VN Ren'Py 30 Days - Game Development Journal

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Living the dream...
Better make the most of every moment 'cause you never know what might happen tomorrow... especially with the uncertainty of not knowing what Mother’s planning.

 

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It turned out a bit hard, but deep down she knows she's all about making you happy...

 

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Little details no one would probably notice unless you point them out... but they matter to me...

This is the second time I’ve had to redo this same image. The original one was rendered in sections — no way I could render it normally with my old GTX 1050... This second version is the remake, done because the original was slightly out of focus, and it also gave me a good excuse to test out the new graphics card...


Yesterday, while checking that everything was in order, I realized this is the only old image where a new corner of the fortress shows up — but it’s not actually there... Maybe no one would’ve noticed, but I did, so I had to redo it again... This is the new version.


And the next part is definitely something purely artistic — only a really sharp eye would normally catch it... A lot of my newer images have this grainy touch, and it’s totally intentional. It’s called ‘noise’ and I always add it in post. The first one is the original, flat image... the second one is the final version.



Today’s the day I finish rendering the new version. Next up is coding and testing...

 

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A quick look at a few new lines of code... Programming with RenPy is pretty easy, especially when most of it is just dialogue like in the screenshot.



Or it might look like a total nightmare... depends on your taste.

 

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Tired but happy. I think that pretty much sums up the life of most devs on F95 when they drop a new update...

Today was 'release' day... curious what this is all about? Well, even if no one cares, here I go...

I finished the final touches on the code last night. After that, comes testing... because I’m not gonna let others do what’s supposed to be my job. So I went over all the new stuff (over an extra hour and 40 minutes) by playing through it...
After all the checks, it was time to compile and make the builds for release. In my case: PC, MAC, and now Android too. I also double-checked the Android version, since it’s not exactly the same as the PC one and you gotta make sure there aren't any issues with text size and stuff like that.
Ended up going to bed after 3 a.m.

Shortly after waking up, I started uploading the files to 3 different hosts, which basically means uploading 9 copies of the game. One of the hosts I always use (GoFile) was acting up at the time, so I said screw it and made an account on another one... there’s always something going wrong.
While the files were uploading, I had to work on the Changelog. I had something drafted already, but it wasn’t fully done—and I also had to translate it into English, since I speak Spanish... On top of that, I had to make the Patreon post. All that took over two hours, not even counting what I did earlier in the middle of the night.

You’d think that was it, but nope—still more to do. There’s another platform I use (oppaiman), and I basically have to redo everything there too... Upload all the files directly, make a new post, even do a couple special renders just for that site... That ate up another hour and a half.
And nope, still not done, haha. I still had to update my game thread here on F95 (maybe someone will magically subscribe). It’s not the official release, just a little notice that the update’s been released, in case someone feels like checking out my Patreon. The full free release here will be in 30 days.

And now finally everything’s done... To relax, I figured I’d come post this... lol

That’s what a launch day looks like for a small-time dev.

 

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There's a tiny issue you should probably know about, and I really don’t feel like writing or copy-pasting it again.
It’s nothing bad, just something some people don’t know, and I want to make sure you do

https://f95zone.to/threads/30-days-v0-4b-allnatural.202721/post-17029787

 

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These last few days have been pretty "interesting", to say the least... I downloaded something I definitely shouldn’t have and ended up having to format everything, and got hacked too. The formatting part wasn’t too bad, I’ve got decent backups, and whatever wasn’t backed up can either be re-downloaded or redone.

The hacking part was a whole different story. That one really scared me. My Patreon account vanished for over 24 hours. Then it just came back out of nowhere. I’m guessing it was some kind of automated thing from Patreon because of suspicious activity… Still no response from their support team, though, even after my emails.

The attacks seem to have stopped. I changed all the passwords for the important stuff, and anything else I just said screw it and let it go.

Now I’m back on track, working on the next update (version 0.6).

Moral of the story: don’t be an idiot. Never download stuff from outside your usual, totally safe sources—especially not on your work computer.

 

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Well, now that everything finally went smoothly and there are no more issues, I decided to celebrate with a 33% discount starting right now... so go for it



It's only for 10 days...


