Tropecita Games

v0.8 preview

It's been a while since the last preview, and I wanted to share this WIP of an image that will appear in 0.8. What do you think about her new loose hairstyle, for when she is not wearing a braid?

v.0.7B Android problems

​This mornig someone has informed me that the Android version was having problems to be installed in some devices. 

I've finally fixed it. It has taken most of the day (sorry about the delay and the inconvenience) but I finally got it.  It had to do with the size of the installer, there is a maximum of 2 GB  for unsigned application installers and mine exceeded that. I reduced  the size to 1 GB and was able to test it on a tablet I borrowed. It  works!​

0.7B has been released with bugs

On Wednesday morning, some players have reported to me some bugs (in Megan's scene if you are not on Martha's path). That evening, I did a recompile and re-uploaded the files. 

Today I have been notified of a bug in a combination of choices that none of my betatesters seemed to have tested (Having rejected Simone without being on any other girl's path and accepting her on the second chance). I have corrected the bugs and re-compiled and re-uploaded the files once again. 

v.0.8 (and more) Progress report

What have I been doing this week, since I released 0.7B, other than fighting with dforce and measuring characters? 

I have fully defined v.0.8. It's going to have 7-9 scenes (depending on how much it costs me to render them I might move the last two to 0.9, since they are multi-branch scenes). 

I have fully written the first three scenes as well. The second one is also a multiple scene (3 scenes in one).

I have fully rendered the first scene and about a quarter of ...

How tall are the characters? (I)

I've always been curious to know the actual height of the characters. We always see them in relative heights to each other, but I never knew how to measure them, it could be that they are all in the range of 1.60m (5'3") or 1.80 (5'11"). A player informed me of the existence of a free asset for Daz that allowed to know the approximate height, and I got it to do a test.

Here is the result. The MC is approximately 1.85 (6'1").

And no, they are not in jail naked.

Creative process (I)-Sometimes I hate dforce!

I've decided to write a series of posts about the creative process of a visual novel, since some of you have asked me some questions about it. When unusual or funny things happen to me, I'll write a short post about it. You can find them under the "Creative process" tag. I don't know if they will be interesting for you or not, if you think they are not worth it, let me know and I will stop writing them. This is the first one.

For those who don't know it, dforce is the system used by Daz...

0.7B Release

Recompiled the game to solve a problem in Megan scene

Finally, 0.7B is here. 

Your developer quartering weapons have started to arrive, I've hung them on the wall. They look good.

The betatesters have found few bugs this time and I've been able to complete the changes today. There's a bit of everything, character development, surprises, laughs (at least my wife laughed, but she's unreliable because she laughs at my jokes), decisions (proportionally many...

Change in Tiers wording

Good morning,

Today there has been an event of which I am not proud. Due to the way the Tiers were structured and the timeframes in which the game was available for each one, there has been a misunderstanding with a user and he got angry (with all logic).

Until now the deadlines indicated:

Martha: 7 days before the release

Norah: 3 days before the release

Emma: Day of release

Daphne: 3 days after the release

Erika: 6 days after the release

That ...

v.0.7B release schedule

I lied to you again, but this time I am sorry (at least in part). Even Norah is mad at me.

I told you that I would try to publish the game this week, but it has been impossible. The last 36 renders are being done right now (no Sundays off for developers who mess up) so I won't be able to post it today. The betatesters already have the game with the preview images so they can go ahead in their tests, so I hope to be able to publish it between tomorrow and Tuesday. The game is already tra...

Family Tree updated

After the events in v.0.7A I've updated the Family Tree to reflect Eva's and Amanda's positions relative to everyone. 

0.7B Progress report and Preview

I just remembered that I haven't done the progress post for 0.7B yet. That's because it's been an update where the planning has repeatedly gone into the trash because I didn't like how some of the scenes were coming out, either because of the renders or the dialogue. 

I started working on it the same day I posted 0.7A (October 14) and in the 15 days since then I've worked as hard as I can. I'm happy with the progress I've made in these two weeks, and even more so considering the pr...

Who are those girls?

Meet two of the new students arriving in 0.8 (or 0.9 if something goes wrong).

Debbie (left, 19, English Literature major) is none too pleased with the antics of her older sister Lisa. She thinks Lisa is shallow and that it's all just a show to draw attention to her meaningless life filled with jewelry and dresses.

Lisa (right, 20, Art major) thinks Debbie is throwing away her best years by focusing on college swimming instead of devoting her energies to saving the planet and othe...

Back in the day (IV)

One year ago, on October 26th, 2021, I turned 49 years old. That day I decided to start writing the story that would become My Dorm. 

One year later, I can't be more satisfied that I made that decision. It has been a year in which many things have happened: the first months of writing a lot, learning a bit of Ren'py, and dusting off my knowledge of Daz3D (the last time I had done something Genesis had just been released). Then starting translating the ideas I had written into dialo...

Back in the day (III)

I had to post this image on one of the sites where My Dorm is published to defend myself against an accusation, which I believe to be false, that all the girls are basically identical. At the time, when I started developing the game, one of the things I was looking for was for each of the girls to feel unique in both personality and appearance. I made this image back in the day (it's not even rendered or with details like genitalia or pubic hair added) as an example of what I was looking for ...

v.0.7B Hot preview

I've finally made up for the time I lost when I screwed up with Megan's scene. I'm still behind on the rest of the scenes because of that, but the plan is still to post 0.7B in the first week of November. In the meantime, here's Megan sending you to the shower after a session of shared fun.

