VN Ren'Py Pecker PI [v0.5] [MrPocketRocket]

[Darkdevil66]

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This will be a short one. Scene 12 is done. I realized that I couldn't rush through it and still do it justice. The dog tags turned out to be a little bit of a posing nightmare, but not to the point of regret. About 80 renders for the week. Tomorrow is another full day of rendering. 3 more scenes to the chapter. I rewrote the ending of the chapter a little, and I think it's pretty good...I could, of course, change my mind tomorrow.

Cheers !

 

[Darkdevil66]

Case Log #26 Ch5

Alright! This week I have decided to write the log a little earlier in the day, as to not just state the facts, but also expand on the current state of the project. Sounds like a daunting task? I live for daunting tasks...well, maybe not daunting exactly. More like, fun tasks. I live for those.

So today I will finish scene 13. I smile when I write that, knowing my history of optimism. Let's just say, this time I'm certain (or at least fairly certain) that I will pull it off. We are 1,311 renders into chapter 5. There is probably another 20 left of scene 13. How hard can that be? I'm very happy with the look of this scene. It's not exactly a hard space to light, and I tend to do quite a bit of lighting and sometimes that becomes a liability rather than an asset. Not feeling that this time.
You might wonder what the hell Pecker is wearing, well these are newly borrowed threads in anticipation of the date with Gabrielle. See, he can be grownup-ish. Oh, you were looking at the gun. That, I'm afraid, will remain a mystery until the chapter release.

On to some poll business. Looks like the majority of you actually like the ramblings of a mad developer. I would have bet money on the opposite. As not to post too many nonsensical-no-render posts here, I will limit myself to one a week. These Pocket Diary posts will be public (mostly because the discord posts are just that), and if I'm very active I will distil the content a bit.

Second poll was also a bit of a surprise. I have one idea that I was kicking around, but maybe you fine people would like to have a say in the story that will be the interstitial episode. Once I have a few thoughts on what this short crime can be, I'll poll it here and you can pick which idea you like the most. It will likely be one extended chapter long and maybe serve as a prologue to case number 2. This poll likely won't be up until much closer to chapter 10.
Now I will get back to rendering so I can prove that once in a while I actually gauge these things correctly.

Cheers !

ps. It would seem that Patreon has hidden the nude collection. I have a ticket in but haven't heard anything from the fine people at Patreon. If this continues, I will simply make another collection called "Special Renders". Certainly some automated b.s. that got triggered.

 

[yossa999]

Wow, this is getting heated. I can't remember who's that booty blonde with the gun, she's not up to anything, is she? Will MC be okay?

 

[Krytax123]

Wow, this is getting heated. I can't remember who's that booty blonde with the gun, she's not up to anything, is she? Will MC be okay?

He doesnt really look worried/tense

 

[DevinHesi]

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Ever had a moment that confirmed that you are not as smart as you think? I think, if you answer no to that question you are either incredibly humble in realizing who you are, or a greater idiot than any human being should be. But this post isn't about you. It is my diary after all. So, I spent the last day with setting up scene 14. It became a struggle with clothing especially as the asset I am using was not being very cooperative. I went to the daz store to find some morph asset that would help. Found "Fit Control" and thought: hmm, I think I own this asset. Sure enough, I have never used an incredibly good set of morphs...and it fixed the problem with the shirt. I am not as smart as I would like to think, in fact, I may be an idiot. It is a disturbing though, but I'm warming up to it. This hasn't been confirmed by any reliable metric other than my family and friends, but who can trust them?
ps. I can turn off your email notifications so that you don't get clobbered with emails for this. Let me know what you think. I will probably try to publish these mid-week fairly consistently.
And it looks like the Nude Collection has been restored. Must have been my charming disposition.

 

[Darkdevil66]

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Happy Easter to those of you who observe it.

When I went to check on the progress this week, I was guessing that I had a decent week, but nothing special. To my surprise, I managed just over 100 renders. Landing us at a current total of 1,414. Despite having unruly clothing articles that require daz dforce simulations every time I change the character's pose. I don't know if it will be worth it yet, but I certainly hope so. Scene 14 is progressing nicely. Kind of 5 parts to it, done with 2 of them. I'm making no predictions today...my track record is somewhat blemished. As soon as I'm done with the renders (scene 15 is simple, but 3 parts to it...which really shouldn't slow anything down), I will announce a release date.

