VN Ren'Py Abandoned Wicked Choices: Agents of Karma [v0.1.75] [ASLPro3D]

[c3p0]

GoG is around the only online game distributor I would use.
Steam, Stadia, Epic store and all the other ones I don't like. I'm a person that needs the physical disc. If I can choose between a game copy from retail or via online distribution, I will buy the retail one. Then I collect them, put them in binder and forget that I even have brought them previously and buy them again. Or lend them some friends and so on.
So, as much as possible, I like to have the same for a digital copy. And I doesn't help if I need a active, online account. I would want a copy that is viable even if the store system behind them is long go. Hence I don't know any other digital store than GoG who would that be possible.
From what I see on GoG they have adult games, yet what their TOS say about them, I don't know - and wasn't intrested in it until now and much likely even in the future.

Yet, from their own website:

What payment methods and currencies do you accept, and where?

We currently support the following payment methods: credit cards, PayPal, paysafecard, SOFORT, Giropay, webmoney, Yandex, QIWI, iDeal, Skrill, Alipay, UnionPay, WeChat, and Przelewy24. We also support payments via BoaCompra with a bank transfer, boleto, credit card, real-time online banking and wallet.
If your country (based on your IP address) is supported by these payment methods, they will be made available to you in Checkout.

The currencies that we support are AUD, BRL, CAD, CHF, CNY, DKK, EUR, GBP, NOK, PLN, RUB and SEK - which are available in supported countries -- and also USD, which is available everywhere.

So I fear that GoG would have similar policy than Patreon. And Jack, I fully believe that you to go in circles because of Karmas dress.

 

[ASLPro3D]

And Jack, I fully believe that you to go in circles because of Karmas dress.

Yeah, right now my priorities is...
1.) Heal and get Rehab done.
2.) Get production time to be more manageable and a regular release cycle in place and accomplished.
3.) Have company website built, installed on server possibly with our own IMA (Internet Merchant Account)
4.) Establish additional distribution channels.
5.) Find/Create Product Advertising Platform (including EXXXOTICA, Adult Expo, AVN convention attendance)


And you are right, the circles they had me run through thankfully worked in my favor (yet again), but really tired of having to navigate through flaming hoops to make a little over a grand a month.

 

[c3p0]

And you are right, the circles they had me run through thankfully worked in my favor (yet again), but really tired of having to navigate through flaming hoops to make a little over a grand a month.

As often as you talk to their content team, I think you must know by now at least 95% of their team members.
Perhaps they have created a guide, if a team member can achive their quota that they should look at you and to be on the safe side, put your page under review.

Patreon employee number 1: "I don't know what I can do. Have done all things for this month, but my supervisor say I should check some site again. Don't have a clue what I should do."
Patreon employee number 2: "You know this ASLPro3D guy? Last time it was funny, he has some character, barely clothed, but nothing that goes directly against our TOS per se. We have him go in circles and jumping through burning rings. Like the ones they had used on the tigers the circus. Damn that was funny."
Patreon employee number 3: "Wasn't this the same guy with the rape scene?"
Patreon employee number 4: Or incest?"
....
Patreon employee number 1: "Thanks folks. You're right. I set him under review. He surley have some other questionable scene so we can drag him through our review process again."
Patreon employee number 18: "Don't forget to put the whole thing on our internal server for our monthly after work party. Last time some guys were laughing so hard we had to bring them to the nurse. You know the redhead with the big chest."

Problem with all distribution channels that are well know they often restrict you in some way. Even if not immediate they have some great lazy TOS that if needed can be interpeted in both directions.

I agree with you, that probably the most possible freedom and reach would have F95 if they added this functionality.

 

[Maviarab]

As often as you talk to their content team, I think you must know by now at least 95% of their team members.
Perhaps they have created a guide, if a team member can achive their quota that they should look at you and to be on the safe side, put your page under review.

Problem with all distribution channels that are well know they often restrict you in some way. Even if not immediate they have some great lazy TOS that if needed can be interpeted in both directions.

I agree with you, that probably the most possible freedom and reach would have F95 if they added this functionality.

This is true..which is why I say to many (and ASL want to do this anyway)..if you want freedom...if you don't want to complain about another companies policies...use their platform.....then host it yourself and take money directly.

