VN Ren'Py Dungeon Days [v0.09] [Buba]

WhitePolarFoxxx · May 16, 2024

LordHybrid said:
Admittedly I do wish the new tag system would go up... would be nice to be able to get everything more specific and squared away

Nah... If they can't read present tags they definitely won't read future tags

LordHybrid · May 21, 2024

Hey hey everybody! Just coming at you with a Devlog since it's been a month since v0.065 :V

I honestly don't have much to talk about for this devlog as things are just going at a pace. Been trying to do some RL things this month as well and as it's the end of the school year, been also having to deal with that storm of nonsense. Despite that, I've been chugging along and doing a lot of new stuff, as this is obviously a turning point in the story :V New looks, new developments, new outfits... I got it all for the upcoming updates :V

Along with that, I've really been looking into what Dungeon Days is about and what I want to say with it. I know that Dungeon Days is just an AVN, but I still wanna do stuff with it that I can look back and enjoy with fond memories. So I really have been diving into reading some other stories, trying other games, and doing all kinds of stuff to expand my knowledge on the stuff. It's been pretty good so far and been helping me develop and refine a better story for Dungeon Days.

Besides that, I think the only other thing I should mention is the Goblin tier for Patreon and Subscribestar. It sort of got put on the backburner but I should be figuring out something for it by the time I release the next update, so stay tuned for that!

With that, I think that's everything that needs to be said so stay in touch for the upcoming update! :V

(Oh, btw, the image is NOT indicative of the next update... just something nice I happened to make :V)

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Cricgck · Jun 2, 2024

I love the game, thank you so much

kazeiheikaya · Jun 5, 2024

Dev's are getting too brazen with the cliffhangers, cutting deep into my soul here!

Great story so far, cant stand Pah for the life of me but otherwise, looking forward to the future of this AVN.
Usually Koko isn't my kind of character, more into the Callie/Vanhi types but ngl, Koko was a pretty solid design. Insanely cute at all the best times.

Also definitely wouldnt mind a possible future that holds a Text Box opacity option

LordHybrid · Jun 6, 2024

kazeiheikaya said:
Also definitely wouldnt mind a possible future that holds a Text Box opacity option

Oh, there is one in the options. Should be there anyways... had me double check cuz I could have sworn there was lol

JoKa_Kinetic · Jun 9, 2024

Sir, I dislike being tortured by cliffhangers that brutal!

I love how you made that happen though

LordHybrid · Jun 21, 2024

Hey hey everyone! Dungeon Days has reached updated v0.07! :V

For those at Janny tier or above, you'll be enjoying the early access right now! :V
For those at Knight tier or above, you'll be enjoying early access on 6/25! :V

Unfortunately for this update, I was only able to get out 1 scene at about 125 renders. It isn't much, but I did promise you guys I would stick to the two month limit...

As for the reasons and whatnot, and also information on the future of Dungeon Days, I'll be explaining it when the public build gets pushed out. For now, those who have access can still at least enjoy this snippet of more story :V

Anyways, I'll see you guys on 6/25 for the next early access!

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havoquinho · Jun 21, 2024

Good luck on the update

boxesoffun · Jun 26, 2024

Good stuff, looking forward to seeing more of this!

LordHybrid · Jun 30, 2024

Hey hey everyone! It's time and as promised, it's the public release for v0.07!

First, I want to apologize for the length of the update. One scene isn't very much to add on and isn't in my usual style of things. I'm not very happy with my progress and I'm sure you all want more than just one scene. However, I made a promise that two months would be my limiting factor and, hell or high water, I would release what I had no matter what and I stuck to it.

I could give you the sob story of my recent IRL issues that almost burned me out of not doing Dungeon Days AT ALL anymore, but I have already talked with the people who need to know about it and done my soul searching to continue on. Yes, I was in a bad state mentally recently. No, I will not elaborate more than that. Just know that it was a large reason why only one scene was done.

Now, what does this mean for Dungeon Days in the future? Will all updates just turn into one scene? Of course NOT! That isn't the plan whatsoever and never will be. What I have figured out is that doing this, along with balancing real life situations AND a full time job is more than I'm capable of doing with the current setup that I'm doing it in. After long discussions with peers in the VN sphere, we came up with a few ideas that might work out, but settled on one overall big change to how the story will be presented...

I'm moving over to the OG style of design for VN's; sprite style! (Picture above serving as a VERY ROUGH example)

Essentially, with this style of VN presentation, I will have to worry about far less renders than before while still being able to produce as much content for you as I possibly can! I've looked at how much story I want to say and with the current amount of renders needed to get there... it's just not going to be feasible. So, instead, I'm going to use a sprite-based style for most of the conversations for now on. HOWEVER, this does NOT mean I'm going to do EVERYTHING in sprites... when it comes to cool action shots or big establishing shots, I'll be making sure to do excellent, much more focused on, renders on those moments for readers to enjoy! As for the sexy stuff, I'm still deciding on an exact format for that, but I might just do it normally like I've been for the last two, we shall see. I'm also going to probably start more traditional and then, over time, see what I can do that can shake things up a bit and make it more unique for Dungeon Days.

I think with that being said, I've caught you all up with what I'm hoping will be a good turning point for Dungeon Days. I was really struggling with everything before but with luck, this will allow me to do more for the VN and for you guys while not stressing me out to the point of breakdown. Hopefully, the next Devlog is going to be something much more positive and, if all goes well, I might even start doing the updates one month apart instead of two :V That, and it is looming on the horizon, that dreaded thing all VN devs hate doing but know must be done at some point...

Remaking ALL of my beginning, essentially the first three updates for me. But for now, I'm going to first focus on this. Let's just say that THAT is in the backburner of my thoughts... along with the Goblin Tier for subscribers, don't think I didn't forget!

Anyways, see you guys on 7/20/24 for the next devlog! But for now, I still hope that you enjoy the scene I made and are excited for the upcoming changes!

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QuestionTime · Jun 30, 2024

He's moving to sprites instead of doing unique renders? It's so joever. I'm not surprised we're getting the "I've been in a bad mental state" thing which all Patreons cite for content slowdown but the whole scaling stuff back is pretty surprising and a shame.

maraudershields · Jun 30, 2024

Just wish we'd get a android port ugh

LordHybrid · Jun 30, 2024

QuestionTime said:
He's moving to sprites instead of doing unique renders? It's so joever. I'm not surprised we're getting the "I've been in a bad mental state" thing which all Patreons cite for content slowdown but the whole scaling stuff back is pretty surprising and a shame.

I know, I wasn't exactly happy stating as such since I know it's the thing that's always said. I hate excuses but it is what it is. Unique renders for every shot, with actual EFFORT put into them in a way that I would like them to be, would just take way too long in the long run and I'm already working a full time job as it is. It was an emergency to adapt is all. I'm hoping that the process won't scale back story stuff though and that I can show off more this way instead of slogging through the way I've been doing it... though they won't go fully away after all, just less of those, more of sprites :V

LordHybrid · Jun 30, 2024

maraudershields said:
Just wish we'd get a android port ugh

Wait a little bit and someone is bound to put one up in the thread

MidnightKing · Jun 30, 2024

It's unideal in a perfect world, but I'd rather see this route taken than the game be abandoned due to dev hell with time constraints and such. I'd be more worried if it went completely sprite based, but as long as the bigger moments still get fully rendered out as you've said, I'll get over it.

Question about one part of that though, when you say "more traditional" for the sex stuff what exactly does that mean?

Bob69 · Jun 30, 2024

Dungeon Days [v0.07] [Buba] - Compressed

Win/Linux [812 MB]