Rauko

With the impending release of Chapter 3 https://www.patreon.com/rauko/posts/chapter-3-165744141), this is the change log for various features Some of these might have been mentioned before but all good to get the full list of changes to the functionality Added Auto-Forward button Re-enabled "Skip" f

Just a follow on from last week .. Chapter 2 will be removed from the servers at the weekend ready for .. yeah, alright .. Chapter 3 to be uploaded. So last shout if you want Chapter 2 now : https://www.patreon.com/rauko/posts/behind-curtain-1-106483057 There's still a few little tidbits that need s

At some time over the next week or so I'll be clearing the decks on the storage sites that currently hold Chapters 1 and 2 of Behind The Curtain. In fact, the Chapter 1 files will probably just be replaced with the very current latest version of Chapter 1 .. but at some point shortly I will be remov

Yes, you read that right .. Chapter 3 is finished in the "everything that was planned to be done has now been finished, completed, packaged up and ... " Well, can nearly finish that sentence. As mentioned in the last post I had an issue with a few animations because Master Bug Discoverer found an is

I've actually done something I've never done before in the last week or so: Found a couple of bona fide bugs in Daz that have been .. bugging .. me for a short while You may .. or may not .. be aware that Daz 6 has launched of late. And so like anybody into this - I've went away and tried it out. Th

As the title says .. Finally, all PLANNED renders for Chapter 3 are now complete. Done. Finished I was hoping to post you the final image but it's a bit spoiler heavy, so I've instead decided to post an image of a frog disguised as a cat instead. I hope you understand why. I do want to draw your att

And still we work on the final scene of Chapter 3 .. I mentioned in a post last time out about a full playthrough of the entirety of Chapter 3 is now playable, but I now just had to sort out the narrative branches and follow important threads through to their conclusion. And that still is the case.

Over the last couple of days I have, for the first time, played through the entirety of Chapter 3 from beginning to end. Well. I say "the entirety" .. Let's put a little disclaimer on that. What I mean by that is that there is now a version of Chapter 3 that exists that allows a player to play throu

I'm balls deep into the final scene of Chapter 3 at the moment. I know I mentioned starting it a few weeks back but I did have a detour or two along the way where I had to go back to add a scene or two earlier into Chapter 3 to address a couple of things that had been left hanging and needed either

Bah! Forget about my socks story. I've done something! Two actual Dev Logs in succession must be something of a record for me which .. might .. mean something significant. Then again. Maybe not. Time will tell. After a suggestion by somebody (who will remain nameless to protect his modesty) shortly

Can you believe it? An actual, bona fide, Dev Log. Not some ramble where I'm telling you where I'm going away for a break or how one of my cat's done a whoopsie in a plant pot A real .. dyed in the wool .. Dev Log One minor complaint from earlier releases was limited number of save slots available f

I've had a comment. So - I'll address it here. Is the length of time taking for Chapter 3 too long? Absolutely. I completely agree. Not only for you guys - but for me, too. It's eating up way more of my time that I anticipated. So I'm going to spell out here why that's the case Image Creation and Re

A milestone has finally been reached! Let's take AutoPlay as a guide. Yes. I know some people will play through slower, read slower and maybe take their time over choices and decisions. And I know some people will just button mash to get through to the next set of tits on screen and won't take much

Hey there - hoping everybody is well and you all had a good Christmas and New Year. Work continues on Behind the Curtain, as it should - although I will admit to a little break over the Christmas period as I hinted at in my last Dev post. It wasn't a complete break as I was doing little bits and her

I mentioned in my last Dev Log that I'd be off to Amsterdam for a few days and so I went, had a spiffing time and came back home a week or so a go. I'd got to work on a new scene before I went and made a little headway into it before jumping on the aero-plane to the Red-Light .. errm .. museums and

I'm not too ashamed to admit that I occasionally hit a bit of a burn out when I'm devving Behind The Curtain. Doing something like this is a huge commitment and more so when it's just one commitment amongst others. I've got half a dozen areas where I doing things .. this, my YouTube channel, general

Sit down. Take a deep breath. In. Out. In. Out. Compose yourself. Are you ready? We're on the home straight. I can see the finish line. As things stand there a FIVE scenes left to be written and rendered. Yes, they'll still be tidy work to do afterwards. Still have to go back and add the odd animati