 

[ASLPro3D]

This is true..which is why I say to many (and ASL want to do this anyway)..if you want freedom...if you don't want to complain about another companies policies...use their platform.....then host it yourself and take money directly.

Exactly, Maviarab which is where we'd like to go in the future at some point.

But, even then, having created Renderotica.com way back around 2000, I can tell you that a lot of the restrictions come from the Internet Merchant Account and not so much from the actual website owner... still, having a means of self sustaining income location besides just relying on Patreon only, is good business sense... putting all of your eggs in one basket isn't responsible business.

 

[Maviarab]

Exactly, Maviarab which is where we'd like to go in the future at some point.

But, even then, having created Renderotica.com way back around 2000, I can tell you that a lot of the restrictions come from the Internet Merchant Account and not so much from the actual website owner... still, having a means of self sustaining income location besides just relying on Patreon only, is good business sense... putting all of your eggs in one basket isn't responsible business.

I think a lot of it is also down to...humans/people in general. We just to like a moan lot as a species don't we

Look at all the people who whine and bitch about YouTubes policies...well stop fecking using their product/platform then....sure if a company changes policies radically during your time with then..then sure you have somewhat of a right to complain....but if you don't leave said other companies product...well. It's almost like people expect to use someone elses platform/product/money/server space etc etc....yet want it tailored exactly to them/their needs....

As for the whole adult content thing in general (games, escorts/glam girls/only fans etc)...the world we live in is changing rapidly (dear God someone think of the kids!)...something we all have to adjust to unfortunately as much as we may dislike it.

 

[ASLPro3D]

I think a lot of it is also down to...humans/people in general. We just to like a moan lot as a species don't we

Look at all the people who whine and bitch about YouTubes policies...well stop fecking using their product/platform then....sure if a company changes policies radically during your time with then..then sure you have somewhat of a right to complain....but if you don't leave said other companies product...well. It's almost like people expect to use someone elses platform/product/money/server space etc etc....yet want it tailored exactly to them/their needs....

As for the whole adult content thing in general (games, escorts/glam girls/only fans etc)...the world we live in is changing rapidly (dear God someone think of the kids!)...something we all have to adjust to unfortunately as much as we may dislike it.

I have witnessed our species evolve and degrade through the years... I've gotten to watch the results of the race riots from the sixties slowly change this nation, I've watched as veterans returned (incomplete) from foreign lands to be called 'monsters', 'baby-killers' and return from one war to another on their own soil, I've gotten to witness the effects of body grease paint, bra burning, free love to the quick snap opposite filled with restriction, fear of devil worship, dungeons & dragons, back-masking and the rise of faith healing... through the rise of technology, I've witnessed the rise and capture of the world by bullied nerds from the cruel and merciless control of the jocks, to witness the destruction of social family and economic norms by merchandisers making it necessary for both parents to work fulltime jobs just to survive, as a result, I've watch the norms shift to quadrupled increases in divorce rates, single parents, children without overall guidance to become adults unable to handle the pressures of the real world and cry when things didn't go their way, to become little monsters that think that anger and violence is the only way they can be heard to the point where they think that behavior is acceptable...

Our species is doomed and fucked... adaptable for sure, but on the path it is on, doomed to destroy itself... to no longer being inventive and creative but, instead, greedy, angry, destructive, closed off and unapproachable...

I am glad that I didn't spawn anything to have to grow up in this kind of society... it isn't a healthy one.

 

[Sancrest]

I have witnessed our species evolve and degrade through the years... I've gotten to watch the results of the race riots from the sixties slowly change this nation, I've watched as veterans returned (incomplete) from foreign lands to be called 'monsters', 'baby-killers' and return from one war to another on their own soil, I've gotten to witness the effects of body grease paint, bra burning, free love to the quick snap opposite filled with restriction, fear of devil worship, dungeons & dragons, back-masking and the rise of faith healing... through the rise of technology, I've witnessed the rise and capture of the world by bullied nerds from the cruel and merciless control of the jocks, to witness the destruction of social family and economic norms by merchandisers making it necessary for both parents to work fulltime jobs just to survive, as a result, I've watch the norms shift to quadrupled increases in divorce rates, single parents, children without overall guidance to become adults unable to handle the pressures of the real world and cry when things didn't go their way, to become little monsters that think that anger and violence is the only way they can be heard to the point where they think that behavior is acceptable...

