Hello! It's this time of the month again. I'm still working on that scene I talked about. This turned out more time consuming that expected. Well, kind of expected. I'm still figuring out how I want to solve some problems, that's why I won't commit to any particular release date or feature set, it will be done when it is done.
Your most essential MacGruber tools in a convenient single VAR package. Version 7 introduces the PowerHandles plugin that was teased a week ago and is intended for heavy users of the VaM Desktop mode. I was annoyed by often accidentally rotating instead of moving and vice versa. Check the video here. See the changelog below for all nice improvements you get from PowerHandles as well as ...
2021-01-17 11:53:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a little idea I had on the side to for easier placement of stuff when using VaM Desktop mode. I was annoyed by often accidentally rotating instead of moving and vice versa. So now you can only see/use the move handles when holding CTRL and the rotation handles when holding ALT. You can also use the global coordinate system instead of the local one, just by holding SHIFT. Check the video.
This is ju...
2021-01-10 18:30:26 +0000 UTC View PostWhy does something as simple as installing VAR package need a tutorial? Well, glad you asked. When downloading from Patreon it can apparently it can happen with some configurations that a .VAR file is mistakenly renamed into .ZIP by the browser. That is of course not recognized by VaM, causing unknowing users to try extracting the ZIP, making things even worse, etc. I guess this is where some of the confusion about VAR packages comes from.
The tutorial also covers how t...
2021-01-09 12:12:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Just some minor improvements and fixes for the demo scenes:
My Gaze plugin, that is part of the Life package, always had trouble if the character was not upright. This bug was in there since the beginning when it was originally released as demo for my VaM ScriptEngine release back in 2018. Uh...that was the dark ages of VaM!
Hi! In the beginning of this month I had a poll and my patreons (you!!) voted for me building a fancy scene. So I'm working on that, but it will still be a while. Note that can't commit to any particular release date or feature set, it will be done when it is done.
The current plan is a Femdom POV handjob scene with 2 girls. Obviously this won't be a boring AnimationPattern moving a hand up and down....I want girls switching hands, usin...
2020-12-28 22:55:24 +0000 UTC View Post
SecretRoom is not just one room, it's a playroom construction kit. Version 4 mainly adds the "AdjustableChair" that was teasered already a few days ago. However, I also took the time to update the included demo scenes, using current plugin versions and improving animations by using IdlePoser instead of boring CycleForces. Added a fourth demo scene for the new chair. I also made a series of new videos to be used for the hub page, since the old video got nuked for some reason:
Some additional 12h of work and about 15 iterations later. Having the sliders exposed via plugin means you can animate everything if you like, hence new video here.
2020-12-21 21:56:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Just sharing some quick video of work-in-progress stuff. Obviously not done and intended to be used in the scene I'm building. For video click here.
Also testing how well Patreon accepts videos hosted on Redgifs. Sorry that I had to post, delete and post this again, apparently embedding is not supported properly....but linking works :)
2020-12-16 19:53:53 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the LogicBricks upgrade for IdlePoser, allowing to synchronize multiple IdlePosers or other kinds of external control through triggers. Also IdlePoser itself can trigger things as well now. If you check the video, the difference is that now the 3 IdlePosers can change their pose/state all at the sa...
2020-12-06 15:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Final results of the poll are in! As explained earlier, I weighted the votes by pledge amount. The blue bars are the result, the grey just for comparison. The next project will be a fancy demo scene! At this point I haven't even started making solid plans as it was not clear what I would be working on. Technically a sing...
2020-12-04 18:49:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a quick interim result showing how far off the overall votes are from votes weighted by pledge amount. This experimental poll on what I will be working on this month is still open till Friday.
2020-12-01 19:18:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello! I want to try something new this time. This time I give YOU a few options what I will be working on in December.
With some Excel magic I will be multiplying your vote in the poll below with your active pledge amount you have at the time I do the evaluation sometime next weekend. If you pledge 5€ instead of 1€, you get 5x the voting power. If you are not an active Patreon at the time, you will have the voting power equivalent of a 0.50€ pledge. Voting power ...
2020-11-28 10:36:51 +0000 UTC View PostAs mentioned earlier, I spend this month on making my Life plugin compatible with LogicBricks. This is a huge step forward! For example you are no longer limited to control AnimationPatterns, you could also have Life control a Timeline animation, if you like that more. The old DriverThrustSFX su...
