First Links Sent out for Gold Patrons
Just messaged out the links for Release 2 to the Gold Tier Patrons. Links for Silver will follow in 1 week, Bronze a week after that.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays!
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Release 2 Update 29
So, I have good news and I have bad news.
Good News: Looks like I should be sending the 2nd Release of TAG to Gold Tier Patrons tomorrow (Christmas Eve) . It will probably be later in the day, since the timeline is tight.
Bad News: Of the two a...
Release 2 Update 28
My god I hope this will be the last update before release! All of the sound is done FINALLY. This includes multiple re-done AI dialogue files because re-listening to ones I had done before the ElevenLabs speech-to-speech feature, and wasn't happy with, really ground my gears and I couldn't resist...
2023-12-16 23:33:33 +0000 UTC View PostAlmost FORGOT! MORE MUSCLES!!!!!
Remember when I talked about a Daz product called "Auto Muscle Enhancer", that was released for the male figure I work with (G8) but not the female because the vendor's wife died just before he completed it? Created amazing muscle shapes, striations, details and veins? And I really reall...
2023-12-09 21:57:36 +0000 UTC View PostRelease 2 Update 27
Rough week as far as getting regular times to work on TAG, meaning I had to find and sneak time when I could. But I still got many hours of work done. Even though 95% of my work is done on my desktop PC, and I cannot do Daz Studio image work on anything BUT that, I do have a Mic...
2023-12-09 21:23:04 +0000 UTC View PostRelease 2 Update 26
Getting a little tough to work efficiently with my parents' health issues, which unfortunately are getting worse: fractured thoracic vertebra on one and two fractured ribs from a fall last week on the other. Life can get rough in your 90s, that's for sure. Working in the background to ge...
2023-12-02 20:22:48 +0000 UTC View PostAI/ELEVENLABS SPEECH-TO-SPEECH!!!
I just tested out the speech-to-speech AI feature I mentioned in the last update, because it turns out I accidentally skipped one of Nina's dialogue lines in the final scene. HOLY CRAP is it amazing! I just read her line into my mic exactly like I want her to say it... including LAUGHTER... and i...
2023-11-30 15:52:29 +0000 UTC View PostRelease 2 Update 25
Last week I guessed I had about 15 still images left to do. Turns out it was more like 28! Anyway, the last one is done now. Whew. This week I'll be completeing sound effects and music, and then I've got those two animations to finalize and render. That part I'm honestly not looking forward to. I...
2023-11-26 19:08:08 +0000 UTC View PostRelease 2 Update 24
I think I've got about 15 still images left before I'm finished with them. That will take me probably to the end of Tuesday or maybe Wednesday at latest. then I can complete sound FX and music, which isn't a long process... then those two animations to finish up.
All my voice stuff (AI and...
Release 2 Update 23
Okay so finally I can post a real update. Again: sorry for the delay! This update has only two images for a couple reasons:
1) I shifted heavily this week to sound and voice work, and
2) This particular sequence of images in the scene has very dim lighting, and that slows down renderi...
2023-11-13 01:37:34 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate Delay
long, Long, LONG week! From driving parents to medical appointments to an unscheduled trip outta town to a sick wife (who's okay now)... not to mention trying to wrap up the final scene scripting, keeping up with AI voices, finishing image renders and just a day ago: Olivia voice files a...
2023-11-12 06:13:11 +0000 UTC View PostRelease 2 Update 22
I think you'll find this captivity scene to be lots of fun and very interesting! Nina has a very specific reason for doing this but she's also toying with and punishing him. Not to mention kind of drifting away from sanity.
Kind of looks like by the end of this week I may have my Olivia...
2023-11-05 18:07:42 +0000 UTC View PostRelease 2 Update 21
Now, I'm finished with all the AI voice work up to the last render I've completed so far for this release. All those 339 voice files I needed to do since the last update are done and integrated into the game code, as well as the files for Aubrey's voice files (from a human voice artist. ...
2023-10-28 23:47:44 +0000 UTC View PostMC Name Choice
How important is it to you that the MC can be custom-named?
2023-10-27 13:49:25 +0000 UTC View PostSound FX and Voice Integration
Just FYI.. I'm finding that in many cases now, as I'm adding voice support for the entire VN, where I have sound FX and voice tracks, that it makes sense to combine them into a single voice track instead of keeping them separate. This only matters for those who ...
