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could be to not hurt the MC too much when practicing...
Nice. Since last update I've started to wonder about where things are headed with Julia. Glad she got branched off a bit from being tied strictly to the Ring Girl branch and hoping she does have some crossover with the others to spice things up rather than just being an alternative or at odds with them.
I do generally like the formula of slowly learning the background in some stories rather than having it put in an exposition dump or prolonged intro. I like that it forces me to re-contextualize things with the new information presented in mind. What I don't care for is when things start to feel unnecessarily withheld from the player for way too long for the sake of prolonging the story or setting up drama in an unnatural manor which I've seen happen in certain other games. So pacing and proper usage is key.
I do agree that the whole premise makes decisions in a first playthrough, especially towards the beginning, feel way less meaningful. How should I know what the MC should or would do when I lack most of the knowledge he has? So I end up just making the choices that leave things the most open when possible or feel the most right depending on my own tastes for the first playthrough which by the end doesn't always end up in line with how I might have played had I known things I find out later. Then I do another playthrough.
It's admittedly bit of a conundrum that I usually enjoy the format so much and yet don't necessarily care for how it affects my decision making and usually necessitates at least a couple playthroughs. These days a lot of games (particularly AVNs with any routes in them) assume the player wants that replay value out of the game. It's sometimes an assumption I don't necessarily care for myself. Depending on the game it can be a positive or negative for me. As I've gotten older I've started to really appreciate games that respect the player's time more. With most AVNs it's not a terrible issue as most I've played have been relatively short enough to do all the routes I care about (though I avoid or work around having to start over completely where I can)... but some AVNs being made to be longer series has me a bit concerned.
Sure hope not, but maybe she'll need a Rocky-style training montage to get prepared.
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All I know is my French Doll is in need of some Grade A America Beef in her.
- Dec 27, 2017
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The latest progress report from the developer at Patreon:
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Amrit stepping up this week, eager to win the title screen battle... Whatever the hell that is.
As it has been for the past weeks, draft is done, my proofer has returned and I'll be sending the draft off. Aside from noting when I get my edited draft back I'll probably not be yammering about this any further, save us all a little time.
Renders are 1913 finished of the 2000 posed. I'm not sure I'm completely satisfied with the current batch of 50 or so I'm working on right now, I may want to retouch the lighting, but the could just be from staring at them all day. I find that revisiting with fresh eyes changes perspective often so we'll see how I feel about it tomorrow. The next scene is the boogieman of the update (there's always one) in which I'm hoping to fit 15-20 people on screen for a decent amount of time. I expect it will be... maddening, and slow going. But the juice is worth the squeeze and other such platitudes.
Animations are at 15. That completes two full scenes and moves me to what I expect will be the "crown jewel" so to speak. I want to make sure these one's really shine, so I'll be dedicating a few extra hours a week to them. In fact I'll be working on it the second we're done here.
That's all the update info. Just FYI, I'll be doing this months art stream this Sunday, April 9th at 12pm MST/19:00 BST in the usual place. I hate doing this earlier in the month, but as the update gets closer to conclusion I have less time to spare.
Hopefully I'll see a few of you there.
Thank you as always for the support and I hope you all have a lovely April.
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Amrit stepping up this week, eager to win the title screen battle... Whatever the hell that is.
As it has been for the past weeks, draft is done, my proofer has returned and I'll be sending the draft off. Aside from noting when I get my edited draft back I'll probably not be yammering about this any further, save us all a little time.
Renders are 1913 finished of the 2000 posed. I'm not sure I'm completely satisfied with the current batch of 50 or so I'm working on right now, I may want to retouch the lighting, but the could just be from staring at them all day. I find that revisiting with fresh eyes changes perspective often so we'll see how I feel about it tomorrow. The next scene is the boogieman of the update (there's always one) in which I'm hoping to fit 15-20 people on screen for a decent amount of time. I expect it will be... maddening, and slow going. But the juice is worth the squeeze and other such platitudes.
Animations are at 15. That completes two full scenes and moves me to what I expect will be the "crown jewel" so to speak. I want to make sure these one's really shine, so I'll be dedicating a few extra hours a week to them. In fact I'll be working on it the second we're done here.
