

Firstly, the 4090 is up and running. A few weeks later than I would have liked, partly due to it taking an extra couple of weeks to get here and partly due to, when it did arrive, I was in the middle of some testing corrections and not wanting to pull everything apart at that precise point. But, it's been running for about a week and, Good Lord, it's fast. Like, really fast. I was expecting twice as fast as the 3090 but it seems to b...

It's the "Still faster than George R.R. Martin" update...

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The headlines

Not a very exciting update for the reader as, since my last post, it's really been more of the same. So basically, just testing and animation corrections. A nice completed module from Chapter Five is in for it's second round of testing after some feedback and the addition of VA work and SFX, and some earlier animation glitches in some other work has been fixed. So progress for sure, but not an exciting read for you.

That said, and I know...

It's the "Side by side SFW" update...

Hello!,

So yesterday I dropped a full four chapter rework on the paid tiers but I realise that left a lot of you out in the cold. Now that's absolutely not by choice. Patreon rules, as far as I understand them, are that anything NSFW has to be behind a paywall. So bewbs are out on open posts.

But I can also appreciate the frustration of "what the devil did they just post?".

It was basically a side by side of the old version of the game vs the...

It's the "I made a thing!" update....

Hello!

I made a thing!

So after a lot of indecision on my part, I finally put together a little show reel showing some of the changes made in the rebuild. I say some as, in order to keep the video to a reasonable length, an awful lot had to be cut out. So the video only shows part of the changes and doesn't have full length animations but it will give you a feel for what I've been up to.

Now obviously you'll have your own vie...

It's the "S-NY-der" update...

My Discord lit up over a typo. Oops. Sorry, Zack.

In other brief news. I have a rough cut off the changes made in One to Four done but it's a bit on the long side. Part of me is tempted to leave it as it is but it would seem a bit like grandstanding I think (and no one would watch it all in it's current length). I'll trim it down for the weekend.

The trailer for Five is a bit more problematic in that I want to get that balance right between showing off what I've done but also to n...

It's the "Oh Crikey, what must you think?" update...

The shockingly important bit

I am sooooo sorry.  I am sorrier looking than a wet cat that's looking sorry for itself. So, pretty sorry there as you can imagine. You can imagine the cat has stubbed it's toe as well for extra pathos if you like.

Why? Well not an apology to do with creation for a change. I was doing a little bit of housekeeping and to my shock I found my patreon account had funds in it. 

I've had my charging turned off since the car c...

It's the "Onwards, onwards" update...

Hello!

And welcome to what is going to be a cracking 2024.

Just a quick post this week, largely as I realise it's been a few weeks since I posted and I wanted to keep you up to date. 

I've had my head down finalising and correcting animations mainly (which is another reason I've been quiet. Hard for you to get excited over the fact I'd rectified some clipping) but am pleased to say that Sarah's "in the vents" scene has been signed off after a lot of preview testing and ...

Happy new year!

Health, wealth and happiness to you all.

Notty

It's the "Almost there" update...

Hello!

I hope you had a good Christmas and had a nice holiday. And now to business!

The important bit

First things first, Patreon will once again be turned off for January but *cue drum roll* it will be activated from February. Anyone who follows me on twitter or pops into Discord now and again will know I've been wrestling with this one the past few weeks. I'm close, even with a few things to do, I'm close. But alt...

It's the "Merry Christmas" post

Merry Christmas, guys.

A lot of exciting news to tell, but I'll save that for after Chrimbo. Right now I just want to wish you and yours a merry Christmas and a happy holiday. 

I hope whatever you do this season, you have a lovely time that's full of good memories to come.

I haven't done anything special for you this year but for those who may have missed them in the past, I've attached the link to the previous two Christmas specials. Well, if the TV stations can get aw...

It's the "Still just about Tuesday" update...

Hello!

A slightly rambly update from me this week. If only because there's been a lot done on a lot of things but generally all quite small scale. By that I mean, I suppose, I've ended up doing a lot of little things but nothing that I feel I can go "Ta-Dah!" over. All important of course, just nothing spectacular.

So the progress update this week will be a bit more bullet-pointy than usual.

The bullet-pointy bit

• Bobes win for VR in Five was tidi...
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It's the "Bloody video was nerfed" update...

Well that went well!

I thought that would be nice header but, hey ho.

It's probs not worth downloading being just a holding animation for the menu, but if you are curious, I've attached a link so you can.

Vampy's game holding animation 

Notty

It's the "Emily Blunt" update...

Hello!

And for once not an open update. Well, the video above would be nerfed straight away if it was :) 

Another solid lump of progress since my last post and, I'm not sure if this is due to my project manager* or whether it's because I've left the rebuild behind and am now polishing and finishing the work for Chapter Five. I suspect a bit of both.

Practically a wrap on Bobe's bit in VR. I'd been playing with the mechanics and interface a bit, well I w...

It's the "Guess who's coming to dinner" update...

Hello!

A genuinely quick update from me today, as things have moved on a lot since my post on Monday.*

I've had more VA work come in for me to add to the animations, I've hired another actress and I've received the custom asset I needed. The VA work is fantastic, the new actress is incredible and the custom asset is more than I could have hoped for.

So the key things that were making me a bit twitchy earlier this week seem to be sorting themselves out. ...

It's the "Besties forever" update...

Hello, and how the devil are you? Hope you a had great week.

I seem to be fair whizzing along right now, and so without further ado, here's the progress update.

Chapter Two

Nothing much, as you'd expect really, except for another head-desk rapid interface as, in rummaging around to collect all the Annie animations to have a crack at restoring her scene to it's full glory for Five, I noted a little pile of redone stills for a variety of scenes in Chapter Two ...

