Ren'Py Completed Milfy City [v1.0e] [ICSTOR]

[chungocanh12]

News #16
- Update
Hey everyone, it’s almost the end of the month so I wanted to give you guys a quick update. The progress is going really well. Since my last update we have doubled the size of the next release to over 2000 images (and still growing!)

Unfortunately, we haven't managed to get everything completed this month so we have to push this release a little bit. But as I said before you can cancel your pledge for the next month and you’ll STILL get the update. I promise that this is the last delay and we’ll try to release the updates every 2-3months just as it used to be. I can’t wait for you guys to try this new version, there’s a lot of hot stuff and a lot of surprises and bonuses. If you can give us just a little more time to finish the remaining 10% of the game, you'll be impressed by the results

When it comes to the version 0.7 and v0.8 at the moment nothing has changed. Those updates will be smaller, but they should be released on time. At least, that is the plan and I hope that everything goes smoothly. Thanks again for your continued support. The end is in sight!

 

[Elinan]

I did not masturbate for 2 weeks. Just to wait until the end of the month as promised by Icstor.

Blueballs incomming.

 

[fried]

Here's basically how it works.

ICSTOR comes up with a broad outline for how the next chapter in a particular girl's arc will go in an update. I believe this is actually written down and given to Onyxdime later, but it might just stay in his head.

ICSTOR then makes renders for the story as detailed in the broad outline. When these renders are done, they're sent to Onyxdime, who writes dialogue to go with each image into a script. Finally the script is sent to a coder who actually implements the script + images into a playable VN.


It makes sense to do things this way if you're an artist, not a writer, but you still want to be the one with full creative control over the story and where it goes. The main problem is, other than the constraints it puts on the writer, the other members of the team have nothing to do but sit on their hands until the renders are all done. This can be fixed to a degree with some assembly line-style production: Sending renders to the writer in bundles rather than waiting until they're all done. This is apparently what they've started doing: ICSTOR mentioned that his coder has already completed some new minigames, which implies they were sent the renders used for those games before the whole set of renders was finished.

It's essentially a variant of the "

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," IMHO. The big difference being that the plot is fully derived here by the artist instead of from collaboration with the writer.

 

[Q Who]

The poor writer. IMHO Icstor just makes his renders based on whatever assets become available. Then the poor writer has to make the story from the pictures. He seems quite nice but I do not envy his job at all. He said it was not too hard for him. But I do not care for the writing personally. I would bet that he can write a better story if he did not have to conform to a storyboard.

 

[newchecker33]

Is there anyway to enable the auto mode, or any mod that has it? I saw it in other renpy games but not in this game, would be great to fap without touching my keyboard.

 

[Joe8]

Meanwhile

 

[Jim Webb]

I did not masturbate for 2 weeks. Just to wait until the end of the month as promised by Icstor.

Your The Hero we don't deserve, but the one we surely need.

 

[Volta]

"At least that is the plan" yeah, i don't expect two decent updates after the current one this year, better two good ones than a good one and two rushed half arsed ones. I know i've said it before but ICSTOR shouldn't give these over optimistic release dates, better to say "nah it'll be in October" and then blow the patron's minds by releasing in September, right?

 

[Mormont]

I promise that this is the last delay and we’ll try to release the updates every 2-3months just as it used to be.

This is bold of him we can only hope he lives up to his word here if he doesn't I can't see many people putting up with it for much longer.

 

[j4yj4m]

I know i've said it before but ICSTOR shouldn't give these over optimistic release dates, better to say "nah it'll be in October" and then blow the patron's minds by releasing in September, right?

In the end there's probably no right way to do it. If you give a date and miss it, people will complain that you've missed it, if you calculate too much time, people will complain right away why they should wait this long, if you don't give any date at all, like DC from SS, people will complain why there's no date and if you provide progress trackers, they'll complain about the content of those and why item x takes this long. I'd guess as soon as one has got a huge playerbase there's no real way to avoid complaints. Somebody will always be salty for one reason or the other. I personally haven't really figured out which way actually causes the least drama.

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

The poor writer. IMHO Icstor just makes his renders based on whatever assets become available. Then the poor writer has to make the story from the pictures. He seems quite nice but I do not envy his job at all. He said it was not too hard for him. But I do not care for the writing personally. I would bet that he can write a better story if he did not have to conform to a storyboard.

Or if the actual writer was consulted when producing a storyboard, prior to the rendering process, he could try to help with creating a more elaborated story for the game instead of having to wing it after the renders are done.

 

[S.T.A.R.S.]

First, he promises.

I promise that this is the last delay and we’ll try to release the updates every 2-3months just as it used to be.

Here we go again.

At least, that is the plan.

I do understand that anything might happen like health problems, family problems, inspiration problems, hardware problems, but this gets really funny.
The mess caused by 0.6 being delayed will be bigger than area 51 raid.

 

[Wankit]

Thank You Sooo Much .. bestest greatest game

 

[LeopoldWilliamReynolds]

Wow, this thread is some extra buttery popcorn. I wonder how big the release will be. I'm probably not going to wait for someone to compress it like I usually do.

 

[Viressa]

The uncompressed version will probably be >4 GB in size (if not 5) which means it'll be faster for me to wait for the compressed version than to grab it normally, even if I start downloading the uncompressed release the second it goes up. rip my shitty internet

 

[sarge87]

I always feel bad for people who have to wait for compressed versions due to pleb internet in their region.
One should really be grateful for having good internet these days.
*glances at his 1.7TB data usage this month*

 

[Coyote099]

Think on the bright side, we'll have 30 more days to suppose release date.
Although it's funny to think about 1 year milking between one update and another.

 

[bubba123]

*glances at his 1.7TB data usage this month*

 

[lambdadw]

Sooner or later, all devs will switch to webp. Lighter weight with the same quality. No problem at all.

 

[BigBrotherrrr]

Sooner or later, all devs will switch to webp. Lighter weight with the same quality. No problem at all.

Good to know.