Dev Diary, November 4th, 2022 (Patreon)
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Holy crap. Is it November already?
Progress
My normal job demanded a bit extra this week, and that stole a few evenings of development. Luckily it doesn't happen too often - I think this is the third time over two and a half years of making this it has. From 2023 that's guaranteed to never ever be a problem ever again as you might know, I'm going full-time dev from January 1st.
Numbers are at 617 story renders, while animations had a week of a standstill at 1,701 frames.
Free Roams
I also took a deep dive into Ren'Py this week and started working on the free roams. I know there are split opinions about free roams in these games. Sometimes they more or less pause the story while adding some interactivity. I want them to serve a purpose in, and shape, the story. Try looking at it as a more advanced way of giving you a straightforward menu choice saying "1. Go to Jane" and "2. Go to Jill" - which can lead to some interesting experiences along the way to either "Jane" or "Jill" - if you reach any of them at all.
Re-Renders
Without getting all too technical, I talked earlier about changing the skin of everyone to pbr-shader. For some reason, I couldn't quite get one of the girls right, so I decided to switch back to sss-shader and redo all her renders. It matched well with my having to put in extra time at my normal job, as it was rendering while I was doing so.
Below are the two different versions, and I have to admit they are more alike than I thought they were, but still, I would love to hear your comments if you prefer the light lipstick one or the dark. At least I'll know if I did the right thing in re-rendering them. :) - and yeah, it's a gif, so rip quality.
4090 - again...
Also got the third 4090 this week, and what do you know... I just can't get two of them into one cabinet! All the connectors at the bottom of the motherboard are in the way of the lower card. I do suspect that these connectors are not all needed or have alternative ports they can connect to (front USB panel, CPU fan, power/reset button, lights, etc), so I'll give it another more serious try with the motherboard diagram in hand one day.
Anyway, we have another weekend ahead of us. Make it a nice one, and stay safe out there.
// Drifty