DrPinkCake

Episide 7 Status Update

Episode 7 status:
Script 95%
Renders completed 265

Despite a 40 hour work week, my PC has been rendering 24/7. This feels great as development couldn't be faster even if I had been at home.

I've managed to squeeze in 6-8 hours of active game development per day during the work week, too.

There are still a lot of renders to do and some animations are in the rendering queue but haven't started to render yet.

I was hoping to get my new GPU this week, but i...

Episode 7: Teaser 2

(This is so unreal...)

Poll winner

Missy won with 1% margin (41% Missy, 40% Megan, 19% Rena). That was the closest poll yet.

As promised, here is a Missy wallpaper. Note that I have attached a 4k and a full HD version of the wallpaper to this post.

Cheers

Dr PinkCake

SFW Wallpaper poll

Let's do another wallpaper poll. This time let's make it a SFW wallpaper.

I'll close this poll tomorrow. The wallpaper will be distributed here on Patreon for all patrons.

Vote for who you want a wallpaper of.

Cheers

Dr PinkCake

Status update Episode 7

Episode 7 status:
Script 95% finished
Renders completed 155
40 renders and 3 animations are in the render queue.

Starting tomorrow, I go back to work. A lot of development time will be lost, as I've had the luxury of doing this gig full-time since July.

Each day I will make sure that my PC will have scenes to render while I'm at work. It will be a new way of working on the game for me.

I will post these status updates on Sundays from now on.

Today, I...

Episode 7: Teaser 1

Hey, bro! How did it go?

NSFW Wallpaper released

The winner of the poll was an NSWF wallpaper of Megan, Melissa and Rena. I have posted a 4k and a Full-HD version of this wallpaper in the #patron-only room on the Acting Lessons Discord.

Join the discord by clicking this link.

Cheers

Dr PinkCake

Poll: Wallpaper

I will produce a wallpaper of the winner from this poll.

Select the character(s) you would like to see in the wallpaper and if you want it to be SFW or NSFW.

The wallpaper will be released to all patrons. If it is a NSFW wallpaper, I will distribute it through Discord.

The poll will close tomorrow.

Cheers

Dr PinkCake

Episode 7 title reveal and new character

The title of Acting Lessons Episode 7 is "Limbo"

Also say hi to Maya.

Cheers

Dr PinkCake

Status update Episode 7

Episode 7 status:
Script 90% finished
Renders completed 68

Hi all!

I've never done a post such as this one before, but I feel that I need to address something based on comments/DMs/PMs I've been receiving in this short time after Episode 6 was released.

Where do I start? There's so much to touch upon.

First of, I'm thrilled by the general response and support I've been receiving these past months. I never would have thought that the game I'm creating wo...

Sage poll result

After 1 week of voting, the polls are now closed and patrons have decided the detailed features of Sage. Sage will be featured in the game I'm developing immediately after Acting Lessons.

These are the final results from the $1 and $15 polls:
60% Hair color 1
45% Eye color 5
56% Tattoo: No!
56% Body piercing: Yes!
84% Facial stud: 4 (no studs)

Dear patrons, let me introduce you to Sage.

2018-09-16 09:42:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Episode 6 Status Update

Quick update: Episode 6 is now with my beta testers.

I would also like to thank all of you for the donations! Thanks to you guys, I have upgraded my computer with a PSU, an SSD and a GPU, according to the 500 patrons goal. You've collectively made a huge impact on game development! I'm so grateful for your support!

Tomorrow, the polls for the design of Sage will close and I will produce wallpapers of Sage for all patrons. Some of the NSFW wallpapers will be distributed i...

Status update Episode 6

Hi!

Episode 6 overall progress so far:

Script 99%
Renders 90%
Animations 96%

Episode 6 will have the same number of unique animations as Episode 5 and have between 550-600 renders in total.

The length of the episode is slightly shorter than Episode 5 and includes more branches.

I'm pushing to send out beta versions, to my testers, this weekend.

I'm ...

Episode 6: Final teaser

Hm... Hey! Isn't that Rena?

