[RenPy] Consent - WIP (placeholder)

[Sun Quan]

Agreed, the one on the right looks much more natural and younger. You did a good job fixing her up.

[Wee]

Quick update:

Thanks for the comments guys. Keep 'em coming!

Mitzi's adjustments took me a couple of tries.

I had the opposite problem with Mitzi. In closeups, she looked too young to me. She needs to look 18, even if a youthful 18, so after some trial and error adjusting various features, here's where I'm at now:

She looked grumpy, hence my adding the smile. I think that I hit a good balance here, keeping her youthful looks while not looking too much like jail bait. Thoughts?

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[Wee]

Another quick update.

I started laying out the backdrop for the opening scene. The background isn't where I want it yet, but here's a nice sexy pic of stepmom for y'all.

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I need to change out the carpet and add a few other things, but it's coming along. Unfortunately, the room background I wanted to use was messing with the lighting/soaking it all up, so I may use it as the RenPy background, overlaying the gals and couch over said background/rendering them separately. That way, my render times can be minimized a bit.

Slowly plugging away!
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[Wee]

Quick update:

Rendering complex scenes on my laptop is going very slowly. Add to that the stuff I'm trying to do lighting-wise, and the fact that I"m new to this, and well it's taking a while to get things dialed in.

I like how Iray renders look a lot. Unfortunately, my laptop doesn't have an Nvidia GPU, so my CPU has to do all the rendering calculations. Hence, SLOOOOOOOOW. I may build a new render computer with an Nvidia card to resolve this, but in the meantime, I'm woking with what I have.

Here's the latest work in progress. I'm beginning to populate the house with various features, like this hot tub...

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This is a partial render, and it took over an hour to reach this level of detail (still somewhat grainy). Also, I'll need to edit out the fence behind the tub next to the windows manually. The model I'm using has all of the fencing grouped/hardwired, so l can't just hide one section of the fence (there's more fencing to the right, off camera).

I'm trying to get the water surface to look right at the moment, with the lighting from the base. It takes me about 15 minutes of rendering to get enough info to figure out how my tweaks are going. You can see the TV room in the background.

This location figures into the day 1 events, hence my taking my time building the environment. I've been downloading various models along the way (with appropriate usage rights of course), and am now putting some of them use.

I did try to rework Nicole a bit more, but was unahppy with the results. I like how she looks currently, but lighting her is proving to be a bit of an issue.

So short form, this will be a WIP for a while. I had hoped to have a working demo by now, but due to rendering times and the fact that I'm new to this, that's not happening.

That's it for now!
Wee

[Sun Quan]

Like I said earlier, don't be in a rush. This is the period when you'll want to take your time to get all the looks right. You haven't actually put out a demo yet, so it's not as though you have a ton of people clamoring for you to update.

Keep in mind you don't have to render scenes completely together if it's easier not to. An old trick I learned doing renderings in CAD years ago was to split a set in half. You'd render half the scene, then the other half, then splice them together in Photoshop later. It seems like it would be more work but it actually went faster that way. Also, if you have a huge image you really want to get done you can always set it up to chomp on the rendering overnight. Just leave your laptop on and sleep on it.

[Wee]

Quick update:

I tried to convert NIcole to a newer generation model (she's currently G2F, not G3F) but as she has a number of face morphs, the face didn't translate well using the GenX widget. G3F has more interesting genital morphs (more nodes to work with) and finer control of some other body areas as well, hence why I wanted to try doing this. There's also the issue of the Bree skin base not translating well to G3F (some things are out of position), so I'd need to do some photoshop work to create suitable G3F Bree textures.

So I'd have to attempt to 'rebuild' her new face from scratch, if I wanted to go the G3F route. I may do this at some point, but I'm pretty happy with where I have her at the moment...

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So I may come back to her at some point when I'm in the mood to try to recreate her face using the G3F base, but will use the G2F version in the meantime. The pic above shows my latest round of tweaks to Nicole, and is an action pose for later.

Back to work!
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[Wee]

Quick update:

If you haven't figured it out by now, this is primarily a 'developer diary' thread, although I'm still interested in some help with backgrounds for various scenes and such. This being a free project though, it'd primarily be for bragging rights, with no cash incentive, so while I'm hopeful, I'm not holding my breath.

