September Update (Patreon)

Hey Gearheads!
(An update on the 1st of the month, how about that!)

The current goal is still consistency and transparency with a focus on bringing in new people and keeping the current folks.  To that end we're beefing up the format of the monthly update a bit.  

Here's the release schedule for the month:

• Sept 6th - Space Station Update
• Sept 13th - VR Video
• Sept 20th - POV Release
• Sept 27th - New Animation Preview

*Aside from these, some other things should be peppered in like polls, resources, WIPs (especially on discord) and other little goodies as time permits.

The Retention Bonuses have kicked off and I've started reaching out to you guys about claiming yours.  Everyone who qualifies for a release bonus, should have received a message from me.  You can reply to that message with your selection or any questions.  If you didn't get a message or just want to know your status, feel free to reach out as well.

The Mini Date Nights will take quite a bit longer to get out, since we're creating new content for each one.  Those will be sent out in the order of the request, so if your up for that feel free to jump in line on that as well.  No need to worry about missing out though.  I'm tracking everyone's status and if your up for the bonus, I'll reach out to you even if you don't message me first.  I'll keep a minimum of 5 of those in the queue at a time.  If or when I dip below that I'll reach out to the next person in line.

As a reminder the retention, there are going to be a ton of qualifying date nights, so the retention bonuses will be for active patrons.  That is the whole point of the special after all lol.

The VR Fap Hero crossover release was an interesting project.  It was our first go at Fap Hero and are really curious what you guys thought about it.  If you liked it and want to see more be sure to let us know.  It was fun enough that we'll work on another here and there, but the less attention it gets, the more time there'll be between releases.

We've made some great progress with our model workflow.  One of you reached out to me about the anime game Koikatsu.  Specifically the fact that it has a character builder and pre-made characters for popular shows and games in the anime style similar to ours.  So we began testing it as a potential model source and the preliminary tests are successful.  

We've gotten the models through 3/4 of our production workflow and are optimistic about getting them through that last push.  That means more character choices and I mean a LOT more.  Just in the week or two since we began looking into this we have 1800 new character options.  We're talking characters from Dragonball, Fate, My Hero Academia, Naruto, One Piece, Pokemon, Nintendo, maids and anthros, just to name a few.  Oh and schoolgirls.  Lots and lots of school girls.

Another benefit of this system is it could give an all new opportunity to a date night.  You could put together the waifu of your dreams and then we could bring her into VR for you with the benefit of an easy access system and English support.

We're still pounding away at the date nights for the awesome folks at that tier and between them working in the mini date nights.  We'll be rolling both out as soon as they're ready though losing our programmer has slowed us down a bit as he also helped a large deal with the POV experiences.

We're still making progress though and the new characters options are really exciting.

We also managed to have a tiny bit left in last months budget for some voice work.  It was just enough to get two new positions voiced as well as something for the RWBY Trainer.

The voice work we we're able to add in is for Salem's intro speech.  It should really help to flush out the scene.  We've also been working on the 2nd location where the interaction happens.  We're bringing back the weiss tentacle mini game, Ruby strapped to the bed and a few extras sprinkled around the area.  The goal is to make it a lewd BDSM playground of sorts.  That's sandbox for you gamer types lol.

The basic controller interaction is already built in.  Once we've gotten it tested we'll be looking to add in teleportation and controller touch interaction.  We're also working on way to incorporate those touch controls for keyboard and mouse / non VR users.

The Space Station will be getting more performances for sure.  The goal is also to get teleportation in as a movement option.  We're also still heavy into our AI research and planning the build out for the space station to make the world feel more "lived in".

We're at a pretty big hurdle atm with the AI system, but we've slowly been putting a lot fo the pieces in place and once we cross the hurdle we'll be looking at some really cool as things start to take shape.

Thanks again for all the support and another great month.  We're starting out the month at a struggle to keep the support levels up, but we're still here and as long as we are we'll keep pushing forward and keep getting good stuff out to you guys,