VN Ren'Py Summer Heat [v0.6.1] [Naughty Fox Games]

[shanksyou]

Mfw I see 1K renders of Mike moving his stupid head around while talking to the mc.

Still makes me LOL when so many renders were used for a "bring me up to speed" conversation with that idiot.

 

[DukeNukem6666]

“Next week we'll be editing a hotdog scene and implementing some of the planned changes for it.”

 

[Great-Forbbiden-Sweetroll]

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Status Update #61


Hello there!

This week we've continued filling in the gaps with missing content and placeholders. Mostly things like drawings and alt angle renders for the perspective button that sometimes shows up in the top right. We've also been editing a lewd scene for better consistency and flow. There were also some all around fixes, post-processing of renders and making a new Android test version.

Next week we'll be editing a hotdog scene and implementing some of the planned changes for it. We changed it previously to make it more interactive, and that part now needs some extra love so it makes sense again. It turned into a bit of a mess. The polish has done it again.


How is the update?

"When update?" is becoming very relevant again, and it's in our thoughts daily at this point. Things tend to slow down quite a bit as we move on to the lovely polishing stage that earns us the feedback we often get. At this stage there aren't many "fun" things to show or poll. The things left are mostly technical or spoilers, both of which we'd like to avoid sharing in the status updates. However, the update is currently at over 4k renders and about double that in animation frames for video production.

That's not where the work ends unfortunately. We're always trying to keep the post-production/polishing simple. It's not always super efficient, but the outcome tends to be acceptable. Our approach to this was... quite different before 0.5. And in many ways, the long form we've been trying these past few updates has hindered us a lot. In all honesty, short form might be a better fit for us. And we've got a fix coming up for this, which is that the updates are no longer going to have a set end point that we're working towards. Instead the updates will have simple render-based goals, and you can chain several updates together if you want to wait for more content.

If it is any comfort, the next update will have new sexual content with main girls. The kind that people have been requesting for a while now. We thought it was obvious, but we probably could've made that point more clear. That's our bad, we haven't explicitly said whether you'll get to bang Helen or the others since it's a spoiler. But, reaching the lewd and sexual content has been our goal for 0.7, and that will continue being a goal for the next few updates since that content can be reached within the render goal. So in that sense, the update is doing good. Hopefully it'll play out that way too. And don't worry, there's also some plot for those who don't like girls.


What we've done this week:


Battled with the Android version

Placeholder content finished

Answered a lot of messages

Sound effect work

Lists of what's still missing

Freeplay playtesting

Phone content testing

Ember fixes

Laptop fixes

Render post work

New renders


We also cooked up the monthly special of Bree since she dominated the poll this month. It will be up tomorrow.


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Cheers and thanks for reading,

Robison & Npx

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[Draim]

 

[X2JZcf]

the update is currently at over 4k renders

Nice.

 

[Surfup64]

Yeah basically nothing until at least February lol (let's take in account end of December which will be holidays + beginning of January which is always "slow" for everyone)

 

[John 7]

Is the gay route avoidable or i have to broke my mouse by speed clicking?

 

[Myscho]

Is the gay route avoidable or i have to broke my mouse by speed clicking?

There is no such route

 

[MiltonPowers]

Is the gay route avoidable or i have to broke my mouse by speed clicking?

There isn't a gay route, it was just a joke the devs put in, that no matter what, you were on the seeking men page. If that's what you're referring to.

 

[John 7]

There is no such route

"And don't worry, there's also some plot for those who don't like girls"....What am i supposed to understand here?

 

[Myscho]

"And don't worry, there's also some plot for those who don't like girls"....What am i supposed to understand here?

Que ?

 

[Meabe37]

There isn't a gay route, it was just a joke the devs put in,

What are you even talking about guys... They wasn't even a gay joke or anything referring any kind of homosexuality...

And don't worry, there's also some plot for those who don't like girls.

Translation: If you don't care that much about the porn or here for the story first, don't worry they will be plot/story progression.


They probably said that because a lot of peoples have complained that the story barely advanced since the beginning of the development.

