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Chapter 2 pre-release info

Today I officially finished the 3d posing & rendering phase for chapter 2 and thought I'd write a quick update.

Below you'll find some data about the new chapter. The numbers are still flexible, but I think won't change much after editing is finished. Since I haven't edited anything yet and therefore haven't done a playtest, the playtime of 2:45 - 3 hours is more of a rough estimate o...

Chapter 2 - Progress update #7

This week I finished labels 1, 9, and 13. Label 1 brought my GPU to its knees for the first time since switching to it due to a slight fog effect I used. As unpleasant and annoying as the technical part of this label was, visually it is one of my favorite scenes.

The last remaining label requires a little more initial effort as I must switch out its floor and walls. It’s also going to b...

Chapter 2 - Progress update #6

This week I finished labels 4 and 11 (these fucking labels are getting bigger and bigger). I started label 9, but had to pause it like label 13 due to a lack of available assets for a reasonable price. These finally went on discount on Wednesday (78% cheaper, nice) and can probably be completed over the course of next week.

In terms of the amount of renders, chapter 2 is now bigger than c...

Chapter 2 - Progress update #5

This week I finally finished Label 14. Together with the setup from Label 13, it's a bit over 400 static renders and 2600 animation renders. That makes it by far my biggest scene up to this point.

I had to reopen label 3 because I had forgotten to include a scenario that can occur if you reject a certain LI in chapter 1. That's the annoying thing about stories with decisions that affect t...

Chapter 2 - Progress update #4

This week I continued with the labels 13 and 14. 13 is basically finished. I'm still waiting for 1 asset that I'm missing to go into discount, as it's a bit too expensive now, then I can run the last missing renders. I think I'll be able to finish label 14 next week. The end is still missing for that one, after all the animations have been played. Also missing is 1 position with 2 animations an...

Quick Question

I have a short question that I could use your help answering. Since this would mainly concern you besides myself, I'm addressing it to you. As you may have read, this is a hobby for me and the time I have available for it I want to put almost exclusively into the development of the game. Therefore, besides the early release, there are no real benefits for Patreons such as exclusive renders, etc...

Chapter 2 - Progress update #3

This week I finished label 5 and 6 and started with label 13. After this and the following one, number 14, are completed, I should be able to give the first rough estimates regarding the release.

13 is the setup and 14 is the actual first intimate scene of the main game. I want to put as much time into both as possible, as they are the starting point for the transition to be an AVN. It's ...

Chapter 2 - Progress update #2

Let's start the new year with a confession. I may have lied a little when I said that I limited myself to 1 hour in the evening during my vacation. It was probably more like 2-3 hours. After writing the dialogues for chapter 2, I was in the flow and had fun continuing. So, sue me.

As you can see from the graphic, a bit more than 1/3 of the chapter is already rendered. What's also easy to ...

The Missing Part - 2025

Before I go into any details for my plans for the year, I would like to thank everyone who has supported me in any way since October last year. I had no expectations/ideas of how it would turn out when I made something completely new to me available to the public and the majority of the reactions have surprised me very positively. Thank you for that.

For everyone who supported me monetari...

Chapter 2 - Progress update #1

I hope everyone is having enjoyable Christmas days and is ready to start the new year on a good note.

I have myself to blame, but I couldn't stop working on the game completely. I limited it to one hour in the evening tho.

Result of that, the first draft of the dialogues for chapter 2 is finished. 16500 words, a similar amount to chapter 1, but unlike chapter 1 I think chapter 2 wil...

Merry Christmas to all

I hope you have a pleasant time.

The Missing Part - Chapter 1 Public Release

Key factors

Main Story

• Approx. 16300 words

• 1738 renders

• Approx. 2 hours of gameplay

• 3 Main love interest routes with 2 events each

• Upgrade to 1440p resolution (only chapter 1 and onwards)

Bonus Scene

• 1x new Scene

• Short ...

  2024-12-22 10:22:57 +0000 UTC View Post

The Missing Part - From start to finish

Since I concentrated mainly on creating content at the beginning of the project, many things remained vague or unclear. I would like to take the time to write them down for everyone who is interested in the game.

This is and will remain a story-focused game until it is finished. In my favorite games, the same things were always most important to me. The interaction between characters, the...