The only "problem" with that scene now is that it exceeds 300 renders. I'll end up in the hell of developers who do more renders than they promise.

Murphy's Law

You know that when something can go wrong, it's going to go wrong, right?

This time it has happened to My Dorm. I had designed a scene that, in my mind, looked like it was going to be sexy. I started writing it and there was already something that didn't quite convince me, but because I'm stubborn, I kept writing and rewriting it over and over again. Yesterday I programmed the first 36 renders of the scene to be made while I was sleeping. Today I've put them together to test them... wha...

Who's that girl?

Hello once again,

While I'm working on 0.7B, I'm also working on future updates (especially when I need a break from writing) and I've finally started redesigning the first batch of students. I wanted to redesign them as, even for me, they didn't have a lot of things that made them stand out from the girls we know and love. 

The first of the students is Kim, who, apart from studying at college, works part-time as a model.

I hope you like her

The image is in 1920x3...

v.0.7A Release

I managed to finish the first part of 0.7 a day earlier than expected and here it is for you to enjoy.

As it is only the first part of 0.7 it is relatively short, at about the same level as the first updates:

10,007 words in English

9,539 words in Spanish

803 Lines of dialogue

343 renders (no animations this time)

1,755 Lines of code (1,343 in each language + 412 shared)

10 new music tracks

2022-10-14 17:42:23 +0000 UTC View Post

v.0.7A Release Schedule

This was fast. 12 days since the last release and I'm here once again bothering you.

I wanted to release the v.0.7A update tomorrow so all the Tiers have it for Halloween. It will be impossible to publish it tomorrow because... it will be already published today. Right now I am uploading it to the download servers and, as soon as I have them, I will post the links. 

The schedule by tiers is as follows:

Martha's savior: (Pre-publish bonus by tier) October 14th

Nora...

v.0.7A Progress update

I've been working on v.0.7A for a few days now and it's on track for release on the date I had planned (around the 15th).

It was going to be a small update focused on the costume party, but you know me.

I'm almost 9,000 words in, and I have just over 320 renders planned (over 230 done). 

Remember when, at the beginning of this project, I said I would do monthly updates of 200-300 renders and around 9-10,000 words? Now it turns out that a "small update" is over that size...

v.0.7 preview

There is a costume party coming up. Are you ready to fall into the Spider Queen's webs?

v.0.6 Release

Edited the links to include the version 0.6.0a, that solves a bug and a couple typos

The 0.6 update is finally here, and once again it has gotten out of hand.

The final result has been:

18,814 words in English

17,485 words in Spanish

1,404 lines of dialogue

13 animations (335 renders)

708 still images

1,043 renderings in total (the largest to date)

3,589 lines of code (2,484 in each language + 1,105 shared)

...

Work begins on v.0.7. A special version

I have already started working on v.0.7

It is going to be a special update, as it is intended to be published in two different parts. 

The first part will cover Wednesday until noon, remember that the MC is meeting Simone for lunch. It will finish just before that lunch.

The second part will cover the rest of the day.

Why? For a very simple reason. I'm dumb and didn't calculate the real-world dates right. The first part has a Halloween feel to it, having the costu...

v.0.6 Release schedule

Good news. V.0.6 is almost here. Since Thursday the betatesters have been... betatesting 

They've sent me their report today and it involves minor corrections, so I'll be able to publish My Dorm v.0.6... tomorrow!

The schedule by tiers is as follows:

Martha Tier: (Pre-publish bonus by tier) October 2nd

Norah Tier: (Pre-publish bonus by tier) October 6th

Emma Tier: (Official publication day) October 9th

Daphne Tier: October 12th

Erika Tier: Octobe...

Daphne v.0.6 preview and 4K wallpaper

I'm rendering the seventh scene (of eight) for v.0.6 and this image of Daphne was so sweet that I had to render it in 4K and I'm sharing it with you as a preview of the next version.

The header image is in FullHD and the attached one is in 4K.

v.0.6 Progress Report

There is very little time left to release v.0.6 and today I come to inform you about its status. 

It will be around 850-900 renders (more than 700 of which are already done). You know me, I may end up with 1,000 renders again.

It will have around 17.000 words (I'm still rewriting a scene I'm not too happy with)

There will be 11-12 animations

About which girls appear in the update:

Martha, Alexia, Mystery Girl, Erika, Emma, Maddie, Scarlett, and Daphne.

Thank you image for October

Those of you who have been with me for a while know that I send you an exclusive image that will not appear in the game at the beginning of the month once the payments have been processed as a thank you for renewing your subscription. This time I thought it would be nice if you could decide what kind of image you would like to receive, so... vote!

The girls who don't appear in the choices are the ones that have starred in the images of previous months.

The poll is open until Septe...

v.0.6 Preview

Do you remember the girl from the clothes shop? Maddie will return in 0.6.

v.0.6 Preview

Are you ready to defend against this beauty?

v.0.5 Release

Finally, v.0.5 is here.

In this new update we have:

23,810 words in English

22,352 words in Spanish

1,629 Lines of dialogue

669 Still images

14 Animations (between 8 and 121 frames) totaling 345 animated frames.

1,014 renderings in total

About the plot:

Progress in the story with Norah, Samantha, Alexia, Simone, Scarlett, and Daphne.

Quality time with Martha.

End of Jack's story arc.

I've included an image with...