VN Ren'Py Not Going Back [Ch.2.2] [Cicada]

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MiltonPowers

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dev log time, cross-posted from itch as always

Hello!

It's getting towards the end of the month, so it's about time for another dev log. Not a major update on things, though. At around 900 renders for the chapter now. Have been working on the scene gallery and the character screens as and when I've had the time. It's all coming together rather well, I'd say. But then again, I would say that, wouldn't I?

I'm hoping that I'll really be able to kick on in the new year and get some serious work done on chapter 3. I'm as keen as ever to release an update, but I'm distinctly aware that I'd rather release a quality chapter than rush something out. But I've also been writing future things for future chapters recently, and fuck me am I keen to get to those points in the story. Don't get me wrong: I like chapter 3. A lot of good shit is happening in chapter 3. It's really fun to work through. But the more I plan, the more I write, of the future stuff just makes me more excited for it all. And I'm going to use this as motivation to work as hard as I can on getting updates out in as reasonable a time as possible.

Right now, I'd guess I'm about halfway through chapter 3. This is a very, very, very rough estimate, because I think it'll end up being over 2000 renders total, so by that metric I'm still below halfway, but I *feel* like I'm about halfway through the content of the chapter. It's been 4 months since ch2 was released, so I'm hoping that it'll be less than a year total between updates. Can I guarantee this? No. But, right now, I'm feeling good about getting a release out in the first half of 2025. Hopefully. We'll see.

As always, thanks for reading, thanks for your interest in my little project. Wishing the best for you all.

And before I go, oh my god, there's 11 fucking previews. It's a holiday miracle. Why 11? Because there was 11 things I wanted to show you there's going to be 11 chapters in the game! Ahh, serendipity. Enjoy.

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Awesome - you found a Rainn preview. I like it. :love:
 
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dev log time, cross-posted from itch as always

Hello!

It's getting towards the end of the month, so it's about time for another dev log. Not a major update on things, though. At around 900 renders for the chapter now. Have been working on the scene gallery and the character screens as and when I've had the time. It's all coming together rather well, I'd say. But then again, I would say that, wouldn't I?

I'm hoping that I'll really be able to kick on in the new year and get some serious work done on chapter 3. I'm as keen as ever to release an update, but I'm distinctly aware that I'd rather release a quality chapter than rush something out. But I've also been writing future things for future chapters recently, and fuck me am I keen to get to those points in the story. Don't get me wrong: I like chapter 3. A lot of good shit is happening in chapter 3. It's really fun to work through. But the more I plan, the more I write, of the future stuff just makes me more excited for it all. And I'm going to use this as motivation to work as hard as I can on getting updates out in as reasonable a time as possible.

Right now, I'd guess I'm about halfway through chapter 3. This is a very, very, very rough estimate, because I think it'll end up being over 2000 renders total, so by that metric I'm still below halfway, but I *feel* like I'm about halfway through the content of the chapter. It's been 4 months since ch2 was released, so I'm hoping that it'll be less than a year total between updates. Can I guarantee this? No. But, right now, I'm feeling good about getting a release out in the first half of 2025. Hopefully. We'll see.

As always, thanks for reading, thanks for your interest in my little project. Wishing the best for you all.

And before I go, oh my god, there's 11 fucking previews. It's a holiday miracle. Why 11? Because there was 11 things I wanted to show you there's going to be 11 chapters in the game! Ahh, serendipity. Enjoy.

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Thanks for update.
From previews it really looks like there will be a massive scene in ch3 with a lot of characters, can't wait.
Also I'm with Des about last preview, looks "juicy", so many booties)

Of course none of those are nowhere near as good as Tegan's booty, obviously:p;)
 

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Mia is missing in the Preview..... :cry: but...lets be honest here...all the Ladys are awesome...:)(y)(y) Thank you for the Status Update...
 

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Mia is missing in the Preview..... :cry: but...lets be honest here...all the Ladys are awesome...:)(y)(y) Thank you for the Status Update...
I think Mia is a girl in a purple bikini, so I would say she is very much in previews, it depends on what you value the most)
Here she is in the foreground:
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I think Mia is a girl in a purple bikini, so I would say she is very much in previews, it depends on what you value the most)
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Japp...my bad....you are right....! No close up of her...but she s there...:eek:

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...blinded...by the Tiddys....:LOL:
 
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I think Mia is a girl in a purple bikini, so I would say she is very much in previews, it depends on what you value the most)
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I don't think that is her in the foreground. The swimsuit is different and doesn't match, cause she is wearing a one piece like suit.

