VN Ren'Py Light of My Life [Ch.8 v0.8.2] [Naughty Road]

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naughtyroad said:
Interesting question. Considered, yeah, but as a goal, no.

Income is just one part of it, and sure, it'd need to be on level with my dayjob and cover a myriad of hidden costs that are taken care of when you have a job, which it isn't at this moment, by some margin, but there's more.

Being the primary breadwinner in my household also means job security is a big thing to consider. Who knows what this scene will look like one year from now, or five. It sure didn't look this way a year or three back.

Then, there's the social aspect. Having worked nearly exclusively from home over the past couple of months really cuts down on the social interactions over the day, even with frequent calls and online meetings with colleagues. That's something that would be reduced even further. I'm feel that as humans we need to sort of bounce of other people to keep sane (
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), and even though I don't always enjoy that and tend to gravitate towards living like a hermit and being quite content with that, I'm also sort of afraid that somewhere down that path there's an appearance in some real live show where people come by to clean out the rooms in your house filled with stacks of empty pizza boxes and chinese takeaway containers that reach to the ceiling.

So, there's more there than just pure "give me X and I'll do it." That may work fine for some developers who're at a different stage in their life, without a mortgage, possibly without steady income, and definitely without a significant other that raises some hard questions when you come up with a wild plan.
However, the extra income so far did allow me to cut back a little on my day job and spend that time on LomL, which is what I love doing best anyways, so that suits me fine.
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It's always an interesting conversation piece moving from office work to WFH constantly, I work in a DevOps role and have been WFH for just over 5 months now, I sorta know where you're coming from in terms of social interactions.

It was more just an interesting point if that was even something you had considered as part of making games, I think it's a rather complex thing when you consider everything mentioned.
 
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Draakaap23 said:
Have you considered changing the art direction of a future project or will it keep the same, original style? (because of the incessant amount of whining on the forums)
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No, not really, although that's not to say the art direction might not be different from LomL (it sorta depends on the project and what that requires), but it'll definitely never be slapping a pussy on hottest selling model in the daz3d store, dialing tits to 11 and starting rendering away in that big mansion they had on sale with some OotB poses. All of this is a longs ways off though as we have quite a bit of LomL still left to do.
(edit) I don't mind well phrased criticism though, but stuff like "lulz gobblins/<racial slur>/etc." only sort of strengthens my conviction I'm on the right path.

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It's always an interesting conversation piece moving from office work to WFH constantly, I work in a DevOps role and have been WFH for just over 5 months now, I sorta know where you're coming from in terms of social interactions. (...)
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Very similar to my situation indeed.
 
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naughtyroad said:
No, not really, although that's not to say the art direction might not be different from LomL (it sorta depends on the project and what that requires), but it'll definitely never be slapping a pussy on hottest selling model in the daz3d store, dialing tits to 11 and starting rendering away in that big mansion they had on sale with some OotB poses. All of this is a longs ways off though as we have quite a bit of LomL still left to do.
(edit) I don't mind well phrased criticism though, but stuff like "lulz gobblins/<racial slur>/etc." only sort of strengthens my conviction I'm on the right path.
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Good on you, man. It's nice to have someone taking their own direction and not using the usual catalog model women. Admittedly, I was one of those fools who looked over the game for that very reason initially lmao. I've learned my lesson though
 
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naughtyroad said:
No, not really, although that's not to say the art direction might not be different from LomL (it sorta depends on the project and what that requires), but it'll definitely never be slapping a pussy on hottest selling model in the daz3d store, dialing tits to 11 and starting rendering away in that big mansion they had on sale with some OotB poses. All of this is a longs ways off though as we have quite a bit of LomL still left to do.
(edit) I don't mind well phrased criticism though, but stuff like "lulz gobblins/<racial slur>/etc." only sort of strengthens my conviction I'm on the right path.



Very similar to my situation indeed.
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Don't listen to the haters dude. Anytime a lot of minority characters are used (with features that actually represent minorities, not just a DAZ character with caucasian features that has the skin color darkened), the racists crawl out of the woodwork and demand that things conform to their standards of beauty. You do you, clearly people are here for it.
 
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Please don't feel pressured by this, just a (hopefully) simple question. I am sure you have a vision for this loving journey we are on, and possibly a roadmap. Is it possible to share how far the destination is?
 
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LarryK said:
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Please don't feel pressured by this, just a (hopefully) simple question. I am sure you have a vision for this loving journey we are on, and possibly a roadmap. Is it possible to share how far the destination is?
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Well, for the original arc I had in mind, I'd say we're sort of transitioning from the 2nd act into the 3rd now. There's still quite a few decision to make as to how the remainder of that arc will end up being chopped in chapters, and if and where we go from there once it's done.
 
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I know NR is great and so and replays to many of the questions you guys ask. <--this--- (after reading it 2nd/3rd time it kinda sounding sarcastic but i asure you its not meant to be)

BUT, if you stop asking questions, then there is less spending time here and more spending time for the coming update.

so ... well .... jeaaaaa ... i'm still waiting veEeEeEeErRy patiently for it
 
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I'm in love with the characters' appearance, and the story sounds top notch from the way others tell it.

Unfortunately i'm also one of those smooth brains that doesn't play a game before it hits penetration in terms of content.
 
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tekelleyaziyorum said:
im sorry if these questions are asked multiple times
1- how many chapter you are planning?
2- what is average(in months) time for chapter release?
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1 - I don't have an exact number, but there's a few more still to come.
2 - it's been 3-4 months in the past, but this chapter it's gonna be more as I have to do basically everything from scratch this time round.
 
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naughtyroad said:
1 - I don't have an exact number, but there's a few more still to come.
2 - it's been 3-4 months in the past, but this chapter it's gonna be more as I have to do basically everything from scratch this time round.
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Do you think a release is possible in October sometime?
 
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1st chapter down and this is already one of my new favorites. Character designs that stand out, great characterization from the jump, and pretty memorable soundtrack. I usually don't notice music in these types of games unless they are really good. And the last one I truly enjoyed was Dreams of Desire's soundtrack.

So yeah, I will be following this one very closely.
 
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