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2020-09-29 News

Damn, I guess it's already time for another news brief. It'll be short, I promise.

Why's it short? Because there's not much to report, and that's a good thing!

Every minute I've spent working on the game for the last two months has been spent either writing story or making art!
I've settled into the new groove and production is finally moving along at a faster pace than ever. Render time has gone up, but render quality is as good as I can make it.

Because of the new "no need to code" process, I can set up and do a live stream in about 10 minutes. Previously there was planning, and coding, and all kinds of stuff that needed done before I was ready to do live work.

Not anymore. Now it's just open the files, make some notes as I go, and crank out the art! We've done several live streams and I look to continue doing those so you can see progress happening in real time.

My goal this week is to do a live stream every day and wrap up Friday with another 5 hour stream.

That's pretty much it in a nutshell. Nothing happening except content creation and I look for it to remain that way for the indefinite future. It took some time getting things set up to this point, but I think we've made it!

I'm coming up on the half way point for Cassie's next chapter and should be done with scene 6 of 13 by the end of next week. By the end of Scene 6 which is about the half way point of the chapter, we've hit 7,000+ words and over 450 images. So it's shaping up to be a pretty meaty update!

If everything works out, I'll have six scenes ready to deliver for play testing to $10+ patrons sometime late next week or the week after depending on how long it takes for the computer to render images.

I'll keep you informed as things progress!

As always, thank you for your continued support and I look forward to streaming with you all tomorrow! Cheers!
Is the MC/Roger's skin tone options still a work in progress?
 

RomanHume

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Is the MC/Roger's skin tone options still a work in progress?
That will be fully implemented in the next release as well, though be advised that I'm waiting until I get a second render machine up and running before I go back through the previous scenes and implement it. So the feature will work with Cassie's newest chapter but I have to go back and update all the previous content.
 

alcapone847

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This was one of the first games I played that really got me into the entire genre. But waiting for this game makes the WVM drought seem like a long weekend, for crying out loud. When do we get to see this V 2.x? And will it hold content equivalent to a 1.1.5 -> 2.x jump? We wait with baited breath. For me the patreon comes after the delivery.
 

aquamann485

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really want to support this game but the updates take waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long. cancelled my patreon and will see where things go from here but maybe less talk about how great you've automated certain things and all these streams and more focus on getting the next chapter out
 

RomanHume

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But waiting for this game makes the WVM drought seem like a long weekend, for crying out loud.
Needless to say it was a rough, pandemic filled summer with lots of twists and turns. But I've pretty much used up all the talking points about that and all I can say is that I'm glad Fall has arrived.

When do we get to see this V 2.x? And will it hold content equivalent to a 1.1.5 -> 2.x jump?
V2.x.x will launch with Cassie's completed chapter. Unfortunately, it won't contain everything 1.1.5 has because I did a reorganization of Renpy's gui directories and did an overhaul of the code and how your game's choices and playthrough are recorded. The goal was to eliminate future save breaks.

But because 1.x.x and 2.x.x are completely incompatible, I have to overhaul the code on all the existing content and I don't want to delay this chapter while I do that. So my tentative plan is to release Cassie's chapter with Cheat Mode unlocked so that you can play the latest content in any way you want.

Then I will continue to release new content on the v2.x.x platform and while I'm waiting for the images for all the new content to render I'll use my laptop to update all the old code and bring everything into v2.x.x.

My new development philosophy is, New Content has Top Priority, everything else is to be done while New Content is busy Rendering and I have down time. This way there is a non-stop stream of new stuff coming out and slowly the old stuff is being brought up to speed.

really want to support this game but the updates take waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long. cancelled my patreon and will see where things go from here but maybe less talk about how great you've automated certain things and all these streams and more focus on getting the next chapter out
Firstly I do appreciate the contributions you have made and I'm sorry you feel that those contributions were not applied well.

I have tried to make every effort to ensure that development of this game is as transparent as possible. When it comes to making this game I have done my best to be clear, honest and straightforward about every aspect of development.

