I might pull my pants down (Devlog 27/04/2026)
Hey guys!
So, yeah, it's been a while since I write here... I'm still here, alive, and 𝚐̶𝚘̶𝚘̶𝚗̶𝚒̶𝚗̶𝚐̶ grinding.
Damn, even after all these times, writing on Patreon still makes me nervous😅 But I'm always active on Discord, so if you guys have any questions or just want to talk to me, discord is where I'm mostly spend my time! \(>,<)/
Alright, speaking of the development of chapter 3, I'll be frank with y'all, I kinda shoot myself in the foot. While it feels great to work with an Nvidia GPU now (shoutout to you guys!), but now I found myself in a new kind of hell. Well, maybe none of you guys think like this, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦. But in my mind, I just can't help to have this thought in my head "You already have an upgrade on the GPU now, so how can your renders still shit?"
So I was really trying to "upgrade" the way I do my renders, since I already got the "upgrade". I constantly remaking my chapter 3 renders, and last thing I know, I'm sitting here with hundreds of "trash renders".
I shouldn't spend that much time for every single in-game renders, I know that 1000%. I still have the urge to always remaking, but I manage to get through that and I'm slowly moving forward now. (T_T)
Now the progress are slowly getting better. I'm still trying to find the right workflow. I tried to keep up with the likes of Batman, MisterMaya, Tako, or Pink, but they're a fucking machine I can't even reach half of their pace. So now I'm trying to keep it stable with the goal of 10 renders a day, which I still missed here and there. (I know, I'm so ass at this :D)
Well, that is a pretty long yap, so here some sneak peek instead (≖⩊≖)
I hope these sneak peek are nice enough for you guys, what do you think? Do you see the improvement? If not then I'm gonna oil up and bury my head down to the ground. (UwU)
Jokes aside, I want to thank you all for supporting me and sticking by throughout this journey. I know I'm very lacking on so many aspects, but I promise to try to improve myself to deliver the best version of Past Tense for y'all!
Also, ya boy is getting old today... And I got something on the way for you all, stay tuned! <3
I love you all, stay cool and oily.
-Howie.
Comments (4)
Yep. Creating is fun. Writing is not. Creating makes you cool, for a little. Writing can make you rich. Creating makes you crazy. Writing makes you introspective. And neither one makes the real difference. I'm with rannmiumec on this. Perfect never exists, but if you have the storyline and organization dialed then good enough is perfect enough. It's the way your characters communicate, the emotion in their words and facial expressions in the renders that convey what they're saying. That's what sells it. And how the player feels about it at the end is very important, too. I know it sucks, but 90% of your success will come in renders that concentrate on what's above their shoulders! LOL. I did 10 years with Bethesda. Learned how, why and when. And one thing is always true regardless of everything else. If the player isn't sold on the characters' emotional state it doesn't matter how great their tits are, or whether the make up has the right shadow or the dagger etching is 4K!
Damn.. Yeah, you're right... I was thinking about that way too much to the point that it's not healthy. I was re-rendering a scene more than 4 times just because I couldn't get the light bounce the way I wanted. And like you said, it makes me a little crazy.
Striving for perfection is a waste of time. Go for good enough and it's going to be fine. The renders in previous chapters did their work, no reason to think the new ones won't :D
Yeah, bro... I hope that I can put that on my chest. It's just that my mind is always double and triple guessing everything I do and then this keeps happening :'(