DrPinkCake

Status update Episode 6

Time for a weekly status update. 

First of all, welcome to all new patrons! I'm very thrilled to see the high level of support from you all!

During the past week I've had split focus on producing still renders and animations.

The current progress of Episode 6 is:
- 3300 lines of script has been written
- 239 renders are completed
- 10 animations are completed

I'm aiming for about 5000 lines of script for this episode; about the same length as Ep...

Poll winner

With 33% of the votes and the winner by a mere single vote, the winner that will be featured in Episode 6 is: 

Thank you for participating! Keep your eyes open for new polls in the future.

Cheers!

Dr PinkCake

Poll Episode 6: Help Missy

Last night the Acting Lessons Discord got together and came up with 16 different clothing options for Missy.

The Legend patrons got a chance to vote for their favorites. These are the 4 options with the highest number of votes.

Now it is your turn! Vote for one, or several, of these options.

I will close this poll on Wednesday, due to rendering needs.

The winner will be featured in E...

Legend poll for Missy

Help Missy select what to wear.

Vote for as many or as few options you want. The top 4 options advance to a +$5 poll, where the winner is decided and you may vote again.

In the event of a tie, I will include all tied options in the +$5 poll.

Due to rendering needs, this will be a 24h poll.

If you need a closer look, I have attached the image so you can download it.

Cheers!

400 patrons!

11 days since we were 300. This growth is amazing and unbelievable...

Problem is, I haven't even had the time to prepare a reward. :D

I usually have rendered some sort of wallpaper, but this time around I'm going to give everybody some free preview renders of Episode 6.

I thank you all immensely for the support!

Cheers

Dr PinkCake

2018-08-18 10:09:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Status update Episode 6

Welcome to all new patrons! Thank you all so much for your pledges!
You guys make this game possible.

It's been a while since my last status update, with the release of Episode 5 and all, but now it's back and we can talk about the upcoming Episode 6.

What has been completed so far:
- 148 renders
- 2800 lines of script

I can also announce that the title of the next episode will be:

Episode 6 - A Fork in the Road

Cheers

Dr PinkCake

Poll winner

With 36% of the votes, the winner of the poll is:

Thank you all for voting!

Cheers

Dr PinkCake

Episode 6: Rena needs your help

Yesterday, the Acting Lessons Discord community got together to help decide 16 candidates in a poll for the Legend patrons. These are the 4 winners from that poll.

Now it is turn for all +$5 patrons to decide the winner.

The winning piece of clothing will appear in Episode 6.

You may vote for as few or as many entries you want.

The poll will close on Friday.

Episode 4 unlocked for all patrons

As Episode 5 is just around the corner, I'm unlocking Episode 4 for all patrons today.

Get it here.

(Note, this is not the upcoming v0.5.0 Episode 5)

Episode 6 poll: Help Rena

Help Rena select what to wear.

Vote for as many or as few options you want. The top 4 options advance to a +$5 poll, where the winner is decided and you may vote again.

In the event of a tie, I will include all tied options in the +$5 poll.

Due to rendering needs, this will be a 24h poll.

Cheers!

Dr PinkCake

Countdown to Ep5 release

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/launch?iso=20180818T02&p0=179&msg=Acting+Lessons+Episode+5%3A+Saying+Farewell&font=cursive

Status update Episode 5

Tomorrow I'm sending out the beta versions to my testers.
Unless something unexpected happens, the release will be this weekend.
I'm aiming for a Saturday release.

Episode 5 will include:
- 731 renders
- 3 special renders (Extra material)
- 32 animations (Extra material)
- 7 new songs

Expect 50-80 min content for normal reading speed for the largest branching path of...

Episode 5: Progress

Yup. I can definitely promise an August release.

Episode 5: Teaser 4

Hey? What are you doing here?

I need to talk to you.

Quick status udpate

Yeah, I know I did an update three days ago, but stuff can happen fast and it indeed has thanks to DAZ 4.11 public beta with the new awesome post denoiser that saves me up to 80% of rendering time for some scenes and animations. This is the final week of my vacation, after which things will slow down, so I'm pushing as hard as possible at the moment being.

