VN Ren'Py New Year's Day(e) [Ch. 5 v0.5.0] [Jonesy]

[*Jonesy*]

Hey All!


Just popping in to give you some news.


It's been a little turbulent lately balancing my new job and this project, but things are smoothing out now and so is the progress on this story.


I've been battling how to fill up this day to make chapter 5 as eventful as the other chapters/days without adding a bunch of fluff and filler. To me, that is a cardinal sin in making these types of games, and I don't want to commit it. So, instead of filling up day 5 with a bunch of boring, unneeded scenes, I'm planning on combining days 5 and 6 into chapter 5. This means you guys are in for a BUNCH of...everything. Revelations, spicy stuff, funny stuff, it's gonna be a wild ride from here on out!


Things are going to start happening fast and I am so excited to get it all done and into your warm little hands!


This also means that the next chapter will be...New Year's Day, which is also going to be fun.


Alright. Enough babbling. Back to work! This thing isn't gonna finish itself!


Love y'all,


~ Jonesy

 

[JoKa_Kinetic]

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Hey All!


Just popping in to give you some news.


It's been a little turbulent lately balancing my new job and this project, but things are smoothing out now and so is the progress on this story.


I've been battling how to fill up this day to make chapter 5 as eventful as the other chapters/days without adding a bunch of fluff and filler. To me, that is a cardinal sin in making these types of games, and I don't want to commit it. So, instead of filling up day 5 with a bunch of boring, unneeded scenes, I'm planning on combining days 5 and 6 into chapter 5. This means you guys are in for a BUNCH of...everything. Revelations, spicy stuff, funny stuff, it's gonna be a wild ride from here on out!


Things are going to start happening fast and I am so excited to get it all done and into your warm little hands!


This also means that the next chapter will be...New Year's Day, which is also going to be fun.


Alright. Enough babbling. Back to work! This thing isn't gonna finish itself!


Love y'all,


~ Jonesy

Can't wait, go do your thing and we will continue to love it

 

[cooties69]

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Hey All!


Just popping in to give you some news.


It's been a little turbulent lately balancing my new job and this project, but things are smoothing out now and so is the progress on this story.


I've been battling how to fill up this day to make chapter 5 as eventful as the other chapters/days without adding a bunch of fluff and filler. To me, that is a cardinal sin in making these types of games, and I don't want to commit it. So, instead of filling up day 5 with a bunch of boring, unneeded scenes, I'm planning on combining days 5 and 6 into chapter 5. This means you guys are in for a BUNCH of...everything. Revelations, spicy stuff, funny stuff, it's gonna be a wild ride from here on out!


Things are going to start happening fast and I am so excited to get it all done and into your warm little hands!


This also means that the next chapter will be...New Year's Day, which is also going to be fun.


Alright. Enough babbling. Back to work! This thing isn't gonna finish itself!


Love y'all,


~ Jonesy

Now do you mean NYD is the next release date or when the next update is set?

 

[SonsOfLiberty]

New Year's Day(e) - Progress Report 9/24/24

Hey Everyone!

It's been a couple of weeks, so here's the scoop:

Chapter 5 is coming along nicely. While the progress is a little slower than I'd like, what is getting done is better than I thought it would be, so that's a reasonable tradeoff in my book.

I'm not gonna lie, I set the story up for some pretty serious resolutions and this is where those resolutions take place. The first part of this chapter is gonna be a little heavy. Just be prepared. Don't worry, I'll inject some levity where I can so that it's not a complete bummer, but I just wanted to give you fair warning. The second half on the other hand...

PAAAAAAARTY TIIIIIIME!!!!

After all the drama, these characters are gonna need to blow off some steam, and what better way to do it is with a New Year's Eve party?

So, there will be some serious scenes and some fun scenes, but at this point, isn't that what you've come to expect from me? I know, I know, "Jonesy, if I wanted that kinda crap, I'd watch the news!" Well, all I'm trying to do is temper the fantasy in a bit of realism in order to bring the fantasy to life. If I missed the mark, so be it. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, right?

Anyway, I wanted to add that as a whole, I have received a lot of positive feedback lately about this project and Siren Song. I truly appreciate all of it. I'm coming from a place of pretty low confidence right now, and every bit of that positive energy inspires me that much more to find the next scene, the next render, or even the next line of code. I really do love you all for all your support. So, thank you.

Sorry. As Daye might say, "Don't get all gooshy on me!" But I can't help it sometimes.

Love Y'all!

~ Jonesy

 

[*Jonesy*]

Now do you mean NYD is the next release date or when the next update is set?

Sorry. I guess that was a little confusing. I don't know when Ch5 will be released. Hopefully before New Year's (1/1/25).

 

[*Jonesy*]

Holy cow! It's been almost a month since the last NYD progress report?!

Time flies when you're doing renders of people having fun.

