!Happy 2020! + Animation Teaser ;) (Patreon)

Hey everyone! 

I hope you had time to enjoy the holidays! I had a very relaxed time with my family and could really recharge. Feels great :)

And I have big plans for 2020 :)

1. EPISODES:
Piracy is a huge problem and it really bothers me. Not only because of missing sales (EP4 is still a financial disaster, despite everyone saying it´s the best episode so far) but also because of how much this is causing stress for me. I need to fill out DMCA-Takedown requests, I need to follow up on them, I am getting upset when there is again someone claiming my work for theirs and so on. So long story short: we need to work on that because it´s really killing me.

My approach on that are 2 things:
First: the main thing is to create an interactive movie that needs authentication (like the games). So you start an executable (not a movie file), authorize it (once) and can then enjoy a realtime-rendered movie like a cutscene in a game. Of course, I will improve the quality compared to the regular games. Very much like the Christmas movie, I shared with you in my last post (that executable is still crashing and we can't fix it because the log just says "Crash". I will come up with something else!).

In order to achieve better quality, we will have those "interactive movies" on PC/MAC/LINUX (whatever makes sense) and not for Android and WebGL because the Hardware can't handle that. "Interactive Movies" because I would like to give you options before the movie starts. Like basic customization, in key situations an option to choose something and so on. That way, the replay-value is a lot higher because everyone can make their very own version of the movie. Of course, things need to be rather simple decision wise, but at least we will have something like: "Chose Brittany/Trinity to be active for this pose". I am currently doing a lot of R&D about that.

Second: for those of you who don´t have powerful hardware to enjoy the interactive version, I will still provide a pre-rendered movie file with the standard-settings. No option to choose outfits, make decisions. Just like the episodes we had so far. But therefore you can watch it on any device.

The whole thing should ideally have people want to have the interactive version (and not only the movie-file) because the replay value is higher and therefore piracy will probably not be such an issue. Fingers crossed that works out! 

So all that needs some time to figure things out and I will most likely start with the next episode end of February, beginning of March. But before I actually start the production, I need a script, voice-overs etc. So all that takes time anyway as well. For summer we should then have a nice new Episode with the new technology already :)

2. POSTING RHYTHM EVERY 2 WEEKS:
I will change from weekly updates to updates every 2 weeks. That will help me a bit better handling work/life and my main page will also not be so cluttered and more with really essential stuff. Of course, I will make in-between updates if there is something super-cool/important. But the usual rhythm will be an update every 2 weeks. 

3.DISCORD SERVER:
Since there will be fewer main updates, I would like to use my Discord server more. Currently, it's pretty much dead I would like to change that. I will not write a lot more there myself, but I think it would be great if it becomes a place where you guys can exchange ideas, talk about whatever you like and just have fun there. If you have ideas for more channels, please let me know! 

4. POST CLEAN UP:
I will go through the posts and delete everything that is outdated/does not have content in it. That should make it a bit less messy.

5.POSES:
While I am doing my R&D about the next steps, I will work my way through the poses from our famous Pose-Poll :) And I will from now on create movies in Unity with the best possible quality. 

6.WORKING FULL-TIME:
Supporter Numbers have dropped recently, but I still plan to start working full-time on my 3DX stuff from February on and see how it goes! And I will do it in a way that I don´t burn out :) And hopefully more people will join anyway this year! 

Last but not least I wish you a happy new year and want to thank you again for your support!

I have a great feeling about 2020 and I am sure we will totally rock it together :)

All the very best,
Puppetmaster

PS: I did have some time to work on the my last commission animation and you can see a first teaser here. The final one will be in 4K with 60fps and a bit longer than 2min!  

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