HighbornTiger

Guys. Do you need to be a member to view my public Patreon-Posts? Someone recently shared a post of another dev which talked about something interesting, but when I clicked on it, Patreon didn't let me view it unless I became a member of this guy's Patreon. Okay, fine. I became a member. I wanted to

Hey guys, I wanted to write this post since Sunday, but I never really got around to do it. So Tueseday it is. First of all, someone was a very naughty boy and leaked the last update on the day I put it up on Patreon. That's not cool. I have a suspicion that it might have been that one guy who went

Did you notice how last Dev Update there was no preview render attached but simply a screenshot of my ToDo List? People that have been here for a long time know, this means that I haven't made a Render for the next update yet. Now, fear not! While this might have been the case three weeks ago, it's

Once upon a time, there was always the issue that after an Update I couldn't write Dev Updates for a while because I don't have any new renders to show you guys. So with that being said, don't get your hopes up. The render that's on top of this post is an old one that can be seen in my other game, A

It's been a while since I last wrote a proper Development Update. Actually, it doesn't feel like that at all. At this point I've written too many of them to get out of practice. I'm sure even in ten years you could wake me from a drunken slumber and I'd write you some solid lines. I was hoping to fi

Here, with perfect timing. The first of December. Soon people will talk about christmas. Do you believe me when I tell you, I've only heard Last Christmas once this year? Sometime in September when a Radio tried to be funny. Ever since I've been skillfully avoiding any potential sources. Ah, that al

My computer is currently creating the render that comes with this post. I'm feeling a bit cozy and yeah... that image goes pretty well with that feeling of mine. I like the quiet and mundane atmosphere. Also the people up to date with the story might look at this image in a different light. I've bee

Next week I have my last exam for the semester. I'd love to tell you that it's over after this, but I'm afraid things will drag out a bit further. But I can at least promise that it will get better. The last few updates have all taken me a while to produce. I usually give myself 1-3 months for every

I'm actually writing this post the same evening I wrote my last post. You might think I'm a cheeky little bastard, and you might be right. Thinking back, I've always been ambitious with my stories. When I started writing, I did so in english even though at that point I was on the verge of failing en

Hey everyone, I hope you're doing great. ^^ Aurora also hopes you're doing great. She is clearly in a good mood. Her give away is that her eyes aren't on fire. Yesterday, I set up a lot of renders + 2 short animations. My computer rendered for about 16 hours straight. Mind you, I have an RTX4090 and

Yesterday I wrote something wholesome. Today I wrote somthing depraved. One scene; two choices. Can you guess which choice involves Tracy, and which involves Sue? I know I said the text for the next update is finished. Ijust thought this scene needed to be added. It makes the whole thing more fun. I

Good morning everyone. I managed to create a couple of renders. Some of you might have already seen one of them. I posted it on Discord in the preview channel. It's not the one that comes with this post. Just before I started writing this dev update, I had an idea that would fit perfectly into the s

There is no progress. To be more accurate, there is basically no progress. I'm heading into an exam phase, so don't expect too much from the next three weeks either. I'll probably do some renders, I might write some stuff here and there, but especially to the end of a release I need to lock in for a

I have some good and some bad news. Because I hate to leave you on a positive note, I'll start with the good news. I'm just about done writing Episode 5.5. That's not too impressive, since I already wrote some of it before doing the renders for the last update. But it's a good start. We are currentl

It's been a hassle to get the image accompanying this post to work. I'm not at home where all my usual files are. All I have is a portable hard drive with the latest version of A Foreign World. It's called A Foreign World - Ep5 - v0.10.2 btw. I hope you don't mind some light teasing :D Anyway, I com

I'm dead! I think I'm dead! But I'm also so fucking happy. Earlier today I finished the last scene and I'm now waiting for my computer to give me the images. Then it's only image editing, some coding, translations, music, and beta testing. It's still going to be a while until Episode 5 will come out

Who wants to play a game of guess that ass? ^^ I'll leave it like that. Hopefully it's not a hard one. Post your guess in the comments. We are back to regular schedule. I'm doing my renders, and you are patiently waiting for me to announce the relese date of the next update. Well... I wish you bette

My last dev update was born out of frustration. I didn't manage to publish a release in 4 months and it was bugging me. That's why I phrased things in a way that left people feeling pity/worried for me. Here... I said it. But why did I say it? That's a good question. I'm not very happy with most, if

A Foreign World is way too fucking long. I love it and I'm here for it (same as you), but I'm at a point where I have to rethink some of my strategies. For example, whenever I'm uncertain on how to progress the story, or I lack inspiration for the renders, I tell renpy to extract the dialogue, and I

Have you ever seen anything as beautiful as the world reflected in Tracy's eyes? Probably, right? I for my part had to think for a bit until I remembered something I saw that was on the same level. I would tell you about it, but you wouldn't be able to get it. Only as I try expressing it right now,

It's the middle of January. The perfect time for a longing gaze towards the outside world. I don't know about you, but where I live, it's a beautiful day. And as long as you can observe it from somewhere inside, you're not at risk of freezing to death. So If you don't hear from me for at least two m

Is it a trust fall between Tracy and MC? Who knows? I don't. That's for sure. At least, I wouldn't tell you, even if I knew. Jokes aside, I had trouble picking an image to use for this dev update, since they are almost all NSFW! But this is to be expected in an AVN. Just because the story has a bit

