Suddenly I have too many photos to share. Decided to pick my favorites from each scene that I haven't shared yet.
This is from the opening hotel pool scene. Genesis 8.1 characters can be much more expressive than the old 4.2, so I decided to show off a big laugh.
Moving to the town, Ariane shows o...
When I was ready to move Ariane in Paradise to Steam one requirement for Steam is to create a trailer. Because Ariane in Paradise has no demo, I also made a Demo sample of the game and shared that on You Tube.
I recently finished remaking all the art for that section of the game, so I redid the Demo with the new graphics here: http...
2024-06-08 21:34:57 +0000 UTC View Post
I started my Ariane in Paradise Remastered project. Going from Poser to Daz Studio is tricky. Until recently Poser was the better program because of usability and persistent bugs in Daz, but Poser has a limited support crew since it was purchased by Bondware, and doesn't have the better models, so Daz Studio jumped ahead. Being free helps, too.
I've been using Daz Studio all year ...
2024-06-07 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
A little experiment to end the month of May. Could I create new Ariane and Rachel characters to use in Daz Studio. These would be Genesis 8.1 based characters, the current models are based on Victoria 4.2 which has gotten way outdated.
I have done experiments multiple times in the past, and have learned a bunch of lessons. Lesson 1: the new versions of characters will not look like the old ones, but ...
Here is the May update for Dating in a World on Fire. This involves a visit to a "Holo Experiences" franchise. I imagine a "Holodeck" but not everything is solid or manipulateable. It's a fun sci-fi idea for a date.
This update for Dater level patreons allows you to try three rooms to explore. You and relay being "poor" students are limited to cheap sponsored experiences.
There are three ...
2024-05-25 14:44:20 +0000 UTC View Post
As I stated a couple of weeks ago, the third section is very original, and except for a "Wonderland" theme, I'd rather not spoil too much.
Obviously this is starting in some kids bedroom. My original idea was to do a series of logic puzzles based on a book I read when I was young. "Alice in puzzle-land...
2024-05-24 21:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
I said last week that my plan is a "nostalgic" path and here it is. A holo experience set in Duquesne, the tourist island form Ariane in Paradise.
Some Poser props work easily in Daz Studio, and some don't. Luckily the pirate stuff is in the first category. The beach is where a "scavenger hunt" is played. When you finish you go to the Pirate Cove.
2024-05-17 21:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Upon completion of the Mayan quiz room, you enter a "Cenote", what the Mayans call their cisterns where they collected rain water to drink or for crops.
Relay decides it would make a great place to swim, but lacking a bathing suit, you swim naked. Relay is shown here removing her hearing aid, since it is...
Was working on a new series of Relay photos set on the Pirate's Cove set, when a couple of characters walked by looking to promote a game on Steam.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2878400/Ariane_in_P...
Last week I shared test pics for a scene I wanted to do. This week I've been busy writing and illustrating the scene. The second half is taking a while to render, but I am done with the first half.
You enter a place that sells holographic experiences, which are usually expensive, but the college sponsors some for educational purposes, one of which is the class on the Mayans that you and Relay a...
2024-05-03 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally finish the dinners, now what?
I got ideas for the end of the date, and ideas for the second date, but the truth is, I really hadn't thought enough about what happens after dinner. Now it's crunch time to figure it out.
I'm modeling Date 1 after "Date Ariane in the Future" concept, but I don't want to repeat an art museum or downtown shopping, and while some at home dancing and "sno...
2024-04-26 21:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been two months since version 0.25 back in February. Lots of RL distractions, and work on "Steam" Ariane in Paradise, and "voiced" Hopepunk City distracted me from this game.
But I'm back! I only have "steam" Hopepunk City left to do and don't have any reason until July.
So here is alpha 0.3 which includes the following changes from 0.25:
1. New Introductory pictures showing Re...
2024-04-21 15:18:05 +0000 UTC View Post
English Trailer
Tráiler de vista previa (Spanish Trailer)
Short English "Let's Play" since there is no demo
This dinner branches off the visit to the community garden and is based on a common trope in romantic comedies where the new couple has dinner with an old veteran couple, as seen in "Annie Hall", "When Harry Met Sally", "Notting Hill", "Kissing Jessica Stein", etc. The new couple asks the veteran couple how they have gone so long as a couple. The veteran couple asks how romance has changed in this day...
After coming close a couple of times on Patreon, the game is now fully voiced and available on all sites and formats.
Patreon Note: Any Dater level or higher active since March has a 30% chance of getting a shout out during the epilogue. I didn't voice the shout outs and they are random, but keep an eye out for your Patreon name to pop up in the text.
