UPDATE: “Adventures of a Changed Boy” Prologue Status – December 27, 2018
(as posted on our Patreon Page)
We hope that everyone has had a very safe and good holiday so far!
December has been pretty brutal and busy around here, juggling between holiday shopping, our normal jobs and working on two games (“
Adventures of a Changed Boy” Ren’Py Prologue and also on the RPG Maker MV main game) and doing family gatherings… or I should say, the wife doing most of the family gatherings.
While I took some time off to celebrate the holiday on Christmas with the family, I pretty much passed on all of the other family events such as: Tree Trimming and Lighting, doing the yearly “Wild Lights” at the Detroit Zoo with the nieces and nephews, the annual family trip to “Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland” and the family Christmas Eve party and Church attendance (I am going to Hell anyway, one day a year of attending Christmas Mass will not save my wrenched soul)… instead, I have been working pretty much every free minute of my time trying to get the first release of the “
Adventures of a Changed Boy” Prologue done, so it can be released for everyone sometime in January.
Before anyone wants to yell at me for this decision, let me apologize, but I
REALLY,
REALLY don’t like the idea of all of you forking hard earned money to support us and not get something for that sacrifice that you make to us every month!
Call me an idiot, call me old fashioned, call me whatever you want, but I know how hard it is to make a living, keep a roof over our heads, food on our tables and clothes on our backs… every penny we make is important and we deserve to get what we want when we part with them… I appreciate the generosity and support you all give us and it bothers me if I can’t provide something in return for that gift you give us!!
So, yeah… Palanto and I have been working mad hours over here (and in Germany), with the wife covering for my absences and going in my stead, as we’ve been working to deliver you the work you’ve come to depend on from us… so, sorry/not sorry… but you, and your happiness, is important to us too!
That said, the above image is the Twine File of the “
First Issue Release” for the Prologue to “
Adventures of a Changed Boy” and outlines the current, multiple paths that you will be able to decide to take in it and though neither path is closed yet, it already contains over 110 unique renders and almost 5,000 words, as well as, unique “flags” and relationships/points that will carry over into the Main Game (that we’ve also been working on)!
The biggest thing that has been slowing me down on all of this (besides the holidays and not really having the wife around to help with pose work and stuff) is that each path/arc will have a unique love/sex scene that will be (hopefully)
ANIMATED!!
Yup, you heard right…
ANIMATED!
Doing keyframe animation is a new thing for me and I would give
ANYTHING to have had Santa deliver a Motion Capture Rig under my tree, which would make this whole animating thing a ton easier on me… but I am doing my best (we all are, actually) to provide you the best quality and value for your support… and since I am new at doing it, it is taking a little longer than I projected… for that, I apologize.
BUT… I still think we will make a January release date and really hope that you will all be impressed by what we are trying to accomplish for all of you.
Well, time for me to get back to work here, just wanted to keep you updated and let you know what is going on around here and we’ll talk to you all very soon!
~Jack