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Christmas Post - CG and Demo update

Happy holidays from Tango Fiction!

First of all let me apologize for being quiet lately. I’ve just been crunching the to do list down and trying to keep myself from getting burned out by switching up tasks as often as possible. I felt bad I didn’t finish .61 yet so I started working on more content and now it’s the end of the month again and everything is still spaghetti.

In terms of story, Transfigure is almost finished. It just requires a lot of my least my favorite task, ...

Halloween + Transfigure 3D Demo 0.0.1F

Happy late Halloween everyone!

It’s Space Explorer Taylor! Much like me, she appears to have fallen into an alternate dimension that might include a time dilation paradox.

The last month has disappeared in a blur. It’s been stressful trying to get everything I want done but certain real life priorities must come ahead of making saucy games. I apologize for not communicating better but I’ve been so close to finishing a bunch of really cool stuff I thought I’d get it out but...

Discount Wishes - Tango Fiction's First Comic

Discount Wishes is a comic about the perils of using a discounted magic item.

This is the first of about two hundred comic ideas I have kicking around. It was supposed to be the easiest to make but it did end up taking a fair bit of time and I have a new appreciation for the amount of work it takes to make one. The process should get smoother as I gain experience! I had a lot of fun making this comic so I hope you like it.

I wanted this to be about 18-20 pages but it is a far bit ...

Progress Report

Hi.

So far this month I’ve split my time into a few different areas.

I reshot several scenes in the Transfigure 3D demo and bumped up the CG count by about 50. I also plan to reshoot the beginning segments of the game that still contain graphical errors. I’ve also continued experimenting with different assets in order to fill in the content roster for other portions of the game. A few shots are included here including some showing Taylor after leaving “tomboy” mode in the ...

Bunny Bambi Boobies!

"Some weirdo left a comment saying I look like Bambi. They are totally wrong! I'm not a fawn! I'm a bunny." *Taylor smiles, raising her hands and wiggling her fingers to look like antlers.* "Or am I?" she teases.

Just a quick post showing off three bust size variations with the better fitting bunny suit. The large size is fairly close the original Caprice model and the small one is a bit on the small side so the middle one might be just right.  

As always, thanks ...

Summer Roundup + New Bonus YP CG Renders!

Wow, this summer went by so quickly! This post marks roughly a year since I started my 3D endeavors in earnest. It was mainly spent climbing a fairly steep learning curve but now that I am becoming more proficient on the art side I am going to try to switch gears to production while still trying to improve along the way.

As the Transfigure 3D demo gets closer to being presentable, I’ve been nibbling away at the project on a variety of fronts. This includes writing, graphics, sound eff...

Transfigure 3D Demo 0.0.1E

Hello!

Here’s the latest version of the Transfigure 3D demo! We are at E now. E stands for Erotic! 

Graphic improvements are the primary focus of this update.

In a previous post I mentioned some of the graphic improvements and size reductions so that is a major plus in this version. It weighs in about 400 megabytes now down from over 950 for the previous version! I still have optimizations for the backgrounds to do so that will also add some additional savings in the ...

Haughty Hotty? New Julie Model!

Alright I finally got a Julie model I am pretty happy with. I am showing off a few renders and requesting comments before I start shooting scenes.

Originally Julie has brown eyes but when I was experimenting I found that in general the darker eyes made her look like she had a singular sort of death-glare. That's kind of okay in well lit scenes but I like having the pupils visible if possible and not have it all blend together. So I tried kind of brownish gold color and I liked it bett...

Hart Art Experiments

Hi Tango Friends!

I've been experimenting with some alternate art styles and AI services in my free time. Here are the results of some attempts to recreate Hart with a bit of photoshop to clean up all the weirdness that AI art naturally creates.

I am intrigued by the results! AI is controversial but I think it is here to stay, especially if it improves in quality and consistency. Let me know what you think of the styles and if you'd like to see more.

Have a good one! 2023-08-04 02:30:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Handsome Hart

Here is my mostly finished male Hart model (his starting form at the beginning of the G-Con story). I think he turned out okay. I’m happy with him. The resemblance is strong with enough distance between male and female that no one will confuse the two plus I have room to make the transitioning forms more interesting.

They could easily be siblings or the same person. The cherry on top is they are both attractive models in my opinion. The female is very pretty and the male is handsome. ...