Here’s the Devlog from 2024-04-14 14:10:03 +0000 UTC
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When Ariane in Paradise goes to Steam, this is the big image that will be seen at the top. No she's not sailing nude, but this image is twice as wide as normal. I of course rendered the nude version, too.
It's a variation of the main screen image, added depth of field and changed some textures that would render better .
2024-04-12 20:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Available to Patreons now, awaiting Steam approval before I release it to the public.
2024-04-08 22:03:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Two months ago I showed an image of Relay ordering pizza. (See Pic 141) This week it finally arrives.
Pizza dinner follows pretty much the Date Ariane Remastered version of Pizza Dinner, except how it gets delivered.
The game plan is to show this image, then have a pizza fall from above...
2024-04-05 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week I shared some pics of a "Virtual Dinner" path. Thought I'd show the rest of the "bad path". I got all the art done, haven't coded it yet. I have more time next month to do the other two paths and get an update posted.
It starts with grabbing canned pasta from the warehouse. Not exactly an exciting meal, so Relay decides you should eat in VR.
2024-03-29 21:00:04 +0000 UTC
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I don't have an update for Dating in a World on Fire this month because it has been a busy month IRL, but I did manage to mostly finish an update for Hopepunk City 1.5.
This includes all the scenes in the main game fully voiced. The epilogue hasn't been voiced, but I figured out how to do it later, I exhausted my voice allowance for the month before I could do the epilogue, b...
2024-03-29 00:35:46 +0000 UTC View Post
I thought I'd show more of what I started last week. I want to try and make each of the three dinners be unique. One, the pizza dinner, will be similar to Date Ariane, but the other two will be unique.
Eating Relay in Augmented Reality, allows you to see the dinner in different ways.
For example, you ...
I decided that the very beginning of the game where you see Relay in a virtual classroom needed to change. I used a version as she appeared when I converted her to character creator 4, but I didn't want to use that version anywhere else.
So I made a new version with a virtual background, and because it is supposed to look unrealistic, I just desaturated the picture. The undesaturate...
2024-03-15 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This post is going to be odd and short. March is a busy month between some medical stuff and short notice flights across the country. So there may be some "bare bones" picture posts like this one.
These are the three garden pictures that were in the latest release of "Dating in a World on Fire" but if you saw them in the game, these look different. For story continuity I had to colo...
2024-03-08 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This week I am featuring images from the warehouse which was just introduced into the Dating in a World on Firegame this past week. There are only 3 pics in the game, the high resolution PNGs. Above is a new experimental picture I will be posting on https://arianeb.com this weekend to lead an essay.
I've been study...
2024-03-01 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is the second update for Dating in a World on Fire alpha. I'm labeling this 0.25.
I am making this available to Dater Level Patrons and above at https://arianeb.itch.io/dating-in-a-world-on-fire/patreon-access
This includes the beginning of the first date ending just before ...
2024-02-26 20:20:23 +0000 UTC View Post
In keeping with the spirit of Date Ariane, before dinner there is an opportunity to do some dancing. Instead of a 4 frame animation, it is a 20 frame animation Here's some stills. To keep it from taking forever to render, I pre-rendered the background then rendered a 20 frame foreground with an invisible background, then mixed them together.
2024-02-23 21:28:04 +0000 UTC
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Here's the first voice patch for Hopepunk City, this months free game for Daters. I am making this patch available to all levels but if you are not Dater level you need the game version 1.1 to upgrade with.
Hopepunk City has a strange internal structure and the dialogues do not appear in chronological order. I am voicing them in order as they appear in the game cod...
2024-02-16 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Early release post for Valentines day, because it seems appropriate.
I make images to tell a story, but every now and then a picture comes out better than it deserves to be. I worked on the pre-dinner make out scene, where you and Relay hug and kiss for the first time. This is the hug picture. Because she is leaning in, I brought her bangs forward a little and damn, this could be an...
2024-02-14 22:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's focus was on making the opening images to the first date. Not only does my lack of familiarity with Daz Studio make the work time consuming, the rendering of images typically takes about 10 times as long.
So work is going slow. That's OK, these images are turning out pretty good...
2024-02-09 22:00:04 +0000 UTC
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This week more experience with couples poses, this time male and female poses. Also unlike last week I focused on lighting and focus, and the pictures turned out better.
Despite making both characters nude and anatomically correct, the poses and camera angles kept the images from being too erotic this time. I think these four look better than last week.
Dating in a ...