Plus I think her ass is much bigger and nicer than that first ass.;)
 
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I don't think that is her in the foreground. The swimsuit is different and doesn't match, cause she is wearing a one piece like suit.

Plus I think her ass is much bigger and nicer than that first ass.;)
Nah, I agree with guys - on 99% it's Mia.
It's the same suit, one piece in the front and almost nothing on the back.
And it's also attached to the neck.
From previous previews:
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Also her haircut helps to recognise her.

BTW, If I were Mia - I would have slapped you for not recognising her ass and mocking her instead :KEK:
 
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Thanks for update.
From previews it really looks like there will be a massive scene in ch3 with a lot of characters, can't wait.
Also I'm with Des about last preview, looks "juicy", so many booties)

Of course none of those are nowhere near as good as Tegan's booty, obviously:p;)
Yeah, that's why I feel like I'm over halfway through the chapter, because once this big scene is done everything else is shorter, with less characters, so should be much quicker to work through. Obviously I won't know for sure until I start working on them, but at least in terms of amount of characters there isn't another scene like this in this chapter (whereas for ch2, say, that ended with a big party scene, so that added a lot of time/work at the very end)
 

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Yeah, that's why I feel like I'm over halfway through the chapter, because once this big scene is done everything else is shorter, with less characters, so should be much quicker to work through. Obviously I won't know for sure until I start working on them, but at least in terms of amount of characters there isn't another scene like this in this chapter (whereas for ch2, say, that ended with a big party scene, so that added a lot of time/work at the very end)
Now that you are here, is the girl in the foreground photo Mia, cause it doesn't look like the same swimsuit in the background photo. I am pretty sure its not based on swimsuit,I don't mind being wrong but any confirmation.
 

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Now that you are here, is the girl in the foreground photo Mia, cause it doesn't look like the same swimsuit in the background photo. I am pretty sure its not based on swimsuit,I don't mind being wrong but any confirmation.
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Above is pretty much the reverse shot of that, you can see the purple bikini is Mia, stood next to Chloe

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Nah, I agree with guys - on 99% it's Mia.
It's the same suit, one piece in the front and almost nothing on the back.
And it's also attached to the neck.
From previous previews:
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Also her haircut helps to recognise her.

BTW, If I were Mia - I would have slapped you for not recognising her ass and mocking her instead :KEK:
Yeah, I was wrong, it honestly looked like a different swimsuit and from what I remember her ass was bigger than chloes.

As for slapping me, yes please, she can spit in my mouth too if she wants. She can do anything she wants to me. ;)
 
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Right so this is a bit of an odd one, but hear me out. I'm working on a little project that'll drop around the time of ch3. Long story short, I currently need 104 renders still for it. These renders I'm using are going to be from what's already in the game, so ch1, ch2, and ch3.

I'm going to work on this little project in the coming months, because as I say it'll contain renders from ch3 too, so I'm not finishing it until I've got the render work complete for ch3, but I can still work on it as I go along. What I'm asking of y'all here, if you'd be so kind, is to reply with your favorite images from the game so far. If you've not got screenshots or anything to hand I'm not expecting you to back through the game to find them, you can just just mention a scene you remember liking visually, and that'll be fine too.

I could have just gone through and picked stuff out myself, which I have done so far, and will still do, of course, but when I realized I still needed about 100 different images, I figured I'd ask here because I value your opinions.

Apologies for being a bit vague here. It isn't anything major really, so I wouldn't set any expectations particularly, and it's not going to delay development times at all. But if you have any input, feel free to let me know, I'd appreciate it! Thanks
 

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I'm going to work on this little project in the coming months, because as I say it'll contain renders from ch3 too, so I'm not finishing it until I've got the render work complete for ch3, but I can still work on it as I go along. What I'm asking of y'all here, if you'd be so kind, is to reply with your favorite images from the game so far. If you've not got screenshots or anything to hand I'm not expecting you to back through the game to find them, you can just just mention a scene you remember liking visually, and that'll be fine too.
this sounds like something fun to do for those active on the thread. I'll deff skim through and get you some of my favorite ones tomorrow or day after maybe tonight if im feeling bored enough. :)
 