So the image is the first of scene 14. I actually played with the idea of making a Western while I initially loaded up with assets, so I got horses and boy do they suck to pose with. Not the horses themselves but the humans and their feet. As you can see the poses for riding look a little awkward. I've ridden a few times myself and figured out what was wrong with the pose, so it gets better.

Anyway, the date is in progress and will be romantic as Pecker pulls out all the stops to impress.

Cheers !

 

[yossa999]

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Chapter 5 is nearing render completion. I'm midway through scene 14 of 15 with the renders. Some coding fixes need to be done to the UI, along with music changes as to not get in trouble with rights later. It has taken much longer than I first envisioned, but lost about a month and a half to RL excitement. I guess it will take the time it takes, but I'd like for it to be a bit faster so I can get this first case wrapped up before the next ice age (movie or real deal).

Cheers!

 

[Darkdevil66]

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Hello everyone !

Welcome to all the new supporters! Had an influx of support this week due to a very positive review from

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. He's been incredibly supportive of this project and deserves a proper shout out from this cat. I will post some renders from his AVN, "The Power of Truth" once I get my own shit together.

Today was a bit of two steps forward one step back situation as I realized that my favorite software: DAZ3D had decided to swap my render settings and about 30 renders were produced at 1119x626 resolution. For all of you that have no interest in technicalities, it's less than any format you have seen on tv...ever. So, I had to re-rendered all of them. Upside is that I am much better with saving set-ups than I used to be. 5 hours later, they are all replaced. Not ideal, but I felt it necessary as to not have renders that will appear soft or jagged if you are playing on a larger screen.

Now to the positives. I will finish scene 14 tonight or early tomorrow. Scene 15 should be done maybe tomorrow or later this week. We are getting super close to release. The things that are still on the docket are animations, coding and music. I'm hoping for a couple of weeks and that will be it for chapter 5.

Cheers !

 

[MrPocketRocket]

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Hello everyone !

Welcome to all the new supporters! Had an influx of support this week due to a very positive review from

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. He's been incredibly supportive of this project and deserves a proper shout out from this cat. I will post some renders from his AVN, "The Power of Truth" once I get my own shit together.

Today was a bit of two steps forward one step back situation as I realized that my favorite software: DAZ3D had decided to swap my render settings and about 30 renders were produced at 1119x626 resolution. For all of you that have no interest in technicalities, it's less than any format you have seen on tv...ever. So, I had to re-rendered all of them. Upside is that I am much better with saving set-ups than I used to be. 5 hours later, they are all replaced. Not ideal, but I felt it necessary as to not have renders that will appear soft or jagged if you are playing on a larger screen.

Now to the positives. I will finish scene 14 tonight or early tomorrow. Scene 15 should be done maybe tomorrow or later this week. We are getting super close to release. The things that are still on the docket are animations, coding and music. I'm hoping for a couple of weeks and that will be it for chapter 5.

Cheers !

It should read DogCat Studios. My bad.

 

[Darkdevil66]

It should read DogCat Studios. My bad.

Edited

 

[DevinHesi]

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Quick mention of how happy I am with scene 14 visually. The environment is quite low res, but most of the imperfections are hidden by my generally shallow depth of field. Some stuff bugs me a little, but the price of high resolution environments is the slow churn renders. With a scene like this one (a fairly long scene) it would have been murder timewise. Now I feel like a genius! No just joking...nothing has changed since the last diary post. It's taking everything I've got not to post a preview render or two, but I think it would spoil the experience. I'm also taking my time to visually explore the scene. It will be done today...by now you know my projections are worth next to nothing. Friday will start the process on scene 15. I think at this point I have got the look of the project down. Part of it is, of course, learning as I've worked on the project. In retrospect, not the way to go.

I was going to rant against DAZ glass assets, but I realized that it's incredibly boring (I got bored while writing the rant), so I will spare you that. I'm getting excited to be done with this chapter as it has dragged on for some time now. To-do: coding, animations, and post work on final 5 scenes. Hope to take a bite out of coding and post work next couple of days.