Our species is doomed and fucked... adaptable for sure, but on the path it is on, doomed to destroy itself... to no longer being inventive and creative but, instead, greedy, angry, destructive, closed off and unapproachable...

I am glad that I did spawn anything to have to grow up in this kind of society... it isn't a healthy one.

Everything would be alright if everyone could get laid freely...

 

[Maviarab]

I have witnessed our species evolve and degrade through the years... I've gotten to watch the results of the race riots from the sixties slowly change this nation, I've watched as veterans returned (incomplete) from foreign lands to be called 'monsters', 'baby-killers' and return from one war to another on their own soil, I've gotten to witness the effects of body grease paint, bra burning, free love to the quick snap opposite filled with restriction, fear of devil worship, dungeons & dragons, back-masking and the rise of faith healing... through the rise of technology, I've witnessed the rise and capture of the world by bullied nerds from the cruel and merciless control of the jocks, to witness the destruction of social family and economic norms by merchandisers making it necessary for both parents to work fulltime jobs just to survive, as a result, I've watch the norms shift to quadrupled increases in divorce rates, single parents, children without overall guidance to become adults unable to handle the pressures of the real world and cry when things didn't go their way, to become little monsters that think that anger and violence is the only way they can be heard to the point where they think that behavior is acceptable...

Our species is doomed and fucked... adaptable for sure, but on the path it is on, doomed to destroy itself... to no longer being inventive and creative but, instead, greedy, angry, destructive, closed off and unapproachable...

I am glad that I did spawn anything to have to grow up in this kind of society... it isn't a healthy one.

Couldn't have said it any better.

 

[ASLPro3D]

Since I mentioned not long ago and in a previous update that we had to assemble a basis for our game company and its continuation, even if something should happen to me... I figured that I would share with all of you the summary to our game release schedule...

I tried to keep the schedule summaries as spoiler free as possible and certainly WON'T BE PROVIDING all of you the breakdowns of each game, as what fun is that!

But here is the list and summaries of the games you can expect to see come from us if the community continues to help and support us along the way...


Wicked Choices: Book One (already completed)

Wicked Choices: Agents of Karma (currently in production)

Wicked Choices: Book Two – Players return to playing as the Antichrist and must now deal with the newest factions looking to recruit him to their cause or eliminate him… all the while navigating through family business issues and personal family issues after learning about his wife’s infidelity. Players will also be able to play as Lynara, further unlocking or combatting against her ‘dark-side’, she must also decide if she wishes to side with the Antichrist, all the while also having to deal with the ramifications of what transpires within the church…

Wicked Choices: Book Three – In the final installment to the “Wicked Choices” series players must now deal with all the choices that they’ve made in the previous three games and face the war that has been brought to their doorstep… who will survive and who will be the victors in this final battle that everyone is calling “The Great War”… and what will become of the Antichrist once the dust has settled?

A.A. (not revealing name just yet) – Based on a partially written novel, this will be a totally NEW Game series that will take place within the same universe as “Wicked Choices”. There will be TWO main characters within this game. One will be an action-oriented male character (along the lines of a Vin Diesel or the Rock) and the other will be a female undercover/subterfuge character (along the lines of a female Splinter Cell or Solid Snake character) who must uncover/protect the secrets surrounding a private island and its inhabitants.

A.A. 2 (not revealing name just yet) – One year following the events of the above story, one of the previous characters, along with an all new one… and the world, must find a way to work together to overcome the changes that everyone must now face and deal with… is society and the main characters, along with the entire world, able to embrace these new changes?

A.A. 3 (potential sequel, but done by a different company as a MMORPG) – ASLPro3D will license or hire a different studio/game company to produce a sequel designed as an MMORPG where players can choose the faction (established by the two previous titles) they want to be in and interact with other gamers fighting against or siding with the other factions.

Project: S.H.A.D.O. Force – Based upon a previously released Independent Comic Book series of the same name and also taking place within the same universe as “Wicked Choices” and “A.A.”, the story takes place 30-50 years into the future after a major cataclysmic event wipes out most of humanity and the survivors must now deal with creatures seeking to make the world their own… with a special team of government soldiers with special abilities and controlled by the players be able to protect and save humanity?