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this sounds like something fun to do for those active on the thread. I'll deff skim through and get you some of my favorite ones tomorrow or day after maybe tonight if im feeling bored enough. :)
Yeah, there's no rush for anyone to reply or anything, as I say this is just a little background project, I don't need anything urgently. Even if someone reads this a month or two down the line, feel free to give your input as well. But like you say it'll hopefully be fun for y'all too, it's certainly always interesting to me to see what stands out to the people playing the game, and it'll be helpful for me as well
 

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Twerk competition of course for me too))

I think I still have the game on my Mac so when I'll be back I'm gonna pick my favorite ass.
Though I already know which one AlexMpog will pick, am I right bro:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Right so this is a bit of an odd one, but hear me out. I'm working on a little project that'll drop around the time of ch3. Long story short, I currently need 104 renders still for it. These renders I'm using are going to be from what's already in the game, so ch1, ch2, and ch3.

I'm going to work on this little project in the coming months, because as I say it'll contain renders from ch3 too, so I'm not finishing it until I've got the render work complete for ch3, but I can still work on it as I go along. What I'm asking of y'all here, if you'd be so kind, is to reply with your favorite images from the game so far. If you've not got screenshots or anything to hand I'm not expecting you to back through the game to find them, you can just just mention a scene you remember liking visually, and that'll be fine too.

I could have just gone through and picked stuff out myself, which I have done so far, and will still do, of course, but when I realized I still needed about 100 different images, I figured I'd ask here because I value your opinions.

Apologies for being a bit vague here. It isn't anything major really, so I wouldn't set any expectations particularly, and it's not going to delay development times at all. But if you have any input, feel free to let me know, I'd appreciate it! Thanks
As I said at the morning - of we are talking about scene in general then of course Twerk competition is my favorite and the one I memorised the most.
As for ass render, I'm sure there will be enough ass renders from other players)

Anyways, if we are talking about a particular render, well, I liked the way Ava was eye-fucking MC in this render:
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Right so this is a bit of an odd one, but hear me out. I'm working on a little project that'll drop around the time of ch3. Long story short, I currently need 104 renders still for it. These renders I'm using are going to be from what's already in the game, so ch1, ch2, and ch3.

I'm going to work on this little project in the coming months, because as I say it'll contain renders from ch3 too, so I'm not finishing it until I've got the render work complete for ch3, but I can still work on it as I go along. What I'm asking of y'all here, if you'd be so kind, is to reply with your favorite images from the game so far. If you've not got screenshots or anything to hand I'm not expecting you to back through the game to find them, you can just just mention a scene you remember liking visually, and that'll be fine too.

I could have just gone through and picked stuff out myself, which I have done so far, and will still do, of course, but when I realized I still needed about 100 different images, I figured I'd ask here because I value your opinions.

Apologies for being a bit vague here. It isn't anything major really, so I wouldn't set any expectations particularly, and it's not going to delay development times at all. But if you have any input, feel free to let me know, I'd appreciate it! Thanks
Mine would be this one when you meet Mia:

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I seem to remember another one when you are both at the showers where I think she looked pretty good.
 
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Right, so, I know I hype up the future a lot but I'm doing it again. I'm sorry. Eventually you'll see why I get so excited about it all. Hopefully. But I've just written and planned out some stuff that I am so excited for.
All of the starts and ends of the chapters are now fully written. It feels so exciting knowing for sure what I'm working towards, and having plans for every future release. I've had things like title screens for every chapter made for ages, and obviously I've said before that I've had the start and ends of each chapter theorized for about as long as I've had the story conceptualized, but to now have the whole roadmap so clearly defined in front of me; fuck, that feels good. Knowing exactly how I want to execute what I've got planned for every future update is so goddamn satisfying (not just the actual content, either, but you'll see what I mean by this when the time comes).
Obviously I've still got a lot of work to do in getting each chapter made etc. but tonight was one of those nights where so many ideas came together for me when I was looking at my future plans, and it all slotted perfectly into place for what I'm trying to do. Just the little things finally clicking into place.

All this to say: Happy New Year. To anyone reading this, but especially if you've played the game, because y'all are legitimately allowing me to live a dream here with what I'm making. I wish nothing but the best for all of you for the coming year and beyond. I cannot wait for the future.
 
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