Ceolag

Dev Update - 2024/07/12

Happy Friday everyone,

This will be the last Dev Log for Chapter 5 simply because there won't be any more "real" progress to report next week.
I'm done with writing and coding, done with posing static renders and only 1 animation is left to set up.
The PC will be busy rendering the remaining images and animations in the queue for a few more days.
If nothing unexpected comes up, that should be done next week and the next thing you'll hear from me will be the announcement of Beta...

Preview renders - 2024/07/12

Last batch of preview renders for Chapter 5.
Enjoy :-)

Dev Update - 2024/07/05

Hey everyone,

another week gone, one week closer to the release of Chapter 5.

This week I finished the work on the the long scene with most of the remaining animations.
The animations still need to be rendered and will keep the PC busy for a while.

I also started work on the 2 short scenes. The first is almost done and will be finished later today.
The 2nd one is written and waiting for its renders which I'll start working on when I'm done with the current scene.

Behind the scenes: The Álfar

Hey there,

I had this idea for another BTS to shorten the wait for Chapter 5 a bit.

DISCLAIMER FIRST:
The following text will contain slight spoilers for the background of my Elves.
Nothing important or story-relevant, but if you want to experience everything within the game first, skip this text and maybe come back after release.

As you might have noticed, I use Norse mythology quite a bit for my story.
The idea for the "func...

Preview renders - 2024/06/28

Dev Update - 2024/06/28

Hey everyone,

As I mentioned last week, this week's focus has been animations.
I got a good chunk of them done and a few more renders too. I'm not fully done with the current scene, but it's going well so far and I expect to finish work on this scene before the next Dev Log.

After that, it's two more shortish scenes and the Chapter finale.
The Chapter finale will come with some stuff I've never done before so I'll have to see how my idea turns into DAZ renders and animations...

Dev Update - 2024/06/21

Hey everyone,

Friday again and time for another Dev Log.

The numbers this week are a bit lower than last week because I had to build my last minor test build.
That meant finding music for the scenes I created in the last weeks, doing post work (fixing stupid poke-throughs...) on roughly 400 renders, and putting it all together in a playable build.

After I finished that, I went back to writing and posing the next scene.
That scene will keep me busy for the next week and...

Preview renders - 2024/06/21

Less preview renders this week due to lower numbers overall and it's getting harder to find previews that don't contain too much of a spoiler.
Because of this, expect the number of previews to be lower until the Chapter 5 release.
I don't want to spoil anything about the Chapter 5 finale.

Preview renders - 2024/06/14

Dev Update - 2024/06/14

Hey everyone,

I'll make this a quick one since there aren't any major catastrophes to complain about. Which is good... I think...

Work on the game went as planned which means I finished the render work on the scene from last week and started working on the next one.

The next scene is written and coded and I started creating the renders for it.

The plan is to finish that scene next week and then create the new test build. That'll be the last one before Beta.

The n...

Dev Update - 2024/06/07

Hello everyone,

This week has been pretty... entertaining.
The usual workload at the start of the month combined with flooding on the weekend/start of the week.
Luckily we weren't really affected by the flooding (it stopped roughly 1m away from our house), it was still a day without work done on the game and no time to let the PC render because of power outages all around us.
I switched it off to prevent another SSD crash.

Enough complaints, onwards to this week's Dev L...

Preview renders - 2024/06/07

Regarding itch.io

Hey everyone,

Not really development-related but I want to make sure that people see this.

As of yesterday, June 6th 2024, I restricted access to my itch.io page so it doesn't show up for people who don't own the game (through itch.io).
The reason is itch still taking 30% of my US sales as tax withhold despite my country having a tax treaty with the US.
I co...

Dev Update - 2024/05/31

Happy Friday everyone,

business as usual this week. I'm chugging away from the remaining scenes, a national holiday, and lots of work.
Overall the progress is good, especially considering all the national holidays and family stuff in May.
I expected to be slower with the development than I was in the end.

What's left for Chapter 5?
I'm almost done coding the next scene which then needs renders. That will be the focus of next week.
After that, I've planned 5 more scene...