Untitled Space Opera Game – Hundreds of years following the events that took place in Project: S.H.A.D.O. Force, humanity has managed to partially (or unable to) recover from those events and must focus on expanding (or find a) new planet to live on… Players will travel through space using technology and helped by the survivors of the Demonothans and Angelions and even get to visit their original home worlds and witness/explore the history of those two planets that took place after their own GREAT WAR.

Ebon Knights: The Game – An all new vampire series taking place in an entirely new universe from “Wicked Choices” and based off the universe that I established in my novel “Ebon Knights: Knight’s Fall” that deals with vampires, factions, werewolves and creatures, as well as, mages… (think something along the lines of “Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines” but with my own spin and more current).

 

[Zephea]

I have witnessed our species evolve and degrade through the years... I've gotten to watch the results of the race riots from the sixties slowly change this nation, I've watched as veterans returned (incomplete) from foreign lands to be called 'monsters', 'baby-killers' and return from one war to another on their own soil, I've gotten to witness the effects of body grease paint, bra burning, free love to the quick snap opposite filled with restriction, fear of devil worship, dungeons & dragons, back-masking and the rise of faith healing... through the rise of technology, I've witnessed the rise and capture of the world by bullied nerds from the cruel and merciless control of the jocks, to witness the destruction of social family and economic norms by merchandisers making it necessary for both parents to work fulltime jobs just to survive, as a result, I've watch the norms shift to quadrupled increases in divorce rates, single parents, children without overall guidance to become adults unable to handle the pressures of the real world and cry when things didn't go their way, to become little monsters that think that anger and violence is the only way they can be heard to the point where they think that behavior is acceptable...

Our species is doomed and fucked... adaptable for sure, but on the path it is on, doomed to destroy itself... to no longer being inventive and creative but, instead, greedy, angry, destructive, closed off and unapproachable...

I am glad that I didn't spawn anything to have to grow up in this kind of society... it isn't a healthy one.

Very insightful! I too have seen what you mention above, along with 3 wars and the inevitable results. The poverty, the unhealthy conditions in those countries and how evil people can be, when they feel they have 'permission' to do so. None of it is or was pretty.
But what I see as the leading detriment of our current social order is, honestly, Social Media in general. People are free to talk, listen, conspire and share... What we have lost with that is how to judge trust and validate what 'truths' are given and exchanged. No longer do we require that we see you, hear you or even KNOW you. 'We' will believe you if what you say rings true to us in any fashion.
That is both dangerous and foolish, takes up our precious time (of which we have so little), and for some reason it is preventing us (as a society) from finding our own 'real' truths, proving or disproving the realities others present to us - and as a whole we tend to follow like sheep. And people wonder why we are polarized? It is because we have forgotten how to think for ourselves, and we allow others to think for us.
Sorry about venting in your 'space'

With all that - I am thankful there are people like you that provide some 'relief' from what we all go through everyday! Quality entertainment, that makes us think some while providing an escape for a period.
Thanks again. And get better! I can count the number great games (and VN's) there are on my fingers - and this is one of those.

 

[c3p0]

Since I mentioned not long ago and in a previous update that we had to assemble a basis for our game company and its continuation, even if something should happen to me... I figured that I would share with all of you the summary to our game release schedule...

I tried to keep the schedule summaries as spoiler free as possible and certainly WON'T BE PROVIDING all of you the breakdowns of each game, as what fun is that!

But here is the list and summaries of the games you can expect to see come from us if the community continues to help and support us along the way...

You know I do have difficulty to put you in the right box. Now I tend, in addition to workaholic, crazy.
And I was sure one demanding little demon was enough for you.

Zephea: I think the social network are per se not bad. Yet their algorithm and our own laziness to shelter ourselves in our own confort zone leads to the result that we only are between people who share our own beliefs.
If we limit ourselves to only one direction of opinions than we can never have a chance to even come near something like truth or reality. One of my old teachers had said that we should listen to different source, opinions and so on and then build our own opinion on this thematic. As it looks sadly a lot of people have lost this ability - or even never had.

