During 2021 I played (or started to be more specific) around 10-12 AVNs. I liked most of them, but I found that there's something in every one of them that I would change to adapt them to my taste.
* Sandbox: No
* Losing content with a girl because I have to choose between going skiing with X or to the beach with Y: A big NO
* Forcing me into girls I don't like: A very big NO
* NTR/Sharing with other males: A huge NEVER
* Adding more variety (personality/skin color/body types): A big Yes
* Adding variety in pubic hair: A huge YES
And so on.
I had written a short sci-fi story (not published) some years ago, I had some experience in 3D rendering (mostly with Poser 10 years ago), and I know how to do basic coding, so the day I turned 49 (in October 2021) I started to adapt that short story to an AVN I would like to play taking into account all the Yes/No mentioned above, introducing all my kinks (as optional) and some kinks that I'm not a fan but don't make me uncomfortable (also as optional).
In January 2022 I had a big draft of the story and I began writing the scenes, coding, and rendering in my free time. I thought 6 a months frame for a first release would be nice, publishing it in July or August. I ended up devoting every free minute (besides work and family time) to My Dorm, and the first release was done in 3.5 months. I published it in late April.
My goal was to publish an update approximately monthly with about 10.000 words and around 300 renders. I've got so sucked into the girls' lives that I published 10 updates in 268 days with 168.428 words and 7.772 renders. Less time, more words, and more renders than planned.
Also the reception has been much better than expected, so I want to make better and bigger content because I think the players deserve it.
And that's Tropecita's daily wall of text and my bio as a dev