ArenaOfThebes

Chapter 4

Chapter 4 is here! Watch as the guys are bonding over sweat and showers. But how long are the groups going to stay together as important information is revealed and family ties are creeping their way into the arena with our 4 new character additions.

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Hope you enjoy and have a nice weekend!

October Bronze Artwork Set 1/4

Introducing the bronze artwork set series which will feature clothed sfw-ish variation renders of the silver artwork set and likewise will see one image added every two days. 

You can also look forward to even more rewards added after this week when the early access of chapter 4 will be out.

Devlog: Meet the new Guys!

Hey guys! Exciting news – here's a sneak peek before the new early access chapter release. That Friday deadline is fast approaching, and I'm giving it my all to make it. I might need a bit more time, possibly into the following week, but no further, I promise. If all goes well I might still drop it on Friday.

Now, check out the attached images for a glimpse at the new characters. I had fun with new hair styles and underwear colors. Feeling a déjà vu vibe with any of them? Who are yo...

Devlog: Game of Thebes

Getting back to you with some more updates on development. Biggest change for now is a new addon for water droplets I've tried out. Doesn't work out for all shots especially with long water trails but it does speed up the whole process while providing some more variety.

Meeting the current deadline of two weeks is going to be some tough busy work but right now I still think I can mak...

Devlog: First Chapter 4 Renders

Not much to report this week but progress is still going steady. Most of the chapter is blocked out so I've switched over to more detail oriented changes.

 As promised here are some first previews of chapter 4 renders teasing some of the new locations with characters in action. Having them fully rendered I still see some issues so they might be slightly improved until full release but for now these are the most finished shots.

At this point I am aiming to complete chapter 4 u...

Devlog: Blocking Stage BTS

Coming back to you with some behind the scenes screenshots of the blocking stage of getting characters and camera into the right positions for the next chapter. This will go on for at least a week more but I plan to bring some final renders to you as well until then. 

Even through all the performance improvements I am starting to get a bit worried about render time for this update as there are a lot of characters visible in the same scenes. But I'll see how bad this will get during...

Chapter 3 Release

Chapter 3 is here! Come take a look at the 7 new faces and everything below that, as the arena is starting to fill up with new characters.

I've started to axe a lot of the text descriptions in this one in favour of letting the images speak for themselves. For the next update I'm planning to get some more music composed although I might fall back on free music instead depending on the workload. As it stands now some of the repeating music and some less sharp facial expressions give of a ...

Devlog: sweaty rooms

Giving you some work-in-progress shots of two new rooms I've been working on last week. As previously mentioned there's going to be some sweating going on in chapter 4 which you can look forward to. Still not a hundred percent on the scaling and still needs some work on the assets. There are a few issues with fitting the rooms all together right now with walls intersecting each other. This would be a bit of a hassle to deal with especially in shots where characters transition from one room to...

Devlog: Starting Chapter 4 + Intro Sean & Takuma

With the release of the early access of chapter 3, work on the new chapter has officially begun. Chapter 4 is going to see extensions to the existing rooms for lots more activities. You can expect a lot of sweating in these. There is also going to be another wave of characters to be introduced.

The duo of Sean and Takuma in the added images only made a brief appearance at the end of chapter 3, so whether you have gone through the early access or not, here is a closer look at their full ...

Chapter 3 Release Schedule

Chapter 3 is here! Come take a look at the 7 new faces and everything  below that, as the arena is starting to fill up with new characters.

Tier 3 Early Access Out now:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/chapter-3-early-86804950 

Tier 2 Early Access:

11. August

Tier 1:

25. August

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Devlog: Finalizing Chapter 3

I'm on the last steps of finalizing chapter 3, so here is the grayscale version of the chapter title screen as a teaser. 

I've also included some behind the scenes shots of some of the remaining problems I'm working on. Mainly concerning things that are sticking through clothing. Ultimately I'll try to get some more robust tools in place to prevent this in the future, for this chapter I'll probably resort to photoshop in some instances to quickly fix some of these issues to get the...

Devlog Update

Hey there,

It's been a bit quiet on my end these past couple of weeks, so I wanted to give you all some long overdue updates about what's been happening behind the scenes. Life has thrown a few unexpected curveballs, causing a bit of a hectic period. Some of the new characters also required some more work on hair and textures than anticipated. As a result, the development of the novel has been pushed back slightly.

While I may have been quiet, I’ve tried hard to make up for some...