 

[ASLPro3D]

Very insightful! I too have seen what you mention above, along with 3 wars and the inevitable results. The poverty, the unhealthy conditions in those countries and how evil people can be, when they feel they have 'permission' to do so. None of it is or was pretty.
But what I see as the leading detriment of our current social order is, honestly, Social Media in general. People are free to talk, listen, conspire and share... What we have lost with that is how to judge trust and validate what 'truths' are given and exchanged. No longer do we require that we see you, hear you or even KNOW you. 'We' will believe you if what you say rings true to us in any fashion.
That is both dangerous and foolish, takes up our precious time (of which we have so little), and for some reason it is preventing us (as a society) from finding our own 'real' truths, proving or disproving the realities others present to us - and as a whole we tend to follow like sheep. And people wonder why we are polarized? It is because we have forgotten how to think for ourselves, and we allow others to think for us.
Sorry about venting in your 'space'

With all that - I am thankful there are people like you that provide some 'relief' from what we all go through everyday! Quality entertainment, that makes us think some while providing an escape for a period.
Thanks again. And get better! I can count the number great games (and VN's) there are on my fingers - and this is one of those.

Thank you so much for the compliment about our work and game and, yes, I agree with you... I think Social Media plays a very large role in the degradation to society that we've been witnessing.

Personally, however, my experience with it hasn't been bad, as I am naturally a skeptic to start with... but, I have seen how it can stoke a 'Mob Rules' mentality from individuals who have shit for brains and are willing to believe that eating Tide Pods is a challenge worth taking someone up on.

If anything, my long history of watching society, of chasing and studying my own set of 'truths' in life gives me the ability to kind of assemble them in the stories that I work on and do for everyone in our games and my writing... I like the fact that I have such a large number of people that like to have dialogues after playing it, to share their own takes and viewpoints as well.

And, most interesting enough, we all seem to be able to do so without losing our shit and can discuss difficult subjects such as religion, society, history and viewpoints without the threads degrading into derogatory posts of slander and name calling... truly, I am gifted to have the acquaintances and friends that I've made here and have been shown the support and kindness that I have been!

 

[ASLPro3D]

You know I do have difficulty to put you in the right box. Now I tend, in addition to workaholic, crazy.
And I was sure one demanding little demon was enough for you.

Heh, I never claimed myself to be 'sane'... any thoughts to such would simply be wishful thinking!
But I WILL readily admit that I am a workaholic... that, I can't and certainly won't deny.

The thing is, about that rather lengthily list of products... honestly, I see them as accomplishable.

I walked into this place and into the desire and role of doing games with the desire that it would be my final career in life... it has been something that I've been pursuing since I left the Comic Book Industry in the late 90's and the reason why I started Renderosity and Renderotica... it was always the vehicle in which I wanted to use to tell and share all of the worlds and characters in my head.

It took a lot of work to try and help 3D become something that people could do from their home, in their free time, as something to express themselves creatively or just something to tinker with when the mood hit people... and, honestly, it is very rewarding, mind-numbing and exciting to see that all of the work that I did back in the late 90's to the mid 2000's award, not just me, but OTHERS the ability to creatively put their 3D artwork and storytelling into their own games, to entertain people and make money while doing so.

Truly, as much as I would like it to be my games and storytelling, I really think that creating those websites, putting together and building a community of artists centered around 3D (before it was a really a thing) to express themselves, sell their products and work... and which has brought us to the place where we are now, where people can create their own games, tell their stories, gain support and fans from... well that, really, probably will really be my greatest accomplishment in life.

Still though... that doesn't mean that my own games and stories can't be my second greatest accomplishment.

 

[AravinFlame]

Where is Adventures of changed boy. Cant able to find it or is the name changed to Agents of Karma

 

[Maviarab]

Where is Adventures of changed boy. Cant able to find it or is the name changed to Agents of Karma

Correct...the name is now Agents.

 

[ASLPro3D]

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UPDATE: On Health/Recover & Chapter Two – November 5, 2020
(as posted on our Patreon Page)

First, let me say thank you to all of you who’ve continued to send well wishes and for those of you who’ve remained around as I’ve been healing up.

THANK YOU!!

Yesterday was my post-surgical exam, which got put off an extra week due to the uncertainly of the rise in Covid numbers in our state, but was finally able to get checked over and have my tires virtual kicked to see if I am still road worthy or not.

According to Dr. Fischgrund, things look really good back there and I am healing up nicely. I still have some swelling and a huge bump back there, which he said will go down over time and that I still have two sutures that haven’t dissolved yet.

