Maybe it's just me, but it looks like Holly ordered an 80%-scale realdoll of the MC for Black Friday shopping.
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I kinda didnt believe until the end that that twist was real in AL. And i gotta admit not being the emotional guy i never started that game up again just because of the sad sad memories ^^
You can really see in this game that for whatever reason, might it be personal experience or just talent, theres a real soul behind this. As far as a Adult VN can have it at least.
I really wanted to do a Lexi run as well after the first run Cece won me in the second she was spotted at the bus stop but i need a little break after that i think
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Dev Diary, December 3rd, 2021:
Shared $1 and $5 post this week due to the importance of the screenshot.
It's a very weird feeling having worked on the story for almost two years, knowing that at some point I would have to use the words that make up the story's title, knowing they will tie everything together.
So as I watched that scene, I'm not going to lie, it was an overwhelming feeling, and I ended up going outside for a bit just to soak everything in. The scene is very powerful, but heartwarming. Hopefully I've done someone proud.
But for work, I spent the most of this week doing Renpy stuff. Got 6,000 lines of dialogue, menus and variable work done. In fact I almost caught up with the completed renders, and are now only about 25 renders behind on the scripting.
I still have a few hundred renders to do for the rest of the chapter, alongside a bunch of animations and some more serious scripting. But I'm shifting attention back to the visuals for this week, and will probably do animations all through testing as well.
Numbers for now should be about the same, with a slight increase in both story renders (1,237) and animation frames (10,726) due to me rendering some filler renders where they were needed.
And with that, have a nice weekend, enjoy the season, and stay safe out there.
// Drifty
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I can tell tissues are going to be needed again. Just looking at her now, I can already feel the emotion kick in.
I've said it in the past (under my old account) that I share SO many things and traits with Cece in this game with all my failed attempts and issues with emotions. Never have I felt closer with any character before as I do her, and that goes for movies, TV, books, all of it, that's why I love Cece so damn much.
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Numbers aren't really the important takeaway from this dev diary, but we might as well cover them. Drifty completed 11 story renders and 482 frames of animation this week. That drops his overall average to 95 story renders and 825 frames of animation per week since Chapter 6 launched. Here's what it looks like:
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Of course, the big takeaway is the scene with Cece we all knew was coming. This will likely make or break the game, so I'm glad he's confident that it delivers. Let's hope we agree with him!
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If he's confident in the presentation, I think we're in for a very heartfelt and emotional scene and I'm 100% sure that we're going to need some tissues for all of the emotional tingles and dusty eyes we are going to have.
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No, you are fine, It happens in every play through, look back a couple of pages if you want to see the trailer for the next episode, she survives.
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These are hectic weeks before the release and Christmas, but I've been pushing hard all week, and I'm en route for the release.
I wont give any render numbers from now until release, but I can say that Leap of Faith has rounded another milestone, surpassed the 10k render mark (and 60k animation frames) for all chapters.
Instead of the normal dev diary I thought I'd give you a little insight about how the pre release days are.
I try to give the testers 7 days of testing, due to the pathing, proof reading and of course this is pre Christmas so they might not be available at all times due to irl business. That means they need the release around 15th, or 5 days from now. Normally I give myself a week of testing before that, but there's absolutely no time for it for this release.
Before handing out the Beta, I also have to post process and compress all the images and animations, and insert the beta menu which gives the testers a somewhat easier time testing, before lastly run the current script through a spell checker to remove the most obvious Driftys-after-midnight-typing-freak-accidents.
From testing starts until the day before release it's all about correcting feedback, playing through the release, insert new art where needed, and making sure the game works well and the flow is good, in addition to making the 'cover art' - or the release images.
On the day before the release I compile the different versions of the game (full game pc/linux/max, and the patch version pc/linux/mac), and re-package the distribution package with better compression.
I always have the day off from my normal job on release day itself, so I sit down with a good cup of coffee in the morning and play through the chapter one last time to see if there's anything obvious I've missed.
Then I move on to uploading, which is one full version pc/linux/mac and one patch version pc/linux/mac. All of those 4 versions are uploaded to duplicate Gdrive and Mega accounts (around 90gb total) so I can change links quickly if a site is taken down due to traffic overload.
While uploading is in process I compose the release post with all changelog information and download links.
And that's pretty much it. It's a hectic few weeks, but I wouldn't want it any other way. After the release post I just sit down and relax while Discord turns silent, because I know that means you're playing through the game, and (hopefully) enjoying yourself. It's what makes it all worth while.
Lastly, if you're in the $20 or above tier, look out for the credits post where you can add your name to the credits if you haven't already done so.
Cheers everyone, have a nice weekend, and stay safe out there.
// Drifty
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I'm going to be sitting, standing, and sleeping on pins and needles waiting for this release. I don't how I'm going to feel, or expect to feel, but I expect either way, a lot of tissues to be involved.
Obviously she survives, but with what side effects? And does all of this, after her 2nd failure, change her personality going forward?
Obviously she survives, but with what side effects? And does all of this, after her 2nd failure, change her personality going forward?
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The proverb says "Never two without three". When you have neurons that are short-circuited, it's fucked up. So next time, she'll throw herself under a train, at least that's final!
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Well, I don't think there will be a next time. This game is two chapters from being over and it'll be her redemption. She'll learn a thing or two. Maybe finally give in fully to being loved and cared for.
Her hardship and heartache are probably not over, but she'll see things in a different light.
Yeah as stated in the end of the current chapter, this is a game so she will probably get a happy ending of some kind.