 

[Bruce F. Lee]

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Quick mention of how happy I am with scene 14 visually. The environment is quite low res, but most of the imperfections are hidden by my generally shallow depth of field. Some stuff bugs me a little, but the price of high resolution environments is the slow churn renders. With a scene like this one (a fairly long scene) it would have been murder timewise. Now I feel like a genius! No just joking...nothing has changed since the last diary post. It's taking everything I've got not to post a preview render or two, but I think it would spoil the experience. I'm also taking my time to visually explore the scene. It will be done today...by now you know my projections are worth next to nothing. Friday will start the process on scene 15. I think at this point I have got the look of the project down. Part of it is, of course, learning as I've worked on the project. In retrospect, not the way to go.

I was going to rant against DAZ glass assets, but I realized that it's incredibly boring (I got bored while writing the rant), so I will spare you that. I'm getting excited to be done with this chapter as it has dragged on for some time now. To-do: coding, animations, and post work on final 5 scenes. Hope to take a bite out of coding and post work next couple of days.

I'm really looking forward to this one. The preview pics have shown some unexpected things. Should be fun.

 

[DevinHesi]

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This will be the second to last case log for chapter 5! I will leave a slight window open for coding as that is my real Achilles heel, but I cannot see a future when chapter 5 does not get released in the weekend of the 30th. I'm currently rendering scene 15 with two different locations. I know I could speed things up, if I stuck to established locations. I love new environments, and I think it adds to the three dimensionality of the story...so I will continue to add This particular environment didn't take too much work, and we get to meet a new character. I know, there are lots of characters already, but be patient...it will all pay off in the end.

I have worked on the next chapter's writing quite a bit this week. It wasn't one of my goals, but the inspiration and ideas were there, and that is something that I try to capture when I can. This is to the detriment of coding...which I hate, so good for me. It won't affect the release of chapter 5, but might speed up the process of chapter 6, which is the chapter that has the weakest road map of all. There will be a large scene at the Bellarosa estate, which will probably cover 2-3 regular scene's worth of content.

Anyhow. Very close and if I can get the coding that I anticipate done, it should be a little quicker from here on out when it comes to said coding.

Cheers!

 

[MrPocketRocket]

I'm really looking forward to this one. The preview pics have shown some unexpected things. Should be fun.

It's the whole idea behind the project. For it to be fun I know it's not everyone's jam in terms of what their motivation is with AVNs, but I have to have fun making it or it won't be at all. There are more serious moments in this next chapter than in any of the previous ones, mainly due to the particular scene's purpose. I hope you enjoy!

 

[DevinHesi]

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I posted a pocket diary on discord and this will just be an extension of it. I've been stuck in animation hell for the last couple of days. I'm still in it, but I am considering a release sans animations. I don't like it, because I was going to add to the number of animations. Facial expressions of the lady, shit that adds dimension to these scenes. Am I frustrated? What makes you think that I added the latest plug-in of FuckOMatic to the repertoire, thinking that 5 months later, it would be a breeze to plug in my characters, tweak a bit and off to the races. This is clearly not what happened (this may just be the result of subpar documentation, I still think it is a useful tool). I just want to make decent animations. They don't have to be perfect, but they should be good. I dabbled in animation when I was a kid. I bought a super8 camera with money I made from picking strawberries at my uncle's strawberry patch. I made both hand-drawn animated films and Claymation. How is it that I can't figure this out to a satisfactory degree? Wow, this is really turning into a rant, isn't it? But it isn't satisfying. I have things to do, and this is just not how I wanted to spend the week. I've made some inroads, so I may just step away from the animations and continue the other work that needs to be done for the release.

Enough of that. On the upside, a friend of the project has supplied me with assets for the Bellarosa dinner in chapter 6. Wibble is an asset creator and has a handful of wonderful assets available in the daz store. You can find them

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. I already had a couple of his assets wish listed and will purchase as soon as I see them on sale. Don't think badly of me, I can't buy assets that are not on sale. I have purchased well over 2,000 assets, if I purchased at full price...let's just say, this hobby can't be a hobby anymore.

Anyhow. I'll be out of town on a job this weekend, so case log might get pushed to Monday.

Cheers!

 

[Darkdevil66]

Case Log #32 Ch5

Alright, back from my work trip. I decided to get some stuff done that I know I can finish in a timely fashion and to be honest, I needed a break from the frustration of trying to get the animations to do what I want. I decided to start with finishing up the post work on the images, which took me about 9 hours yesterday. The upside is that those are now completely done. I still have 5-6 renders that need to be done for one scene, which I will probably finish right now. It is a bit of a check list of things to-do, so as they say about eating the elephant: one small bite at a time. I just don't want to get so in the weeds with one thing that I lose patients and have to come up for air.