I am now able to slowly increase my activities (which I’ve kind of been doing anyhow), but ‘if problems of pain or numbness in the legs, testicles or feet, stop what I am doing and GO RELAX’!! I am not ready to ‘push it yet’ and he doesn’t want me to ‘undo the work he just did’… and that this ‘isn’t a sprint race’.

Rehab will be discussed in a few weeks, till then, continue at a healing pace and don’t break myself before that time.

Right now, I am pretty much off of the pain killers and muscle relaxers (have to take them now and then for when I overdo things and be a little on the stupid side) and have currently been able to sit between 4 to 6 hours at the computer without killing myself, right now, so I am back to work in those periods trying to get all of the sprite work done for “Chapter Two” of “Wicked Choices: Agents of Karma”, once I’ve completed that, I will finish off the really BIG sex scene that is left to render out and then will be done with my part of “Chapter Two” for it to be assembled for release.

I would like to say it will be out sometime this month, but I think that is unrealistic in my current situation, so going to say the first part of December to be safe and make sure that my recovery from the back surgery doesn’t interfere and cause me to have to revise my schedule for all of you.

Bottom line is: I am doing the best I can and working again, but… unfortunately, not back to a level that I was at before all of this happened, but I am getting work done, trying to get back to a release schedule for our patrons and fans.

Additionally, Epadder and Sierra are still working, trying to figure out the best way in which for the game to handle the additional size that having Sprites will take… granted, the sprites will eventually be less download heavy than full sized, rendered scenes like the way that I’ve been doing things till now, but we still want to find a good compression ratio that won’t kill people’s bandwidth while downloading the game/updates.

Okay, time for me to end this, so that I can get back to rendering all of Sister Katarina’s sprites for “Chapter Two”… THANK YOU AGAIN for your continued support, dedication to our project and the love and well wishes that you’ve all been sending to me and I will keep you all updated as I progress here!

With much love and gratitude,

~Jack

 

[c3p0]

(have to take them now and then for when I overdo things and be a little on the stupid side)

And I was sure that you needed them after the wife had a word with you and that you shouldn't push yourself.

And I recommend again to get well before you work yourself to the bones. Pherhaps you could release the next chapter a little bit earlier, but I'm much more interested in the whole story.
So I'm a slave driver with a long investment plan.

And on a serious note, get well and take care, the lot of perverts here can wait a little longer for their fix.

 

[DA22]

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UPDATE: On Health/Recover & Chapter Two – November 5, 2020
(as posted on our Patreon Page)

First, let me say thank you to all of you who’ve continued to send well wishes and for those of you who’ve remained around as I’ve been healing up.

THANK YOU!!

Yesterday was my post-surgical exam, which got put off an extra week due to the uncertainly of the rise in Covid numbers in our state, but was finally able to get checked over and have my tires virtual kicked to see if I am still road worthy or not.

According to Dr. Fischgrund, things look really good back there and I am healing up nicely. I still have some swelling and a huge bump back there, which he said will go down over time and that I still have two sutures that haven’t dissolved yet.

I am now able to slowly increase my activities (which I’ve kind of been doing anyhow), but ‘if problems of pain or numbness in the legs, testicles or feet, stop what I am doing and GO RELAX’!! I am not ready to ‘push it yet’ and he doesn’t want me to ‘undo the work he just did’… and that this ‘isn’t a sprint race’.

Rehab will be discussed in a few weeks, till then, continue at a healing pace and don’t break myself before that time.

Right now, I am pretty much off of the pain killers and muscle relaxers (have to take them now and then for when I overdo things and be a little on the stupid side) and have currently been able to sit between 4 to 6 hours at the computer without killing myself, right now, so I am back to work in those periods trying to get all of the sprite work done for “Chapter Two” of “Wicked Choices: Agents of Karma”, once I’ve completed that, I will finish off the really BIG sex scene that is left to render out and then will be done with my part of “Chapter Two” for it to be assembled for release.

I would like to say it will be out sometime this month, but I think that is unrealistic in my current situation, so going to say the first part of December to be safe and make sure that my recovery from the back surgery doesn’t interfere and cause me to have to revise my schedule for all of you.

