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This week's teaser picture is of Lita, one of the lovely ladies working at the gentleman's club called Caligula's. In their efforts to uncover as much dirt as possible on Arthur, Roger may have to pump a few different people for information.

Alternatively!
For those who have the optional Transgender content turned on, you'll be working with Lola instead of Lita.

As you can see from the two images, adding this additional content really is a minimal amount of work. While the two characters have very different dialogue (takes an afternoon to write) we are able to simply re-texture the existing scenes to accommodate the visual variance in the two alternate scenes. And while there may be a handful of additional scenes that cannot simply be remapped, that little bit of extra work is going to reward us all.

So even if you aren't fully in support of the added trans content, remember, you can turn it off, and never see it. But optional content = wider fanbase = more support = more resources for developing the game. It really is worth our time.

Weekly Progress
This has been an incredible week of work. We've managed to get a lot done in moving ahead with the next update. If I were to guess, I'd say we're probably about 75% of the way there. While I'm always hesitant these days to put eta's on things, if I was gambling, I would say there is a very good shot of having this done in the next week, maybe two. It all comes down to how much free time we manage to wrangle next week for work on the game.

But in the meantime, I've been spending some of the render time working on the script for the next two scenes, so hopefully we'll those nailed down quickly and move right ahead just as soon as this one is complete.

Work on v1.1 continues as well and we should have an update to that shortly too. The goal is to have the two versions completely on par with each other in the next four or five months so that we can retire v1.0 and make v1.1 the official version, with all the enhancements and bonuses added. So here's to good luck with that.

Streaming
We finally managed to get our live stream going this week and I have to say, it felt like a success. We only had a handful of viewers but that was to be expected with our first go around.

Still, the viewers present were thankfully very engaged and I didn't have to make everything up on the fly. Some good ideas came out and we have a nice wallpaper in the works. I look forward to finishing it with the group next Wednesday.
I would like to keep the Live Streams consistently Wednesday, mid-day EST, but we may have to occasionally shift that depending on our personal availability. However, I am making a strong effort to always keep the Patreon Overview page updated with the next Stream times at the very top.

With about 2 hours of video, and over a half-gig in size, we're working on cutting the video up into smaller pieces for uploading. After that, we just need to find a reliable video hosting platform that will allow us to post adult content and we'll be able to offer an archive of our live streams to patrons of $5+.

I'll keep you posted as that develops. In the meantime, our next Stream is currently schedule for Wednesday, March 27th at 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST.

What's Next
For now we continue plugging away at the game. We've had a very strong week and I want to keep that inertia going through the weekend and into next Monday. If I can clock even fifteen hours this weekend on the game, that would be an excellent push.

In the meantime, we appreciate all of your support and we are grateful that you've chosen to invest your time and money into our game. Your support means a lot. Every pledge brings us closer to full time production. If we can get to where we are working on this game full time, well then we can really let the good times roll!

Thank you! We at Ianvs Salute You!
 

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Now to work on Jenna's dress :love:
View attachment 267744

This week's teaser picture is of Lita, one of the lovely ladies working at the gentleman's club called Caligula's. In their efforts to uncover as much dirt as possible on Arthur, Roger may have to pump a few different people for information.

Alternatively!
For those who have the optional Transgender content turned on, you'll be working with Lola instead of Lita.

As you can see from the two images, adding this additional content really is a minimal amount of work. While the two characters have very different dialogue (takes an afternoon to write) we are able to simply re-texture the existing scenes to accommodate the visual variance in the two alternate scenes. And while there may be a handful of additional scenes that cannot simply be remapped, that little bit of extra work is going to reward us all.

So even if you aren't fully in support of the added trans content, remember, you can turn it off, and never see it. But optional content = wider fanbase = more support = more resources for developing the game. It really is worth our time.

Weekly Progress
This has been an incredible week of work. We've managed to get a lot done in moving ahead with the next update. If I were to guess, I'd say we're probably about 75% of the way there. While I'm always hesitant these days to put eta's on things, if I was gambling, I would say there is a very good shot of having this done in the next week, maybe two. It all comes down to how much free time we manage to wrangle next week for work on the game.

