Let's Talk - Where We Going...
Aug 3 at 3:55pm
I wanted to have a little talk with you guys just so you know what's going on and where we're going with the game and also where we're currently at with the game.
First off, I wanted to say that over the past few months I've not been happy with where the game was at, this led to countless reworks and remakes of certain things.
I just wanted to put your minds at rest that the reworks/remakes are now OVER! there will be no more rework, there may be some...re-tweaks here and there, but that's only if the extension of a certain scene requires it.
As I've said before, I'm very happy with where the game is at now, although some of you may feel time has been wasted I disagree, getting the game to where it's at now was vital work and will allow me to move forward at a much faster rate.
The only thing right now that is slowing me down is my computer, within time I hope to get a 2nd and 3rd 1050ti in my machine which will hopefully double my render times ( at the moment it takes me 2 hours to do 1 image, which is annoying as balls ).
I hope within the new year I'll also be able to get a 2nd machine up and running which again will further the amount of renders I can do in a day and also allow me to work on multiple projects.
I've said in the past that I do want to start working on Family Matters again as it's what started me and it's what people still love, I do still plan on working on some kind of rework/reboot of the game with different characters and I did plan on doing it after the release of Deviant Desires v0.1, however, I feel this would be unwise for me to do simply because I don't have the rendering time to do both projects.
Perhaps when I get more GPU power in this machine or alternatively a 2nd machine, I could start on the FM reboot, but for now, it's just not a wise idea as production of DD would ultimately suffer.
What's Happening Going Forward...
I also wanted to talk a little about what'll be happening going forward with DD and what plans I have for each character as there has been some discussion over on F95 about how DD feels like a copy of MOTH ( Man of the House ).
The first thing people say is that the house is a copy of his house...of course it is, it's a daz asset, Faerin doesn't own that asset and cannot stop other devs from using it, although, out of kindness to him I did message him before starting production on DD to ask if he'd be okay with me using it, he said as he doesn't own the asset he cannot stop me so go right ahead and knowing he didn't own the asset, if he had of said no I wouldn't of used it out of respect to him, he did not say no though so I did use the daz asset. I tried to alter it as much as possible but a house is still a house.
The second thing people tend to have an issue with is helping Amanda with her homework simply because MOTH has the same scenario. Best I can say about this is Amanda goes to school...so it's an obvious thing to have Mc help with her homework...would should I do? she goes to school so MC helps her with her singing?...no, makes no sense, every school girl has homework...simple. To that end though, the homework scene within DD will be a lot different from MOTH simply because ( as you may know ) the game offers both a love and domination route which I plan to add into every event, which means you'll be able to help her with her homework or help sabotage her homework and give her false information and eventually leading to a blackmail type scenario.
The third thing people have an issue with is Amy going to the gym and working at a secret nightclub. The first thing I want to say about this is i literally haven't played MOTH in around 7-8 month and totally forgot about his character working in a night club simply because when I last played it, it was just being introduced. That being said, Amy's gym events and work events will be masisvly different to MOTH simply because ( from what I could tell last time I played ), MOTH has her go to the gym and that is it...there's no story behind it, where with Amy there will be a whole reason as to why she's going to the gym, why she's suddenly become a gym freak and why she's doing what she's doing, obviously don't want to give to much away on that though. And as for her "secret job working in a club", that is just something Amanda says to Christine during dinner, Amanda doesn't actually know where Amy works, it's just something she has heard, if you go on Amy's laptop you'll see she has 3 emails, 1 from Sex World, 1 from Panda Bank and another from a place called Bunny Lounge, that Bunny Lounge is where she works and based off of the name...doesn't sound like a night club...or does it...I'm not sure actually, i'm not much of a clubber, lol. But basically, it's not a club, it's more of a...gentleman club...but like, minus the club ¬.¬ it's just not a club club basically.
I also want to talk a little about what's happening going forward.
I already have the script for v0.2-0.5 and somewhat know what I'll be doing with each update, that being said, this may change depending on your thoughts.
Basically, once I'm at around 0.3 and I'm happy with the length of some characters story's, I'll be changing the way I do updates and instead do what Summertime Saga does and leave each updates content down to a poll.
Basically, patrons will be able to vote on who's story we work on for that update and if say Christine is selected, I'll work 80% on her story and 5% on say Amanda, 5% on Amy, 5% on Sarah and then 5% either split to other characters or game features.
I also just wanted to thank everyone who's stuck by me and understand what it is I'm trying to achieve.
One this you should know about me is I'll never give up, I may change my mind or a story, but I won't give up and the bigger picture.