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Still dealing with a power outage + scuffed release plans + needing to unpause pledges

Hello everybody, I hope you're all doing well.

My power is currently still out which makes for the 4th day in a row but it will hopefully be up soon. (Hopeful for later today)

Just wanted to let you guys know that there will be an update today but it will not be a finished product. Hence the scuffedness.
My power went out in the middle of me changing some stuff near the end of the Daliah scene and I obviously haven't been able to render anything since so the scene remains un...

Dealing with a power outage

Yo, this is just a really quick post to let you guys know that Hurricane Helene knocked my power out early Friday morning.
The coast of my state got hit rough, but I'm further inland. Luckily, there are no damages to anything and everyone is fine.

I have a rough plan to get what I can out to you guys by the end of the month. Scuffed situations call for scuffed measures.

I'll update you guys as soon as I can.

Unofficial Dev Report (Info about when to expect what)

Hey everyone, I hope you've all been doing well.

After how things ended in August, I took some time to recollect and work on many of those things.
Many facets of my life were in the same state as things here have been, there were and still are many things for me to work on and many fires to put out but things have been getting better everyday.
But that doesn't exactly mean too much right now.

Ultimately, I am in a much better headspace than I was in the last post.
I hav...

Explaining some frustrations of mine (Heavy, heavy spoilers for almost the entire update)

I've mentioned many times that I haven't been very happy with how E13 has turned out. I added a ton to it, made alterations and in some cases made things worse.
It has made it very difficult to get past the mental blocks I have to get this update out. I've tried forcing my way through it many times with many release dates.
I even hired Dionyx partially to help force this out but after everything blew up on the 10th I rescinded that control because of how pissed I made everyone. I set t...

Resetting (News about E13 and E14)

Hey guys, I hope you've all been well.

We've been struggling over here but we're finally nearing the end of that.
Technical issues that stemmed from the packaging issue and chaos afterward were persistent, they ballooned into many other issues. There have also been some life issues that popped up but we've been figuring all of it out. I lost my head for a bit but everything is going to work out. I'll go into more detail about the hardships we've faced after these updates are out whe...

Technical difficulties

Hey, this is just a quick post to let you know that I'm dealing with some issues. The biggest one being a compiling issue.

The update is still coming but it will not be ready at 3.
This is not a content issue, nothing is being altered. I am happy with the update. We are doing everything we can to have this out as soon as possible. As soon as things are resolved, the update will be uploaded.

(Also, this update is now around the 1000 render range as we decided to use the longe...

On the up'n'up

Hey, everybody.
After the book that was my last post, going to keep it short and sweet for this one. (There's also just not a lot of new info at the moment.)

Episode 13 will release on the 10th at 3pm EST.
It's been a productive week, every day has been positive.
I am almost finished with my last alteration to the trouble scene, I'm feeling good about it but usually around the 3 days left mark is when I've panicked. I don't think that will happen again but even if it does, th...

Not good news for today

Hey everyone, I hope you're all doing well.

This isn't a post I want to make, the update will not be uploaded today. I feel absolutely stuck. I am beyond frustrated and I know all of you are as well and it is completely justified. And I've been saying that sentence way too damn much.

If you've been in the discord then you know I've been playtesting the E13&E14 update for a little over a week now. A lot of progress was made, 95% of the issues I had have been fixed.
But one...

Dev Report #41 (July 21st, 2024)

Yo!
I hope you're all doing well. Thanks for being here, thanks for reading these.

Here is the usual dev report image for the week and also the current image for the daily tracker I've been posting in the discord.

It's been a pretty solid week, I got a lot of good work time in but I still struggled with some crashes and other annoyances.

I'll be finishing up the last of the render work for this update tomorrow. Afterwards, I'll be playtesting and also completing the r...

Dev Report #40 (July 14th, 2024)

Yo!

Didn't plan on having an "Official" report until after the update(s) were out but I also didn't plan on them not being out yet.
To let you guys know what's been happening:

I've ran into a few issues with finishing up E13. The scale of the change grew and I faced a number of issues with daz crashing. I've also been dealing with an issue of compiling the android version of the game. There's also been a number of small life things getting in the way.
The release time fra...

