That's the exact same "boutique" from Steps of Debauchery.
Yeah, T4bbo spent TONS of time working on these new environments over the last two weeks. [/s]
Well yeah, but the guy said he spent two weeks working intensely on these new environments.
Isn't the public toilet in Become A Rock Star?
But I think the actual lesson here is "Don't believe anything T4bbo says."
Where exactly I was lying? I told I was searching for existing assets and adjusting them to my needs. Creating and modelling everything from scratch would take months. It would be stupid. I still had to buy those assets and I did from my money from rents and licenses related to software I developed, not even money related to Patreon which I keep for future expansion/hirings etc.
Searching asset on marketplace to fit story, then prepare all the backgrounds for the scene (buildings, roads, backdrops), set up lighting (HDRI, tone mapping, exposure, contrast, saturation for all camera angles) + placing and posing characters inside takes time.
You mention boutique and toilets are in the other game. Base asset maybe, but not with all the adjustments. It's absolutely not possible that toilet is with gloryhole wall and apartment is connected like that with BDSM cellar through secret passage in any other game. I was preparing my own 3d models, textures and shaders for both of those and remodelling bunch of stuff too.
But if two weeks is too much, it means you're very talented guy who can do it much faster! Can we talk about hiring you? People here would love to see your expertise, I might learn something from you too.