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Update: General & Update Cycles, Development
🕑 Added 2021-09-10 12:35:43 +0000 UTCHey everyone,
I hope you had a nice week!
Today I can finally give you the next and improved version of the Benchmark scene.
Current Status:
- The current Benchmark build is really just for you play around with Brittany a bit. Nothing is final or polished (especially not the locomotion).
- Added some more plants. Now with real coconut Trees as well ;)
- Added one animation with Trinity
- Drastically reduced file size! From 5GB+ to around 1.2GB
- First version for dynamic Vegetation, not all small plants yet active. Also not yet a unified system so that´s something we have to take a look later. But at least there is some interaction which I really enjoy. Makes the map more alive in my opinion.
- Skin Shader improvements
- Added controls for Dick Physics & Erection
- Tons of other small improvements!
Here is a short video of that => Dick Physics in Action
Next steps:
- Proper locomotion system
- Proper interactive foliage
- Better Physics for body parts
- Some nice Music for the relaxed holiday mood ;)
- Adding the other girls
- More Sex Animations
- Better Menu
Please keep in mind this is still "only" the Benchmark Project where we gather knowledge and test things.
General:
At the moment there are too many things on my plate (Game Development, Patreon Viewer, Animations, weekly Updates, Research, Game Design, Art Design, Management, Family, etc.) and I need to slow down a bit and focus more on less things at a time to not burn out and actually enjoy work. I am currently lacking the peace of mind to really sit back, properly think about things, plan and then execute. I am rushing from one update to the next and it´s honestly not so much fun. And I should and want to exercise a lot more, which is really important.
So what I want to try is simply taking more time for tasks. I just recently read an interview from another artist, mentioning that it takes weeks for 1 animation loop to prepare, animate & render. The interview was very expiring and the stuff looks great! He simply takes his time to really polish stuff and delivers top notch content. And that´s what I also want to go back to. I think weeks for a simple loop is too long and I would be bored. But the general approach of taking time to create something great is definitely the right approach.
And it´s not only the content itself, it´s also the preparations and management of things. It´s vital for the next projects to have everything done properly, not rushed and in an orderly way. I fell really not at ease when things are not clearly structured & managed and that also takes time.
Beginning with October I also want to change the update cycles to every 2 weeks. If you remember I did that already before and it was much more relaxed, the quality improved and I could get more things done. Because, at least now, having a weekly update takes quite a lot of time that causes delays on other ends. So we are going to try that starting October. Most likely I will go back to weekly updates anyway, once we have more content and cool stuff to show. As I mentioned in previous updates, we have to work on lots of "boring" stuff right now and don´t have a lot to show anyway.
So please excuse when things will take a bit longer, it will definitely be worth it! And you have known me for so long already that you know I am not just talking, I also deliver. So thank you very much for your trust and patience!
Puh, great to have that off my chest!
Side note: I will also try to get more help on things content&management wise. But it's not easy to find good, affordable and trustable people. I am on it ;)
Poll to focus on 1 thing:
Last but not least I would like you to participate in the poll of what we should focus on next. Since 2 big projects at once is simply too much, I would like your opinion on that.
- Island (Benchmark/Game):
Basically what you can see now, just working more on it and improving/adding things. - Pose viewer:
Would be a simple Sex-Pose viewer with different sets. This is not so complicated but also requires a lot of time & effort.
Both things are fun to do and the any future production will benefit from what we do. So it´s really just about what you would like to have first.
Alright, that's it from my side for this week. I hope you enjoy the update and that you are ok with the approach.
Thanks a lot for your support!
Best,
PM&Team
Comments
Lary
It is Friday once again .Can you please make the benchmark available to 2$ tier supporters Puppetmaster. Also sent a dm incase you miss this reminder.
Puppetmaster3dx
Oh that's a nice surprise! We have more stuff in the scene, shader Quality of the characters is a lot more complex than then the Unreal character and we have better performance :) Unreal rocks :)
Kraig
Huuge improvement having Brittany to explore with as opposed the the UE default character. The locomotion animations are way better than I was expecting. Hir walk especially... oof! *chef's kiss* ^_^ Seems like the performance is better too. Previously I think had the 3D set to 95% and was getting ~33 FPS at 4K. Now I'm running a 100% and getting ~37 FPS at 4K.
Lary
Awesome😀 thanks for being generous.I will gladly remind you next friday.
Puppetmaster3dx
Thanks for your understanding!
Puppetmaster3dx
Thanks a lot :)
Puppetmaster3dx
Good point, since this is a very early version, I will unlock it next week. Please do remind me, thanks! ;)
Populuxe
It’s completely understandable if you need to scale things back a bit for your own mental health. The last thing I want is for you to get burned out.
TheGreatCornholio
Hey take it as easy as you need to. Everything is looking great!
Lary
Everything looks great.Bummer 2$ tier no longer have access to the benchmark to try.Was something I was looking forward to every friday.😔
Puppetmaster3dx
Glad to hear that! :)
Puppetmaster3dx
Thank you! :)
Hiro
They are so beautiful, I am more and more fans of your works
John Douglas
Looks amazing so looking forward to playing the game hyped and the movie u and your team have ben doing a amazing update uses need to take your time