But in the meantime, I've been spending some of the render time working on the script for the next two scenes, so hopefully we'll those nailed down quickly and move right ahead just as soon as this one is complete.

Work on v1.1 continues as well and we should have an update to that shortly too. The goal is to have the two versions completely on par with each other in the next four or five months so that we can retire v1.0 and make v1.1 the official version, with all the enhancements and bonuses added. So here's to good luck with that.

Streaming
We finally managed to get our live stream going this week and I have to say, it felt like a success. We only had a handful of viewers but that was to be expected with our first go around.

Still, the viewers present were thankfully very engaged and I didn't have to make everything up on the fly. Some good ideas came out and we have a nice wallpaper in the works. I look forward to finishing it with the group next Wednesday.
I would like to keep the Live Streams consistently Wednesday, mid-day EST, but we may have to occasionally shift that depending on our personal availability. However, I am making a strong effort to always keep the Patreon Overview page updated with the next Stream times at the very top.

With about 2 hours of video, and over a half-gig in size, we're working on cutting the video up into smaller pieces for uploading. After that, we just need to find a reliable video hosting platform that will allow us to post adult content and we'll be able to offer an archive of our live streams to patrons of $5+.

I'll keep you posted as that develops. In the meantime, our next Stream is currently schedule for Wednesday, March 27th at 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST.

What's Next
For now we continue plugging away at the game. We've had a very strong week and I want to keep that inertia going through the weekend and into next Monday. If I can clock even fifteen hours this weekend on the game, that would be an excellent push.

In the meantime, we appreciate all of your support and we are grateful that you've chosen to invest your time and money into our game. Your support means a lot. Every pledge brings us closer to full time production. If we can get to where we are working on this game full time, well then we can really let the good times roll!

Thank you! We at Ianvs Salute You!
Nice job finally getting the streaming to work. Sadly won't be able to check in those on account of scheduling.

So in the story we have to "pump" people for info. ;) Let's see how his skills will be used to gather that precious data.

Weekend for your own free time is for chumps. Best used when playing with your toys.

Excelsior
 

bacchusplateau

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View attachment 267744

This week's teaser picture is of Lita, one of the lovely ladies working at the gentleman's club called Caligula's. In their efforts to uncover as much dirt as possible on Arthur, Roger may have to pump a few different people for information.

Alternatively!
For those who have the optional Transgender content turned on, you'll be working with Lola instead of Lita.

As you can see from the two images, adding this additional content really is a minimal amount of work. While the two characters have very different dialogue (takes an afternoon to write) we are able to simply re-texture the existing scenes to accommodate the visual variance in the two alternate scenes. And while there may be a handful of additional scenes that cannot simply be remapped, that little bit of extra work is going to reward us all.

So even if you aren't fully in support of the added trans content, remember, you can turn it off, and never see it. But optional content = wider fanbase = more support = more resources for developing the game. It really is worth our time.

Weekly Progress
This has been an incredible week of work. We've managed to get a lot done in moving ahead with the next update. If I were to guess, I'd say we're probably about 75% of the way there. While I'm always hesitant these days to put eta's on things, if I was gambling, I would say there is a very good shot of having this done in the next week, maybe two. It all comes down to how much free time we manage to wrangle next week for work on the game.

But in the meantime, I've been spending some of the render time working on the script for the next two scenes, so hopefully we'll those nailed down quickly and move right ahead just as soon as this one is complete.

Work on v1.1 continues as well and we should have an update to that shortly too. The goal is to have the two versions completely on par with each other in the next four or five months so that we can retire v1.0 and make v1.1 the official version, with all the enhancements and bonuses added. So here's to good luck with that.

Streaming
We finally managed to get our live stream going this week and I have to say, it felt like a success. We only had a handful of viewers but that was to be expected with our first go around.

Still, the viewers present were thankfully very engaged and I didn't have to make everything up on the fly. Some good ideas came out and we have a nice wallpaper in the works. I look forward to finishing it with the group next Wednesday.
I would like to keep the Live Streams consistently Wednesday, mid-day EST, but we may have to occasionally shift that depending on our personal availability. However, I am making a strong effort to always keep the Patreon Overview page updated with the next Stream times at the very top.