Animations 21/44 completed (7/23 in render queue)

Renders 502 completed

Script 5282 lines, 95-99% completed (Scrutiny and final...

300 Patrons!

Wow...I'm speechless. The support you guys have shown me this far has been incredible.

To thank everyone for the support, here are 4 free preview screens from the upcoming Episode 5.

Also, I've attached a 4k and a 1080p high resolution wallpaper to this post.

Thanks to all past and current patrons for the donations and thanks to everyone for the huge show of support!

Cheers

Dr PinkCake

2018-08-07 08:09:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Episode 5: Teaser 3 (+$15)

(How lucky am I?)

(I lie here between two beautiful women...)

(...who both want to be with me.)

How do you play Acting Lessons?

I'm interested in seeing which system you use for playing Acting Lessons.

I can't see any download stats for it and am interested in whether certain versions are more popular than others.

Note that this will not affect my current distribution system.

This is a public and  continuous poll without an end date.

Status update Episode 5

Hello!

Since the last status update, I've been focusing on preparing animations and writing the script. Overall, the development is going very well.

For Episode 5, this is what's been completed so far:

- Script: 90% (4666 lines of code)

- Renders: ~40% (350 renders completed)

- Animations: 28% (12/43 animations completed, 16/31 queued for rendering)

I've also added music and sound effects to the script.

Moreover, I've upgraded to DAZ3D 4.11 public beta, as i...

Episode 5: Teaser 2

What should it say?

That's up to my boy, over here.

Declined payments

Hey guys, if you were affected by Patreon's current issues with payments. Read the statement below. Cheers!

https://twitter.com/Patreon/status/1025071287020871680

Poll winner

With 34% of the votes, this is the winner of the bikini poll. It will be featured in Episode 5.

Thank you all for voting and for participating in the Discord server with preparations for the competition!

Missy needs your help again!!!

Earlier I posted another poll for Legend patrons. They got the chance to vote for the best choice of bikini for Melissa among 12 alternatives. These are their top choices.

Now it's your turn! Vote for as many you want or just for your favorite.

I will close the poll this time on Thursday, the winning bikini will be featured in Episode 5.

In the event of a tie, number 4 will be...

Legend patron poll: Bikini for Missy

Time for another Legend patron poll!

These polls are meant to filter out your favorites from the poll available to +$5 patrons.

Vote for your favorites. 

I will close this poll in 24 hours.

The top 3 options will be in the +$5 poll, w...

Episode 5 - Teaser 1

Jenny will read the part of Desmond. You may start when you're ready.

Ep5 Poll winner

With a whopping 50% of the votes, this is the winner of the +$5 patron poll.

Cheers

Dr PinkCake

Missy needs your help: 24h poll

Earlier today I posted a poll for Legend patrons. They got the chance to vote for the best choice of clothing for Melissa among 8 alternatives. These are their top choices.

Now it's your turn! Vote for as many you want or just for your favorite.

Please note that this is a quick poll, as I need to render Missy scenes pretty soon.

I will close the poll by this time tomorrow, the winning piec...

Quick poll for Legend patrons

Time for the first Legend patron poll!

These polls are meant to filter out your favorites from the poll available to +$5 patrons.

Vote for your favorites. 

I will close this poll in 12 hours.

The top 3 options will be in the +$5 poll, where you may vote again for your favorite.

Please note that it's best to vote 3 times to ensure that you get maximum impac...

Regarding game saves

During the day I've received several reports that players can't continue on their saved games. This is an important topic, especially as we progress further into the story and make several important choices along the way. 

How do you ensure game save compatibility?

The simple answer is:
Always save when you get the prompt in this image of the latest Episode.

Saving at thi...

Status update Episode 5

Wait...what? Episode 5? We haven't even sunk our teeth into Episode 4 yet?

Well, while I'm waiting for beta testing feedback I might as well start working on Episode 5.

Today I started queuing the first renders for it and 20% of the script has been written too.

I've also reproduced ~100 Episode 1/2 renders in full HD, but now I really want to get a head start on Episode 5.

This is because as of mid-August I will start a new job and that will sadly cause me to have le...