All that's left is the end
I've just finished drawing the last scene that isn't an ending scene. So all that's left for me to draw and write is the ending of the game. Unfortunately that doesn't mean I'm almost done, because the game will have six different possible endings.
I have 1,5 month left to draw 6 more scenes and at least one more character outfit/state, draw the rest of the menu variations and make them work, add in music and sound effects, and try to make a working gallery. The graphics and sound should be doable in that time even though my time is getting more spare since I'm about to move, the programming work completely depends on how well I can figure things out with my limited knowledge (if anyone knows Python and can lend his/her support, feel free to send me a mail).
That's all I have to say for now, I'll save screenshots for the monthly update posts to not spoil too much of the near-end game.
Update:All the art for Freya's route is done! 5 more endings to go.
4 more, Isis' ending is done as well.
Not once was I able to draw Morrigan's tattoos to look even close to any of them in any other pictures... Either way; 3 more scenes to go.
Secret ending is drawn. 4 endings down, just 2 more left to draw!
Diana has an ending. Almost done.
And with Selene's ending drawn, I'm basically done drawing for this game!
I have 1,5 month left to draw 6 more scenes and at least one more character outfit/state, draw the rest of the menu variations and make them work, add in music and sound effects, and try to make a working gallery. The graphics and sound should be doable in that time even though my time is getting more spare since I'm about to move, the programming work completely depends on how well I can figure things out with my limited knowledge (if anyone knows Python and can lend his/her support, feel free to send me a mail).
That's all I have to say for now, I'll save screenshots for the monthly update posts to not spoil too much of the near-end game.
Update:
And with Selene's ending drawn, I'm basically done drawing for this game!
April Fools
Not actually another lame April Fools joke (It isn't even April, after all).
I've written a new story without pictures. It was supposed to be a short story, but it ended up being pretty long (not as long as Her Kink, though). It's a femdom story of course, with toilet slavery as it's main theme.
You can find the first part here and the second part here.
I hope some of you might enjoy reading this while waiting for the release of Mistress Degree.
Update: I wrote a sequel to this story called Fool Me Twice. Too long for a single submission again, so read the first part here and the second part here.
Update #2: Wrote a short final part, read it here.
It looks like Pixiv has increased the character limit for novel submissions from 30.000 to 300.000. This one was more than short enough to fit in 30.000 characters, but I'm glad I'll be able to submit all written stories as a single submission from now on. If only they'd increase the Mb limit for Manga submissions now.
I've written a new story without pictures. It was supposed to be a short story, but it ended up being pretty long (not as long as Her Kink, though). It's a femdom story of course, with toilet slavery as it's main theme.
You can find the first part here and the second part here.
I hope some of you might enjoy reading this while waiting for the release of Mistress Degree.
Update: I wrote a sequel to this story called Fool Me Twice. Too long for a single submission again, so read the first part here and the second part here.
Update #2: Wrote a short final part, read it here.
It looks like Pixiv has increased the character limit for novel submissions from 30.000 to 300.000. This one was more than short enough to fit in 30.000 characters, but I'm glad I'll be able to submit all written stories as a single submission from now on. If only they'd increase the Mb limit for Manga submissions now.
June progress update
Only two more months before I want to have the Beta version of the game released.
Currently, I still need:
- If possible, someone to make exclusive sound effects and/or music instead of license-free stuff.
- A good simple font to use for the textbox. I've looked into some options for a while now but although it's not perfect, I'm actually getting used to the standard font.
- Beta test applications are still open for now as well. You can contact me through mail (there's a contact form on the left bar of this blog) or on Pixiv (the link to my Pixiv page is on the left bar as well).
Unfortunately, I kind of lost my momentum after my weekend away instead of being recharged and wasn't able to reach my goal of 24 CG scenes done at the end of June. On the other hand, the scene I worked on these past 2 weeks was probably the most work of them all until now. The next one in the Freya route will also be a lot of work, so I think I'll switch to working on the the main route again for now to not discourage myself from being behind schedule too much.
You shouldn't sleep with your head under the covers!
Progress
Backgrounds [18/18]
Outfits [21/21]
Scenes [22/34]
Currently, I still need:
- If possible, someone to make exclusive sound effects and/or music instead of license-free stuff.
- A good simple font to use for the textbox. I've looked into some options for a while now but although it's not perfect, I'm actually getting used to the standard font.
- Beta test applications are still open for now as well. You can contact me through mail (there's a contact form on the left bar of this blog) or on Pixiv (the link to my Pixiv page is on the left bar as well).
