VN Ren'Py Halfway House [Ep.11 - Bonus 7-8] [Az]

[JuniorAT]

Though I agree that there's not necessarily too many characters. I do think it's a bit late in the story to be introducing characters (and their attendant plot threads, so streamlining might be on point), but it's Az's show, he can prove me wrong. (Also, Piper is pure sex to me, so I don't mind her introduction for purely selfish reasons.)

Currently I like the amount and the kind of side characters we have so far and would like to get on with it with their content. Particularly with Ashlyn, Liz and Piper. It's crazy to me that Piper only had that one intro scene yet she had such a big impact on me mostly because she's just a walking fetish character and that's okay with me, so I'm looking forward to what we can do with her.

Not having Shiho as an LI is torturous for me since I love Japanese women. It's so hard to not mess with her but I love seeing Em get jealous and catty

Same here I love Japanese women, but for some reason I overlooked Shiho. She reminds me of someone in my family who's also a young(ish) doctor so maybe that's why. Though in general I haven't found any Asian women to be of my liking in any of the VNs I've played and I wonder why. In this case it doesn't matter because the right choice is always Emily.

 

[zefir72]

Hey guys, just a question, not a criticism...
but is one update a year is what a new player can expect from this game or are there extinuating circumstances behind a delay in releases?

With every update the dev was letting a player to get closer and closer to main characters and basically open more lewd stuff. But then he decided to tweak story in order to delay actual content with main characters and lost himself there.

 

[Allan Trumbull]

Any sign showing that game still Alive ??

 

[Deleted member 4298851]

Any sign showing that game still Alive ??

it'll be out, as of now, the first quarter of this year. Haven't seen any new posts though either way.

 

[MoneyShots]

Any sign showing that game still Alive ??

This from Oct on his Patreon.

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. As for EP9's development. It's going is all I can say. Right now render count is at 714 renders. And the script line count is over 5000 lines. (for comparison EP8 had 595 renders and 4200 lines). EP9's render count will prolly break 1K before it's done.
So yeah... I'm a broken record at this point but still a while yet.
Az."

 

[RagnarUCj]

Almost a year this since game was last updated

 

[KoGa3]

Maybe a little late but here the "New Year's" post from Az (Dec 31, 2021):

Heyo everyone,

Just thought I'd wish everyone a happy new year. As well as pass along this new year render. I know it's not much given EP9's continued non arrival, and the tiny little fact the theme once again has absolutely nothing to do with the subject matter... but I did spend a good couple of days working on it so I hope it means something at least. It's in 4K at 21:9 ratio, so might take a while to load.

It can also be downloaded here.

As for the update... well, I'm sure it's abundantly clear that it's not making it this year. Like I've said before, good news is the update will be pretty large once it does arrive, right now I'm coming up to 900 renders and 6K lines (44K something words). It's on the tail end now but still a ways to go. I'm roughly guessing another 300 renders and 2000 lines before it's done.

Anyway, enough excuses and happy new years everybody.

Az.

 

[Deleted member 4298851]

Maybe a little late but here the "New Year's" post from Az (Dec 31, 2021):

Heyo everyone,

Just thought I'd wish everyone a happy new year. As well as pass along this new year render. I know it's not much given EP9's continued non arrival, and the tiny little fact the theme once again has absolutely nothing to do with the subject matter... but I did spend a good couple of days working on it so I hope it means something at least. It's in 4K at 21:9 ratio, so might take a while to load.

It can also be downloaded here.

As for the update... well, I'm sure it's abundantly clear that it's not making it this year. Like I've said before, good news is the update will be pretty large once it does arrive, right now I'm coming up to 900 renders and 6K lines (44K something words). It's on the tail end now but still a ways to go. I'm roughly guessing another 300 renders and 2000 lines before it's done.

Anyway, enough excuses and happy new years everybody.

Az.

I mean, I love Emily, but not as this Red Sonja/Conan combination. Anyway, been patiently in a holding pattern with this game. I was actually going to do a quick run at this game today and see Emily. I still might. I already have my save ready for E9, but I miss my little honey badger.

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[Ragnar]

Right now render count is at 714 renders.

Why he's so slow rendering? Is he using a laptop or smth? I mean after all this time 714 renders is a really low count compared with other 3Daz devs.
He really should think about updating his render machine or even hire a second render guy. He's making enough money for that.

 

[Trojaner]

Why he's so slow rendering? Is he using a laptop or smth? I mean after all this time 714 renders is a really low count compared with other 3Daz devs.
He really should think about updating his render machine or even hire a second render guy. He's making enough money for that.

Well, even Laptops are now more Powerfull since the highest possible 16GB Vram with the 3080. Atleast much much better as the 940M with 2 GB what i used to render and gave up long time ago(Because of 99% just CPU Renders).
Maybe he is just doing all as side project, only the Dev knows. Maybe he never got a real Workflow for what he is doing. Dunno, just hope that he'll manage to finish the VN in the Future when i'm still allive.

 

[Ragnar]

Well, even Laptops are now more Powerfull since the highest possible 8GB Vram with the 3080. Atleast much much better as the 940M with 2 GB what i used to render and gave up long time ago(Because of 99% just CPU Renders).
Maybe he is just doing all as side project, only the Dev knows. Maybe he never got a real Workflow for what he is doing. Dunno, just hope that he'll manage to finish the VN in the Future when i'm still allive.

He was faster at the beginning so maybe he's burned out. Hiring another pair of hands could help.
Anyway I follow slower games like Corporate Culture or False Hero

 

[Trojaner]

Hiring another pair of hands could help.

Yeah, but for this you need much TRUST. Thats for many people the biggest prob. Many got burned because they trusted the wrong Peops.