Unofficial Dev Report

(Some teasers from E14, trying not to be too "spoilery" with them)

Let's get straight into it.

I set Episode 13's release timeframe between July 2nd and July 5th. Today is July 7th and nothing has been uploaded. My abysmal track record with releases continued on. So, what happened?

Episode 13 wasn't ready to be uploaded at the end of June because I changed the order of the scenes. Notably moving a scene after Jasmine's date to before it.
There were continuity errors t...

Yo (Release Dates & Important Info)

(Pledges will not be paused this month, please adjust your pledge accordingly. All former patrons will have access to Episode 13 and 14 as long as you're in the discord.)

What's up, everyone? It's been a minute since I've made an actual post.

In the time since the last post, I've been dealing with some issues. Both dev-wise and personal-wise. But that's not what I'm here to speak on today. I'm here to talk about the upcoming updates.

Honestly, th...

Update on the update

Yo.

Apologies for the lack of posts, I've talked a small amount in the comments and in discord but I didn't intend on making another official post until I had this release out.
This is just a quick post to let you guys know what the hold up has been.

In the last post I said things would be out early in May, and in the comments I said this last Monday or Tuesday and both dates have come and gone.
The reasons for these delays are personal matters. I've been dealing with a lo...

Dev Report #39 (April 24th, 2024)

Yo! 🙂

Decided to go back to E13 for this report's teasers... even if they're similar to previously shown ones. I'm kinda running out of good teasers that don't spoil too much lol

But you may have noticed that the render and animation numbers didn't move much this week and that's due to me finishing up all of the alterations. Which means I've been in the testing phase for a few days now.
Testing phase includes bug-testing, proofreading, and overall vibe-checking. (As well ...

Dev Report #38 (April 17th, 2024)

Yo!

This is going to be another short report. 👍

This week I managed to make 71 new renders for Episode 14, I also rendered out 107 altered renders for Episode 13. I didn't manage to do much for the redo this week, only about 25 renders of progress on it.
Not my best week of renders but that's because this was an animation heavy week.
I rendered out 6 new animations alongside 7 altered animations.

This upcoming week I should be able to finish up the rest of the a...

Dev Report #37 (April 8th, 2024)

Yo!

I hope you're all doing well, I'm going to have to keep it short for this report. 😁

This week I was able to make 75 new renders for Episode 14. I was also able to remake 149 renders for Episode 13. And another 41 renders of progress on the first month redo.
Very solid week of renders (Though the remade renders aren't too difficult since 90% of the work is already done. It's mainly just waiting for things to load over and over.)
I also made 3 new animations this week...

Dev Report #36 (March 31st, 2024)

Yo! And Happy Easter!

Going to start this off by saying that pledges will not be paused this month, please adjust your pledges accordingly. All content that would be posted in April will be available to all former patrons via the discord so you won't have to miss anything.
I want to pause but after doing so for 5 out of the last 6 months, things are getting to a point where I just sorta cant.
I've continued working for all of these months, but I have been pausing due to me being ...

Dev Report #35 (March 24th, 2024)

Yo!

I made a book-sized report last week, this one isn't short but it's smaller. 😁


As I mentioned in the last report, I will not be sharing any release dates until things are compiled and ready to be uploaded.
My current plan is to finish this scene I've been working on for Episode 14 before making any final decisions for the ending of Episode 13 where I'll then re-evaluate how I feel about it and make any changes I deem necessary before uploading it for all of you to ...

Dev Report #34 (March 17th, 2024)

Yo! 

I hope you're all doing well! 

I'm not sure where to start with this one. It's been a while since I've had an actual post and that's because I've been stuck with the ending of Episode 13. So I guess I'll just sort've talk about what's been going on.

I paused pledges and aside from a few comments from me here and there, I've been silent as I try and work my way through things. It's been a rough month both dev-wise and just life-wise.

And when t...

Last of the Partial Dev Reports.

Yo! 🙂

I hope everyone had a great Valentine's day!
We'll be back to the usual Dev Report format after this one.

So, let's talk about S2-C1-E13-B4.
This update will be around 450 renders and 10 animations.
I am not setting a hard release date as things are not completely finished yet but I am aiming to release around this upcoming Sunday (The 18th).
There always seems to be some last minute issues or things may just take a little longer than I hope they will so the...

