VN Ren'Py Artemis [v0.5.1] [digi.B]

[superwulfram]

I remember when this thread was about a game with a guy trying to bang a cute little hottie that he made a robot dog with back in school. Good times.

Oh, and the irony of my being partially responsible for the derailment isn't lost on me.

My thoughts exactly and here I am wondering if the beta users already have the game and whether the rest of us will be lucky enough to get a leaked version.

On that note, does anyone know how someone becomes a beta tester? is it a tier in patreon or just handpicked people from discord by developer?

 

[UnoriginalUserName]

On that note, does anyone know how someone becomes a beta tester? is it a tier in patreon or just handpicked people from discord by developer?

I can't speak for digi.B and Artemis specifically, but in my experience it's usually the latter. The dev will usually entrust the beta testing to either people they know in "real life" or someone they've built up a good rapport with online. Being a patron isn't required but probably wouldn't hurt if an abundance of choice is available. There's also such a thing as a professional beta tester, but I'm not sure how many H-game devs go that route.

 

[erisim]

These are genuinely some of the worst renders I've ever seen. What in the fuck is up with those horrifying facial expressions?

 

[UnoriginalUserName]

These are genuinely some of the worst renders I've ever seen. What in the fuck is up with those horrifying facial expressions?


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[Haast]

His/her rating of 1 star, and youth of the account tells me its either a troll, or they just dislike higher quality games, could the expressions be better somehow, maybe but very few other games take the time to even come close to doing so, like maybe 1% of the top 1%, many games dont even have expressions except in basic little reused character face images lol.
Essentially it would triple or more the dev time to get 'perfect expressions'

 

[UnoriginalUserName]

His/her rating of 1 star, and youth of the account tells me its either a troll, or they just dislike higher quality games, could the expressions be better somehow, maybe but very few other games take the time to even come close to doing so, like maybe 1% of the top 1%, many games dont even have expressions except in basic little reused character face images lol.
Essentially it would triple or more the dev time to get 'perfect expressions'

Mmm, well new account aside (we all had to start somewhere), I'll agree with your assessment. And I hadn't even noticed his rating.

Anyway, any of us that have been around for a while have seen some fucking horrible renders (and not just faces...jesus why isn't eye-bleach actually a thing) so thinking any of those above are worthy of serious criticism is...yeah.

 

[Haast]

With the whole review thing, Id say the main thing is to explain yourself, If you think the expressions dont look good, explain why, give examples, yeah we do all start new, but the trick is before reviewing something figure out what you are really saying, do you just not like a smile, or other facial feature, does it remind you of a girl that dumped you, or is it something that could be improved.
There is one thing in common for most of the games I'd personally call the best, and thats Story, sure the sex scenes are a plus, but if it doesnt have a story to get you to those scenes then you might as well be viewing a basic jpg pornsite.
Artemis, Deluca Family, Sorceror, Terminus Reach, Homecoming, Bad Memories, DMD, Eternum, Rebirth, and the Wicked Choices series to name a few, all completely different games yet they all have a story, I know I left out lots of great games but I didnt want to post a five page list

 

[proximus]

With the whole review thing, Id say the main thing is to explain yourself, If you think the expressions dont look good, explain why, give examples, yeah we do all start new, but the trick is before reviewing something figure out what you are really saying, do you just not like a smile, or other facial feature, does it remind you of a girl that dumped you, or is it something that could be improved.
There is one thing in common for most of the games I'd personally call the best, and thats Story, sure the sex scenes are a plus, but if it doesnt have a story to get you to those scenes then you might as well be viewing a basic jpg pornsite.
Artemis, Deluca Family, Sorceror, Terminus Reach, Homecoming, Bad Memories, DMD, Eternum, Rebirth, and the Wicked Choices series to name a few, all completely different games yet they all have a story, I know I left out lots of great games but I didnt want to post a five page list

Summer's gone. IMHO one of the top games on this site. Practically no sex content but such a great story with great renders and in depth characters. One of few games I don't skip the dialog.

 

[Sh0gvn]

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'Mornin everyone!

Just a quick check-in on where we're at. Doing the post work on the 1,800-ish backlogged renders took a little longer than expected. I got done with them on Friday and have been inserting them into the code all weekend. I informed the Beta Team they'll be getting the first test build tomorrow (Monday, it's currently Sunday night for me still).

I did take Monday and Tuesday off from my day job to focus on the Beta build and testing. For those curious, why I'm still working even though I hit 1k Patrons. I did submit my letter of resignation not long ago. Due to my position at the company, I work for, flat out quitting wouldn't be very professional, and I don't intend to burn any bridges. I'm also fond of my co-workers and couldn't leave them in the middle of a project. Now that's complete, I'm training a few of them to take over some of my duties and look forward to this new direction in my career being a developer. And that's many thanks to you all. Past, present, and future. Truly. Thank you.

But I just cracked open another can of Red Bull and going as long as I can tonight wrapping up the Beta build.
Thanks all and have yourselves a great week!

digi.B

P.S. Be sure to move your game save from Slot 1 of Page 1! I'm updating the code to do an auto-save near the end of future chapters starting with this update. Please be sure to move it. (Yes, I indeed just remembered I said I'd mention that again as I was about to post this )

 

[UnoriginalUserName]

I'ma just quote this here and bold it since it's kinda important and some people might not read or expand that dev message :

P.S. Be sure to move your game save from Slot 1 of Page 1! I'm updating the code to do an auto-save near the end of future chapters starting with this update. Please be sure to move it. (Yes, I indeed just remembered I said I'd mention that again as I was about to post this )

 

[satirious]

I'ma just quote this here and bold it since it's kinda important and some people might not read or expand that dev message :

Might want to tag one of the mods and ask them to plant that bitch in big bold letters to the OP

 

[HornyyPussy]

I'ma just quote this here and bold it since it's kinda important and some people might not read or expand that dev message :

Unfortunately it's not gonna help much...........

Cool for digi that he could quit his day job to focus on developing!

 

[homejorz]

How long does Beta testing usually take?

 

[HornyyPussy]

How long does Beta testing usually take?

Couple of weeks probably.

 

[dolfe67]

I'ma just quote this here and bold it since it's kinda important and some people might not read or expand that dev message :

WTF? Take another page than the first... or make it an option

 

[Euphoric Satisfaction]

WTF? Take another page than the first... or make it an option

Yeah, that is kinda dumb from a programming perspective, like having code that just uses the clipboard, erasing whatever is stored there (without user consent).

 

[mightybored]

I'm surprised he didn't choose Page 9/Slot 6 or something generally out of the way. Checked and made sure I had the spot available anyway, for when this gets implemented.

 

[UnoriginalUserName]

I'm surprised he didn't choose Page 9/Slot 6 or something generally out of the way. Checked and made sure I had the spot available anyway, for when this gets implemented.

Yeah, honestly the spot for this sort of thing is autosave slot 6 or something (assuming that's possible). Page 1 Slot 1 is pretty much where everyone saves for the first time. Hell, some people never even move off page 1 and just keep saving over the previous ones as they cycle through 1-6.

 

[dolfe67]

Yeah, honestly the spot for this sort of thing is autosave slot 6 or something (assuming that's possible). Page 1 Slot 1 is pretty much where everyone saves for the first time. Hell, some people never even move off page 1 and just keep saving over the previous ones as they cycle through 1-6.

Yeah this. Futhermore there are auto-saves in a specific tab

 

[mogwah]

Hell, some people never even move off page 1 and just keep saving over the previous ones as they cycle through 1-6.

THIS