I'm writing this today, because I realize that I won't have access to my new renders for 3-4 days. It's like I'm at a place somewhere in Germany, and my computer is coincidentally not in that place. To be honest, it's not a big deal, there are only 22 Renders anyway. And yes, that's about as much as

Life starts to get busy once more. I'd like to think that I will still find more than enough time to work on the game, but we will see. Fact is, I now have a priority (with unknown time consumption) that's higher up then game development. This means that there will be weeks where I can't work on the

It's been a while! Sorry about that. Things have been progressing steadily but there was nothing big enough to reminded me of writing another dev update. Btw, Slick Bean, can you please text me if you were trying to piss people off with this post? I think it's hilarious, and I really hope you forgot

Are you all sitting down? No? Well, it can't be helped. Try not to faint, then. Since finishing Episode 3.5, I've not only written a bit over 12,000 words, I also did over 50 renders for Episode 4. ^^ For refference. That's a good months worth of creativity I was able to muster up, there. Since the

Good news. I've already finished 170 renders, 173 after dinner. Bad news (or good news in disguise), Episode 3.5 will need about 300 renders and not just 220 as I predicted before. Fantastic news, I finally have time to work on the game again. Well, I've already picked up the pace again over the las

Have you heard about daydreams and that they can be used by writers as tools to show the reader a glimps of what's going on in a characters head? Me neither... Well, I heard about it. The first time I saw it in a VN I absolutely hated it. - I didn't understand it - I didn't care for what it wanted t

The week is over. Current status: 80/220 renders. By the way, I'm guessing the number 220. It could be that I only need 180 or even 240 renders for this release. I never counted, so take it with a grain of salt. As always I feel like the renders I'm creating for the next update are the best I ever m

Hey guys, I've started doing renders for the next update, which basically means that I'm done writing the first draft. One of the images I created earlier today is now attached to this post. There is no postwork done ion the render yet, but I already like the image quite a bit. Yesterday I spent my

I never knew that weeks could be so short. This one sentence pretty much sums up everything. Usually, it's the weekends that save me. That's when I can go all out and push forward the development of my games, but currently, I'm even busy on weekends. The next one is no exception. Luckily, the Steam

Hello everybody, Today, the render accompanying this post won't find its way into the game. I just want to lead with that, or some people might try to figure out which girl it is. Spoiler, she is working in a bakery. The reason why I'm still going to use it for this post is simple. It's the only ren

This Monday, everybody will be able to read this post. Coincidentally, that is right around the time I'll release Episode 3 and who would have thought but there is also a 20% discount for A Foreign World on Steam. For everybody that isn't a Patreon: If you're reading this and haven't bought A Foreig

It's the first of April, which means you might have already read a bunch of non-serious posts by other developers. It might be refreshing to hear that this isn't one of them. I'm glad to say that if I ever want to pull a prank on my audience, I wouldn't limit myself to just this one day in the year.

Thank you for the friendly reminder, Saphfire. Yes, there is some news, but it isn't a release announcement yet. I'm working on both, A Foreign World and A Familiar World. I added one image each to this post. In the second one is Monique. Can you spot her? I wrote about 6.000 words for the next A Fo

Don't mind the image that comes with this post. I bought myself a new asset to create announcement images. What the image is saying is true, though. I published A Foreign World on Steam exactly one week ago. You might be wondering how it's going. One week. I should be able to tell you if A Foreign W

Hope your imagination is running wild with this preview image. I've finished 108 renders, and when I scanned through them just now, I couldn't find a good one that wasn't spoiling too much. That's why you're left with this one. Maybe someone can guess in which room this render was created. You've al

Oh, it's been a beautiful week. I've been posting daily on all my social media channels, and the only thing that seems to have worked for me is Reddit. Everything else might help A Foreign World in the long run, but I doubt it will pick up before its release in February. As it stands now, I want to

We are getting close! I should clarify that. We are getting close to the first half of Episode 2. I mentioned it in my last dev update. The next release will be about 8,200 words long. It will include over 150 images, and I will personally remove any sandbox element from the game. It only took 20 co

I'm back to rendering! Usually, after a release, I need to start writing the next episode, and then I have to procrastinate for a day to have a new image for my Dev Update post. Not today! The script is not done, but I'm about 90% in. I think that's good enough to start rendering. The next release i

I want to finish and release the Pilot Episode of A Foreign World this month. Why? Because it's been long enough, hasn't it? By now, I have already put up a steam store page for the game. While we are at it, please put my game on your wishlist. The more wishlists I can accumulate before going into e

Cover up, young lady! The MC doesn't say it, though. The sentiment is only implied in the imagery that goes along with the dialogue. Now Esther (the one on the left) is wearing one of your jackets so she doesn't walk around the house half naked. I fear that I will alienate some of my audience with a

I made a mistake! I started reading 'Classroom of the Elite', and I can't stop. It's an awesome story, but after 13 Volumes, the lewdest thing that happens is a single kiss. It might not be the kind of story people reading this post will enjoy. Other than that, I can firmly recommend this light nove

Look at these beauties. The images that go along with this post are way better than I intended for them to be, but that's good. I can use this to talk a bit about the art of my upcoming game. Playing With Fire had a resolution of 1280x720, which isn't bad, but it also doesn't stand out. I was lookin

Two weeks have gone to past since I announced my new game. For everyone that hasn't seen it, I described the plot here. Now, about two days ago, I finished writing the story. It topped off at 15.700 words. That's a lot, but there is a lot of plot to set up, so it's necessary. The one thing that worr