Chapter 4 - Dev Log #14

Hello,

So, I've got quite a few topics today. 

1. Music 

2. Still renders & Postwork

3. Left to do

3.1. Gallery update

4. Previews

1. Music 

Shall we begin with a topic I never expected to become such a pain in the ass. 

As all of you know, I've got some trouble with the music. A few days ago a fellow developer got a DMCA claim from ArtList, which resulted in his game being temporarily taken down from Steam. 

This pretty much seals it that I will not get in business with ArtList.  (The ones with the 10k$ minimum price.) 

I'm still waiting for a reply from a different company.

Even though the situation around the music looks really dark... I won't give up on acquiring the most quality assets for the games. 

I took a new approach and I started contacting several Music artists that create high-quality music. 

I'm now in personal contact with a few bands and plan on contacting more to buy licenses that are exactly catered to my needs without the constant cloud of worry in the back of my head. 

I have already heard back from two bands and I'll keep you guys updated on the situation. This also gives the opportunity to get some Original Soundtracks down the line. 

Music specificially made for Summer's Gone. (And WiAB.) 

But this is a thingy for way down the line, as it will be really expensive. So let's first hit a few of the not yet reached Patreon goals and then I'll get in contact with a band and negotiate a deal that would make both sides happy. 

The only drawback... I have to write quite a few lengthy E-Mails that took hours out of my day... I'm currently talking to a few RL friends and see if someone wants to earn a little on the side as my assistant in contacting and securing licenses. 

Still, it's to be expected that many of the Artists/Bands won't accept my proposition as soon as we get to the point about pornographic content... 

But I won't give up. 

2. Still renders & Postwork 

I finished the still renders yesterday... It took a little longer for several reasons: 

• We had a fire at home and one family member was hospitalized due to smoke inhalation. The person is completely fine again. The first thing I did was to save the PCs. But everything turned out well. It looked a lot worse than it actually was. 

• I finished one of the smaller cinematics already. So there are now 2 cinematics left. One smaller and a bigger one. 

3. Left to do. 

All that is left now is postwork on 2250 renders and postwork on the cinematics. 

I already prepared "The Pirates of the Caribbean" movies to guide me through countless hours of postwork.

When this is done, I will start polishing the update... This might create a few more renders, etc. 

Then I will implement a "Summary" that will play after every Chapter. This will give a quick flashback to what happened in the last Chapter. 

3.1 Gallery Update 

SG's gallery was always just a temporary shitty thingy I created during a time when my Work/Life balance was a disaster and I felt like shit. 

And creating multiple galleries for 25 characters was just too much. I did it, but not in a way that satisfied me. 

I will update the gallery's design over the next two updates. (Chapter 4 and Chapter 4.5) 

It will be very similar to WiAB's Design. (Images of the girls might still change.) 

I have made a video about WiAB's gallery HERE

You can expect a few differences here and there but I intend to stay close to the design. And obviously, there won't be an NTR button. 

4. Previews 

I don't have many previews today but here we go. (4k attached). 

The occasional Cheeto

The not so occasional Sonya 

I'm growing kinda tired of the DnD session and I'm glad I did cut it in 1/3 or 1/4. Now that I decided to cut it down, I stopped rushing the Cyberspace Nightmare story.  

But it was an amazing experience workwise. It was so different from what I normally do. (Much more demanding.) 

I could let my creativity run wild and learned a lot about designing environments. 

But I'm not going to lie... 

The DnD session was quite exhausting to the end. After that first sweet scent of 'so different' vanished, it sometimes became a real chore and I'm looking forward to Chapter 4.5... 

When there's just "Real Life". 

I'm so excited about the future Chapters. 

So, I did say in the Last Log that this might be the last Dev Log before the release. 

And it is the last Log with previews but I assume there will be one more Bibi Log just talking about the current progress of postwork and polishing. 

We're almost there.

- Ocean