Transfigure .60 HTML Louise Returns

It has been years coming but I finally added more of Louise's story. It even has a pretty spiffy song. I also wrote a music tune for it so one day maybe it will get produced for the Transfigure movie in 2039.

There are a few pieces that got broken off this update but they will pop up soon. Lots of misc improvements added in this update.

I've also been touching up a lot of the games non sexual content so I can fill in some of the last areas that need more significant work in the st...

Update soon + 3D Improvements!

I worked on the new update most of day and I'm cutting off .60 I just need to do my final play test and proofread and then upload. It will come out late tonight or tomorrow.

In other development news, I have some significant improvements to announce. Thanks to the feedback of several patrons and other 3D artists, I have applied some extra post processing to most of the 3D images resulting in a noticeable increase in quality especially in previously grainy scenes. There has also been a...

Transfigure 3D Demo 0.0.1D Yellow Potion Experiment

The newest demo is finally growing into something resembling a visual novel! It now includes Evan and yellow potion content! Yay. There are a bunch of new graphics and tweaks including a few expanded scenes.

I have also finally learned how to fix the color of YP Taylor’s hair which has been an endless struggle recently. For now it is the weird yellow crayon color but I will probably update the CG eventually… or maybe just write a line that it changes or something. I have a lot of d...

Goddess Connection

Okay, I couldn't resist. There is too much Hart art!!

The cute redhead is Hart, the protagonist of Goddess Connection. He is a man cursed with a connection to the goddess Anyo.  The more he uses this connection and relies on his new magic, the magic  gradually pushes Hart’s body to mirror the form of the goddess he is drawing from. Hart is pushed into several moral conundrums where he must either use his powers to help his friends or suppress them and pur...

Truly an evolution!

Here you can see a banner with Taylor transitioning to her most powerful form, bunny Taylor.

Power levels from left to right are 10, 8, 1600, and 9999.

I've been messing around making some banners and promotional materials. Any routes, outfits, or transformations you'd like to see highlighted?

Lots of updates coming soon!

Transfigure Walkthrough Update + Cute YP Renders

It has been years since the walkthrough has been updated so it needed a lot of work. I think there are four or five fan walkthroughs but I am qualified to make the first one and keep it simple so that’s why I put some time into it this month. It was a lot easier to explore the massive story web without lag on my new setup to jot things down.

The other reason I updated this is I often get messages from users stating they beat all the content in the Transfigure in 1-3 minutes which is o...

3D Roundup

As I am putting the finishing touches on .60 html, I realize that I have built up a bunch of content without posting so rather than stress myself out and dump 10 posts after a long silence I am going to try and put out some of what I have since some of it is pretty cool!

I am releasing Craig and Tim’s model for comment as well as some other renders. I’ve also moved into more tests trying to make animations and videos to expand my game play narratives and VN experience. I included a ...

Transfigure 3D Demo 0.0.1C

It’s been a while since I posted. I hurt myself last month in a stupid accident so I haven’t been as productive as I’d like but things are moving along. I can now sit at my computer without extreme pain again so I’m back at it with more regular hours. I did quite a bit of dev work and writing this month.

The 3D project and the html are both near some substantial updates.

First up we have the 3D demo that’s getting closer to something I am willing to show publicly. It sti...

Transfigure 3D 0.0.1a Release

Hi. Here’s the first Transfigure 3D update. It’s been about five years since I did a Ren’Py demo so there were bound to be issues and that’s why I wanted to release the first bit as kind of a pre-test. The only way to learn is to do it!

The first release was not that great. It was buggy and missing a lot of CG, many of which I accidentally removed in the course of making the various distributions. I also ended up breaking some of the things that earlier worked so it was actually...

Transfigure 3D Concept Demo Released for Patrons of Tango Fiction

I am excited to finally release an initial concept demo of Transfigure 3D! The full demo should be out later this month but the patrons of Tango Fiction get a sneak peak.

When I first started Tango Fiction my goal was to get to the point I could produce a quality VN experience and this is the next major step in that journey.

The Mitch scenes for example have most of the elements I want to include. I’d like to make the whole game a better version of this section. I’m curious ho...

Transfigure 3D Demo Approaching

Hi!