Partial Dev Report 3 (02/05/2024)

Yo! 🙂

I'mma be real... there's not a whole lot of anything new to share at this moment, but I don't want you guys to think I'm going silent on ya.
I am fully focused on getting the rest of Episode 13 out asap. I'm currently finalizing everything, there are a select few things that need adjusting and a few renders here and there that need to be added. I spent most of this week completely replacing an environment in one of the scenes and that was the largest task that needed to be ...

WVM (S2-C1-E13-B3)(173 renders)(5 animations)

This is the remaining bit of the last update! I appreciate your patience!
I hope you enjoy! Please report any bugs or errors you may find!


Normal full game links (4.8 GB):

Windows - MEGA (5GB free limit), 2024-02-01 04:23:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Important Update. (Pledges will not be paused this month, please adjust accordingly)

First I want to start off with saying the second half of the spa trip will be uploaded later today. I'm aiming for around noon EST but it may be a few hours later.
This update will be around 170-180 renders and 5 animations. It ended up being a little longer than I thought it would be.  

Second, I will not be pausing pledges this month. This is a decision that I do not come...

WVM (S2-C1-E13-B2)(205 renders)(9 animations)

Well... this is a partial upload for the moment.
This build does not include the second half of the spa scene. The ending of which is currently giving me a huge headache as my daz has been crashing amongst other errors. I tried my best to get it all out tonight but I have to get some sleep.  
The second part of the scene is around 130 renders and 4 animations. That will be uploaded either tomorrow or the following day. (Should be tomorrow)
The rest of Episode 13 will be uploaded...

Partial Dev Report 2 (01/22/2024)

Yo!

The last report was very self-critical and all of that remains true but I'm not going to be on that vibe every week. Instead I'm just going to say the plan and also the order of operations I'mma be following to close out this month and begin the next as that is where my head is at. 🙂


First things first is finishing and releasing the second part of Episode 13. This part will be around 300 renders and 9-10 animations. This part covers a scene with Rachael as well as the...

Partial Dev Report

Yo!

Well, I'm sorta at a point where I don't have many teasers left without getting into heavy spoiler areas. (And about the image, don't worry. Rach leaves the sauna before things get too hot since preg women shouldn't let their core temp get too high.)
So, unofficial dev report time. 😁

Just to try to be transparent about this next update. I was aiming for this past Wednesday-Thursday to be the release date in the last report.
The earlier delays were based on a compil...

Dev Report #33 (January 6th, 2024)

Yo!

I'm going to keep things nice and short on this first report of the new year.

Not a single thing went to plan during the month of December and I am sorry about that. Nonetheless, I'm feeling very refreshed and motivated right now, I've been hard at work since returning from visiting family over the holidays.

I have managed to fix the issues with part 2 and now I'm just waiting on some tweaked renders/anis to finish.
Part 2 will be uploaded as soon as things are rea...

Happy New Year!

Yo!    
I just wanted to say a quick happy new year and I wanted to give an update on things to come. I'm back home after my trip to visit family and my focus is on getting the rest of Episode 13 out to you guys.  
I have paused pledges for January as well as I was not able to work on the update nearly as much as I had hoped while I was away due to a number of things but I'm back at full force now.    

Dev Reports will start back this upcoming S...

WVM (S2-C1-E13-B1)(207 renders)(2 animations)

Well... this took too long to get out. This is the 1st part (out of 3 parts) of Episode 13.
It's a chill little update. More coming real soon. (As soon as things are fixed)
(The Update Only option has been reset. Meaning it only includes the content for Episode 13 now. So for it to work you'll need to already have all of Episode 12 installed.)

I really thought I'd have more free time while visiting family but anytime I think I'll get to work on the game, someone asks me to do som...

Update on the update

First off, Happy Holidays / Merry Christmas Eve to everyone who celebrates it!

I've ran into some issues irl and with the update and I have been grinding to try and finish it before I leave to visit family. It's a tough and stressful time of year but I'm not going to make any excuses. I should have been able to finish things in time and then some.

In my efforts to fix things for the end of the update at the last second, I wound up screwing up something in the Rachael scene that ...