2023-10-26 18:52:24 +0000 UTC View PostRelease 2 Update 20
This week I did no image renders. I provided images above that are ones I've done for Release 2 in previous weeks, but haven't shared them here yet. Wanted to make sure you were getting something other than just my words!
I've focused heavily on VOICE. I've now completed all AI voi...
2023-10-22 15:59:36 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate Note
Going to update tomorrow morning. Too tired to do it now. Have been pounding out many, many AI voice files for the VN. Sorry for delay.
2023-10-22 03:47:49 +0000 UTC View PostRelease 2 Update 19
Okay, just a mini-update here, about the voice acting. I reviewed ElevenLabs AI voice updates, and while they're not quite as "life-changing" as I'd hoped they'd be by now, they definitely are an improvement! Some updates that make a difference to me:
- There are now quite a few created... 2023-10-16 17:15:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Release 2 Update 18
Okay, this update is a little different because I'm posting FIVE images instead of FOUR. The extra image is the last one in the series, and it's provided because there's a (subtle?) surprise somewhere in it, for the "eagle-eyed" among you.
It was a pretty good week producti...
2023-10-14 20:36:26 +0000 UTC View PostRelease 2 Update 17
Similarly productive week bopping along with this scene's still renders and script! Even though I had some delays, most notable delay was that I had staged and rendered something like 20 images before realizing that the floor texture in this room was shitty as hell! then I realized also that I wa...
2023-10-08 02:54:59 +0000 UTC View PostRelease 2 Update 16
Very productive week! Got a lot of renders done, and we're steaming ahead through an exciting scene with Nina. Had to spend some time rigging some props and manipulating some static props into the shapes I needed but fortunately that didn't take too long. I ecpect the rest of the renders should g...
2023-10-01 14:37:19 +0000 UTC View PostRelease 2 Update 15
Busy week!
Got all of the phone text message history (remember that?) written, entered and coded. Got all my difficult programming problems solved, and the hardest problem was solved in a much more elegant fashion than I realized existed, with a very cool effect I...
Google Drive Requests
Getting a lot of share requests to my Google Drive. When I can't match the requester to a Patreon account I have to decline those. If you need access to the drive and don't have it yet, please contact me either by responding to this message or by sending me a private message.
2023-09-16 23:58:46 +0000 UTC View PostRelease 2 Update 14
I think I've rendered the last image for this scene. Before I start on images for the next scene I've got to spend a day or possibly two testing and cleaning up the code I've got so far. Some of it's getting more complex, with nested "If Then" statements with multiple dialogue possibilities, and ...
2023-09-16 04:22:23 +0000 UTC View PostRelease 2 Update 13
Surprise! I did go out of town as I mentioned last update, but still managed to get a few renders done. So here you go: a little late but still a full update. These few frames are where the rubber meets the road for the MC: Time to make a decision, bud! For me the decisi...
2023-09-11 18:48:45 +0000 UTC View PostRelease 2 Update 12
Still working on both animations in this scene, in the background. Got slowed down a bit this week - a number of renders back I noticed that Olivia's nipples started looking "off": pale and partially "submerged" into her breast. At the time I looked at all the typical things that could have gone ...
2023-09-03 15:45:43 +0000 UTC View PostRelease 2 Update 11
In addition to the one (super difficult) animation where ODLR (my shorthand for Olivia) throws the MC into the pool, this scene will also include another animation: a shag in the pool! I always intended to include that one, but once the throwing animation started seeming...
2023-08-27 03:51:52 +0000 UTC View PostOlivia Bicep Flex (OHMIGOD)
I'm doing an image now where they're still in the pool. He's sitting on her lap, and Olivia's flexing a bicep for him. I gotta admit: I'm losing it... this scene is HOT. The look on her face... the look on his f...
2023-08-24 02:01:49 +0000 UTC View PostRelease 2 Update 10
As you probably know, I've lately been working on an animation where Olivia throws the MC into a swimming pool. The fluid/water simulation portion of that is the hardest thing I've ever done in 3D. And the learning curve is so long that I think the best way to proceed at...
2023-08-21 05:55:51 +0000 UTC View PostWater Simulation Fun (Read: Hell)
Just want to let you guys know I haven't forgotten about you! I thought the glasses breaking was hard! Well: turns out I didn't know squat. The fluid simulations and settings are much harder! I've lost track of how many simulations I've run trying to ge...
2023-08-14 03:09:30 +0000 UTC View Post