Dev Diary, September 24th, 2021
Got some things to address this week, so let's jump right into it.
Leap of Faith is no longer a public (free) release
After 18 months of being a free release, I had to move the Leap of Faith release behind a paywall. This is a direct result of things outside my control, and it's something I had to do to continue using Patreon as a platform. Because of it, chapter 1-6 is now available for every patreon, starting at $1.
Future releases
Chapter 7 (and most likely the 8th and final one), it will be released for the $10 tier and upwards on release date, with the patch being available for the $5 tier the following week.
Steam release?
Chapter 7 will be available on Steam. I'm hoping it will ready for release date, but if not, at least close to it. It's going to be a tough one, due to all the preparations with testing, remastering some scenes, adding achievements, getting approved and so forth, but hopefully. Chapter 8 will be added to it as an free update when it's ready.
The Cece figurine
The Cece figurine competition will be held on Steam release day (whether it's on the actual release date or later). More details when we're getting closer to release. For those of you that are new patreons, this is the mentioned figurine.
Guest appearance
I'm happy to say there will be another guest appearance from another VN in chapter 7. I've had a nice talk with the developer of that game, where we came up with some great ideas for shenanigans. It's going to be a fun one.
Overall weekly progress
This has been one of those weeks where the amount of work done doesn't really transpire into numbers. There aren't a lot of hospital assets for Daz, and also, they don't really work that well together. I had to make my own version of them in order to progress scenes naturally from location to location. In addition to that, the mentioned scene contains 9 different versions, with all the cast of LoF - including the buildup to a new surprise ending. So there was a lot of posing and setup, and less rendering. Thankfully, it's all done now and I can move on to less demanding scenes. Render totals for now are at 187, and animations frames are still at 1,306.
That it for this week. Have a nice weekend, and stay safe out there.
Comments (13)
Stupid people suck!
Oh yes I realize that hence why I said also, I was talking more about Steam rules stating that you can't sell your game cheaper elsewhere. I've had several projects I backed in these last few months this has happened to, and I just can't justify paying all the new prices so I've decided to stop backing them on Patreon more out of necessity than anything.
It's unfortunate, but it's the way it is. I've seen devs having to do this recently also because of Steams anti competition rules.
A shame you had no problem holding off on those plans for all those long months, but hey, money talks, right? Hope it will pay off, story you made is good, but this stunt should be beneath you... Either way, valuable lesson learned.
I would love to give you a good answer, but I'm not sure what plans you are referring to. The game was free for 18 months, at which point I was forced to put it behind a paywall. I don't see how that classifies as 'money talks'.
Well, no problem here, so far it would be worth it. But i have to say... iam a little bit sad to learn that there will only be 8 chapters in total. So overall it will be a rather short story, short but intensive i would say. But better a little bit short than filled with pontless crap just to milk it. There are so many AVNs out there with over 50% of pointless content, every line so far from Leap of faith is just worth it. Only 2 chapters left... :( Do you already know if youre going to start antoher project in maybe 1 year or so after LoF is done?
I take that as a very good compliment, as any story you want more of is a good story. But LoF was never meant to be a long story, and as you mentioned, a story that drags on tend to tip in to soap opera where there's little to no progress every release. I'll be sad when I pack up the last chapter, but also excited to start on my next one which is already mapped out. It won't be LoF, but I think it will be a good one. :)
So $1 supporters should either unsub or upgrade to $5? After that last chapter? But hey, you can buy this figurine of the character I killed off? Can you guess which way I'm leaning?
Sorry for not catching on to what you mean. I'll try to answer to the best of my abilities. 1. The final full game will not be available for $1. The next and penultimate chapter might be, as a patch. I have to clarify some things with Steam first. 2. Nobody's killed off. Check out the latest sneak peak video on my youtube channel. 3. The figurine is not for sale. It's a prize for a competition which anybody that wants to, can enter.
Then 1$ tier like me would have to wait another week after 5$ tier ?
The way it is written currently 1$ Tier will not receive the next releases. which is a pity because it means that anyone with a German Steam account will not even get to buy it there.
Just a question pertaining to the future releases, does this mean that anyone not supporting you at 5$ or above will not get the next chapters?
Unfortunately, the $1 tier will not have access to the full completed 8 chapter long Leap of Faith. When it comes to the next and penultimate chapter, I have not yet taken a decision of if, or when, it will be available. There are some things I will have to clarify with Steam as well.