With about 2 hours of video, and over a half-gig in size, we're working on cutting the video up into smaller pieces for uploading. After that, we just need to find a reliable video hosting platform that will allow us to post adult content and we'll be able to offer an archive of our live streams to patrons of $5+.

I'll keep you posted as that develops. In the meantime, our next Stream is currently schedule for Wednesday, March 27th at 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST.

What's Next
For now we continue plugging away at the game. We've had a very strong week and I want to keep that inertia going through the weekend and into next Monday. If I can clock even fifteen hours this weekend on the game, that would be an excellent push.

In the meantime, we appreciate all of your support and we are grateful that you've chosen to invest your time and money into our game. Your support means a lot. Every pledge brings us closer to full time production. If we can get to where we are working on this game full time, well then we can really let the good times roll!

Thank you! We at Ianvs Salute You!
Lola...:sneaky:

Too bad whoever owns the rights to the Kink's song will probably charge you through the nose to use it in your game...
 

RomanHume

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Nice job finally getting the streaming to work. Sadly won't be able to check in those on account of scheduling.

So in the story we have to "pump" people for info. ;) Let's see how his skills will be used to gather that precious data.

Weekend for your own free time is for chumps. Best used when playing with your toys.

Excelsior
I hate to spoil the game for you, but when I say pump her, you're really just filling up her tank.

Actually...I guess that didn't really clarify anything. Hrm.

But you're right! And I will say, today has been very productive. So far I think I'm up to 20 renders ready to be run through the overnight machine. So it's been a productive day so far. Can't wait to see what tomorrow's like.
 

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Lola...:sneaky:

Too bad whoever owns the rights to the Kink's song will probably charge you through the nose to use it in your game...
To use the song, yes. To use the name Lola, no.
I would love it if we could use the song. But yeah, that'd probably cost us more than we'd make on this game in a few years. And sadly, I'm paranoid when it comes to copywrite violations. So we'll just recommend people play it while they enjoy her scenes. :D
 

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View attachment 267744

This week's teaser picture is of Lita, one of the lovely ladies working at the gentleman's club called Caligula's. In their efforts to uncover as much dirt as possible on Arthur, Roger may have to pump a few different people for information.

Alternatively!
For those who have the optional Transgender content turned on, you'll be working with Lola instead of Lita.

As you can see from the two images, adding this additional content really is a minimal amount of work. While the two characters have very different dialogue (takes an afternoon to write) we are able to simply re-texture the existing scenes to accommodate the visual variance in the two alternate scenes. And while there may be a handful of additional scenes that cannot simply be remapped, that little bit of extra work is going to reward us all.

So even if you aren't fully in support of the added trans content, remember, you can turn it off, and never see it. But optional content = wider fanbase = more support = more resources for developing the game. It really is worth our time.

Weekly Progress
This has been an incredible week of work. We've managed to get a lot done in moving ahead with the next update. If I were to guess, I'd say we're probably about 75% of the way there. While I'm always hesitant these days to put eta's on things, if I was gambling, I would say there is a very good shot of having this done in the next week, maybe two. It all comes down to how much free time we manage to wrangle next week for work on the game.

But in the meantime, I've been spending some of the render time working on the script for the next two scenes, so hopefully we'll those nailed down quickly and move right ahead just as soon as this one is complete.

Work on v1.1 continues as well and we should have an update to that shortly too. The goal is to have the two versions completely on par with each other in the next four or five months so that we can retire v1.0 and make v1.1 the official version, with all the enhancements and bonuses added. So here's to good luck with that.

Streaming
We finally managed to get our live stream going this week and I have to say, it felt like a success. We only had a handful of viewers but that was to be expected with our first go around.