Despite getting minorly distracted by another game that I've been following (latest update added a lot of material, but still left the MC with blue balls, a minor NPC got to do some bangin', though...), I have spent the last day or so figuring out how to make minor adjustments to characters in DAZ using custom created Morphs with the D-Former tool. There were a couple of areas of Nicole that I wasn't entirely happy with (her ass and tummy area), so I tweaked her a bit. I'm now very happy with where she's at.

I get a kick out of making sexy poses, so think of this as a dream sequence for now (this isn't a day one event...).

NSFW

Spoiler (click to show/hide):

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At the left you can see how Nicole's curves have shaken out. She's about 5' 6 1/2" according to the Measure Metrics tool. Her proportions are a bit idealized, but not overly gratuitious IMHO. I like this face much better than the old one, it seems happier to me/looks good with smile expressions and such.

I could drag out how quickly you get to arrange sexy fun time with Nicole, as other 'corruption' style games do, but once you play, it'll make more sense as to why she's more 'open' to this. This game isn't about secret formulas/hypnosis/domination or anything like that, it's designed to be a sexy fun romp. It's about developing 'friends with benefits' relationships, at least early on, with more outlandish stuff (threesomes, etc.) appearing later on. Day One just 'jumpstarts' your foray into the relationship pool with a special someone, afterwhich it'll take a bit longer to develop similar relationships with the other gals.

BTW, the figure image on the right is a 4% render, and took about 30 minutes or so to do on my current laptop. Enough detail for my purposes for now, but I can't wait to get a more powerful machine to do this/do complete renders for each pic. I may jump off the deep end and grab the newly released 1080 Ti along with the new desktop system when I get around to buying it, as there will be a LOT of pics to render and I'd like to get them done quickly.

As for how many pics I have planned, I don't plan to change facial expressions and backgrounds for every dialogue step. Instead, I'll try to maximize usage of the scene backgrounds, utilizing RenPy's image placement parameters to move characters back and forth through the game window as needed, to keep things interesting. Each 'gal in this outfit' set will come with a handful some basic expressions/poses, similar to how Lab Rats did it, but with more 'movement/varying placements being utilized as dialogue progresses, along with some minor animation here and there.

Except for the sexy scenes of course. As you've seen in my teaser pics, those will be rather explicit and tied more closely to the dialogue...

One other thing I will be doing (I may have mentioned this before) once the initial release is done is to package updated files only into a single folder that you'll drag into your Consent game folder when newer versions are released, that will replace only the updated files and add new ones (images, etc.). This will significantly lower download sizes for newer versions. So essentially you'll download 0.1 with the RenPy game backbone, and 0.2 will just overwrite/add the files you need when it is released. I may also release full versions for those that don't mind huge downloads.

As an example of this, a couple of months back I sent a rather sizeable mod/demo of some new concepts (as far as added game materials is concerned) to Vren for his game. His current download size was around 320 MB at that time, and my 'mod' addon folder was only 20 MB or so, despite quite a few images being included, and close to double the number of lines of script code being added - I added a number of minor scenes and such as 'suggestions' for him to use or ignore as he saw fit.

So, my updates will be quite small relative to the initial download, once you've downloaded the the core game. Of course, you should keep your 'core game' .zip file download handy as a backup for later/just in case. Other RenPy designers should look into this.

I may take the time figure out how to make a 'patch' installer, but really it's a simple matter of just dragging the updated folder (with subfolders contained within) into the right folder, and it overwrites the files in the appropriate subfolders and adds the new stuff. Once you've done it once or twice, it's actually pretty painless (on a PC anyways).

So, does everyone like the 'new and improved' Nicole?

Also, here's Mitzi's Ride...

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Mitzi is a firm believer in ATGATT, hence why she's fully clothed in this shot (riding gloves are not visible in this shot, but are on the bike).

That's it for now!
Wee

[Wee]

Quick update:

I've been working on a few things.

I wasn't happy with the configuration of the Yamaki bike. The artist did a great job with the design, but a few things weren't set up right. Plus it's set up as a drag bike, not a street bike, so I felt the need to tweak it (using my own custom created morphs), adjusting the grip and brake/clutch handle angle, adding mirrors, rounding the tires, and coloring the brake lens...