Bottom line is: I am doing the best I can and working again, but… unfortunately, not back to a level that I was at before all of this happened, but I am getting work done, trying to get back to a release schedule for our patrons and fans.

Additionally, Epadder and Sierra are still working, trying to figure out the best way in which for the game to handle the additional size that having Sprites will take… granted, the sprites will eventually be less download heavy than full sized, rendered scenes like the way that I’ve been doing things till now, but we still want to find a good compression ratio that won’t kill people’s bandwidth while downloading the game/updates.

Okay, time for me to end this, so that I can get back to rendering all of Sister Katarina’s sprites for “Chapter Two”… THANK YOU AGAIN for your continued support, dedication to our project and the love and well wishes that you’ve all been sending to me and I will keep you all updated as I progress here!

With much love and gratitude,

~Jack

What c3p0 said, no use killing yourself over one update when you still have at least 5 games to deliver. Enjoy your lesser pain a bit and get some fresh air before it turns real cold or bad with covid.

 

[ASLPro3D]

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UPDATE: Game Progress, Healing & a THANK YOU! – November 12, 2020
(as posted on our Patreon Page)

Hello Everyone, I hope this finds you all well and that you’re snuggled up, somewhere safe and warm, as the weather here in Michigan is definitely turning cold!!

Fortunately, with the exception of doing some yard work (which I will get to a little later in this update), I’ve at least been keeping warm in front of the computer and working on our next game release for all of you!

At the time I am writing this, I’ve completed all of the FACE FORWARD Sprites for both Sister Katarina and the Archangel Gabriel (who you will meet in Chapter Two), for a total of 900 renders thus far completed since my back surgery 4 weeks ago.

Today, I will be starting all of the FACE LEFT Sprites for both characters and when those are completed, I will do the FACE RIGHT Sprites for them, which will make a grand total of (if my math is right) 2,700 Sprite images of the two characters!!!

As you can see by the above Sample Sprite Images, that the Sprites are a good size to provide you, the players, plenty of detail of the characters as they interact with each other during dialogue (or blah, blah, blah) scenes… so no matter the state of their dress (or state of undress) you’ll get to see the ‘goodies’…

Additionally, in the sample below here, you will see only 10 of the various 15 poses that we have of each character and only 1 of the 10 different emotions that is used for each pose and only 1 of the 3 different variations of each emotion…

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…so, there will be a lot of variations and combinations that we can use to let the character show a wide range of emotions while they interact with you or other characters throughout the game and series.

I’d like to also take a moment to personally THANK our friend, supporter and brother-in-arms, PlanetMorpheus for helping me out of trouble when he sent me RAM for my computer system… for a while there, while healing from my surgery, I was experiencing a LOT of ‘irql_not_less_or_equal’ BSoD errors every 5 or 6 renders and upon research discovered that one of my RAM sticks had died and was causing the errors… fortunately, through previous discussions together, PlanetMorpheus knew that I was considering upgrading my system sometime next year and decided to help out by sending me RAM… so, I was able to replace the bad sticks (since they are duel channel) and get my system stabilized and, thankfully, am not having the computer reboot itself after every 5 renders or so!

So, THANK YOU, my brother, you saved my ass and I appreciate it!!

As for my health, I am getting better and better each day and getting stronger. I suffered a minor setback earlier this week, because I decided to help the wife and neighbor across the street remove leaves from our backyard…

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(all those leaves on both sides of the street are... *sigh ... mine)

…after 6 hours of riding and bouncing around on the riding mower, transporting the leaves to pile them up in big piles and taking up 4 curbs worth of space in our neighborhood, I was sore and quite done…

…we didn’t get rid of ALL the leaves, but the rest can be mulched down with the mower sometime this weekend (which the neighbor said he would do for us, since the wife’s legs can’t reach the peddles on the riding mower) and that will be out of the way.

But, yeah, needed a couple of days to recover from all that bouncing and jostling around to my back… but, still, making GOOD progress health wise and on the game!

Speaking of which, I best get back to it… got lots more renders to complete and want to get these sprites out of the way so I can get back to doing all of the wonderful, mouth-watering, smut that will be jam-packed into “Chapter Two” of “Agents of Karma”!

Talk soon, stay warm and thank you so much for your continued support, love and to PlanetMorpheus for bailing my butt out of a jam!!

~Jack