Keisi

Dev Diary #47

Added 2021-10-22 12:19:10 +0000 UTC

I wasn't going to post the diary this early but there are a few things I want to explain and the sooner I do it the better.

Yesterday I had the wonderful idea of going to bed early to catch up on some sleep but it wasn't a good idea. I went to bed at 12, got up at 6, work until 8, had a quick breakfast, and then went back to sleep...

It's not the first time it's happened to me, even when I wasn't doing this, it happened to me a lot of times, shit happens.

Apart from my sleep problems, which even Lisapi doesn't care about, I'm going to have to do something I don't like: take a break.

I'm going to take the whole weekend off because I think I'm extra limiting my mind. I don't know where this is coming from but I'm getting pretty exhausted in general... I've noticed it because I've been doing Maria's level 4 all week and I haven't even finished it. It's a level that should be done in 2 days at the most, I've been working on it for 5 days and I still have the sexual part to do. It's not usual for me and it's not normal for a short level. I had to stop doing it because I realized that I was unconsciously trying to save renders and poses to finish it earlier.

Not only that but I'm also starting to notice that the dialogues are "boring" or repetitive, something is happening and especially with the MC. I don't know what exactly is wrong with him but I think I've distanced myself from how he really was/is and he seems more and more repetitive or passive. Something weird is going on in my head.

It's getting to the point that I don't do any more posts or polls because I always have the same feeling and thought that right now I don't know how to explain but it's something that I don't like at all because it seems that there is a lack of communication from my side and it pisses me off.

I also begin to fail to understand the lack of participation in general. Since LA was born I have always said: I listen to anyone who has something to contribute, no matter how crazy the idea is. I like to listen to people and comment on that idea, comment, or feedback. That gives possibilities for new ideas and above all communication between the interested players and the dev (me). And if it's from a patron... All the more reason I want to hear your thoughts and ideas. So far, everything that has been within the limits of LA has been implemented when one of you suggested it to me.

But the lack of participation in general I don't quite understand why it happens. And I'm talking on a general level, not explicitly here on Patreon because here I haven't really explicitly asked for your opinion in writing because I always do it through polls, which I think is easier.

I don't really understand why we have a community of lurkers on discord either but I guess that's normal? I'm not sure because it's been a long time since I've been on another dev's server so I'm not sure. It's a shame this point especially for people who aren't patrons although there's no point in explaining it here. I'll just say that Lisapi has been working with two bots to get more interaction in general and I've told her not to make announcements or anything. I was going to use the MEE6 economy and put custom stuff (codes, renders, etc) but for that, I have to pay the premium and I doubt anyone would participate and besides you guys would get it instantly as you are patrons so I consider it wasted money because I doubt anyone would participate apart from 2-4 people from the Hispanic channels.

Unfortunately, this is going to go on for a while because I've been quite unmotivated since 4.0 and now there's also something that I'm afraid to talk to you about because I'm not sure how you're going to react to it. I was writing a post for 3 hours the other day and in the end, I deleted everything and didn't post it. The post wasn't directly related to LA, it's just, well, I have another project in my mind for months, and last week I wanted to work on it (a few hours a day) and it didn't end well. The funny thing so to speak is that I really want to work on this side project but unfortunately it would take me a lot of time even if I just work on it (it won't be a VN as such). But I will not give much information about it until I am sure of everything and above all have my mind in order.

That said, see you on Monday but... I won't leave without leaving a few spoilers.

I've been working on the new exp table, now all the girls require much less experience to level up but in return, every new level the exp goes back to zero. I've been wanting to do this for a while so it won't be so grindy with every new version + I've prepared it for the whole hardmode rework I'll be doing soon.

But let's get to the interesting stuff: A bath with some girls in the evening.

And if I tell you... I'd better not.

Let's meet the new rescue. I was going to give her a name but she's not a secondary or main girl so I didn't want to give any confusion. I don't rule out giving a name to all the rescued girls.