Unfortunately, I kind of lost my momentum after my weekend away instead of being recharged and wasn't able to reach my goal of 24 CG scenes done at the end of June. On the other hand, the scene I worked on these past 2 weeks was probably the most work of them all until now. The next one in the Freya route will also be a lot of work, so I think I'll switch to working on the the main route again for now to not discourage myself from being behind schedule too much.
You shouldn't sleep with your head under the covers!
Progress
Backgrounds [18/18]
Outfits [21/21]
Scenes [22/34]
Short break
I'll be away for the weekend. So after today, I won't be able to read or answer any E-mail, comments, or messages until monday afternoon (monday afternoon for me and my timezone :P). Feel free to send them, but realize it can be a few days until I reply.
I hope I can finish the scene I was working on today, but I've also got a lot of preparing to do so I'll see.
Update: Finished drawing the scene. I also took this chance to safely back everything up. I will write a few more hours, and then I will go to sleep and leave early tomorrow morning.
Update #2: Back. I'm able to answer mails etc again and will continue working on the game in a short while.
I hope I can finish the scene I was working on today, but I've also got a lot of preparing to do so I'll see.
Update: Finished drawing the scene. I also took this chance to safely back everything up. I will write a few more hours, and then I will go to sleep and leave early tomorrow morning.
Update #2: Back. I'm able to answer mails etc again and will continue working on the game in a short while.
Gallery
For me, programming is the most boring part of making an eroge game like this. So because Ren'py does a lot for me in terms of standard menu's etc, I ended up mostly just drawing and writing until now and probably until the last few weeks of development.
That didn't stop me from thinking about what I still have to or want to do though, and as I was writing another CG event scene, I thought of what might be a problem: I've been experimenting and going 'out of the box' with some scenes. For example, several scenes start with a few slides, but go back to 'normal' dialogue and sprites for a while and than the CG slides continue later. This means that in a CG Event Gallery I have to
A) show the 'normal' dialogue too
B) cut the normal parts out even if it's strange
C) split the events into seperate events in the gallery
D) make the gallery a collection of CG Event images only, without dialogue.
Right now, I'm leaning to D, because the player can make is/her own CG Event Gallery with dialogue using saves. And even though the game is longer and has a lot more event scenes compared to Teacher in Training, it also has an infinite amount of saves: there's 10 Auto-Save slots, 10 Quick-Save slots, and 8 pages of normal saves with 10 slots each, but with the possibility to use the next page button to go even past page 8 of the normal saves for as far as you want (Well, it might not be completely limitless, I haven't tried going past page 30, but you probably won't need more than 300 saves).
Oh, and I kind of promised a screenshot, so I'll post an image of a nude Freya sprite.
I wonder if the pubic hair needs mentioning? At the moment it's not adressed at all in the story since I couldn't think of a good way to do it, but I can try again if people feel it should be adressed. :P
I also thought about making a non-pubic hair version because I realize not everyone likes it, but I decided against it as making something like that optional would mean I would have to make a lot of things optional (since stuff like 'clothes or no clothes', 'make-up or no make-up', and 'glasses or no glasses' are a matter of taste as well).
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That didn't stop me from thinking about what I still have to or want to do though, and as I was writing another CG event scene, I thought of what might be a problem: I've been experimenting and going 'out of the box' with some scenes. For example, several scenes start with a few slides, but go back to 'normal' dialogue and sprites for a while and than the CG slides continue later. This means that in a CG Event Gallery I have to
A) show the 'normal' dialogue too
B) cut the normal parts out even if it's strange
C) split the events into seperate events in the gallery
D) make the gallery a collection of CG Event images only, without dialogue.
Right now, I'm leaning to D, because the player can make is/her own CG Event Gallery with dialogue using saves. And even though the game is longer and has a lot more event scenes compared to Teacher in Training, it also has an infinite amount of saves: there's 10 Auto-Save slots, 10 Quick-Save slots, and 8 pages of normal saves with 10 slots each, but with the possibility to use the next page button to go even past page 8 of the normal saves for as far as you want (Well, it might not be completely limitless, I haven't tried going past page 30, but you probably won't need more than 300 saves).
Oh, and I kind of promised a screenshot, so I'll post an image of a nude Freya sprite.
I wonder if the pubic hair needs mentioning? At the moment it's not adressed at all in the story since I couldn't think of a good way to do it, but I can try again if people feel it should be adressed. :P
I also thought about making a non-pubic hair version because I realize not everyone likes it, but I decided against it as making something like that optional would mean I would have to make a lot of things optional (since stuff like 'clothes or no clothes', 'make-up or no make-up', and 'glasses or no glasses' are a matter of taste as well).
