VN Ren'Py Completed Leap of Faith [Ch. 8 v1.0.3] [DriftyGames]

[Sh0gvn]

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You know it's been a busy week when it feels like the last dev update was yesterday.

I've been going at it in Daz and by the looks of it, it's been productive. I don't even know the numbers before I look at my work folders for these updates - which is now at 1,462 story renders and 19,082 frames of animation.

Sadly, one thing I did notice is that every render for the main event needs twice the number of iterations, effectively taking twice the amount of time to render. This is probably due to the insane amount of lighting (at some point topping 80 light sources), and the general dimness of the area.

This isn't good news when you are planning a 5-minute animation, but the solution was rather simple. This main event animation will run 30fps instead of the 60fps used elsewhere. I have also got my second render rig up and running, and it should be rendering none stop once I have the animations posed, which is my main goal for next week.

Oh, and one last thing. The trailer should be out in a few hours. Doing the last bits of timing now.

Keep your notifications on for Patreon, my Youtube channel, or Discord server to see it when it's out.

Have a nice weekend, and stay safe out there.

// Drifty

 

[cxx]

oh alexandra is sad.

 

[tombeir]

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[NebulousShooter]

goof

 

[Cabin Fever]

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I've said it before and I'll say it again. Drifty's choice of music to fit the mood is one of the best of all AVN developers out there.

 

[everhardninja]

The end is near my friends

 

[Jarulf]

The end is near my friends

And then we get to see what the next game will be. Looking forward to that.

 

[lipe2410]

The end is near my friends

It's part of the journey.

 

[ename144]

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You know it's been a busy week when it feels like the last dev update was yesterday.

I've been going at it in Daz and by the looks of it, it's been productive. I don't even know the numbers before I look at my work folders for these updates - which is now at 1,462 story renders and 19,082 frames of animation.

Sadly, one thing I did notice is that every render for the main event needs twice the number of iterations, effectively taking twice the amount of time to render. This is probably due to the insane amount of lighting (at some point topping 80 light sources), and the general dimness of the area.

This isn't good news when you are planning a 5-minute animation, but the solution was rather simple. This main event animation will run 30fps instead of the 60fps used elsewhere. I have also got my second render rig up and running, and it should be rendering none stop once I have the animations posed, which is my main goal for next week.

Oh, and one last thing. The trailer should be out in a few hours. Doing the last bits of timing now.

Keep your notifications on for Patreon, my Youtube channel, or Discord server to see it when it's out.

Have a nice weekend, and stay safe out there.

// Drifty

Hmmm. We get numbers, but we don't have a good context for them; it's a curious feeling. Guess we'll just chart them and see what happens.

Drifty completed 113 story renders and 966 frames of animation this week, the strongest week we've had in months. The overall average now stands at 56 stories and 734 frames of animation per week since Chapter 4 launched. Here's the graphical version:

Spoiler: Charts - Week 26

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The charts are trending upwards nicely, we just don't know where the finish line is. We've blown past the size of any previous update, but that's not surprising since this is the big finale. As it turns out, charts aren't a lot of help in uncharted territory. Go figure.

I suppose we can metagame a bit; Drifty put out the trailer, but didn't pick a release date. That says we're probably at least a month out, but probably not two-ish months. That would give us a late July to late August window, which puts the targets somewhere in the vicinity of 1900-2400 story renders and 23,000-27,000 frames of animation. Let's stick with that for now.

I definitely want to see the big show, but I'll admit I'm a little leery of the trailer. I'm not sure a literal showstopper from Lexi is the right end to this particular journey, at least not if you didn't romance her. Lexi's a big part of the story, but this isn't *her* journey and there's so much ground we need to cover for the other girls. It just makes me very nervous. Here's hoping I'm wrong.

 

[den_tiger]

Just watched the CH8 trailer. Literally Got goosebumps. Drifty really knows how to make the feels.

Is the one in the black leather Linda? Only saw a leg. She and Robin are missing from the trailer.

 

[Gh0st_Harambe]

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Chapter 8´s trailer gave me goosebumps, i can't wait for it to be released.

 

[NotTheReal16]

When's the final part dropping?

 

[cxx]

When's the final part dropping?

soonTM

 

[StrawberryCheese83]

Imagine a collaboration between Oceanlab and Drifty! EPIC!!!

Can t wait for the final chapter!

 

[MrPerson28475]

I've been playing a lot of the other heavy story VN's I have, and have decided that Drifty's "Leap of Faith" is the most Emotional, Epic, Fantastic, Mind Blowing Visual Novel ever. There should be an official Booker Prize section for VN's and this piece of Art, Music and Story, should be getting the highest accolade.

 

[NebulousShooter]

With all due respect, Derek from BaDIK is better spelled than Liam and Chris. It's the same archetype, the same type, but Derek has his moments of enlightenment and isn't really the joker he tries to seem.

You are joking, right? Maybe Derek is funnier, to most, but in what universe is he a better wingman/friend than Chris and Liam?

 

[camube]

I've been playing a lot of the other heavy story VN's I have, and have decided that Drifty's "Leap of Faith" is the most Emotional, Epic, Fantastic, Mind Blowing Visual Novel ever. There should be an official Booker Prize section for VN's and this piece of Art, Music and Story, should be getting the highest accolade.

Without using the walkthrough, how do we know when to use the mobile phones?
I never find the option to give Holly cigarette or Lexi's contact on the first night.

On that note, if we go through the game multiple times speedrunning already-read dialogues, we could miss replying to texts too, are we?

Is walkthrough a must to get Holly's cigarette and other small stuffs?

I read the walkthrough, and even with the walkthrough, I couldn't find the exact time I need to open the mobilephone to get cigarette.

 

[MrBubu]

Without using the walkthrough, how do we know when to use the mobile phones?
I never find the option to give Holly cigarette or Lexi's contact on the first night.

On that note, if we go through the game multiple times speedrunning already-read dialogues, we could miss replying to texts too, are we?

Is walkthrough a must to get Holly's cigarette and other small stuffs?

I read the walkthrough, and even with the walkthrough, I couldn't find the exact time I need to open the mobilephone to get cigarette.

You don't need the mobile phone, you need to click the cigarettes on display to trigger the option to buy them

Spoiler: Walkthrough

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[cxx]

I've been playing a lot of the other heavy story VN's I have, and have decided that Drifty's "Leap of Faith" is the most Emotional, Epic, Fantastic, Mind Blowing Visual Novel ever. There should be an official Booker Prize section for VN's and this piece of Art, Music and Story, should be getting the highest accolade.

as has been said before.

drifty will have very hard time to make better game than this.

 

[MrD812]

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Remember last week I said things were progressing fine and no hiccups? I probably jinxed it by saying that.
On Sunday I picked up a bit of a cold but decided to keep chipping on the renders. It worked fine for a while, but by Tuesday the fever got really bad. So, since then I've mostly been sleeping and watching documentaries on serial killers, which is what seems to be trending on Netflix these days. So now everybody is giving me weird looks whenever I'm close to a knife.

I still got a decent chunk of renders done and finished up a scene with Lexi that was awful to do. It's safe to say that you definitely get connected to your own characters after working with them for a few years. The current numbers are 1,280 story renders and 17,732 frames of animation.

So basically, the only girl remaining is Holly. After her, the main event, which means the sneak peek video isn't far away either.
Short update today, but still good progress despite me running on safe mode.
Have a nice weekend, and stay fever free out there.
// Drifty

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