Still, the viewers present were thankfully very engaged and I didn't have to make everything up on the fly. Some good ideas came out and we have a nice wallpaper in the works. I look forward to finishing it with the group next Wednesday.
I would like to keep the Live Streams consistently Wednesday, mid-day EST, but we may have to occasionally shift that depending on our personal availability. However, I am making a strong effort to always keep the Patreon Overview page updated with the next Stream times at the very top.

With about 2 hours of video, and over a half-gig in size, we're working on cutting the video up into smaller pieces for uploading. After that, we just need to find a reliable video hosting platform that will allow us to post adult content and we'll be able to offer an archive of our live streams to patrons of $5+.

I'll keep you posted as that develops. In the meantime, our next Stream is currently schedule for Wednesday, March 27th at 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST.

What's Next
For now we continue plugging away at the game. We've had a very strong week and I want to keep that inertia going through the weekend and into next Monday. If I can clock even fifteen hours this weekend on the game, that would be an excellent push.

In the meantime, we appreciate all of your support and we are grateful that you've chosen to invest your time and money into our game. Your support means a lot. Every pledge brings us closer to full time production. If we can get to where we are working on this game full time, well then we can really let the good times roll!

Thank you! We at Ianvs Salute You!
That swap looked good, even down to the shadows from one clothing choice vs another. Are you possibly relying on Daz Iray canvases at all?
 

RomanHume

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That swap looked good, even down to the shadows from one clothing choice vs another. Are you possibly relying on Daz Iray canvases at all?
I am not familiar with Iray Canvases, though I may have to look into them. We're always trying to find way so to optimize and reduce time in creating our visuals. It's the biggest part of the project at the moment.
But to take you through how we do it, the process is pretty simple.

We start by setting the scene, posing, and doing all of the lighting with a mannequin like so:
mannequin test render.JPG

Once we have that good, we go in and we just add a character on top of the mannequin. Then we make final adjustments to the facial expression. We may change the posture of the neck a bit to fit the mood or attitude of the character. So Lola appears like so:

Lola Test Render.JPG

Then we render it out, go back to the mannequin file, and add Lita's character on top. Attach the wearables, change the neck and facial expressions to suit the character, and then re-render:

lita test render.JPG
Once the mannequin is done, it takes about five minutes to reset the image, and a total of thirty to render out both variants.

So we can create twice the number of images with a minimal amount of work. Obviously in the sex scenes and what-not there will have to be some custom work done. But we can re-use 90% of the poses we created for one character with the other. Especially when all that is happening is conversation.

As you can see above, even though the posture remains the same, changing the tilt of the head and the facial expression can give you two very different vibes from the two characters. This means we can still make each character unique in personality and story while only having to modify a small portion of the model to achieve the difference.

Of course, if anyone knows of a faster, or cleaner way to achieve these results, I'd love to hear them. So far it's the best method we've been able to come up with.
 

RomanHume

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so lola, transgender, you able to have story lines with her, or just a couple scenes?
Since she's not one of the seven main love interests, there won't be a long a story with her, or Lita for that matter. But she will have a little mini story that plays out over the course of three or four scenes. Same with Lita. And since they are such short run characters, every scene with Lola or Lita will have optional sexual encounters. Including this next release. They are fast burn characters, but they do have a part in the main story, so it's not simply gratuitous.
 

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And I would add that Lita and Lola's story will be different. It's not just reskinning a character, they have different personalities, goals and arcs.
 

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I saw this game appearing in the latest updates page quite a few times but never downloaded it.. what a mistake!! It's really great! I don't like half of the models probably, but it is really well written and I can't wait to see more! Every plot is interesting (except the shy girl one , IMHO) don't know if I have a favourite one already.. My only concern though is that the game felt like it's spread too thin.. this way I fear it's gonna be a struggle to advance with the plot.. hope I'm wrong. Keep up the good work
 
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RomanHume

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I saw this game appearing in the latest updates page quite a few times but never downloaded it.. what a mistake!! It's really great! I don't like half of the models probably, but it is really well written and I can't wait to see more! Every plot is interesting (except the shy girl one , IMHO) don't know if I have a favourite one already.. My only concern though is that the game felt like it's spread too thin.. this way I fear it's gonna be a struggle to advance with the plot.. hope I'm wrong. Keep up the good work
Alright, first, I have to say you win the thread with your handle. That is assuming it is in tribute to Michelangelo da Caravaggio.

