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Mind Drop #27 (08/20/2021)
🕑 Added 2021-08-20 16:41:12 +0000 UTC
Yo, it me.
Game / Dev related stuff:
- I'm back on track after that unfortunate week. I'm feeling amazing about my work flow and productivity lately. I feel really in tune with everything and am making minimal mistakes and everything is going smoothly. So really nothing to complain about. 😊
- Since this is a shorter mind drop I figure it's a good time to share this real quick. One source of frustration of mine has always been me struggling to keep up with some of the productivity numbers from the early days of WVM. It takes a lot more effort to reach those numbers and I've been susceptible to falling into a trap where I doubt myself and think I'm falling off or that my heart might not be in it as much as it once was. But the simple reality is that my renders have improved drastically and even though I have a lot more improving to do, what I do now takes a lot more time than it used to.
It used to just be me rendering a background and then posing the characters separately and being able to do 10+ poses with that same background. So outside of render times it was very little hands on work compared to now.
I think with my current worklow and skills I could crank out 80+ renders a day if I reverted back to my beginner mode.
Not really sure why I felt like sharing that tbh... guess it serves as a healthy reminder that self comparisons are pretty lame and can get toxic real quick and most of the time they're bullshit anyway. 😁
And also, I think I'm more in love with making this game than I've ever been. Nothing has really held my attention for 2 years before and I've never put this many hours into a single thing but I wake up every single day excited and giddy for what I'm going to make. Especially with everything I'm learning with blender... I'm super excited for what I can make in the future. 😊
Renders made this prior week:
(11 days since last mind drop)
New - 168 renders and 2 animations
Week 1 redo - 115 renders and 0 animations
(Currently working through a tough to make scene in the redo)
My goal is 20 renders a day, accomplished 25 a day even though I'm working in a tough scene so I feel really good about that.
Personal related stuff:
- Really boring week as far as personal life is concerned. My wife had a minor injury while we were at the gym earlier this week so I've been helping her out and we haven't left the crib much while she heals up. 😁
- Recently have gotten into the whole custom mechanical keyboards hobby and built my own. I miss my numpad, it's been 5 days and I still phantom type on it all the time. 😢
Upcoming content:
- Not upcoming but I put up the birthday renders on discord for tiers 1 and above. I decided to do 2 renders for each girl. So... so far there's been 8 total renders with 2 more coming on the 30th for Fyona.
Here's an extra example
(Vanessa's second render. The discord version is in 4K, patreon really kills the quality when I upload directly like this.)
- Updated Character Sheet
(Was supposed to be last week but was focused on making up some renders that I missed out on. Will be up early tomorrow.)(Will add Fyona, Ivory, and Yellow)
- Alanah polls
On Tuesday at noon est
- Monthly render set
Hopefully before the end of the month
- First Beta?
I said I'd have more concrete info last week but I'm afraid I don't have much to share today but I will have more to share soon.
I will say that the first beta will be a smaller one and it should be out soon but it will not be in August. I have all the renders and code, but there's some other things I have to work out that I cant talk about publicly yet.
- Next mind drop
Mind drops every Friday at noon est
Okay, that's all for this week. 😎
Thank you guys so much for everything and I'll talk to you all soon.
Love you guys <3
Comments
Tarragon
I'd rather wait for a good render than to see a lot of upgrades with low quality renders. So take your time, I 'm certain I'll appreciate that when next update comes.
Joseph Ownspipe
I’m sure this been asked and answered but. How long does it take to create and render?
james theberge
No worries BD there will always be little thing dropping seeds of doubt out there. But as you said, the quality of your work today is up from 2 years ago and is still going up. So you just find your groove and wow us when you are happy with the results, and we will continue loving everything you give us.
Dew
Looks like it's time to build a separate numpad next! Love building keyboards and welcome to the hobby! Also keep up the great work!
Scarsdale
I expect that Vanessa, Veronica, Skye, and Harper will be included to the family before long! Vanessa asked MC to have dinner with her and Nathan for a normal evening so yeah...
JamesAH
Good to hear that you are enjoying your work.
Day
Probably my fav person who hasn't really gotten any attention.
Gavin
Just wanted to say, I know I'm a new patreon for this page but your animations and art has improved really well. It's been a pleasure to see it throughout playing the game, you should be incredibly proud of yourself mate. you're doing a great job.
AndyInSunnyDB
Time to give Nathan a baby brother
Love the game. Would an extra employee help share the workload you have ? Love the progression and all the characters, brilliant.
Really glad to hear this kind of news. I can really see how this story has such heart after reading stuff like this. Can't wait to see what you come up with and how this story and the relationships keep unfolding. Great job!
Grizzly Williams
Keep up the good work I'm really enjoying your game
Braindrop
Good looks.
Ruff Ryder
I live Vanessa.
ARM
Logitech sells a external wireless number pad for people who really want it back. I own one and it was quite useful when I was using a keyboard without it.
