VN Ren'Py Cyber Shadows [Development Thread]

[Beanz_3D]

DEVLOG#20


Hey everyone! and welcome to this weeks dev log.
I want to start by saying in the coming weeks im in need of some more beta testers so if you would like to be one feel free to leave a comment under this post and i will try get back to you when im not busy .
Anyway, this week has had its struggles, midway through a render my whole machine decided to shut down and i got stuck in a bsod loop. Luckily, i was able to determine the issue pretty quickly ( my power supply being faulty)
No progress was affected apart from one render xd. But looks like im investing in a new power supply (grrrr)
With the time I've had, most of it has been spent doing post work on hundreds of renders while my machine is rendering more images at the same time ( only slightly laggy xd)
There really isn't much left to do now and I'm grinding through these last few renders to tick it off the list for these first of many dev cycles.
As of now i know i said i aimed for a late April release but IRL work has delayed that slightly which is rather annoying but, what i can say is Cyber Shadows 0.1 will release during May !
It has been a long journey but we are almost there, i honestly can not wait for you guys to try it out, I'm pouring my heart and soul into this project and its amazing to me how much interest it has already gained!
Finally, Cyber Shadows 0.1 will be completely free with no paywall, as i want players to generally like the game before they commit any money
That's all for now !
Have a great day
Beanz

 

[BigPaul]

DEVLOG#20


Hey everyone! and welcome to this weeks dev log.
I want to start by saying in the coming weeks im in need of some more beta testers so if you would like to be one feel free to leave a comment under this post and i will try get back to you when im not busy .
Anyway, this week has had its struggles, midway through a render my whole machine decided to shut down and i got stuck in a bsod loop. Luckily, i was able to determine the issue pretty quickly ( my power supply being faulty)
No progress was affected apart from one render xd. But looks like im investing in a new power supply (grrrr)
With the time I've had, most of it has been spent doing post work on hundreds of renders while my machine is rendering more images at the same time ( only slightly laggy xd)
There really isn't much left to do now and I'm grinding through these last few renders to tick it off the list for these first of many dev cycles.
As of now i know i said i aimed for a late April release but IRL work has delayed that slightly which is rather annoying but, what i can say is Cyber Shadows 0.1 will release during May !
It has been a long journey but we are almost there, i honestly can not wait for you guys to try it out, I'm pouring my heart and soul into this project and its amazing to me how much interest it has already gained!
Finally, Cyber Shadows 0.1 will be completely free with no paywall, as i want players to generally like the game before they commit any money
That's all for now !
Have a great day
Beanz

The progress sounds good
It would be a pleasure to test it

 

[Beanz_3D]

The progress sounds good
It would be a pleasure to test it

Hey buddy im glad you are interested , do you have a discord i could add?

 

[Beanz_3D]

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Hey everyone and welcome to this weeks devlog!
I want to start by saying I’ve finished off a cinematic for the end of Chp1 and I’m really proud of how it’s turned out , and this is all before I’ve started colour grading it in davinchi . It definitely has been a major learning experience overcoming lots of different issues, especially making facial expressions look as realistic as possible during animations ( god it was a bloody struggle) But overall I’m super happy with it
Post work continues to be done on images ( haven’t started post on animations yet) and everything is turning out well , hundreds of images are already added into the game with dialogue included .

Coding : Speaking of coding , after some advice and refinement I’m implementing a spin the wheel feature which will be available during moments in the game ( located in the top right of the screen ), On this wheel you will have a chance to win a special render which will then be added to your gallery! And no you don’t have to pay for spins ( im not Ea sports xd ) Right now I’m doing lots of special renders which will be the ones available on the wheel . I thought this was a super cool idea and in next weeks devlog I hope to show you all what it’s like in game . (;

Power supply : After many long years my dearest power supply has given up on me . It continues to shut off during the most basic tasks and it looks like I’m finally due for a upgrade ! It has slightly slowed me down this week and I’m having to constantly save every couple seconds in case it randomly shuts off again . Luckily im ordering up a new one this weekend so fingers crossed that fixes the issue .
Finally , in next weeks devlog I’ll be holding a Q&A where I will answer a lot of questions I expect to get asked when 0.1 releases this month , oh and one last thing I’ve got a set of previews which will be posted on Monday so leading up to release each Monday I will release a set of previews .



I wanted to keep this one short and snappy ( straight back to work for me )

I hope you all have a great weekend !
Beanz (;

 

[Beanz_3D]

Previews#5


Hey everyone sorry for the delay on these i had them scheduled to come out yesterday but i clicked next Monday instead (oops) anyway i hope you enjoy
p.s as always make sure to open the images in a new tab as patreon love to compress the hell out of images

 

[tombeir]

#DEVLOG25

Hello everyone and welcome to this weeks devlog !

I’ll get straight into it by saying that I firstly apologize for the delay in release , I was expecting to release this month but because my old power supply decided to screw me it really slowed everything down which has caused a delay . However , without a doubt Cyber Shadows will release next month ( June) no matter what happens . This will now give me time to prepare a beta version , bug test and fix any issues that may occur during this stage .

Renders : I can now confirm all rendering is complete! and I can now focus on adding all images to the code and start introducing sfx where appropriate. It’s been a long journey for this dev cycle but we are weeks away from a official patreon release of Cyber Shadows and I’m super proud with how this first chapter has turned out and I can’t wait for you all to try it !

I will be able to put out a official release date in a week or two which will be completely free for everyone !

Finally , I’ve recently licensed some more music so now I have about 10gb worth of music on one of my drives which will feature in Cyber Shadows 0.1 ! I also invested into a sfx pack which helps a lot instead of scrounging the internet for individual sfx which is extremely time consuming.

As promised I have attached a set of previews from 0.1 and have included some extra ones (;

That’s all for now !

I hope you all have a great weekend , and again i sincerely apologies about the small delay but it will be worth it , trust me .