500 patrons reached!

5 months ago I sat at my desk at work, bored out of my mind. I had nothing to do and I started thinking of a story I had daydreamt. I've never been a writer and, in real life, I'm not the kind of person who has that skill to captivate people with a story.

But that day, I felt so understimulated. So, I started jotting down notes for a potential VN. It made perfect sense to create an adult VN, I've been an avid fans for years of other adult VNs. Among my favorites you'll find 2018-09-09 11:58:03 +0000 UTC View Post

+$15 Sage poll (500 patrons reward)

Today I reached 500 wonderful patrons! Wow! Your support is immense and makes a real difference in the game development! I am so humbled by your support.

As promised, you will now be part of creating a new romanceable character named Sage.

Sage's design will be finalized through two polls!

How will the polls work?

This poll is only open to +$15 patrons.

The results of this poll will be added to the poll open to +$1 patrons.

This gives +$15 patrons...

+$1 Sage poll (500 patrons reward)

Today I reached 500 wonderful patrons! Wow! Your support is immense and makes a real difference in the game development! I am so humbled by your support.

As promised, you will now be part of creating a new romanceable character named Sage.

Sage's design will be finalized through two polls!

How will the poll work?

This poll is open to all patrons.

The results of this poll will be added to the poll open to +$15 patrons.

This gives +$15 patrons the c...

Episode 6: Teaser 6

I can't leave him behind.

Status update Episode 6

Hi!

Episode 6 overall progress so far:
~95% of script
434 renders
19 animations

You might think that my produced number of renders this week is slightly lower than usual and while that is absolutely true I've actually been working harder on development than ever before (clocking 16-21 hours daily).

This week I've been writing scripts, yes scripts,...

Episode 6: Teaser 5

Bro? Are you ok?

Episode 6: Teaser 4

Go away! I don't want to talk to you!

Episode 6: Teaser 3

Is this it?

Yeah. This is his place, all right.

Status update Episode 6

Since last Friday I haven't had a primary focus. I've been writing script, and producing both still renders and animations. The overall progress is very good.

Script 80%
370 renders (~50-60%)
16 animations (~40-50%)

I estimate that the overall progress of Episode 6 is:

Cheers

Dr PinkCake

Episode 6 - Teaser 2

The upcoming 500 patrons poll

Thank you all for your participation in the survey!

I could see a general trend pretty early on and don't need more data to go on. Based on the survey, I've put together 5 different polls that will open up once I hit 500 patrons. +$15 patrons will vote first and their result will be added to the votes of +$1 patrons (this means that each +$15 patron will have the power of 2 votes).

Here is the base model of Sage (based on the survey):

2018-08-27 16:37:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Episode 6: Teaser 1

What the fuck just happened!?

Survey for 500 patrons goal: Body features

Please read this post before voting.

Vote for every trait that you like. The character you're helping me create is named Sage. Sage is a caucasian 20 year old woman in college and she has a cocky attitude. 

 (MC = Main character. That's you in the game.) 

Survey for 500 patrons goal: Facial features

As we are closing in on 500 wonderful supporters, I'm in the planning phase for the milestone reward.

I honestly didn't think that this goal would be possible to attain, let alone this fast. The reward when that goal has been reached is to let the community be a part of the creation of a romanceable character.

As the community will do this collectively, I can only assume that this character will be among the most popular ones. To give this character a true purpose and not just as a shoeh...

Shout out

Hi all!

I rarely do advertisement or shout outs. I don't like ads myself and I would never do it because somebody paid me or asked me to.

But this time is a special one, because I know that you will miss out on something special by not playing this game.

My good friend, beta tester and QA guy, is the developer of a game named "Retrieving The Past" and he just released an update for Chapter 3.

You can get it at his Patreon here:

Poll: Which trait do you prefer?

I'm interested in knowing which trait you prefer to play in the game. 

I know that some of you play all traits, but if you only could choose one trait, which one would it be?

This poll is open for non-patrons too, as it is a survey that will aid me in game development.