But hey, while I’m at it...
With all this reformatting and having to redo some stuff, I was using DAZ 4.21 before, and now I’m on DAZ 4.24... and I swear there’s something different about how lights are handled. Something that makes things look a bit more natural.
I was working on a scene and decided to make the following image just as a sample. It’s exactly how it came out of DAZ, no edits at all, zero post-processing.



At least something good came out of all this.

 

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Emma and her intimidation games... and the other kind too... future version 0.6

 

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People can say whatever they want about the game, but they’ll never be able to say I don’t pay attention to stuff most people don’t even notice. How many have you seen spending time on proper posture when doing something as basic as holding a spoon or a fork? How many have you seen playing around with facial expressions?

 

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Well, just in case you didn't know, version 0.5 became free yesterday afternoon: https://f95zone.to/threads/30-days-v0-5-allnatural.202721

Here are some extra images from the new content in that version.

 

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Nope... in this game, there ain't any morons who can’t figure out how a bed works. People sleep under the covers—no stupid crap. It takes a little more time, but it's no big deal.

 

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Such a beautiful morning light... and the biggest pain in the ass when you just wanna sleep.

 

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Yep... Just like every other dev, I need cash... shocker, I know
Anyway, I’ve finally decided to use the Patreon store and drop my first wallpaper pack: 20 original images and 38 variations, all in PNG, available in 1080p and 4K.
58 images with game characters in all sorts of situations. Some are SFW, others are kinda... scandalous.

You can find the full pack here:

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Heeeyy!


Starting today, July 4th, and running until July 25th, there’s a big sale on Itch... and I managed to sneak in. It’s my first time taking part in something like this, so we’ll see how it goes.

The Bundle is so big it had to be split in two. First up are the completely free games. You don’t have to pay anything for them, though tips are always appreciated. I’m in that section with the latest version 0.5.

It’s a collection of 34 games from 29 different developers. Here’s the page for this part of the Bundle:

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The second part’s made up of both paid and free games. You get 46 games for $15. The full value is over $160, so that’s one hell of a discount.

You can find that second part of the bundle here:

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Been a while since I posted anything here. No, I didn’t forget, I was just busy and didn’t really have anything to say... but now I do, ‘cause we’re super close to the next update. I’ve got less than a week left before releasing version 0.5.5.
Over a thousand new images, 5 animations, and about an hour and a half of extra gameplay... Not bad for someone with a real job (like most other devs). Just a little over 3 months for all this... I don’t think anyone can complain.
Here’s a few new pics.

 

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The 0.5.5 update of "30 Days" just dropped today. Here's the Changelog so you can get an idea...

30 Days, version 0.5.5 Changelog:

This is the first time BOTH ROUTES get updated at once. They both kick off right after Kaoru’s "Surprise" moment. Even though both routes converge at dawn of the second day, the dialogues are completely different almost until the end, so don’t think that just playing through one side means you’ve seen it all.

• New words: 15,969 (for a total of 76,462).
• New images: 1,088 (for a total of 4,802).
• New animations: 5 (for a total of 20. There are actually more than 20, but this only counts the ones converted to video).
• New audio files: 18, all for Mother’s new dialogues.
• New music tracks: 4.
• Extra gameplay: About 1 hour and 40 minutes (playing both routes). With this, the total gameplay is now around 8 to 8 and a half hours.
• The warning for the first decision was fully reworked. It now pops up before the choice, with a new look, better visibility, and a clearer explanation about why it matters.
• Every warning and clarification from the game’s "narrator" were treated in a similar way to what was mentioned above.
• Small tweaks in some old dialogues, probably won’t notice them if you replay everything. I don’t even remember myself xD.
• Added a tiny new warning at the beginning of the game because of the changes I made to the game’s distribution system.
• Android version compressed for the first time. Instead of the usual size of the normal version (a bit over two gigabytes), it’s been reduced to 725 megabytes.

You can get it directly on Patreon by following this link:

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And you can also get it on the Oppaiman platform:

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Of course, there's also the option to download it for free... but not yet. Some time ago, I decided to take an extra step. The game will still be free, but people who contribute get absolute priority. So 0.5.5 won't be available for free until the next version (0.5.6) is released for my Patrons.