The streams are nothing but me making new content for Cassie's chapter. Every stream is 100% content development and in a stream we add anywhere from 25 to 40 new images to the game. What takes time is rendering because after we do a stream, we're averaging 25 minutes per render. So those 25 images created during the stream will now take about 10 hours to render out.

The last two months have been spent doing nothing but creating new content for the game.

Time will tell if it's all worth it.

You are entitled to your own opinion and not being part of the Patreon but don't be an ass when Roman was 100% open about the coding going to take some time and also Livestreaming to show that content is being made and Roman being focused on getting the next chapter out.
I could be wrong, but I like to think that when it comes to developers who are open and transparent with their processes, I have to rank in the top five. I encourage people to ask questions and I always answer as honestly as I can.

I try to offer up weekly updates so people know what's happening in the process and anyone who's watching the live streams knows how much time, effort, energy go into making the art for the game (which I have to say is getting better and better).

And for what it's worth, I'm on track to have Scenes 1-6 of Cassie's newest chapter out for playtesting by the end of the week. The last 30 or so renders are in the queue and I just have to add music, sound, and journal entries.

There's also some more good news in that department, but I gotta save that for my Patreon news post tomorrow. (y)
 

RomanHume

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The streams you complain about are of him working on the game.
Well he shouldn't be doing that...he should...should...should.....be working on the game godamnit!
:ROFLMAO:
So new plan. No more streams. No more game.

The project is officially "aboned"

Anytime I think about streaming, I'm instead just going to goth one out by sitting in a dark closet listening to The Cure, nursing my failure and thinking about how pointless life is.

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MrFriendly

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So new plan. No more streams. No more game.

The project is officially "aboned"

Anytime I think about streaming, I'm instead just going to goth one out by sitting in a dark closet listening to The Cure, nursing my failure and thinking about how pointless life is.

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No emo Peter Parker dancing action?

I don't watch your streams, but I like seeing the Patreon updates when you announce them. Means I can know that you are working on the game and one day I will get to play another awesome update for this great game.

Take care of yourself and avoid the corona. :)
 
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Hordragg

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So new plan. No more streams. No more game.

The project is officially "aboned"

Anytime I think about streaming, I'm instead just going to goth one out by sitting in a dark closet listening to The Cure, nursing my failure and thinking about how pointless life is.

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RomanHume

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No emo Peter Parker dancing action?

I don't watch your streams, but I like seeing the Patreon updates when you announce them. Means I can know that you are working on the game and one day I will get to play another awesome update for this great game.

Take care of yourself and avoid the corona. :)
Originally I was just posting the stream notifications and then deleting them when the stream was over. Then a few weeks ago I thought screw that! I'm going to leave them up, and update them with the time the stream ended so that anyone wishing to doubt the time I spend making art on the game can go back and calculate how many hours I've spent working on the project.

And since people watch the stream and witness it all, there isn't really any way I can lie about the time spent streaming.

Just one more example of how open I'm trying to be about development.

Sorry, there's no tag for that.

Your only option is to continue with game development.
How do I request an "Aboned" tag be added to F95?

I feel like not having one makes the site feel a bit dated.

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No clue what this is from, but I dig his makeup and suit. I'm totally stealing that!

I'm looking forward to more of this game and can patiently sit on my hands while I wait.
I'm holding off on my next news post until after this next set of images completes. I want to get a total of the work completed thus far.

I just ran a word count and the first half of Cassie's next chapter, scenes 1 thru 6 total around 7,000 words.

What sucks is that I know for a fact that this is one of the biggest updates I've done yet, but you bastards will probably play through it in ten minutes. Cause that's just how it usually goes... :p
 

ZTex

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What sucks is that I know for a fact that this is one of the biggest updates I've done yet, but you bastards will probably play through it in ten minutes. Cause that's just how it usually goes... :p
Probably.
But if it's good enough the post nut clarity will keep people from complaining.
 
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