CaramelCowboy

"Can we go already?"

Weekly Update

Hey everyone!

After I got back from my trip, I didn't really feel like taking a break since I already had some of the script work done for the next episode and I still felt like I was in the 'zone' so I decided to start working on episode 7. 

I have a few scenes written down so I'm going to render those first and then continue writing when I run out of stuff to render. I'll inc...

Episode 6 (additional info added at the end)

Hey everyone,

The links for episode 6 are up. Before you download, please read the entire post.

As far as I can tell, there shouldn't be any major bugs. You may find some image inconsistencies which should also be minor and not horrible. Music and sfx is missing for the last scene or two but will be added within a few days. If you're someone who cares about that stu...

Release date!

Hey everyone. I'm in the middle of coding and testing as I move along. I'm close to the end so expect the links on the 23rd-24th. I ended up postponing my trip which was supposed to be on the 20th to the 25th. Turns out I needed those 3-4 days. I'm slightly disappointed because I still have around 400 renders I can use but don't have enough time to code them without postponing the release which...

Weekly Update (Don't worry. The mask is waterproof)

Hey everyone! We've crossed the 1000 render goal for the episode so I'm going to start writing the code for the newer renders. I did write down more scenes that I wanted to show in this episode so we're probably going to go over 1000. I like that there are 1000 renders ready but I also had an idea that "This is the scene that the episode should end on." So I really want to get to that scene.&nb...

Weekly Update

Hi everyone. Unfortunately, I've had an annoying mental fog this week and couldn't really focus on getting things done. Which is why I've decided to postpone the release date a little. It will still 100% be out this month as I have to fly out for a few days on the 20th so I'm definitely going to have the links up before that. There's no real reason for the lack of focus imo. My guess is that I ...

(late) Weekly Update!

Hey everyone!

I'm working on the final renders which should bring us to 1000 and should be done in a week. I think I spent too much time animating this time and adjusting / finetuning that, took some time. I don't remember the exact number but I think there are around 2300 frames combined. As of right now, I'm done with the code for most of the renders already. I'll finish the rest while ...

Weekly Update!

Hey everyone. We're currently at 510 renders and a couple of animations (should be 15) for this update. I should have another ~300 renders ready before I post the update. I'm pretty happy with how things are going and at this rate, the update should be out by the end of this month. 

If the renders do reach close to 1000, I'll postpone by a week or so just to hit that 1000 mark. I sti...

Weekly Update.

Hey everyone! Sorry for the late update. I delayed the post intentionally because I wanted to hit the 300th render before I posted this. So right now we're at 400 renders(100 from before). I wanted to finish 300 in a week but it took two more days instead. I should be able to hit the 700 mark by the next update. 500-700 is usually how many renders I include in an episode but I'm probably going ...

Weekly Update

Hi everyone!

Can't tell you how good it feels to be back working on the VN. I've created and rendered ~100 images so far. After looking at the scenes and scripts I've written, I THINK there's going to be way too many renders when I'm done with whatever I've written so far. This is not a problem of course but if I end up with too many scenes, I might just put some of them in the next updat...

Back in business!

Hi everyone,

After a pretty long wait, I'm finally typing this from my PC in my new home. I wanted to post this sooner but I decided that I wanted to show you guys a render too so I waited for a bit until this was done. I apologize for this whole process taking so long. There was so much going on with the apartment and just when I was about to sign the contract, someone else approached my...

Life update!

Hi everyone. After a lot of apartment hunting and a lot of disappointments thanks to almost every real estate agent here using the old bait n switch, I managed to find a place and have signed the contract and paid the deposit for the place. My official move in date is at the end of this month which means I can start rendering!

I will be pausing payments even for the next month as a thank ...

Hey!

Hey everyone. I just wanted to give you all a heads up that I’ll be pausing payments as I don’t feel right keeping them on until I can start rendering. I’m waiting for some medical results after which I’ll be able to officially get a place. I expect renders to start in August and as some of you know by now, it doesn’t feel right to me if payments are kept on while I can’t do much. W...

Luneira 🧝‍♀️✨

Hey everyone!

I just wanted to share this image I was working on. While I can work on my old laptop and continue rendering scenes, it often crashes (maybe thrice in an hour) because of much lower vram. I can fix this by reducing the texture quality like I used to in my earlier work. This will however create some inconsistencies when I start working on my pc again so I'm not going to do th...

An option to view details about the LIs (or characters)

Hi everyone.

Because I like to give even side characters some screen time, it might get confusing for some people to keep track of all of them. I was considering a button maybe on the top right corner of the screen or just in the menu that shows you a list of relevant characters you've met. For example, you click on the button and you see a list of characters with their faces. You then cl...

Making a splash 💦

Not part of the game but I missed working on Lanya so I came up with this. Now I can't wait to bring her back 😂

"So you're saying there's an elf in your sword?"

Hey everyone!

I wanted to start working on a scene because I just kept thinking about the next episode a lot and it would constantly distract me haha. So I figured that working on some renders on my laptop could help me stop obsessing about the next episode. The laptop is very slow compared to my pc but I really wanted to work on renders so I do what I can. I had to push my move a little ...

Random post

Thanks for the support, everyone. I've packed my pc and am ready to move. I wish I could've made episode 5 longer but I'll try to make up for it in the next one. Hopefully everything goes well with the move and I can get the apartment asap so I can start working again. Best case scenario - I get to start at the end of this month. I'll keep you updated. Thanks again! 

- CC

Episode 5.

EDIT : Links have been replaced. Fixed some grammatical errors and added the option to skip the first scene with Carmine. Please note that skipping the scene will lock you out of future Carmine content. 

Hey everyone!

The links for episode 5 are finally up.

No spoilers ahead, but I recommend reading this once you're done with the update. 2023-06-02 01:02:15 +0000 UTC View Post