After however long developing Behind The Curtain - it finally had to happen. I'm in the middle of creating the biggest pain in the ass scene I've ever had to do in devving BtC .. Everything that can go wrong .. is going wrong. First of all : Lighting It's a club scene. Most of the lighting comes fro

Ordinarily speaking - we create a scene, move things and people around - press render - and voila, we end up with a gazillion images that we can stitch together and connect with some words and we end up with a Visual Novel. If we're lucky - we get some naughty bits out of the end of it also. But som

Before I get round to telling you where we're at - I'll tell you where I've been. I've had a little break away the past week or so to recharge the batteries and so took a visit to Rome. Never been before - always wanted to. So figured I'd keep the Mrs happy and gave her a little holiday. Fortunately

More scenes for Chapter 3 ticked off the list - but sometimes .. sometimes .. you wish there could be more. I started a new scene last week. It's not a big one - certainly not compared to some of the others done lately. It's also a stand alone scene without any branching (other than a couple of line

Ohhhh. This is an actual development log rather than me just rambling on about nonsense. Let’s talk about your relationships. No! Not the one with your Mrs or your fella. Leave that to daytime talk shows. I’m on about the relationships in game towards our four main characters. I’ve deliberately kept

So we've hit February and things are cranking up. I'm probably back to 75% of where I want to be after my work enforced break at the back end of '24. If anybody follows me on Twitter (or X), for instance, then you'll probably notice my output over there has dropped off this last couple of weeks as m

Patreon is playing funny buggers. I still should have membership payments on hold. As much as I am "getting back into the swing" - I'm still a good way off getting back into the groove fully after my work absence and copious amounts of beer over Christmas and New Year. So the Patreon SHOULD still be

Yeah! You read that right! A scene has been completed! So why the big cheer for such a minor achievement? Well, a few things really. It's Scene 1!!! Although - to be fair - this single scene consists of about 4, maybe 5, different components. Even though I'm calling it "Scene 1" - it's more accurate

The next few days before release are going to be about 2 things: 1 - Testing. Testing. Testing. 2 - Finishing a few achievement renders. So what are these? Well, call them what you want : Achievements. Trophies. Gallery Images. Unlockables. Or whatever fancy name you want to call them. When playing

Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of Behind The Curtain will release THIS week to Soldier tier patrons and above with the general release of Chapter 1 coming later for everybody else. So if you want to get on early - then now is the time! Become a Patron and support the development of Behind The Curtain right

Woohoo! Chapter 1 is now fully complete. All the renders done. All the tidying up done. The script is tight as a nuns wotsit. All the coding is clear of bugs (I think) and complete for this chapter and future chapters. It's even sitting on a server somewhere waiting for you all to download and play

I’ve had a bit of development dilemma over the last few weeks (an argument could be made that it’s been over the last couple of months!!) As you know – my plan all along had been to release the free Chapter 1 and then have Chapter 2 ready to go for those who wanted more and who wanted to support the

I'm back in the final clean up stages on Chapter 2 of Behind The Curtain. When this is finished then both Chapter 1 and 2 will be available on day 1 of release. So .. we're getting closer. One issue I've had this week is one of the characters has hair problems. Specifically - her hair caused everyth

Relationships are an important part of life and therefore it stands to reason that relationships are important in Behind The Curtain. As the game progresses and you’re faced with choices and decisions that will shape and mould the story – those choices and decisions will also shape the relationships

Behind The Curtain is a story of choices and the inevitable consequences of those choices – both good and bad. These choices can affect relationships within the story and also shape the way the narrative unfolds as you play through. As such it’s important when faced with a choice that is has meaning

Just because Behind The Curtain is an adult game with some naughty pictures and videos - doesn't mean you'll have to be left out if you're not into that sort of smut. On game start the player gets to choose an option on how they want to play the game when it comes to such things : Censored, Softcore

Big thanks to those who've supported me this last few months despite me not updated these pages as often as I would like to. Stuff just keeps getting in the way. Anyway .. I have news! I'll soon be making changes to Patreon. Don't worry. Nothing much will change your end and the current Tiers won't