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Chapter Three...released!

Hi hi!

So I have this little chapter I'd like to share... :)

Separate posts for links incoming. I'll deal with June refunds, messages, comments etc over the next day or so.

(Anything below this point is the boring stuff!)

The good stuff

There is a ton to do. No, really. Even with the cuts I've made there are eighteen combinations of paths in total and most scenes (of which there are more than twenty odd) will vary depending on...

Of Pride and Prejudice...

TL;DR

• Chapter is out for final bug testing
• June patronage to be refunded
• Release date confirmed for 6 July
• Animations removed from chapter

Long version!

Hi Hi,

So what's all this then?

Well the bullet points above sum it up rather nicely but if you're still reading then I guess you want a more detailed explanation? :)

Oh and, sorry I've been a bit quiet. Work started ramping up somethi...

Progress!

Hi all,

So, all the spot rendering is finished and I'm trying to get it out this weekend.

Now I've got the important answer out of the way, I feel free to waffle a bit :)

I'm re-rendering a few of the earlier scenes in full as I noticed, when doing all the spot render checks, that there is a marked difference in quality from the ones done in early March to the more recent ones - and when you look at the results of re-doing them, it makes a big difference.

March version...

Oh! (additional)

Also, I tried something hugely stupid - albeit with the best intent. 

One of the reasons I'm behind on render checking is, I'll confess, that  I spent far too much time this week trying to be a smart-arse and get the player's surname on Kelly's renders with her jacket.  This, I couldn't do and was waaaaaaay beyond me to even try really - but...it would have looked aces if I could have done it.

Sorry....

2019-06-13 16:55:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Sorry for the silence

As I said last time, I knew things would be a bit hectic with my return to work. (good God, have you guys -any- idea how many work emails you get back to when you've been off ill for a couple of months! It's a lot. Admittedly, a lot did seem about cake or had anyone seen a pair of glasses but even so...)

So enough prattle, where are we?

Well the mini-game went out for testing (albeit later than I would have liked) and feedback on it has been entirely positive. Like very. There...

My God! It's a weekly update! ;)

Morning, morning!

So just to advise I will be a bit quiet this week as it's back to work for the first time in an age so I'll apologise in advance for any delays in getting back to messages etc.

However, on the game front all is peachy! I've been spending some time polishing and adding to the original March content and in respect of the chapter it's better than it was. Not that there was anything wrong with the version in March but a second look has allowed me to expand some scene...

Pin up bonuses (last ones for now I promise!)

Seemed a shame not to post them for those that like them :)

Pin up bonus day part 4

Are we bored of these yet? I'll take a small break from posting any more and find out what you guys think. I don't want to become annoying (well, more annoying than I usually am!)

Pin up bonus day part 3

Who loves ya baby....*

Full size link 

Full size link 

I'm not entirely sure the soft focus works on close up, but it's intere...

Babe or Bobe?

Sorry...I'm as chatty as hell again. Bet your missing the silence, no? ;)

Quickie post as I've had a couple of questions about the mini-game so figured I may as well do a small post.

Yes, is the answer. You will be able to play Sarah in VR as either male or female. :)

No idea what she's doi...

Pin up bonus day 2

Full size link 

Tomorrow is lollipop day...

Dates of releases

Delivery dates for each remaining chapter are as follows:

Chapter Three:     14 June 2019
Chapter Four:       26 July 2019
Note no chapter delivery nor patreon charge will be made in August
Chapter Five:        13 September 2019
Chapter Six:          25 October 2019
Chapter Seven:    29 November 2019
Note no chapter delive...

Pin up bonus day 1

Link to full size 

Link to full size 

Is this a dagger...I mean bonus content...I see before me?

Why yes, I do believe it is!

I gather that a character not unlike dear Becca has popped up in another game. No doubt a co-incidence of course as I'm not exactly that high profile to merit the attention of parody. However, the idea of Becca in college garb did rather appeal somewhat.

So since the idea popped into my head and I'm not releasing Three until June to keep things tidy (and also since I'm a bit rusty on Daz of late and can do with the practice), I thought some daily pin-u...

"Here is the news..."

No, not my news. I've bored you enough about that!

Let's get back to the fun business shall we? A few pictures from Chapter Three you haven't seen yet.

Y'see the new accommodation has a big-assed view screen and all sorts of things can be watched upon it...providing you know someone who can get it to work that is.

Any thoughts on these minor character designs? Sadly, you won't be meeting them, but eye candy is eye candy no?

2019-05-25 06:46:18 +0000 UTC View Post

One last thing...

