Dev Log #12 - Big happy info dump and other nonsense

Hi, hi! Dev log time, baby!

Development update:

I hope everyone's doing well like I am! I'm happy because I recently finished what I'm pretty sure is the most complicated scene for me to date. It is, by far, the longest H-scene I've made with 155 renders and over a dozen animations, but the main hurdle was all of the god damn stupid fuckin' coding I had to do for it. The scene operates in a unique way and ultimately required a total of 1,400 lines of code by itself. For reference, my ENTIRE last update was barely 4,000 lines in total, so... complicated scene. Coding is not my strong suit, but I'm still trying my best to find ways to make scenes feel unique and fun, and I hope people enjoy this scene when they play it! Any guesses who it's with? :o

I was stuck on that scene for a few weeks, but it's behind me now which means I can get back to pretty straightforward scenes for a while—the goofy hijinks and sappy conversations you know and love! And there will be a whole lot of them. The last update, as you may remember, was pretty contained; it took place at night and had a small cast and clear focus. This update, however, is bright and colorful and features (almost) every single character in the game; even the one or two major characters that don't have any spotlight on them here are, at least, seen or mentioned. It's really exciting, but a lot to balance from a writing and pacing standpoint! It took me a long time to get the script for the chapter right, but I'm really happy with how it turned out and I hope you all will be, too.

When this chapter is completed, it will be over 2,000 renders and easily my longest update so far. It'll take a little longer still, but I hope it'll be worth the wait. Here are a few previously unreleased preview images from early in the chapter:

General Patreon/Discord recap:

In the meantime, there's still plenty to see and enjoy here on the Patreon or in the Discord. Pickle and I already have a quite a few bonus renders and things to share and plenty more on the way. In the coming weeks, you can expect to see bonus renders featuring Frankie, Sasha/Wake, Mallory, April, and, for those of you in the Sun Gods tier and up, me and Pickle, of course!

Here are a few highlights since the last devlog:

• Valentine's Day with Abby, Billie, Lily, and Sasha (and Valentine's Day with Cure and Pickle)!

• Lunar New Year with Emma, Frankie, and Wake (and the horsey Cure/Pickle versions)!

• Morning stretches with Cass!

• Wake preparing for his first day of classes!

And that's not even half of them, so make sure you poke around to see the rest (Risa, thigh pillow Pickle, shirtless June, naked Ellie, oh my!!)

There's also a lot of fun stuff happening over on Pickle's brand new Patreon page. For those who may have missed my previous post about it, Pickle recently launched her very own page to share her mod creations. She makes what I genuinely believe are the highest quality hairs around if you're a Honey Select user like I am. Make sure to check her page out if you're interested or simply want to support the hard work she does—not only for the Honey Select community but for this game. She learned how to mod specifically so me and the Love by the Water girls and guys could have a rotating closet of wonderful hairs that perfectly match their personalities, and I'm super grateful.

We also have a few potential translations in development due to some kind people who have offered to help over in the Discord. It's a lot of work, but if it all works out we might be able to add Indonesian, Dutch, and Russian translations to the game (the first ones!). Making my game available in other languages has long been a goal of mine, but I'm uninterested in using AI to rush it, so this is really exciting for me. I'll keep you updated on how these go, and if you're interested in lending your multilingual talents to helping translate my game into another language, please feel free to contact me on Discord!

Personal/Misc.:

Other than that, I've been in good health and having a good time. Developing this game takes up most of my time (as a choice), so I don't have much to share concerning many recent interests, but I've been really enjoying the newest season of Jujutsu Kaisen, and I can't wait to play Resident Evil 9 (when it goes on sale LOL). I'm hoping that when I finish this update, I can spend some time replaying the RE remakes... I love that franchise and seeing all of the new stuff has been a lot of fun. RE4RE is my favorite game of all time, and I just love seeing Leon (and Grace!) everywhere.

Thank you so much for reading and for your support! I'll talk to you again soon!

cure