Nice rear view of Mitzi and her baby...

I also started setting up a couple of locations for Elise. This particular scene has some complex lighting going on, and it'll take some time to render properly, but this will give you an idea of what's up here.

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I'm still dialing in the lighting on this one. The light streaming in from the windows is supposed to be moonlight, and I think that aspect isn't too bad, but I need to work on getting Elise to pop a bit more here. This is a partial render, hence the graininess...

I grabbed a very nice lecture hall model for a few of the campus scenes (it was on sale). Unfortunately, the DAZ March Madness sale has me looking at sale items daily, which is rather distracting... I'm now a bit past using free only material for this game, but that won't affect the 'free release' model.

Mitzi is (now) loosely inspired by a few biker gals I've had the opportunity to meet, that loved their sport bikes and were quite proficient riders. Mitzi was originally more of an 'add on' than a fully fleshed out character, but with this 'minor addition' she has become a rather interesting character, and I look forward to developing her storyline. The MC is now also a biker of sorts, so the two of you will have additional opportunities to cross paths, ride with each other, and share a mutual interest...

I have a few items worked out about Brooke, but need to think a bit more about her hobbies and such, to make her a more interesting character. I'd like each character to have a unique flavor and feel, to make each 'gal sub plot' an interesting experience, and not just a 'wham bam thank you ma'am' affair.

Angel's storyline is currently somewhat interesting already, but I"m sure that, as I begin to flesh her out a bit more that I'll find more minor hooks for her. Stepmom and Nicole's stories are already rather detailed.

Since my own project is taking a while (thanks to slow render times and my obsession with designing somewhat complex scenes), I'd encourage y'all to grab the latest Lab Rats (0.5.0) update which is due for release in the next few days. Vren has worked out some endings apparently (according to his Patreon posts), and Lab Rats is what inspired me to take a crack at my own game.

Still plugging away!

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[Wee]

Quick update.

Despite being distracted daily by all of the shinies being showcased during Daz3D's March Madness sale, I have made some progress...

Specifically, The Paragon Cabaret has come together, thanks to two packages I snagged, modifying/combining various elements to my specifications ( credits to Moyra and Dimension Theory/Age of Armor, the designers of the relevant packages)!

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The center stage is still mine (I showed it off a while back), and I've incorporated it nicely into this environment.

I'm dialing in the lighting at the moment. The lights on the truss are currently inactive, and I'll probaby scale it down or remove it (it is a bit unsightly). I have a number of emissive sources going on in this render, and I need to track down a light or two and dial them down. Nonetheless, this will give you a good idea r.e. the look of this location.

I need to put the 'bar area' together (the corner of the bar is barely visible in the right edge of this screen), and tweak a few things a bit more, but I'm pretty happy with this location. As I've said before, this will feature prominently in the game (several storylines will pass through here, but not all of them necessarily). As to why that is, well this club regularly does an amateur night, with a pretty hefty purse for the winner...

I'm also considering adding a 'shower stall' in the other corner of the stage... I have some water shaders to play around with now.

This does take a while to render, hence the graininess in the shot above (this is a 45% render). I think that I have enough sources going on now to help with the render times (too little light can be a detriment to render times apparently, as well as too much).

I also have developed a new secondary character. Not sure how much of a role she'll play, but at the very least she may provide eye candy for the strip club.

Back to work!
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[Wee]

Just a quick note.

This is not dead. I've been working on some new story elements, and on a couple of new characters that will appear late during day 1/early day 2.

Add to that that I haven't bought my new render machine yet (the laptop is slooooooooow), and for all intents and purposes, while not on hold, yeah it's gonna be a while.

Thanks for the interest in the meantime. When I have something meaningful that I want to share (the new characters are plot twists, so I'm not sharing them as of yet), I'll post a meaningful update.

[Wee]

Minor update:

Still plugging away. I'm still several months out from a release, assuming no delays.

I have added three minor characters to the roster, which will play more limited roles in the story. I've also been fleshing out new minor storyline points for day 1 as I plug away at the dialogue. Multiple dialogue forks involved in the day 1 dialogue, each of course depending on previous choices, and will help determine which of the six gals you end up spending quality time with at the end of day 1.

Also, no development thread is truly complete without a gratuitous ass shot...

Back to work!