It's the "A midweek update?" update...

It is! And hello.

I must confess it is good to start enjoying this lark again. The overwrite of the files for Chapter Two was, I'll be honest, a bit of a low point. It was bad enough to have to do a load of code wrestling, re-animating etc but then, for a moment's stupidity, to have to do it all again...*

But that was then, this is now and we're fair romping through stuff at the moment. So what's been happening? 

Chapter Three

Cha...

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It's the "Quick update" update...

Hello!

Trust you're all well this week. Just a quick update.

Chapter 3

Bugs are all tidied up and it's going off for a round of player testing this weekend. This version has the revised lewds with voice acting so we'll see what the reactions are.

Chapter 4

Fair bounding along. It's really just some more lewd tweaking here which, when I'm happy can also go off for voice acting work. I'm -really- happy with these. Significantly bet...

It's the "Two posts in one day" update...

Hello!

Just a quick update (although we'll see how quick it is by the time I get to the end. You know me...).

Chapters Three and Four

First off the bat, I'd planned to get all the bug fix work done this past week but I'm afraid I haven't. I've hardly touched it in fact. Not because I've been lazy, more because it dawned on me that if I wanted the new polished animations voice acted (and there's quite a few of those) then I needed to have th...

It's the "Standalone Halloween drop" update...

It's also a snip from Five as well :)

It's the "Put the voodoo doll down...." update.

Hello!

A post? From me? On a Monday? Indeed! For there is much to update about and we're still on a good news roll so, let's begin.

Chapter One to Three

Since my last post there has been a lot of progress. I was going to say across all three remaining chapters but it would be fairer to say, across all five. The testing for Three has been having a very deep dive. Very. 

Following the unfortunate* file handling incident f...

It's the "So that's where it came from!" update....

Hello!

Just a quick update on progress.

Chapter Three is with the primary testers and whilst they're busy with that, I'm cracking on with updating Chapter Four with the new GUI etc. Thankfully, this one should be straightforward. But it's looking like Three this month then Four next with Five, with a fair wind, the month after.

Some minor changes I'm thinking about in respect of the interface going forward though is to drop the achievements tab on the character pages and jus...

It's the "A bit of silliness" update...

Hello!

A bit of a general progress update before I get to the title of this post and the fun stuff.

Chapter Three

Some minor glitches cropped up on Three in respect of the communications system on the PDA meaning that messages from the girls weren't triggering as I wanted. Rectified now (along with an error on the code in Two as well that had been hiding away). So that can now bundle off of proper testing.

The "Not one to waste a crisis" addit...

It's the "Oh hai Thea" update...

Hi guys.

Apologies for the late post this month. I confess I was expecting to make this about two weeks ago but it's been a busier month than expected.

First off, where are we? Well, Chapter Three is all prepped and updated and bar a final run through tomorrow from me can go for testing. Although, having missed the weekend, it would be unfair of me to expect the testers to turn this around quickly. That said we might squeak it out before the end of the month but we'll see. Chargin...

It's the "Let's try that again shall we?" update...

As, seems to be tradition these days, let's start with an apology. Sorry about that the last upload and also for the delay in sorting it (of which more in a bit).

My God, I borked Chapter Two. I mean -really- borked it. I don't think someone has ever done that much damage to a set of files since someone said to Edward Snowden "Hey, Eddie could you look after my password for me while I pop to the shops?"

The damage was more than extensive and wasn...

It's the "Bollocks. Sorry. " update...

Hi guys,

One day I'll start a post without an apology. God knows when, but the odds have to play out sometime, right? But since today isn't that day....let's begin.

Chapter Two

So despite a rather desperate Sunday last week re-creating the code I'd accidently overwrote, a couple of fairly serious bugs slipped through. I hadn't realised quite how far back the version I'd copied into the release went. My sincere, and frankly cringeworthy, apologies for anyone ...

It's the "Chapter Two re-release" update...

Hello!

First some apologies. I'm afraid I still behind on admin and I know that's crappy and must make it seem like I don't care (I do!). I have started, promise, but way behind. Not because of idleness, more just other bits and bobs need doing on the game and I keep prioritising that above all else. 

Hopefully, it should calm down a bit once I've shipped the bonus game and Chapter Three in the next couple of weeks. As you'll have noticed if you peeked at Chapter One...

The "and it's a launch" update...

Hello!

Just a quick(ish) post this week for, incredible as it may seem, I have some downloads for you...

As I mentioned in my last post, I'm going to be re-releasing a new chapter every couple of weeks until we get to Chapter Five. This is largely as Five still has some play testing to be done and rather than me just sitting on everything until it was ready to go, I thought I'd...

It's the "Good news!" update...

Well, hello!

And good news it does appear to be as, for once, I'm not going to prattle on about development, graphics design, rectifying gameplay faults or, indeed, anything problematic. Instead, I'm going to talk about releasing content.

I can wait a moment if you need to pick yourself up off the floor? ;)

Ready? Ok then... 

The "cut to the chase bit" is that in a couple of weeks I'm going to start putting up fresh downloads. There has been some discussion with t...

It's the "It's the trailer" update...

Hello!

A bit of a quick, but hopefully, interesting post this month.

So, Patreon on pause again but hopefully not for much longer now. The new working hours are in place in the real world job and so that should stop a lot of wasted "picking up and putting down" time moving forwards. A lot of time used to go out of the window that way as I scratched around and tried to recall where I was (especially on code).

Oh...yes, the trailer. So I rootled around and put togethe...