VN Ren'Py STWA: Unbroken [Book 1 Steam] [STWAdev]

[MF_DOOM]

Check in 08/23/2024
4 hours ago

Hello all!
Fun times here at at Stew industries. ATM about 38,000 words of the script completed, churning through at a decent pace. Hoping that I should be finished and off to the proofreader by early or mid Oct, huzzah!
Started renders today, and as of the moment I have a whopping a herculean 9 renders finished as I type this. Try not to swoon, I promise my PC won't catch fire at those blistering speeds. Jokes aside I'm about where I was hoping to be at the begin of September progress wise so that gives me about a week or so of wiggle room for things, always exciting.
That's about it on update stuff. A few behind the scenes notes. When I started dev stuff back in the day I found that Wednesday and Sunday where the best days for me to make my weekly/ Blue belt update posts respectively. Since then my schedule has shifted slightly so it's been easier to to do Friday/Monday, so while I've been sort of drifting there unofficially this is the official announcement so you can expect those days going forward, no change otherwise, just a shifting of days.
Final note I'll be having an impromptu art stream for an hour or two Sunday at 1pm pacific time, it will be open to all patrons so feel free to drop by, I'll be working on supplementary work and or customs so no spoilers for Unbroken part 8.
That's it for today, hope you have a lovely weekend and as always thank you for the support.
Sláinte!

 

[DevinHesi]

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[cxx]

here kitty kitty.

whatta big kitty you are.

 

[maroek]

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Now I see what Elspeth means when she claims she sees her own youth in Viridiana. Shit, she looks scary as fuck! She looks like she just tortured and murdered a baby and loved every moment of it. And since Vi and Ines have a punk band, I guess this is Viridiana's song:

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So, I presume Ines dropped out of university and established her own drug lab, cooking meth.

I'd love a giant Sir-Pounce-a-Bunch but I don't dig the image. Those two ladies love eachother.

BTW, is it me or is Vi getting uglier every update?

 

[cxx]

BTW, is it me or is Vi getting uglier every update?

just you.

 

[cxx]

she doesn't have that much spots on her face.

 

[Elduriel]

It may not be 100% accurate but it's close enough I think

 

[maroek]

First attempt:
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I'm just getting started on this topic. As expected, I've decided to start with Elspeth. Anyone who wants to help out on this is more than welcome.
https://f95zone.to/threads/stwa-unbroken-fan-art-and-assets.220471/

Way too much complexion and freckles but not bad in general.

 

[Rehwyn]

the scenes are the cherry on top. Granted the stark difference between the Daz stills and the blender videos (especially noticeable in the Ines shower scene). Make them hard to enjoy for me. And they’re a bit too short and quick for my tastes. The story and character work more than make up for it.

the characters are all unique and have their own shit going own making them feel much more real than the average AVN. Even though they all want to be with the MC when he plays his cards right it doesn’t feel forced as the game hasn’t reached a point of “you have to choose” yet. I’m looking forward to the potential drama when you do.

Unfortunately most AVNs aren’t as well written as this one so it’s hard to give you names of other AVNs. Most of them are already near the top when you sort by likes.

Quick comment on the animations, but from what I understand Stew has been getting tips recently from Puggy in how to up their animation. It especially shows in update 7, imo.

 

[doovel]

Quick comment on the animations, but from what I understand Stew has been getting tips recently from Puggy in how to up their animation. It especially shows in update 7, imo.

This scene is from update 7:

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She goes from looking human to looking like wet clay. The animation is smooth, it's really just the lighting and model that turn weird.

 

[Rehwyn]

This scene is from update 7:

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She goes from looking human to looking like wet clay. The animation is smooth, it's really just the lighting and model that turn weird.

There was a discussion in the Discord I think about how to deal with this, so perhaps it'll be improved next update. Still, what I mainly was pointing out is that if you compare update 7 animations to one of the early updates, there's definitely been noticeable progression.

 

[cxx]

She goes from looking human to looking like wet clay. The animation is smooth, it's really just the lighting and model that turn weird.

well she is clay in mc's hands.

yes it looks weird and yes could have normal skin color.

 

[doovel]

well she is clay in mc's hands.

yes it looks weird and yes could have normal skin color.

Yeah I'm not pretending moving between two completely different render engines isn't going to make it hard to get comparable renders. But the massive difference in looks here was so completely daunting that it took me straight out of the scene. It went from nice bulid up to

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[MF_DOOM]

Check In 08/30/2024

8 hours ago

Hello all, a bit banged up today so trying to be prompt.
ATM about 46,000ish words of the script completed, looking like first draft will finish in a week or two. Then a few weeks of running through again, editing and such. Puts my hopeful timetable of getting it to the proofer some time in October.
Renders a little slower this week. We're sitting on about 65 at the moment. I made the good choice of putting the scene with six people in it right at the beginning of the update. Extra fun.
Really about it today. Finishing up monthly special renders and a few more customs the next few days and then as we move into Sep it's gonna be serious nose to the grindstone time.
That's it for today, hope you have a lovely weekend and as always thank you for the support.
Sláinte!

 

[maroek]

Second attempt
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Returning to this project again, I can confirm the combination of these two assets:

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(skin)

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However, the head morphology is still the same as the previous one:

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If not this, the rounded head shape is quite similar
At the moment I have not found a suitable morphology and colors for the eyes and eyebrows. I will continue investigating.

Better, but still way to go. First of all, your Els looks like she's about to kiss someone.

 

[Walter Victor]

Better, but still way to go. First of all, your Els looks like she's about to kiss someone.

And that's a problem, because...

 

[KGpride5]

Better, but still way to go. First of all, your Els looks like she's about to kiss someone.

Better, but still way to go. First of all, your Els looks like she's about to kiss someone.

The lips are not Els's, they are the default ones, anyway, they are not that far from the original. Anyway, I repeat what I said in my first attempt. It is the first time I try to imitate a character from a VN without any information about it. I am not an expert. At the moment I am making progress. I am happy with it.

 

[annal2]

Does someone have recent patreon images ? Old links got expired.

 

[doovel]

And that's a problem, because...

Well as long as it’s me… no problem

 

[MF_DOOM]

Sneak Peek 09/03/2024

5 hours ago

And here we are, a few of the very first renders of this upcoming update. Hot off the presses.
Mostly an excuse to play with my new arena set, but also a little moment of character growth for our boy McNab. The guy's been through a lot, he needs a bit of a win.
Anyway that's it for today. Just a heads up next Blue Belt art stream will be this upcoming Sunday the 8th at 1pm Pacific time. I'll remind you on Friday with our weekly update, hope to see you there.