The Missing Part - Chapter 1 Tier 2 Release

Key factors

Main Story

• Approx. 16300 words

• 1738 renders

• Approx. 2 hours of gameplay

• 3 Main love interest routes with 2 events each

• Upgrade to 1440p resolution (only chapter 1 and onwards)

Bonus Scene

• 1x new Scene

• Short ...

  2024-12-11 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 1 - Release dates

tl;dr

I'm done.

I will do some more play tests this week to be 100% sure that there are no big fuck ups in the game.

The new release plan looks as follows:

• Tier 3 Release - 08.12.24

• Tier 2 Release - 11.12.24

• Tier 1 Release - 15.12.24

• Public Release - 22.12.24

As announced in a previous post, the ...

Chapter 1 - Progress update #8

This week I finished the last big label from the main story. Since I had some idle time again, I finished editing and worked a bit on music and sound effects.

As soon as the renders for the remaining animations of the bonus scene are done, I will put the scene together and finish it up next week. Then the 3D work will be done for this chapter.

I'm looking forward to the first playte...

Members only Update #2

2 of the 4 animations for the second part of the bonus scene are done. Same as last month I have attached them so you can see how much the quality has changed. Compared to the previous animations, I have increased the quality by 1.5x. So they now have 50% of the quality of the static renders. For the main story I will try to increase this to 100% if this doesn't push the render times 10 years i...

Chapter 1 - Progress update #7

This week I finished one of the last big labels and two bridging scenes. Because I can't render these on my old system, I had a lot of idle time. I took advantage of this and started editing at the same time. I actually got quite far, which shows how much idle time I really had. I pretty much edited each label besides the 2 labels that have not yet been rendered.

I can't share many render...

Chapter 1 - Progress update #6

This week I finished all the scenes with Hailey and Sarah. Now only the ones with Lisa and 1 bridging scene are missing and then the main story will be finished. I deliberately postponed these scenes to the end because my GPU is already afraid of the VRAM requirements for the selected sets. This is the last hurdle for me in chapter 1, after that it's just a matter of putting everything together...

Chapter 1 - Progress update #5

This week I finished all the smaller labels and started with the ending of chapter 1. After that only the big scenes with the main love interests, the setup for the bonus scene and the remaining 3 animations for the bonus scene are left.

Since I finished the smaller scenes early to get a better overview of the remaining time to complete the first chapter, here are some cautious estimates ...

Chapter 1 - Progress update #4

This week I finished the (I think) biggest label in chapter 1. Visit old friends at work and say hello to someone new. Time to find out what you've been up to in the past to make money. (Attached some sneak peaks, also the first boobies of the main game (kind of), yeah celebration).

Some big parts still missing are the ones where you meet the main Love Interests and can decide for or agai...

Members only Update #1

Thanks to those who helped financially so early in the development stage. I spent the proceeds on the bonus scene for chapter 1 as I already bought most of what I need to finish chapter 2:

·         Set Interior (7 Dollar)

·         New side character model (Bundle 41 Dollar)

·   ...

Chapter 1 - Progress update #3

This week I finished the labels that represent the transition from the prologue to chapter 1. The second label was originally planned to be shorter, but I kind of got lost and went ham with the number of renders because I think it deserved it.

I will share more renders in future progress updates, but for these 2 labels specifically I don’t want to because you would immediately see where...

Chapter 1 - Progress update #2

As I had a bit more time today, I was finally able to get back to the 3D work. A welcome change after a week of only looking at white pages.

I also thought about the best way to communicate progress and took Ren'Py as an example.

In Ren'Py, game sections are divided into labels and I will use the same in my communication as the main method. I have attached a simple graphic for this....

Chapter 1 - Progress update #1

Today I finished the first version of the dialogs for chapter 1. I ended up with just under 17000 words (roughly 67 pages). To put that into perspective, the prologue had about 9300 words and 1003 renders excluding the bonus scene.

The prologue took about 1.5 months to complete.

The word count will shrink a bit while I edit it further, but based on what I have now, I think the first...

The Missing Part - Prologue Public Release

Hello everyone. To keep it short for my first post, here are the files to download “The Missing Part - Prologue” for PC, Linux and Mac. I just finished it up today so I am happy to get it out there and see what people make of it.

The prologue of the game is structured in a kinetic novel style.

Starting from chapter 1, you have routes and options to choose from to follow your des...