Dev Blog #021


This past few weeks have been very been quite mixed, I’ve had a lot of variation, which is always good.
PoD Update
Let's start off with a PoD update shall we, I’m sure this is what you all read these for. I emailed Thor’s Hamster the other day saying I had finished the complete script for Chapter 1. I started reading it back backwards, yeah I know makes no sense. However, it was a recommendation from my mum. I feel she was right the disconnect from the ‘flow’ can be jarring which I think allowed my brain to not read what it thought it had written. Turns out that creative inspiration hit me and I had made the last “two” scenes two times longer and needed to change conversations elsewhere. I’m still going through this process, continuity is important for a story and this is basically what this process is. Now do I think Thor is going to have an easy job proofing this? Hell no! The cheeky bugger already said most Devs he proofs for are between 200-300 corrections whereas I am between 700-1000!
The scene that caused all of this creative inspiration was a bonus scene for the Extra Edition of the game, and it isn’t even a lewd one. I had so much fun writing this, I enjoyed it so much that I had to send it over to Thor’s Hamster ASAP. It is the first scene that Seven and One to Six are all in the same scene and I just think it’s a great little scene.
I also mentioned in late 2022 that ‘The Pursuit of Desire' didn’t really match the story anymore and that I was contemplating a change of name. I have definitely settled on the new name, but you will have to wait. I have to create all the new branding; banners, logos, promo images etc and I think I’ll promote this around two weeks before the release of Chapter 1.
Toolbox Talks, Blender & Daz Store
Most of you are aware I have created a new Patreon account for those of you who wish to support me in creating the custom assets I have been making. I’ve been having a boatload of fun doing this and Nate’s (MC’s) House is looking incredible. It has honestly surpassed my expectations, I just love it. I have started to create the kitchen for it; I have made the individual units fully rigged, so doors and drawers will open! The best thing is, these kitchen units are also individual assets so that means when I release them you could create your own custom kitchen layouts! You can check out the post here if you are interested in some renders of the new house.
Blender learning curve has been pretty steep but I think I’ve taken to it like water off a duck's back. My workflows are actually quite smooth, when I learn something new I go back and incorporate it, this means that sometimes I am a lot slower but the end result is really worth it. Now, I don’t do any modelling in Blender, yet, but I will do it at some point in the very near future. This is going to take some learning so I’ll be doing this when I need a change of pace, at the moment I am in full flow with the kitchen and script.
Another thing to note is I filled in an application to become a Daz Professional Artist. I decided to give it a shot, I won’t be making all my assets available on Daz Store, some will remain available only on Patreon. I expect that there will be some Terms and Conditions I’m hoping they won’t put too many restrictions on what I can or where I can sell my content. As I see it Patreon is for support, and Daz is for selling, so I’d hope a slight rewording would be all that’s needed. I’ll keep you all updated on Snowy 3DS, so head over there and follow my page or join Discord.
Anyway, I am going to leave it at that today. I’ve had a pretty hectic weekend, there was some family drama (not involving me), and my daughters were in need of some serious retail therapy. Me being the dutiful dad took them shopping, where they can indulge in their favourite pastime, spending my money. It was several hours walking the halls of purgatory, waiting outside fitting rooms, and eating cakes and oh and not to mention having to pass comments on the things like picked up. As you can imagine I felt like had walked over a bed of nails and today my tank is running on vapours.
Snowy