Hentai Academy: making it happen...

Happy new year, guys. Or hopeful new year, better said?

Some of you may have noticed I'm not updating Trello anymore and my activity on Discord has been very sparse.

Part of the reason was Christmas. It is a special time and family duty calls (even this past year).

The other part of the reason is that I'm not focusing my efforts on technical tasks like animation or feature implementation. Things I could show you and talk about at length.

Nope. Now I am writing.

The thing is, every game needs a plot and dialogues. And I've grown more and more uneasy and stressed about the fact that all this time I've had a general idea of how Hentai Academy will work out... but I didn't have a single line of dialogue written to that effect.

And, honestly speaking, I was turning hysterical about that lack of essence. I could have the best 2D models in the world, but they would be soulless constructs of a world existing only in my mind. The very underwhelming reaction to the model viewer demo was the ultimate proof of that.

So, I've decided to "make it happen". I've flipped some switches in my brain and now I am in creative-monk mode. Which, in my case, means that now I am an amateur writer.

I'm creating the text content for 0.1, with my sights put on the long term. Fixed characters are being designed and given a personality and motivations, a double-route for each is being imagined and shaped into a gradual progression, events are being pseudo-scripted and their dialogues are being written with special care to avoid redundancy and incoherence...

Not gonna lie... this should be made by just one person working full-time. But I don't have that luxury, and even if I had the resources I just know I wouldn't be fully happy with the results. In that sense, I highly empathize with AKABUR, the godfather of crowdfunded h-games who through the years has made true gems... only "slowly" as fuck from the PoV of many.

However... guys, I know I'm not going to blow out your mind with this statement but... taking a fantasy and make it "happen"? It's not easy.

I usually read suggestions like "You could do this, and then this could happen, and maybe then this other thing could happen...", and if I had a dollar thrown at me each time I've read the word "could", to encompass the fantasies, hopes, and even expectations of the people aware of this project... I wouldn't have financial issues by now.

But one thing is our brains fantasizing about complex worlds, which works at fucking light speed... and a very different matter is that brain sending signals to your hands to make it happen, even at a meager 10% of its imagined glory. Cyberpunk 2077 anyone...?

So, I've decided to retreat to the relative safety of my brain, and make the difficult act of believing in my imperfect self. I know 0.1 won't be liked by everybody and that is fine. But I can't lock myself into a never-ending cycle of doubting my design decisions and lose time in making the most vocal people aware of this project happy.

In short: I'm writing now something that will be loved by many, and be a disappointment for many. And that is fine.

It is fine because it will be REAL.

Thanks for reading and start the year with strength! ;-)

Early December update

Hi there!

This is a somewhat important post. I've decided to skip past the expanded version of the model viewer and go directly to make a 0.1 content version.

The main reason is that I have a growing feeling that people (in general) won't be impressed about how nicely the character and animation systems work, along with the auto-adjustments needed for so many heights and sizes each model can have.

And, to be honest, I didn't even have the intention to perfect those systems even before having some content for you guys to play. I think that if I go through with the fully-featured model viewer now, I'll be losing precious time and build the house by the roof.

So, I'm going to design important archetypical named NPCs and present them to you, focusing on the story instead of the game mechanics.

If you have suggestions on the looks and background of some character you've made with the model viewer and would like to see it in the game, you can post a screencap and a summary on the #biology_lab channel in our Discord server. I'm always happy to receive suggestions.

Thank you!

Late month report

So, from now on, I'll try to be a bit more informative on this platform.

It's been more than a week since I released the bare bones model viewer demo. And yeah, it didn't have the impact I would have liked after so much time of work. However, it's also true I didn't make proper effort in advertising it.

This was actually reaching out in a limited way to see what I could expect if I go to the big forums and make a decent post. So, as first impressions are important, I've decided to postpone that serious promotion until I add more eye candy to the demo.

I mean sex animations, of course.

I actually did that with LOKR, when I was just the animator at first, and we noticed a sharp increase in patrons. So let's try with a more direct approach.

However, as these models are so customizable, not only in body/clothing parts, but also sizes and height, I'll need to implement all the "auto-adjustment" functionality I thought I would be able to start to work on at a later time.

If you follow me in Trello you'll see what I mean. But, in a nutshell, I need to make sure I only need to make ONE animation per scene, and then the models auto-adjust their poses so their naughty bits match and align... that's tough. And I don't think anybody has done that in an amateur sex game. But it's a challenge I'm willing to take on.

You can take a look at what I mean in the video. I still need to make it even more accurate for when the time to make blowjobs come, lol.

Oh, and thank you to the people that has subscribed recently, and the ones that maintain their patience and trust in me.

Until next time, guys.

Model Viewer demo is out!

Download it here: https://bit.ly/HAcademyCharGen20Nov23