The downside is that there likely will be one more case log after this one. But I'm plugging away to get everything done. I'm not sure what is next on the list just yet, but I fear that it is some form of coding. It usually takes me a few days to get through that, but this time I'm aiming to fix a couple of items so we will see.

Anyway, forward momentum is good. Above is Nurse Jennifer, who serves as the catalyst for one small flashback at the end of the chapter.

Cheers !

 

[Darkdevil66]

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Alright. It's been a week, but I finally think I have a decent handle on the animations. First set rendering now...and I cross my fingers that it turns out well. It's always hard to see prior to a full res render. With the help of Esteban (FuckOMatic dev mentioned in previous post), who has answered all my stupid questions, I now have the beginning of a fair grasp. I will never say I can't learn more because there are always ways to improve. But right now, I feel pretty good, and I will try not to second guess myself too much. What I hope to accomplish in the next two days is to finish the animations. The setup is really what takes a massive amount of time, so I will find maybe 3 different angles on each setup that are nice and enhance the moment. It is one of the things that I felt secondary when I started Pecker PI, but I understand now that these scenes should have some weight and be presented in a way that enhances the experience. So, I'm hoping to get through 1 scene today, maybe start on the second. Each will probably have 9 animations (3 set-ups each). I was going to do some kissing animations, and as I mentioned before, some expressions, but I will focus on the big stuff and then probably move on so I can release this chapter. Funny how the to-do list doesn't get any shorter ;-)

I had a bit of a moment today (never a good thing with me). I was working on the animation setup, and I was really focused on the motion. Finally, I had an initial motion that looked good...but wait a minute. Why is the MC looking so small. Turns out that I reset all the morphs for Pecker while starting the process and now closer to a finished set up than to the beginning, I have a basic genesis 8 figure doing all the heavy lifting. Fortunately, I hadn't gone crazy with the morphs for Pecker (about 35 changes), so I decided that rather than starting the animation setup all over, I'd just dial in the morphs. A little time consuming, but better for my mental health

I'm finished with the music, so next in coding will be some fixes and beginning coding chapter 5. Again, animations will be focus for now. Once that is done, it shouldn't be too time consuming to get the chapter on its feet.
My friend The Red Myst just released chapter 6 of

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, which I think is well worth a look.
Now I will continue the work to finish up the chapter.

Cheers !

 

[DevinHesi]

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It's been a while since the last update. So long in fact that I fear people will have expectations of greatness. And I can see how time spent corelates with the assumption of quality: the longer it takes, the better it will be. Let's deflate that balloon right now. It has taken longer than I would have liked, but don't expect it to be better. Pecker will fumble, LI will look sexy and the mob will be the mob. That's it. I'm excited because I have finished the animations...there are 4 I need to rerender for various reasons, but those will be done tomorrow. I plan to release chapter 5 to Shamus Tier and above on weekend of 21st.

Patreon doesn't allow +18 creators to post videos, so I posted the video that I intended to put up here on discord (Pocket Diary) and bluesky:

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I thought it was funny and wanted to share...now I feel like I'm working too hard to show the clip which goes back to expectations. Damn it!

 

[Darkdevil66]

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Well, if all goes according to plan, next weekend will be the drop of chapter 5. Don't you love that my first impulse is to cover myself in case something doesn't work out? I know myself well enough to know that I will work as hard as I can to get to that goal, but I often over promise. This one I have a good feeling about. I should insert audio of myself laughing at my own naivety here.

So I thought I'd give you a run down of this chapter's change log. 1500+ renders, 15,000-ish words, 19 animations (animations are still sort of work in progress, but I think it's almost there), 40+ new songs (not including chapter 5), a handful of ambient tracks (city noise and combat sounds), working on completing player cards up to end of chapter 5 (this could be problematic to finish as my internet provider has been down, going on 24 hrs, and I rely on Daz stored assets to some degree. And in particular ones that I hadn't downloaded at all since reinstalling the whole thing).

What remains to be done this week: A little bit of writing, editing some ambient sound FX, coding the chapter, taking a crack at the gallery (low expectations on this one). Gallery will be next on the to-do list, but I'm not holding up the release for that.
The upside is that I am crossing some stuff off the to-do list.

No real setbacks this week other than internet failing. Have to use hotspot from my phone to write this update.
Cheers !

 

[Babli]

Any progress with Gabriella yet??