Resident Post: MOD SHOOOOP!!
YO!!!
It is indeed Mod Shop time! Mostly the rest of what's to be included in next month's patch is ready for RPGM with the exception of the final scene in the Mod Shop. I'll give a quick rundown of the Mod Shop event list so I can talk about each stage in a bit more detail:
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Danny's only present for those on Sharing or Cuckold routes. He's also growing a little stubble after JP ^_^
1: Mod Shop BG2 (Betting Game 2) Intro
-Lisa goes to work in the Mod Shop (requires Pink Street Outfit). Moddy gives her a proposition which sees Lisa going on a trip across town with Marty (Flat).
2: Journey with Flat / Dining
-Marty is kind of an empty character in the game atm, he was implemented mostly to fill space and to act as a balance between Moddy and Danny but over the next few Mod Shop updates he'll fill his own role. This won't take the focus off Moddy so don't fret ^_^
Lisa banters back and forth with Flat before he reveals something to Lisa when getting something to eat.
3: Day 2
-After dining with Flat, he drops her home and the event is continued when Lisa returns to the Mod Shop.
This event starts at the end of their shift with the crew getting changed and ready to go home.
4: Sex Scene
-Sex happens? ^_^
I have a feeling this event will be pretty divisive up until the sex scene but there is method to my madness I promise ^_^
Also naming this event "BG2" might seem unintuitive when you're actually playing it but you'll just have to bear with it for a couple of updates because it's part of a longer string.
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Manning the desk ^_^
Then comes a sneaky final portion of the Mod Shop content for this patch:
5: Punishment
-This was actually a suggestion by a user 2~ years ago that was written into the script because I thought it was perfect. This isn't a "sexy" punishment, this is a brutal mauling kind of punishment involving two characters you're already familiar with.
I think this is an important scene for the game as it really shines a light on the motivations of the characters involved. One a beacon of good, the other a devil.
It's quite a short scene and like many other aspects of the story, it only hints at things that may or may not have happened off screen. Other info on these events can be found in other areas of the game but tying the events together is up to you, it's never explicitly confirmed but you can infer easily ^_^
Speaking about Marty, he seems like quite a divisive character in general, some really don't want anything to do with him whereas others are quite keen to see him play a more active role in the MS content. I think one of the reasons people may dislike him is that he's perhaps threatening to take content away from Moddy and that I understand so I'll discuss a bit about my thoughts on future MS content. Ultimately what I'd love to do is have a multitude of different outcomes in the Mod Shop:
Lisa cheats with Moddy.
Lisa cheats with Moddy AND Flat.
Lisa cheats with Moddy but then stops in favor of cheating with Flat.
Danny shares with Moddy.
Danny shares with Moddy AND Flat.
Lisa cucks Danny with Moddy AND Flat.
On paper this seems like a good idea and it is sort of what I'm gearing towards but it is, at the very least, optimistic ^_^
There's no Flat sexual content in this patch so it is still brewing, there is a little flirting and sexual provocation but no touching (yet xD)
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Eyes on the road pls x
Lastly on the Mod Shop.. I spent a couple of days working on the animation, my plan being; get the animated sequence done first then move the still images into and out of it afterward because obviously the animation is the hard part and it is indeed hard. I've been struggling quite a bit to be completely honest, I think with enough time I could definitely get it looking well but I am limited greatly by time because to correctly see how the animation looks, I of course need to render it. I rendered a sequence of 97 frames last night with ONLY characters in the scene, no environment, no real lighting and it took just shy of 7 hours where the first animation sequence totals over 400 frames. This sequence alone will take at least 4 nights worth of rendering if I render it in batches then sow it together in a video editor but this is only for 1 camera of which there are 4 so 4x4 is 16 nights worth of rendering and that's working under the assumption that there won't be errors or things that look weird that will ultimately need fixed.
It's tough going, I am gonna try to export the animation itself into a new scene to see if I can preview it better without having to waste time rendering what will likely be a pretty poor looking scene. I have considered trying to animate the characters and the environment separately but honestly this just results in really disjointed looking stuff where the lighting doesn't match and it just isn't the vibe for the game, especially because there will be still images before and after the animation.
Anyway I'm still working at it. Perhaps with enough practice I could minimize the errors in animation, things like facial expressions and breast jiggle and reduce the dev time overall but animation is a totally different skillset than anything I've done before ^_^
Like I said in a previous post, if the animation looks bad, it won't be included in game but instead I'll post it on here for you guys to see anyway. It also won't be my last attempt, I promise that I'll really give it my absolute all before I throw in the towel lol
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In other news, the MAIN Exhibitionist content has been halted until the post patch. The entire introductory section is all complete obviously but the actual "farming" exhib points is on hold for now. You'll be able to play through and find out how and why Lisa becomes interested in Exhibitionism but as soon as the game tells you "You're now a level 1 Exhibitionist" or whatever, that's basically the end for now. I know that's a bummer but I had to start working on the other scenes of the patch and I just don't have time to finish up the Mod Shop scenes AND get a sizeable amount of Exhib content pushed
I guess it'd be a good idea to give you guys an outline of what I have noted for the post patch:
-Exhibitionist Content
-IG Photos (Locked behind Exhibitionism level X)
-IG Advertisement 1 (Requires X IG Photos)
-Sharon Movies (New content with Sharon at night)
-Sharon's Lover(s) (New content with Sharon at night)
-Troy Minis CONT (I didn't get nearly enough of these finished)
-Sunbathing (Continuation of Sunbathing events at beach - Exhib required)
-Queue (Continuation of Queue event at Renshire Market - Deviancy required)
-Danny content (Quite a bit here, all route dependent but can't outline without spoiler)
I'm not sure what to name the December patch, 3.1 feels a little redundant because it's only 60-70% of the planned content for 3.1, any ideas? xD
RIGHT I'm gonna go, got a night of pc whirring to prepare for lol!
Thank you so much to all of you for being here, as always lol! I can't stress enough how much I appreciate it
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//pG
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