Things are progressing nicely. I have one more scene to complete for day 1 of chapter 5 and then...

Well, I have to say, I may need to reevaluate where I am. I know I've been saying Chapter 5 wold be two days, but this first day has really fleshed out a lot since I made those statements. I may need to walk that back a bit, but maybe not. We'll see.

Basically, what I'm saying is I may release this chapter as just "Day 5".

Also, to be completely honest, I'm really excited to get back to work on Siren Song. I don't want to neglect one for the other for too long.

Speaking of Siren Song, if you didn't catch the last SS update, I've started a

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account where I've started posting music that may or may not appear in my games. Head on over there and check it out.

And finally, if you absolutely can't get enough of my ramblings, I just set up a

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and

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account. I'm not entirely sure what I'll post to either yet, but give me a follow if you like.

Until next time.

Love Y'all,

~ Jonesy

 

[fannum]

I've especially appreciated your delightful characters, and NOT falling into the idiocy of basketball breastworks. Makes me wonder if 90% of American males got weaned too early ...

Looking forward to seeing this all play out. ... and just remember that you've got New Year's Eve AND New Year's Day to play with ... and no one would squawk if it took a few days after that to resolve ... or longer!! I'm surprised at the lack of variety of mattress acrobatic positions; musta wound up with a Missionary version of the Kama Sutra ... and Eve got into anal immediately, but has neither repeated or encouraged her friends to try!

With appealing beauties falling out of the trees and such a shortage of swinging dicks, better put MC on an oyster, avocado, pomegranate, garlic and dark chocolate diet so he can perform like a stud bunny!

 

[cixxar]

Just finished this game and i have to say its amazing! love the story!
cant WAIT for next chapter!

come on *Jonesy* give the people what they want
great work!

 

[Aremo]

Looking forward to more of this story, Jonesy. Awesome work!

 

[Wojtek96]

no more this haircut, please!

 

[Avaron1974]

I want everyone to have this haircut, even the MC.

 

[ThaBoooB]

Noooo! Only this haircut, please.


Or more, at least... much more.
I mean Daye in pigtails.. Such a little cutie

 

[splamo]

Noooo! Only this haircut, please.

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Or more, at least... much more.
I mean Daye in pigtails.. Such a little cutie

She could move them down her head a bit. But I'm a sucker for pigtails. I'd compromise at different styles of hair with pigtails. But I guess that has more to do with the dev's character assets than what actually looks good.

 

[*Jonesy*]

Merry Christmas Eve Everyone!

It has been too long since my last progress report and for that, I apologize. This year the holiday season has been a little more overwhelming for me than usual. This can be attributed to several factors that I will not bore you with. Just know that I am finally pulling out of this tailspin I found myself in and I'm making a lot more progress with Chapter 5.

I have one spicy scene left to render and then do all of my corrections, add music, and post work. Again, this chapter will only cover one day as usual. It may seem a little shorter that what I usually release, but Chapters 6 and/or 7 will make up for it, I promise .

All of this to say, I don't really see me getting this finished before my projected deadline of New Year's Eve. It will most likely be released in the first half of January. This bums me out a little, but I am really excited to finish this chapter. And after that, I will switch back to working on Chapter 3 of Siren Song, which makes me really happy as well.

Anyway, I hope you all have an amazing holiday season and good cheer to you whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Saturnalia, the winter solstice or just a badass Wednesday.

Love Y'all,

~ Jonesy

 

[fannum]

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

 

[Havik79]

Merry Xmas.

 

[Tarouk]

Merry xmas

 

[Deathcon1000]

Merry Christmas Jonesy!

 

[*Jonesy*]

I want everyone to have this haircut, even the MC.

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Ask and ye shall receive...

 

[*Jonesy*]

New Year's Day(e) - Progress Report 1/11/25


Hey Everyone!

The end is in sight!

The renders are done, the coding is finished, the music has been applied. All that's left is to make some corrections and tweaks.

Chapter 5 will be out by the end of this coming week, perhaps earlier for my top tier subscribers.

I am sending the "rough drafts" out to my amazing team of proofreaders and beta testers. You know, the people that make me seem at least halfway intelligent. (Jesus, I just misspelled "intelligent".)

OK. Chapter 5 is a little shorter than some of the other chapters I've done. To me, this one is a little like "The Two Towers". Lots of running around, lots of stuff getting done, but it's really just a setup for the grand finale.

I do plan on combining New Year's Eve and New Year's Day into Chapter 6, so you'll get a giant-sized send off for "New Year's Day(e)".

Again, I fully intend to keep making shorter stories with these characters. There are too many adventures for them to go on for me to abandon them just yet.

Anyway, back to the post work! I'm so damn excited to release this one and get to work on the ending as well as the next chapter of Siren Song!

Until then...

Love y'all,

~ Jonesy