 

[KoGa3]

Why he's so slow rendering? Is he using a laptop or smth? I mean after all this time 714 renders is a really low count compared with other 3Daz devs.
He really should think about updating his render machine or even hire a second render guy. He's making enough money for that.

In my opinion, this has nothing to do with what his machine could render. And it's not for the money also, he has paused the billing quite some time now. So it's probably more a hobby/side work for him.

Also he's a kind of perfectionist when it comes to the 3D scenery/assets. Havn't really seen one used in another game, so he is doing them mostly from scratch, too. Making that is for sure very time consuming also. But it seems that's the way he want's to do the game. For me this details in his renders are the big difference to most of the other games from devs doing that not as a profession.

And I also think there was a "little burnout" from the last releases, so he decided to "slow down" even a bit more and took away the pressure of Patrons with stopping the billings. And hiring others would get him definitely even into more stress, as said it's not easy to find someone you can completely trust your work. And I also think he WANTS to do the work himself, not someone else doing it.

Well, we can only wait and hope for the next release. And according to his postings, he still likes doing that. Just not as fast as others, and therefore we have to be a little more patient here.

 

[Kellermann]

Maybe a little late but here the "New Year's" post from Az (Dec 31, 2021):

Heyo everyone,

Just thought I'd wish everyone a happy new year. As well as pass along this new year render. I know it's not much given EP9's continued non arrival, and the tiny little fact the theme once again has absolutely nothing to do with the subject matter... but I did spend a good couple of days working on it so I hope it means something at least. It's in 4K at 21:9 ratio, so might take a while to load.

It can also be downloaded here.

As for the update... well, I'm sure it's abundantly clear that it's not making it this year. Like I've said before, good news is the update will be pretty large once it does arrive, right now I'm coming up to 900 renders and 6K lines (44K something words). It's on the tail end now but still a ways to go. I'm roughly guessing another 300 renders and 2000 lines before it's done.

Anyway, enough excuses and happy new years everybody.

Az.

Wow, a more mature, athletic ginger is definitely in my zone. Love this

In my opinion, this has nothing to do with what his machine could render. And it's not for the money also, he has paused the billing quite some time now. So it's probably more a hobby/side work for him.

Also he's a kind of perfectionist when it comes to the 3D scenery/assets. Havn't really seen one used in another game, so he is doing them mostly from scratch, too. Making that is for sure very time consuming also. But it seems that's the way he want's to do the game. For me this details in his renders are the big difference to most of the other games from devs doing that not as a profession.

And I also think there was a "little burnout" from the last releases, so he decided to "slow down" even a bit more and took away the pressure of Patrons with stopping the billings. And hiring others would get him definitely even into more stress, as said it's not easy to find someone you can completely trust your work. And I also think he WANTS to do the work himself, not someone else doing it.

Well, we can only wait and hope for the next release. And according to his postings, he still likes doing that. Just not as fast as others, and therefore we have to be a little more patient here.

Agreed. And I have much respect for a dev that is open with his situation and pauses patreon billing while he sorts things out. So many other devs go radio silent and release no content while continuing to bill, bill, bill. This dev is one of the good ones and his actions show that this is indeed a hobby and a labour of love.

 

[crabboid]

Maybe a little late but here the "New Year's" post from Az (Dec 31, 2021):

Heyo everyone,

Just thought I'd wish everyone a happy new year. As well as pass along this new year render. I know it's not much given EP9's continued non arrival, and the tiny little fact the theme once again has absolutely nothing to do with the subject matter... but I did spend a good couple of days working on it so I hope it means something at least. It's in 4K at 21:9 ratio, so might take a while to load.

It can also be downloaded here.

As for the update... well, I'm sure it's abundantly clear that it's not making it this year. Like I've said before, good news is the update will be pretty large once it does arrive, right now I'm coming up to 900 renders and 6K lines (44K something words). It's on the tail end now but still a ways to go. I'm roughly guessing another 300 renders and 2000 lines before it's done.

Anyway, enough excuses and happy new years everybody.

Az.

"I'm sure it's abundantly clear that it's not making it this year."

I about swallowed my tongue when I read that, until I read the date it was posted. Az, if you're reading this, please please PLEASE give us a Samantha full-on scene in this update.

I'm new to this community, so luckily I haven't experienced the painful wait as long as some of you guys, and I've got plenty of other content to keep my self occupied with for the time being, but I can see some misery in the future waiting for stuff like this, True Bond, and A Wife and Mother in the future.

 

[Krynh]

Also he's a kind of perfectionist when it comes to the 3D scenery/assets. Havn't really seen one used in another game

I've seen plenty of the scenery he's used in other games.

 

[greentonythetiger]

Well, even Laptops are now more Powerfull since the highest possible 8GB Vram with the 3080. Atleast much much better as the 940M with 2 GB what i used to render and gave up long time ago(Because of 99% just CPU Renders).
Maybe he is just doing all as side project, only the Dev knows. Maybe he never got a real Workflow for what he is doing. Dunno, just hope that he'll manage to finish the VN in the Future when i'm still allive.

I have a laptop with a 3080 at 16Gb vram.. it renders like a beast!!

 

[Deleted member 4298851]

I've seen plenty of the scenery he's used in other games.

I've seen certain buildings & assets (like the streets/cobblestone) in other games; Melody, Apartment #69, etc and if you put five VNs on your computer, the likelihood of something some of the same assets in each game is pretty decent.

 

[yunmaster]

It's going to be a year soon.
Let's all wait and see how great episode9 will be.

 

[Deleted member 4298851]

It's going to be a year soon.
Let's all wait and see how great episode9 will be.

We hope it'll be worth a year long or so wait. There's high hopes and expectations in this thread for this update, so we'll see.