That aside, I am afraid that your concerns are well founded. We started this project with zero experience with Daz, Renpy, or making an adult virtual novel. It's just a fact that we bit off more than we could chew with 7 main love interests. But we hit a point where each of the girls amassed their own fans, so trimming anyone seemed too difficult a decision to make.

Plus, we designed each character, their personality, and how their relationships intersect before we even wrote the first chapter, so we very much fell in love with each of these girls for different reasons. So yeah, it sucks because it would be difficult to find one to cut loose.

But that said, we do love each of these characters, so writing for them is not a burden and we are fully dedicated to completing each of their stories. But yeah, it's gonna take a lot longer than we'd like or originally wanted. Lesson learned for the next game, no doubt.

But I will say that with every release, we get better at the tools of the trade and things do seem to take less time. So hopefully we'll just get great at it and things will move along faster.

Either way, we appreciate you finally giving it a try and we are glad you're enjoying it so far. We have a lot of story to tell and we are very enthusiastic about it every time we sit down to work. You'll see that we love feedback, good and bad. And are very receptive to ideas that will make the game better.

Cheers mate!
 

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Cheers for including these kinds of options for your players. We appreciate them greatly.
I don't personally enjoy transgender content. It just doesn't do it for me. But I do think it's ironic when players chide me for pandering to people who like trans content. Because the truth is, I think Lola is the more interesting character personality-wise and I think her story has more heart than Lita's. So if I were to chose a definitive version, it would include Lola instead of Lita. So really I'm not pandering to people who like trans content, I'm pandering to people who don't like it by including Lita as an alternative.

Either way, I believe we can create two great stories with something for everyone. And doing it this way means that no matter which preference you have, you will have the same amount of content and hopefully you'll feel you got a great story out of it.

Win-win!

Salute!
 

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I don't personally enjoy transgender content. It just doesn't do it for me. But I do think it's ironic when players chide me for pandering to people who like trans content. Because the truth is, I think Lola is the more interesting character personality-wise and I think her story has more heart than Lita's. So if I were to chose a definitive version, it would include Lola instead of Lita. So really I'm not pandering to people who like trans content, I'm pandering to people who don't like it by including Lita as an alternative.

Either way, I believe we can create two great stories with something for everyone. And doing it this way means that no matter which preference you have, you will have the same amount of content and hopefully you'll feel you got a great story out of it.

Win-win!

Salute!
Hey, man, don't make me make a mod where we have Lola's story but Lita's visuals! :ROFLMAO:
 

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Hey, man, don't make me make a mod where we have Lola's story but Lita's visuals! :ROFLMAO:
Well, I mean first off, I'll say that any mods that make the game appeal to a wider group of players has our full endorsement.

But I don't know that the mod you describe would work. Lol. Lola's story gives some focus to the personal conflicts in her life around being transgender. I found the process of studying it and writing it to be a fascinating challenge in fiction. It was more interesting to me because it was something new. Don't get me wrong, Lita is a great character, but we've all known girls like Lita. I'm sure people will be able to draw their own personal experiences with Lita.

But then again...Lita is smoking fucking hot. Which is why guys continually put up with her bullshit. Both in game and in the real world. ;)
 

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Well, I mean first off, I'll say that any mods that make the game appeal to a wider group of players has our full endorsement.

But I don't know that the mod you describe would work. Lol. Lola's story gives some focus to the personal conflicts in her life around being transgender. I found the process of studying it and writing it to be a fascinating challenge in fiction. It was more interesting to me because it was something new. Don't get me wrong, Lita is a great character, but we've all known girls like Lita. I'm sure people will be able to draw their own personal experiences with Lita.

But then again...Lita is smoking fucking hot. Which is why guys continually put up with her bullshit. Both in game and in the real world. ;)
I figured it would be something like that.

So, for those of us who aren't interested in Roger getting the D but who want to see all of the story...is there an option to skip any sex scenes with Lola?
 
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