Thank you for your kind words and thoughts in the comments. They made me smile and near cry at the same time (albeit in a good way I hasten to add!)

I apologise if it appears I've ignored what many of you were saying in respect of refunds etc but I only started reading them this morning and so it was less ignoring them and more...well, I hadn't read them.

That was more of a practical decision on my part as opposed to be choosing to be rude I'd add. I'm only really good for a few h...

News!

(No I'm not sure where Jane is planning to put that thermometer either...)

Right guys, all refunds are now processed. Every penny (or should that be cent?) from 1st March to date has now been refunded in full. 

It's not your fault I fell ill so I don't see why you  should lose out. As I said before, it's not fair to take your cash without delivering.

The refund mechanism is a bit clunky in that I had to go on each Patron's account and then refund individua...

News

Righties...still on transmit only for the mo as sitting up for more than 30 mins at a time is bloody hard.

I've a change of plan coming but first let me lay some evidence on you. Not that I want to turn this into a "misery-porn" post but it's just trying to assure you that I'm not actually spinning a tale. I've supported devs myself who seem to have had more bad luck than if they'd run over a bag full of black cats whilst driving under ladders and had the health  of an eighty year ...

What the devil is going on?

So just what is going on?

A good question.

Like most problems in life it's both simple and complex in equal measure. But like all good stories I should start at the beginning.

So as you know I was struggling with the animation and the file size at the end of March but I'd been offered a ton of solutions and it was really just a case of deciding which one worked best. As I was working on this Chapter Two went out into the wild and the reception from some quarters was apparent...

Progress!

Alrighties! I think I have it!

I'm going to run quiet now until I release so just letting you know about radio silence, but I think I've got it. Laters!

Weekly update

Well we all know what I'm doing this week don't we? :)

Thank you for your patience whilst I took a few days to recharge and clear my head. Thank you also for your kind words. I won't repeat my wailing and gnashing of teeth over my lack of thinking consequences through and will just crack on.

However, one good thing does seem to have come out of this mess of mine - and that's to do with chapter downloads. In asking around for solutions on the compressing animation size, someone sug...

Biting the bullet

So the good news is I've killed the bugs in Chapter Three. The bad is that the animations are still a problem.

I've tried a variety of different ways but I'm still trapped between either a massive file size or, if I reduce the file size through compression, a grainy animation that is just...meh. I've played games myself where the image quality jumps from crystal clear stills to something that looks like it's being viewed through a foggy lense, and I hate it - so that's not going to happ...

Holy hell...we made target!

Thank you! Thank you all -so- much!

Alrighties, right now I'm burning the oil on Chapter Three finalization, but once done I need to come up with a way to thank you all. Will think on it, but happy to take any suggestions :)

Hugs and whatnot.
Xoxo

Weekly update no 12: With guest host Doctor Ian Malcolm

Hi Hi,

We're close but there are a number of things to resolve before I can release it, I'm afraid.

First the good news. In terms of graphical quality and output - it's huge. You've already seen by some of the previews that the quality leap from one and two is quite significant. What you haven't really seen is a render count.  Chapters one and two were about 500 renders each. Chapter Three, if I include all the animation frames I've made is closer to a 1,000...There is also a...

Also...she's pretty good at RPS...

:)

Getting ready to welcome you back to Chapter Three

Just bug testing and the animations left :)

As odd as this might seem (part deux)

Yeah...I think I'm going to do this if I can squeeze the time in!

*goes back to finishing renders for Chapter Three* 

As odd as this might seem...

...I'm thinking of doing the odd occasional comic thingie for you all.

I know, I know, Heavy Five is a big beastie and deserves my time - which of course it gets. But that little bonus KN I did a few weeks back was a nice change of pace for me and I'll confess it was rather fun just writing something from start to end and closing the page on it without having to worry about coding flag...

Weekly update 11: Where did the week go?

Well...rendering I suppose? :)

So to the big question of the day - when is Chapter Three coming out? Well, if I've got my sums right it will be late this weekend. I know how many renders there are left and with the only real thing left to do being dropping in piccies (and quality checking them) some simple maths indicates the end of the week. 

Now I'm not making this a hard deadline, we all know what happened to Becca when I did that last time....but that is the date I'm gunn...

Sunday sneak peek - the morning after the night before...

I'll update properly tomorrow, as usual of course, but every time I see this picture I can't help but smile.

Firstly, if only for the fact I've three characters and mirrored surfaces in it and the render hamster didn't die of shock or overwork (so thank you again!). But secondly, and more importantly, there is so much going on in this single image in terms of foreshadowing and what this image leads on to that I keep childishly grinning at it (although I think I might change that curtain...