Preview renders - 2024/05/31

It's getting harder to find preview images without spoiling too much and not using the same kind of render over and over again...

Preview renders - 2024/05/24

Dev Update - 2024/05/24

Hey everyone,

Another week went by and it's Friday again.
I expected this week to be a bit slower progress-wise because of, again, a national holiday this week.
I guess it was not (slow), but I let you guys be the judges for that.
The focus this week was on rendering the remaining images for the next test build and then creating said test build.
Both went pretty well and I even finished the work on that a day ahead of what I had planned.

While waiting for the PC to fin...

Preview renders - 2024/05/17

Dev Update - 2024/05/17

Hey everyone,

this Dev Log is going to be a bit longer because there will be some news regarding the Steam release at the end.
To make sure everyone reads it: The Steam stuff is completely unrelated to the Patreon version!

This week has been pretty productive in general. No nasty surprises, no setbacks, and not a lot of other appointments outside the usual stuff.
I was able to focus on setting up the environment and renders for the scene I wrote last week.
Setting up the ...

Preview renders - 2024/05/10

Had a hard time finding 4 renders for this week.
Almost all renders this week show something I don't want to show in the previews.
That made the selection for this week pretty hard.
I hope they're not too boring :-)

Dev Update - 2024/05/10

Hey everyone,

another short week with little time to work on the game.
Although my progress is okay (to me at least) given the available time, it still sucks to see it going slower than the weeks before.
May is just full of holidays, family visits, and weekend trips which leave little time to work on the game and it's annoying me, to be honest.
I'm fully aware that I should enjoy the time off and I do.
But as soon as I get back to work and see the amount of work that still ...

May the force... build bridges

I know I'm early and I know I can schedule posts.
But since I'll post the 2k version on Discord too (which I can't do on the 4th) and I don't want you guys to get it later, here is my May 4th render.

And since 99% will be doing Lightsaber stuff, I went with something different.
A small crossover between Star Wars and Top Gun.

4k version is attached below.

Preview renders - 2024/05/03

Dev Update - 2024/05/03

Hey everyone,

A bit earlier again since I'll be away later today until Sunday.
This week is a bit lower on the numbers because of our trip last weekend, a national holiday mid-week, and me spending some time creating my next test build.
The build includes the "shortcut path" with all renders and music.
After that, I started working on the long path through Chapter 5 which will keep me busy for the next several weeks.

Next week will be a bit like this week. Lots of work (t...

Preview renders - 2024/04/26

Dev Update - 2024/04/26

Hey everyone,

a bit earlier today since I'll be away from home in the afternoon and tomorrow.
I've been posing static renders for most of this week to catch up with what is already written and coded.
I need to pose a few more renders until I'm done with the current scene... and that path through Chapter 5.

Good news: You can technically play to the end of Chapter 5 now.
Bad news: It's "just" the shortcut path. The other one will be significantly longer.

There will b...

Behind the scenes - writing and story

Hey everyone,

I had this idea this week, said why not, and decided to try something new.
A series of posts at irregular intervals about how the development goes outside the raw numbers that you can see in the weekly Dev Updates.
There won't be any new or important information (that will still be part of the Dev updates), just me writing about stuff that might, or might not, interest a few of you guys.

As I said, I don't have a timeline for when I'll write a post like this. I...

Dev Update - 2024/04/19

Hey everyone,

time for the weekly update.

This week has been pretty productive overall although I had to deal with a few other topics like tax stuff (fun!).
I've been focusing on writing and posing static renders for most of the time and I guess that shows in the numbers.

I'll keep that update short because I have something else planned for later today (something new I'd like to try out) that will come with a lot more text than this update.

The numbers for this week...

Preview renders - 2024/04/19

Poll - Patreon tier benefits

Hey everyone,

Ever since starting this Patreon page, I have been thinking about Patreon benefits.
Mostly because I didn't want to paywall my stuff initially (that went out of the window with Steam, though) but also because my time is pretty limited due to my job and the family.
But I always kinda felt I owe you guys more for your support.

So I gathered a few things other creators provide as benefits for their tiers and wanted to get your opinion on that stuff.

Be awa...