0.8 Dev Update 16
Hey, folks!
➡️v0.8.15 is in Early Access
We've finished Blair's Story ch. 20 event. It's a pretty big one, with new environments, new extras, and we've basically finished our move to Cycles with it.
It still took us way too long to finish a single event, considering that we started it early in the month. I promised to give you more details about the update and the general goings on in the EA post. So here they are.
Blender is being horrible.
Horrible
HORRIBLE
H O R R I B L E
When it comes to making story scenes. Some of it is our fault, we're still getting to grips with our custom tools, and we're being slow with environment work.
But even more of it is really not! We've encountered crashes, lighting issues, shadow issues, material issues, all kinds of issues while making this last event.
We've just updated to 5.2, which should be more stable and consistent. The new texture caching thing in cycles is supposed to help with VRAM issues. We've had to rent RTX PRO 6000s with 96 gigs of VRAM to successfully render this goddamn event. And it's not even a Special with 4k and VR versions or anything!
I mean, thanks to you all we can afford that, but it's a bit ridiculous to be in such a position. The older pipeline was sometimes very jank, but we've been successfully making scenes on, like, 8 gb graphics cards for seven years.
So yeah, I'm a bit pissed at the situation we find ourselves in right now, but it should get better. Eventually.
One thing which makes me happy is our new sex scenes.
I love the flexibility Blender gives us when it comes to animations. And we finally can have animated cumshots in all our scenes! We're currently only doing one "type" of ending per scene since simulations take a disproportionate amount of time. Eventually, I'd like us to return to making optional outside/inside variants.
Cause the cum looks pretty dang good now.
Anyway, that's all I have to say about .15 for now, so let's move on.
v0.8.16
Is currently in development, aiming to get the Alpha ready for next Friday. Don't really have much to show you yet, except for a tech development shot.
We're aiming to do two of girls' story events in the update, and hopefully one sex scene. Right now I feel much better about this update than I was feeling about the previous one, but we'll see how it goes.
What I am pretty certain is going to turn out great is the...
Upcoming Halloween Special
It's going to be so, so good.
Just look at it!
Look! You voted for Nun Lyriel, and you're getting her!
And maybe you're even getting more than just her.
What do I mean by that?
You'll have to wait and see!
But I'll definitely be posting more teasers through October. We've basically finished the costume and all its variations, the updated body sculpt and textures, and we're actively working on the poses, loops, endings, and all the good stuff.
So stay tuned for that!
Oh, and while we're at it, I regularly see folks asking why we are doing Specials instead of adding more content to the game. I think I actually already answered that before, but it bears repeating.
The main reason is, the Specials take very little time from those who do the game development part. The last few Specials were made by ➡️Horny Herring, and even if we wanted to steal all their animators and other specialists, we couldn't realistically absorb them. I guess we could just start making random animations which happen for whatever reason and plopping them into the game, but that doesn't sound like a very good idea to me. Otherwise, even older scene remasters require a lot of support work, and this is one of our current most important limiting factors.
And hey, you get really cool animations which are not bound by the House lore, graphics style, and other stuff!
While we're on this topic, don't forget that we have some...
Returning Specials
Available for you!
➡️Halloween Horrors Artbook
Your favourite scary movies, starring your favourite girls - what can be better for Spooky Season? 😈
And next week, Clown Rae is making a comeback as well. If you ➡️Pledge to Friend or ➡️Resident now, you'll be able to grab both soon!
And just like the upcoming Halloween Special, Clown Rae was made by
➡️Horny Herring
Our sister studio Horny Herring has a special gift for you! 30% off your first month on their top subscription tiers, with access to every animation in high quality, fully voiced and with rich sound design. On top of that, a bonus video featuring the lovely Burnice! You can download it via the link below 👇
PATREON CODE: HORNY
Every project they work on is a chance to experiment, push the quality higher and add new tricks.
Got a VR headset gathering dust on a shelf? Good news, there's a use for it 😉 Almost every animation comes with an 8K VR version.
Grab bonus animation with Burnice [ZZZ] here!
Download animation:
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Alright, that's probably enough of plugging our sister studio for now.
Enjoy the bonus,
And see you soon!