Version 0.20 of Date Ariane Remastered Beta is being released now for New Years Day. Change Notes can be found at https://arianeb.itch.io/date-ariane-remastered/devlog/329838/version-020-changes
Below is a 125mb patch if you still have 0.14 on your computer. On PC...
2022-01-01 01:14:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are remasters of some of the most seen images in Date Ariane. "After1" is my default post sex image, which reappears in Something's In The Air as a key flashback scene. It is also a modest nude pose. It is also a mirror of the original, because the background in this direction is more interesting with the new bed position.
2021-12-30 22:00:04 +0000 UTC
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For the next update, I want to finish all the house pictures, and it is the garage and bedroom that are currently missing. Bedroom is the biggest of the two and I built a new set for it. I decided that I don't really a need a new garage (car park? car port?) but I re-textured the entire SUV to make it look better in Poser 12 Superfly.
Ariane owns a motorcycle that I als...
2021-12-23 16:59:44 +0000 UTC View Post
My latest picture remastering has focused on the pool and the hot tub. A fair amount involved using the old rendering files, which I could do because pool and hot tub portions of the sets are unchanged, just the stuff around the pool and hot tub has changed.
Underwater pool shots were rerendered with only texture changes so they work with the superfly engine. The issue here was that...
2021-12-16 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHere is the latest build of Date Ariane Remastered. Every time I play it, I find something new that needs to be changed, so it is far from perfect, but I still have a few months to make it perfect, so I'll just release it "as is" for now.
Summary of changes: Added remastered backyard images and coding, including barbecue, telescope, swimming, and hot tub events.
Below is a 59mb patch if you still have 0.13 on your computer. On PC or Linux, extract the file to the...
2021-12-16 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week I built a set, or rather found one that came with Poser 12 and decided it fit what I was looking for, and started producing pictures that take place in the backyard. Stargazing, barbecue, and general background pics are done and will be in the next upgrade.
Here is the much smaller back...
2021-12-09 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all it's December. I know many people are asking, "It's December already?", but with everything I have been doing this year, I'm asking, "It's only December?"
On the Date Ariane Remaster front, I am building new backyard sets, and fixing bugs. If you have been playing the 0.13 beta, you may notice many places where the player character is wearing the wrong clothes; mostly wea...
2021-12-02 18:28:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The latest update to the project has been uploaded to https://arianeb.itch.io/date-ariane-remastered/patreon-access
From this point forward, I am planning to release patch updates, so if your internet is slow this will be the last time you should need to download the full game. List of ch...
2021-11-28 18:06:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Every version of Date Ariane simulator has had the steak dinner I showed last week and the couch makeout scene that I am showing off this week. You can compare these pics to the old ones here.
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Working on the pictures from the kitchen and living room that haven't been redone yet. A large number are sitting at the table across from Ariane. Here is one during the pizza dinner.
Going back to the very first version of the date simulator, there has always been at least two dinners, one...
2021-11-18 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
A new version of the pre-release is up on itch.io. One of the things I did was try to standardize the player avatars as I work on code for how the player dresses compared to Ariane, Details can be found in the 2021-11-11 16:43:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm spending my time these days creating new renders for Date Ariane Remastered, so most of the weekly pics will be some of the best renders I did over the past week.
The first one above is the "slow dance" picture which a version already exists in the latest release. This one is wider 1950 pixels instead of 1920, because I recently added a "sway" effect which pans the picture left to ...
2021-11-04 21:19:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Released an update for the template edition on itch.io. The game plan is to release at least one of these a month until it is completed. I'm hoping to do at least 2 a month, but the inevitable distractions, especially with the upcoming holidays, means I can't guarantee 2.
The origin...
2021-11-01 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes, this years Halloween picture is the same theme as last years, but the theme of female Batman villains and the Hopepunk City girls is so good, I don't have anything better. I'm including some of last years pics, including an uncensored one of Rachel in full body makeup.
2021-10-28 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a pre-project post to discuss my goals and ideas with this project. I'm also making this post public. If you are interested in following this project, sign up as a $5 patreon, and see its progress. I've posted a link in another post for current eligible Patreons to get the base "template" game.
If I say things here that I want in the game, doesn't actually mean they will be in the...
2021-10-25 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I am launching the "template" edition of Date Ariane Remastered. It is basically Date Ariane with the Ariane in Paradise/Hopepunk City interface replacing the old interface.
