Just wanted to say, i apreciate the work you and your colleague(s) put into this project. The models and the world building are looking great for upcoming update. Speaking of update, do you have an ETA for the upcoming release?
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There was always nudity and porn scenes! They were slightly on the short side and have now all been extended, so as always, I strongly, strongly recommend waiting on a playthrough!
Thanks a lot man and passing it along as well!
Been finishing up Hermione these past few days, then after that, there honestly isn't any real hurdles left (besides some small last work on performance with new occlusion culling). So looks like that might genuinely be it. 50k-ish images in her first iteration completely down the wash, and this one is starting to climb way past that mark already, but this might, MIGHT, actually be the end. I can't give an ETA any more exact than that because I've already burned myself way too many times on that, sorry!
what exactly is the code for the gallery, neither the ones on the first page nor the one on patreon seem to work, unless I'm just an idiot.
I think just wait for the update at this point, since a lot is going to change and a lot more is going to be added.
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He remade Hermione 3 or 4 times since last year. He'll probably find another excuse to remake all the art again.
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I worked on this project recently and the content I worked on was all fantastic. I'm aware you guys have been waiting a while for this update but I would genuinely consider supporting this dev and giving him all of your time/patience/and support.
For AI generated content he does put the work in. Say I wrote for 20-30 images, he goes back and develops just about every single one of those images from the ground up to match the story I wrote. Likewise, he fixes all the AI generated slop and keeps it all looking consistent. I can only imagine how long that takes for over 500+ images per update. It probably results in about 2000 spins of the wheel, plus photoshop time and post-process rendering.
For AI generated content he does put the work in. Say I wrote for 20-30 images, he goes back and develops just about every single one of those images from the ground up to match the story I wrote. Likewise, he fixes all the AI generated slop and keeps it all looking consistent. I can only imagine how long that takes for over 500+ images per update. It probably results in about 2000 spins of the wheel, plus photoshop time and post-process rendering.
Note the "good". Not perfect.
I'm all for trying to make the best thing possible, but if that leads to stuff not actually getting done/released, there really isn't much of a point.
I'd rather get the occasional AI slop issue, rather than not having a game to play. Especially in the case of this game, it already ticks the boxes for decent to good gameplay, enjoyable characters/story and hitting a rather specific niche that isn't well populated in terms of games, it doesn't *need* to convince me with "perfect" graphics.
I'm all for trying to make the best thing possible, but if that leads to stuff not actually getting done/released, there really isn't much of a point.
I'd rather get the occasional AI slop issue, rather than not having a game to play. Especially in the case of this game, it already ticks the boxes for decent to good gameplay, enjoyable characters/story and hitting a rather specific niche that isn't well populated in terms of games, it doesn't *need* to convince me with "perfect" graphics.
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I don't even know what to really type tbh. I know I probably shouldn't really engage, but a combination of my ego and imposter syndrome don't really allow me to let myself appear like a grifter, so like I've mentioned a few times by now: I'm not milking it. I am not making any money at all. 4800$ in renting GPUs between last May and today + commissions and (under)paying Kpect now and then + the refunds, and I'm no longer even in the green
Or is your point that I'm preventing you from getting to play the game out of some morbid enjoyment...?
Don't worry, as much as I appreciate Fox_. 's sentiment (really, I do mate - thank you), I very much prefer that you don't support with money for now
I'm sorry for the tone, but there has been some miserable days so I like getting to complain and vent a bit. That isn't really fair on you because I'm just making you a scapegoat for frustrations that are 95% my own fault, but still, why man. Disappointed posts like rewyb 's are completely fair, but yours just make me boggle
Yep, I agree. I think I've already pretty clearly demonstrated that I shouldn't be the one doing this. I'll go more into what went wrong and the numbers of it when it's out, but roughly the 4800 translate to something in the excess of half a million images and 476 days of GPU runtime, divided by 2 to get something closer to actual time spent on it because I'll mostly always be using 2 (sometimes 3) cards but still, that's a stupid amount of time and I actually want to puke. Especially when the first 10% gets you 90% of the way there. Already tested it when I had people helping me sort through images, and the amount of matches between images I had picked and the ones players did was always very low
I don't know exactly how we'll go about it - possibly I'll just let Kpect do it. While it'll be someone else doing it, the weights are all the same so the artstyle won't be affected (too much), if anyone was worried about that. Plus I'll of course still be doing a bit of it on the side to supply with things when needed, or just for fun
Lastly, thanks a lot for the posts rewyb and fox_. Really man
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This really wasn't even supposed to have much of a disappointed tone. More of a "hey, don't worry about things being perfect, at least I'm perfectly fine with good enough". Admittedly, I wrote a rather... lengthy response before which probably carried that better, but then figured no one (or at least not many) is gonna read that and cut it short.
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Don't worry man! I really didn't find your post to be hostile or ill-intended at all. In fact I actually really appreciated it
And yep. You're right. It's something I've discussed with a few others as well. At some point I have to accept that anything even approaching AAA quality and polish is well out of scope for me at present, and that a reliable, consistent release schedule is more important. Mostly come to terms with it on the engine side of things, but with the art it's been a struggle to sort of "let go" at times, hence I'll be looking to hand most of it on to someone else, shortly. Then we'll see if things improve!
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For some reason F95 stopped updating me about this thread.
It's been a while - what's changed since 2023?
It's been a while - what's changed since 2023?
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Eyy sup! I actually remember you. It's been quiet around here because how long this release has taken (I'm pretty sure I'm in purgatory), but there actually should be some kind of announcement post tomorrow or thereabout. Badly got to head down for sleep now, but thanks for checking in!
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Yo! If you could actually reach out to me atLooks like the beta is outNeed any Mac beta testers?
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I suppose that depends on how you mean. An awful lot of work on my end, and an awful little that players actually get to get their hands on (until now anyway). A lot to go back and reflect on, on the other side of all of this