I think I remember hearing the same thing. That could be good and bad news really. Good that he is still remaining his creative self but he could also do what some other devs do and start working on multiple games at the same time. From my experience that only ever leads to extremely sporadic and drawn out release schedules for however many they are working on. He did finish AL before he started this one I think so it seems he sees how bad it could make things as well.I believe he has also said that he has some thoughts for a new game. So the creative juices are still flowing. I also think he is smart enough to know that if he rushes the end of this one, he will lose players and supporters for any new game.
Again, growing his business is only a logical step if he *wants* to run a business. I don't think he does. Hiring help can speed things up (once he spends the time and effort to get the right team), but that only matters if DPC is in a hurry - either because he really wants to complete this story, or because he wants to make as many stories as he can even after this game is finished. In those cases there are potential advantages to diverting resources to creating his version of Industrial Light and Magic. But if what he really cares about is working on the game rather than specifically finishing it, hiring people is a headache with no benefit.fair enough. Perhaps “irrational” wasnt the correct word to use. This is his business now (as he notes in my “fuck you” letter), and the project is big enough and he has enough capital to expand and increase production. And since we can’t tell if the story is something we actually want until we get the finished product (and at this rate that will take several more YEARS), it seems very reasonable that he should easily hire even just one other person to help speed things along. And as far as risk goes, I could likely argue as many points both for him keeping the status quo and for him growing his business. Literally every action and inaction incurs potential risk; to me that’s no excuse to outright refuse the next logical step for his business.
DPC can handle the current workload on his own and he produces good stuff, but it’s painfully slow. It could obviously be done faster with a helper or two, i don’t think that’s debatable. at this point I’d rather him openly admit that he doesn’t want to hire people and speed things up as to not negatively affect his income from patrons. as much as I would dislike that answer, at least it would make sense to me. There isn’t anything else I could hear from him that would actually seem authentic given the amount of stuff on his plate. And at least we could all stop talking about it if we knew for certain that’s why he is so opposed to hiring help for grunt work.
I think it comes down to why Episode 8 was such an outlier:I dunno, mpa71's BigTable™, indicates around 5 and a half months for the last few episodes (you gotta discount the time taken for all that one-time development of the exporting, so episode 8's time was uniquely extended).
I still think 2 episodes in a 12 month window sound feasible, but obviously not in the same calendar year for the next two, but I don't see why episode 10 & 11 won't happen next year.
I respectfully disagree. It would depend on DPC's learning curve. While EP8 took a long time, and since we only had an uptrend, on episodes, learning curve could make EP9 consume the same amount of time as it took to make EP7.2 releases this year were never really on the cards at all except for the irrationally optimistic ones, even if we didn't have the interlude release.
Interesting. You accuse someone of being wrong, but your argument is total bullshit.You're wrong. We should blame ourselves, i.e. people who supported him as he drew out the release dates further and further.
As far as I know when I cancelled my pledge he was still working alone and I think he still is, with the amount of money he is making he can upgrade his equipment to no end, or hire people to render for him, write the code and so many other things to shorten the development time, but he doesn't.
Because we love BAD.
I think after episode 8 was released, he knew that he would not have time to release two episodes in 2023, otherwise he would not have come up with an Interlude. We all understand that the Interlude is a trick from DPC so that the wait for episode 9 will not be so long. But I am glad that he is not trying to inflate the episodes indefinitely and is trying to optimize to the size of 8 episodes. This means that 4000 renders / 300 animations is the limit of its capabilities, which it will adhere to.I respectfully disagree. It would depend on DPC's learning curve. While EP8 took a long time, and since we only had an uptrend, on episodes, learning curve could make EP9 consume the same amount of time as it took to make EP7.
It appears that the conversion format episode importer worked. Unknown how much effort went into that alone.
I am of the opinion, without EP-Interlude, EP9 could have been out by now and DPC would be working on EP10 to get done by a no later than, December time frame.
The idea that EP9, because it has Halloween elements---coming out near the real Halloween time--should have been dismissed. I could have lived with Halloween-themed EP9 being released in May, just to keep the project moving.
Now, because of EP-Interlude, the real content most care about has been pushed back several months.
It is OK to say, when someone asks, "When is the next update (Ep9)": "Up to 10 months after Ep8.
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I continued to work on art this week. I produced both static renders and animations.
I completed a couple of long and short scenes, and I completed work on two lewd scenes.
It feels like I have a good flow and no question of what I should work on every day.
I have a lot of art to produce - thousands of renders - and I am focusing on this.
At the moment, I'm working on art for something new that I think is one of the cooler features in episode 9.
The long animation queue I talked about several weeks ago has finally depleted, and the PCs are working on new animations I've lined up for them.
Thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey regarding previews. Although votes are split, there are some trends I have reflected upon.
It's impossible to please everyone, but most of you don't want to see any costume spoilers, so I'll try to limit them in previews.
And if I choose to post something, I'll make sure to hide the image as an attachment so you can choose if you want to see it or not.
Some episodes will be like this when previews can spoil the episode badly, and it's too hard to find something worth showing. I had the same issue during the development of the final two episodes of Acting Lessons.
It feels comforting knowing that most of you are fine with not seeing renders if it were to spoil content. But as a creator, I still want to create and give you content monthly, between updates. Posting nothing has never sat right with me, so I felt I needed to do this survey in the first place.
I'll have a new poll up and running early this month.
Have a nice weekend
Dr PinkCake
With each status update I'm starting to believe more and more that DPC has mastered the art of inarticulate talking. Like look at the amount of text he posts and like 90% of it is pointless. Hopefully we'll get some previews next week so we roughly have an idea at what we are getting.You must be registered to see the links
I continued to work on art this week. I produced both static renders and animations.
I completed a couple of long and short scenes, and I completed work on two lewd scenes.
It feels like I have a good flow and no question of what I should work on every day.
I have a lot of art to produce - thousands of renders - and I am focusing on this.
At the moment, I'm working on art for something new that I think is one of the cooler features in episode 9.
The long animation queue I talked about several weeks ago has finally depleted, and the PCs are working on new animations I've lined up for them.
Thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey regarding previews. Although votes are split, there are some trends I have reflected upon.
It's impossible to please everyone, but most of you don't want to see any costume spoilers, so I'll try to limit them in previews.
And if I choose to post something, I'll make sure to hide the image as an attachment so you can choose if you want to see it or not.
Some episodes will be like this when previews can spoil the episode badly, and it's too hard to find something worth showing. I had the same issue during the development of the final two episodes of Acting Lessons.
It feels comforting knowing that most of you are fine with not seeing renders if it were to spoil content. But as a creator, I still want to create and give you content monthly, between updates. Posting nothing has never sat right with me, so I felt I needed to do this survey in the first place.
I'll have a new poll up and running early this month.
Have a nice weekend
Dr PinkCake
You sure ? The sentence is wrong coz the first half not necessarily match the 2nd ( not to mention the percentage )Funny, because nobody is OBJECTIVELY better than another, because preference is a 1000000000000000% SUBJECTIVE thing.
I don't think that the " right to complain " comes via financial support... to be honest I don't think it exists at all That one runs his/her mouth is one thing but why would that mean that DPC " needs to " pay attention to those ? The rest I agree on wholeheatedly... can't really fathom just WTF these folks are thinking... It's one thing that they are common thiefs but possibly retarded as well since they are complaining about something they STOLEThe people who don't support DPC financially, in my eyes, don't even have the right to complain about the way DPC operates. They are consuming his product without his permission and should be happy that they can get updates at all.
A set of custom renders for MadameAt the moment, I'm working on art for something new that I think is one of the cooler features in episode 9.
Wait, is this a sign?Some episodes will be like this when previews can spoil the episode badly, and it's too hard to find something worth showing. I had the same issue during the development of the final two episodes of Acting Lessons.
That's assuming none of the content in the interlude would be needed in Ep9. But that's not really the case. Even if there's no interlude, most of the interlude would still need to be produced for explaining Zoey's return and whoever else is coming from the west coast chasing after her. So there's really not much if any time saved.I am of the opinion, without EP-Interlude, EP9 could have been out by now and DPC would be working on EP10 to get done by a no later than, December time frame.
this is one reason that I keep saying BaDIK will be DPC's last, fully hardcore AVN. I believe he will go mainstream with his next game. It will have some lewdness, but nothing like what he is currently doing. Next games will be more story focused with a titty on the side. I doubt MC will be jizzing all over a girl's face in he next one. You get mass effect level of lewdness.My biggest concern is he wakes up one day and says, "What the fuck am I doing with my life!?", when he realises his legacy will be a porn game that's only appreciated on the far corners of the Internet.
I know, and he can't even decide on one good preview that won't "spoil?" Just grab anything outside of the Halloween party. An Li with a short skit in class, Josy in gym clothes working out, anything. The Halloween party free roam must really take up a large portion of the episode if he is having trouble finding something.With each status update I'm starting to believe more and more that DPC has mastered the art of inarticulate talking. Like look at the amount of text he posts and like 90% of it is pointless. Hopefully we'll get some previews next week so we roughly have an idea at what we are getting.
Hey, man, you never know. There's always that crazy chance that it'll be a poll about Zoey's new hairstyle when she surprises the MC.Being a Poll
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