That's all the update info. Just FYI, I'll be doing this months art stream this Sunday, April 9th at 12pm MST/19:00 BST in the usual place. I hate doing this earlier in the month, but as the update gets closer to conclusion I have less time to spare.
Hopefully I'll see a few of you there.
Thank you as always for the support and I hope you all have a lovely April.
Sláinte!
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Im gonna be honest. One of the best stories i have played. Can't wait for more
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From your sigs, you seem to have a type.The El thirst is killing me. I need more of her
I truly like that type as well.
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A shout-out to the redheads of our world.From your sigs, you seem to have a type.
I truly like that type as well.
LOL, as a connoisseur of redheads who hasn't been here very much recently if you have some games you'd like to recommend that have a redhead focus please let me know. Oddly enough though I love redheads Els just doesn't do it for me. As has been enumerated previously she runs too hot and cold, seemingly has no qualms about violating the MC's privacy, and I believe the MC will always be intimidated by her. She lacks passion, everything with her is calculated, she doesn't let go and fling caution to the wind (at least not without at least 12 backup plans). She's the direct opposite of the cliched "fiery redhead".
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Tbh, aside from the ones in my sig, the next one that comes to my mind is the LI from Chasing Sunsets, though a slightly different breed of redhead.
All great redheads.
All great redheads.
- Nov 14, 2017
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This is why French Dolls is best waifu, followed by The Fighting Quinn, and then Little Red. Stacked Red is too cold, despite how stacked she be.
Well played. I miss her little interruptions between chapters - one of the few things I still remember from that game.
It's the author Red Rocket's character Red in one of their games (the one not about a Squad). Sadly abandoned for a long while now.
- Dec 27, 2017
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The lovely Julia returns this week, taking up title screen duty. Hope everybody is doing well, I had a pretty nice weekend, the fights were exciting and that usually gives me a bit of a residual good mood for a few days.
Renders are 2179 finished of the 2179 posed. Wanted to make sure I was all caught up and posed with these so that as I moved into the next scenes I was ready to go and could start coding some images in. As I mentioned last week the next two scenes are the two speedbumps of the process. One because it will have a large group of people who need to be posed, which will of course take longer, and the other because it's a scene with three distinct variations, which of course means I need to render a larger amount to fit the various possible paths. I expect for the next few weeks my render count won't increase as much as it usually does while I slog through these, so prewarning. But after the big two we should be in pretty good territory. I'll have a few smaller scenes to knock out after that and then we'll be finished.
Animations are at 16. Finished up the first of the aforementioned crown jewel. I'm thinking it's looking pretty nice. I'll be working on some more animation stuff today, as well as making sure that everything I need for the next batch is ready to go.
That's everything that needs to updated on this week. Thanks for everybody who showed up to our little art stream last weekend, I hope you enjoyed.
Thank you as always for the support and I hope you all have a lovely rest of your week.
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The lovely Julia returns this week, taking up title screen duty. Hope everybody is doing well, I had a pretty nice weekend, the fights were exciting and that usually gives me a bit of a residual good mood for a few days.
Renders are 2179 finished of the 2179 posed. Wanted to make sure I was all caught up and posed with these so that as I moved into the next scenes I was ready to go and could start coding some images in. As I mentioned last week the next two scenes are the two speedbumps of the process. One because it will have a large group of people who need to be posed, which will of course take longer, and the other because it's a scene with three distinct variations, which of course means I need to render a larger amount to fit the various possible paths. I expect for the next few weeks my render count won't increase as much as it usually does while I slog through these, so prewarning. But after the big two we should be in pretty good territory. I'll have a few smaller scenes to knock out after that and then we'll be finished.
Animations are at 16. Finished up the first of the aforementioned crown jewel. I'm thinking it's looking pretty nice. I'll be working on some more animation stuff today, as well as making sure that everything I need for the next batch is ready to go.
That's everything that needs to updated on this week. Thanks for everybody who showed up to our little art stream last weekend, I hope you enjoyed.
Thank you as always for the support and I hope you all have a lovely rest of your week.
Sláinte!