It’s time for a progress update for the Transfigure 3D demo. I’ve worked on it for loads of hours this month and did many experiments with different 3D elements like cloth physics. Some of these simulations took up to an hour each and I did many dozens of them plus all the rendering has truly proven the value of the hardware upgrades, saving me probably hundreds of hours already. I think the results look decent too.

I’m still adding CG and polish elements but I finished ...

Transfigure 3D Update

Here’s some more 3D content from the past couple months. For starters we have Occulus assassin Taylor testing out some blood effects. 😮 Don’t stray from the light, Taylor! I also included some “Taylor Unlocked” models. You can probably speculate on how some of the pieces will fit together if you’ve played through all of the existing stories.

Taylor is too cute with green hair so I tried to make her have an intimidating evolution.

I think I'm at the point where I can m...

Transfigure .59 - Four new endings!

Hi.

Did an entire month disappear into a time vortex? I think so. Sorry for sucking but that’s kind of what hummingbirds do, especially the poor ones 😀

.59 is live. It includes four new endings and the long awaited saga with the greatest of the great, Zen Master Peeshi!

Peeshi is one of my favorite characters to write dialogue for. Will there be worthwhile wisdom to be gained from ZMP’s potent training regime or only corruption?

We also got a new Yellow Potion e...

Dev Report - New Character Models and Cute Cosplay

The Ren’Py demo development is progressing well. This month I’ve done hundreds of test renders and experiments to produce more complete graphics. There is a lot of familiarization, learning, and mistake fixing but I'm happy with the pace.

I tested several different background styles and decided that since I now have the equipment and means, I might as well go for the best looking option even if it is more expensive.

I’ve been able to successfully create some decent CGs. I’...

Progress Report + Character Art

Hi!

My goal for this month is to release two html updates and answer one of the key 3D questions blocking me from producing fully complete CG, mainly what I am doing for backgrounds. There are essentially four choices, 2D backgrounds (pictures), HDRI backgrounds, full 3D backgrounds, and blurred / bokeh or a combination.

Writing wise, I made a list of about a dozen early dead ends and have been filling them in. This week it was Drew and some progress towards some fairly simple end...

God Rays and Goddesses

Here is an updated Samantha model taking into account some patron feedback. A special thanks to Sentimental Penguin and Harley for chipping in with some helpful suggestions! I think I reduced Sam’s MILF level by at least 20% and replaced it with cuteness. The changes are mostly subtle but I think they make an impact. I also changed Sam’s eye color to be a more realistic shade of blue and more closely matched the skin textures to the baselines of other characters.

I am experimenting ...

A fresh coat of paint! The Transfigure Editing Blitz

Adding content to Ren Py allows me another chance to read through and edit it. This has led to a major round of polish editing for the whole game. I’ve caught a lot of errors that shouldn’t exist at this point. At first I was updating all of the changes to the html version but that was becoming too slow for each inconsequential tiny fix so I switched to just adding major corrections to the html. Now that I have a new system I might return to syncing more edits but this will lead to one of...

Tango Online

Howdy Tango Friends!

It’s been another busy week. Outside of normal holiday stuff, I did a lot of research and price checking for my new PC build. My goal was to get a working system by the end of January but things are going a lot faster than that. I decided to assemble it myself to save money and get more appropriate hardware. I managed to take advantage of Boxing Day sales and a couple online deals to assemble most of the components I need with around $1000 in savings. I am only mi...

Merry Christmas from Tango Fiction! + Dev News

Taylor is here to crack some nuts! Or maybe the nuts of guys who hit on her? 

Merry Christmas everyone! Apparently everyone opens their presents early anyway!

I suppose this is as good of a time as any to post the other big piece of dev news for 2022.

I recently had an epiphany which basically crystallized my thoughts of the past couple years.

The short version is I’m working my beak off. It’s a bit frustrating because that hasn’t translated into ...

Name that Taylor Reveal!

If you guessed Christmas Yellowpotion Taylor you are correct. I’d have also taken Reindeer or cute and festive YP Taylor or something along those lines.

The closest answer I received was “antsy Reindeer Taylor” which is pretty close to what was presented but still missing one of the key components. I was going to make the hint __ ___-___ Taylor or give the number of letters but felt that would make it too easy since it would point to a potentially hyphenated word like yellow-potio...