For now it uses the old pictures which do not quite work with the new interface. The graphics of the introductory part (about 10 pictures) are done, just 1,123 to go.
The game plan of how this will work ar...
2021-10-25 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Based on comments here, the purple robe top seems to be the most popular, and returning to the Ariane in Paradise hair style is a good idea that most people agreed with. It is actually very similar to the original hair, just a little rounder and fluffier on the sides. I still need to play with making it look a little shinier.
I also found a cool necklace to complete the out...
2021-10-21 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The following picture are all flawed in one way or another. This is on purpose as I am testing hair and dress options. As you can see in the background, I am playing with the living room. I learned from Hopepunk City, that Ariane looks better against a dark turquoise colored wall than a dark red wall. This is because the opposite of skin tone is turquoise. Bottom line is I ...
2021-10-14 20:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the beginning of working on Date Ariane Remastered. Since I will be redoing all the graphics, I may as well take the time to update Ariane's look. Here are some possible casual outfits for Ariane.
This is what Ariane wears at the very beginning. It is "casual", but it should be nice enough to make an impression. Included are detailed PNGs with both sitti...
2021-10-07 21:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHopepunk City is now available to everybody, so it is no longer a Patreon exclusive. It will still be free to $5 Patreons, and I may need to update my sticky post with those links.
My next project is Date Ariane Remastered, or reimagined, or rebooted, I haven't settled on a name, but it is the original game with male and female avatars like AiP and HC, full 1920x1080 graphics, rendered on Poser 12, with new sets.
I have not decided how much I will change the text. C...
2021-10-01 16:48:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Now that I have basically released the game there is not much new to show you. Last minute changes came from replacing pics in scenes that used the same pics in other scenes.
I do this a lot, but two scenes that were way too obvious were the two scenes with Maya in the Greenhouse. So I created three new pics in a different part of the greenhouse with Maya wearing different clothes. ...
2021-09-30 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Here it is, finally version 1.0.
Only minor changes from version 0.99:
The Epilogue you get after making all 70 achievements has 32 random "shout outs" to patreons. The list it pulls from is up to date. I plan t...
2021-09-26 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
The last thing I added to 0.9, which will be the version that becomes 1.0 if there are no bugs found or rewrites needed, is a couple of one picture scenes. The last paths I did were the paths where Ariane or Rachel move in with you. In version 0.86 I added two scenes where after Ariane or Rachel move in, you have a talk with the other one to see how they are feeling, which was good since ...
2021-09-23 22:38:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a link to the page with all the achievements and the pages they can be found on.
https://arianeb.com/hopepunk-city-case-file-all-achievements/
2021-09-21 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This Case File explains how to get the 6 achievements that aren't covered in the other Case Files. Chances are you will stumble on these accidentally, but here are the exact ways. Four involve Rachel, and two involve Maya. Note: All of these achievements are blocked in censored mode, so make sure you are playing in "Normal" or "Hard" mode.
Getting to Assistant Photographer:
Getting jobs is a major component of the game. The job game was inspired by The Sims, and kind of follows similar rules. You can choose a path and with learning, exercise, or just experience you can get 17 different jobs. Unlike the real world you don't have to stay long at any job. As soon as you qualify for a better job, you can take it.
Some jobs you can take for more money...
2021-09-19 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostI've been playing the game nightly, switching between PC and Android, looking for little annoyances that need fixing, and small things that I can do to make the game better. Here is the results of that. I think I am close to finalizing a 1.0 release and making it available on October 1. Final three "Case File" walk throughs will be posted over next three days.
There are some known issues with Android apk files generated on the latest versions of Renpy. It has to do with getting the apk files ready for the Play Store, and the result is that these apk files randomly crash when played on Android 11 devices, which thanks to auto updating, is now most devices.
Luckily I have an older computer that has an older version of Renpy that doesn't have this problem, so here is the android version of Hopepunk City, it says it is 1.0 but really it is ...
2021-09-18 14:00:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Besides buying stuff in the market, the other weekly thing you do is plan your week. This is a guide to the best activities to getting and keeping your job, and getting the most roommate likes.
You are scheduling for three slots, morning, afternoon, and evening, and you will basically be doing these activities all week. Obviously, daily routines will vary throughout the week -- for exampl...
2021-09-17 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the first pics I made for this project was Rachel, Ariane, and at the time Trish standing in the hall. It was the last pic that needed to be updated. I made three versions: Month one, month 2 and month 3.
2021-09-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post