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A fresh coat of paint! The Transfigure Editing Blitz

Published: January 14th 2023, 2:20:24 am

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 the biggest differences between the two versions.

The new version is objectively better edited. It overlaps almost completely but it will contain some new dialogue lines as well as generally better edits and readability.

This means all of the written content in the game will get a fresh coat of paint.

I’ve already added a lot of the edits to the intro content as well as Evan’s route, Damien’s route, and Mitch’s route.

On the 3D front, I now have a fully functional workstation! Now that I can render quickly, I’ve started practicing in earnest and have been trying to get an efficient production process. It’s been kind of hit or miss. There’s a big learning curve but I am up for it!

I now have a demo model for Damien and Samantha. The first two "sams" I made didn't give me a Sam vibe but this one does. She's got high levels of shyness, cuteness, and beauty. 

Previous models have been tweaked with patron feedback but I still have a few things I want to touch up, namely some skin textures and facial alterations.

One weird thing about Damien’s model (and some others) is he has blond hair but it looks dramatically different in various lighting conditions. Same for the skin textures. Some look like they slept in a tanning bed for a month or are so pale they reflect the sun. I think I found a solution for the major issues but it’s still not perfect.

My goal for this month is to release .59, get a fat block of written content added to Ren Py, and to get to the point where I can create all of the characters I need.

I also got part of the 3D title page done. I experimented with different resolutions, so this is the high rez version. I'm not really sure if it matters or not but I think a lot of people have really large high quality monitors so why not?

Please leave me some feedback if you have any. It does help improve the game!