 

[soprano31]

"And don't worry, there's also some plot for those who don't like girls"....What am i supposed to understand here?

A hidden gay route with Mike to cater to everyone

 

[Sony676]

Hopefully there will finally be a solid plot for the toaster as well. More love for objectophiles!

 

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[El_Magnifico]

"And don't worry, there's also some plot for those who don't like girls"....What am i supposed to understand here?

That there will be content not involving flirting with the girl. Like the Mafia thing with Miller or the classes I suppose. They even mentioned a hot dog scene so

 

[Dmoll]

OUTSTANDING output in DAZ is about 10 renders a day for a SINGLE full time dev. This takes into account writing, pose, lighting, then render. Don't inflate numbers, 10 is VERY VERY GOOD and even HS devs who don't hafta worry bout render times can barely hit this mark. My personal metric would be 50 renders a week. 454 days from Sept 1st 2024 to today, yall do the math.

Numbers get muddy if the projects have a tendency to reuse shots but from diff angles or POV face shots of just mouths moving, etc. Don't even consider animations, cuz this is where devs will inflate numbers. I can make one animation and double the framerate from 30 to 60 and boom I just doubled my render count.

The actually issue with SH is the plot progression is paced very poorly given its render count. It 100% shows off the visuals, but often doesn't progress plot or character in meaningful ways. Its why updates feel lacking regardless and why the toaster became a meme. So always take render count with a grain a salt.

This VN is the best there is when its comes to aesthetics, renders, expressions and all that. It is trying to present itself like art, thats why all the 'pointless' eye movements, subtle expressions that take up all the render count and slow down the pacing. I like this VN just because of that, cuz it looks beautiful as fuck,....and Eve, those realistic and beautiful Eve renders are the best part. Thats why Im letting the long dev time slide if the outcome is good. I'll probably forget this VN ever existed in the next year or something but that'd be even better for me tbh. The problem is the devs are very active in this thread, and I dont want all the negative, harmful and braindead opinions to affect their workflow and distract them from their vision. Like these people want the devs to rush to the sex scenes of the main girls, like...let them take their time? Please? The fault will be yours if the VN doesnt reach its full potential. The devs should act like dr pink cake and ignore all the howling non payers entirely and focus on their own craft and vision.

 

[craggin]

This VN is the best there is when its comes to aesthetics, renders, expressions and all that. It is trying to present itself like art, thats why all the 'pointless' eye movements, subtle expressions that take up all the render count and slow down the pacing. I like this VN just because of that, cuz it looks beautiful as fuck,....and Eve, those realistic and beautiful Eve renders are the best part. Thats why Im letting the long dev time slide if the outcome is good. I'll probably forget this VN ever existed in the next year or something but that'd be even better for me tbh. The problem is the devs are very active in this thread, and I dont want all the negative, harmful and braindead opinions to affect their workflow and distract them from their vision. Like these people want the devs to rush to the sex scenes of the main girls, like...let them take their time? Please? The fault will be yours if the VN doesnt reach its full potential. The devs should act like dr pink cake and ignore all the howling non payers entirely and focus on their own craft and vision.

Hey man don't be bringing that positivity to this page, who do you think you are?

 

[TonyMurray]

What are you even talking about guys... They wasn't even a gay joke or anything referring any kind of homosexuality...

Early on in the game, when setting up the dating app on your phone, you have to click to say if you're seeking men or women. When you click women, it automatically switches it to men. There is nothing you can do to avoid this, it is a joke put in by the devs, although you get it fixed shortly after so you can view the profiles of women.

So yes, there is such a joke in the game.

 

[Blue Pasture]

That kind of OCD is fine, but they really need to do that kind of work after the release. i.e., get the update out, then work for a few weeks fixing things including clipping errors before moving to the next episode.

LOL..... fixing things after the release, when this whole thread of non-paying, living in mom's basement, whiny bums is crying because there isn't any progress reported on the next release.

What kind of ain't got two functioning brain cells left logic is that?