*April Update* (Patreon)
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Hey Gearheads!
(spoiler alert, no April Fools Jokes)
March was a hugely significant month. The Velma x Daphne animation finally came out. and the community has decided on the next project to feature My Hero Academia, in which Ochaco and Midoriya will be entering the frey. The main positions that you guys voted on are Cowgirl, Missionary and Blowjob. I've worked out an art collab deal with Naysayer our animator for this project, which has drastically increased the speed of production and we already have the first two animations are done. The first is below and I'll be showing you guys the 2nd preview soon. Just like before if resources allow I'll try to stretch past the 3 animations, though Velma x Daphne was pretty hefty to manage and without the extra could have come out a couple of months earlier, so I'll play it by ear.
(wip of 1st anim)
Link Changes
The archive links have moved to the welcome message. Now you have access to it whenever you want by clicking the membership tab from the home page. It's also in the pinned archive post along with pictures, just to make it that much easier to find and I'll have it linked in the posts going forward. You can go there now with THIS LINK. Everyone will see a message based on their support level with the appropriate links.
This is partially due to streamlining and futureproofing with a touch of drama thrown in. Also due to a major change needed with our previous cloud provider. I originally choose Sync, because it has doesn't a history of randomly and/or ruthlessly deleting content like Mega does. However, at the capacity and bandwidth at which we're using Sync, another flaw has been revealed. Some links randomly stop working, which is kinda worse and the team hasn't been responsive on the issue. So we're dropping Sync in favor of a Mega/Dropbox setup. Mega will be the new main archive and Dropbox will be the backup. It was going to be the other way around, but Dropbox has been doing some weird stuff too, so it'll require further investigation first. In the meantime, it'll serve well enough as a backup. I'm also considering GoFile but not sure how that would work large scale, but it'll be next if Dropbox falls through or if it proves to be superior to Mega.
So I'll be spending this month going through the previous VR video posts and changing the links to the archive starting from newest to oldest. To simplify things I think only the website and the current/last months releases will have direct links and the rest will go to the archive. That should help prevent dead links until things get settled, but if you run into one while things are getting shuffled around, check the archives instead.
Other Big Changes
Along with a bit of extra friction (i.e. 1 additional click for downloads), some additional and significant changes have been made to what content you have access to and how. The biggest is the new unlimited Discount tier. Full access is $20 which includes all VR videos, desktop videos, past and future gaming content. The limited early bird tier has the same access for half the price and new slots open periodically. We've gone from 50 slots to 175 over time and are opening up additional slots soon to help alleviate stress from the link changes. The new tier is $8 or 60% off the main tier. It's the more casual option or preview option as it includes tons of our regular animations, i.e. 1 position. You can also request 1 video from the archive to be added while it's being flushed out. Right now there are 75 of our 300 animations in it, so it'll keep you busy for a while. You can stay on that tier whether debating to go all in, for financial reasons, or hang out there while waiting for an early bird slot to open.
Lots of options!
As the animations become more complex and involved the file sizes have gotten bigger too. So we adding 3 new video formats. One is the mobile version. It's compressed down as small as we can get it so you don't have to deal with file sizes in the GB range. That'll help for standalone playback or streaming to your headset via wifi. Next is the buttery smooth 60 fps version. We're using AI interpolation to crank up the frame rate on the animations for a more immersive experience. 60 should be the base anyway, but most animators work at 24fps and occasionally 30. So it's rare that we have one at 60fps to render out. Lastly is the big boy rez bump. We'll be pushing animations to 6k and/or 8k. 4k is universal, but some people can handle the bigger sizes, so if you're using your computer and/or a super beefy headset to watch the animations, then you can give the max resolution ones a try. They'll also be 60fps. There are lots of videos to work through for these new versions, but I'll be cranking away running the computer nonstop until they're all covered.
Anthro Featured
This month we're dropping the exclusive sharkgirl release. Tenzide's unique sharkgirls dropped on the scene a while back and not too long along he surprisingly released one on his Patreon. We scooped her up right away and set to work on a release with Naysayer behind the animation wheel. The animation came out great, is charged full off intensity and we're excited for you guys to check it out. Here's a sneak preview.
And Now for the rest of the WIP Previews
Thanks for another great month! You guys are helping me live the dream and so I'll keep pushing the limits and doing everything I can do bring you amazing content! Here's to another exciting and fun-filled month!