2020-11-20 16:30:39 +0000 UTC View Post
LogicBricks is a collection of now 23 reusable logic plugins to quickly build simple logic without coding. These go from a simple Relay that just groups triggers via Counter and Blend to more complex bricks for RandomChoice and a very powerful StateMachine brick. There are now two demo scenes with altogether 19 examples to spawn some ideas.
Another bugfix update for LogicBricks. Again, thx @ TGC for reporting those issues!
Note that you can easily update your scene to the new version by opening your scene JSON file with a text editor (e.g. Notepad++) and search&...
2020-11-03 19:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
LogicBricks is a collection of 11 reusable logic plugins to quickly build simple logic without coding. These go from a simple Relay that just groups triggers via Counter and Timer to more complex bricks for RandomChoice and a very powerful StateMachine brick. There is a demo scene with 14 examples to spawn some ideas.
LogicBricks is now free! Version 3 features ...
2020-10-31 11:13:17 +0000 UTC View PostIt's this time of the month again! Two weeks ago I released a number of maintenance releases with bugfixes and minor improvements, making the more proper release of my Connect plugin possible.
A week ago I released LogicBricks.2, which allows you to easily make more complex scenes, by using reusable scripts that connect via VaM's trigger system. However, I suspect many non-coders won't immediately understand the power a VaM creator can wield with LogicBricks, especially the StateM...
2020-10-25 12:37:34 +0000 UTC View Post
LogicBricks is a collection of 11 reusable logic plugins to quickly build simple logic without coding. Since this got a surprising amount of likes in very short time there seems to be a need for this. So I changed plans and added a LOT more LogicBricks. These go now from a simple Relay that just groups triggers via Counter and Timer to more complex bricks for RandomChoice and a very powerful StateM...
2020-10-18 16:15:31 +0000 UTC View PostThis is an EarlyAccess release! Download will be available for free under CC BY-SA license after 2020-11-02. You are allowed to reference this package in your own VAR packages, even if they are paid or use a different license. Links to my Patreon are always appreciated.
2020-10-18 16:14:45 +0000 UTC View PostConnect is a plugin that allows you to control audio-driven E-Stim devices. The package also includes VirtualLock, a plugin for virtual self-bondage in VR. In combination that means, if you do not behave, your dominatrix will punish you...in real life!
Nothing new, just releasing the separate small VAR packages that were used for the Connect demo scene in preparation for the free release of Connect soon'ish.
Eventually this is intended to be a collection of small reusable logic plugins to quickly build simple logic without coding. Still very small "collection" at this point, just a single plugin :D
The key feature ...
2020-10-10 20:37:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Your most essential MacGruber tools in a convenient single VAR package. Version 6 introduces an improved version of Blazedust's ParentHoldLink plugin and also brings various bug fixes for SkyMagic and SuperShot.
Changelog for Version 6
Dear patreons! As you might know I'm based in Europe. Patreon recently added the possibility to change payout currency from USD ($) to EUR (€), which I just did now. This helps with declaring taxes and more importantly avoids paying double conversion fees (2 x 2.5%) when you convert from your local currency to USD and a second time when I convert to EUR.
If you have an existing pledge, it will automatically continue running at the same price in USD. However, if your local curr...
2020-09-28 19:17:36 +0000 UTC View PostThis Patreon has been running for a full year now! Therefore I wanted to pickup on things I promised some ages back. However, the release this month came a bit late because this had a lot of moving parts. Getting everything done in a single month was certainly a challenge. Well, it's still not done, but I didn't want delay any longer. Old gamedev wisdom says the last 20% take 80% of the time, and it's entirely true ;)
In other news, Patreon seems to enforce their adult ...
2020-09-26 20:20:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Connect is a plugin that allows you to control audio-driven E-Stim devices. The package also includes VirtualLock, a plugin for virtual self-bondage in VR. In combination that means, if you do not behave, your dominatrix will punish you...in real life!
It's this time of the month again! I'm posting a report like this near the end of each month, reporting on what I worked on behind the scenes and what the vague plans for the next month are. It is intended to help you decide if you want buy-in on the coming month or not.
The majority of my time this month went into these two plugins. Due to some majo...
2020-08-29 09:41:26 +0000 UTC View Post
IdlePoser is a solution for idle animation, part of the Life plugin collection. This is a maintenance update fixing issues with VaM 1.20:
Yay...more tiny maintenance updates, sorry again.