Status Update #73

Hey there, folks. Today I'm bringing you February's first game status update.

First, let's talk about the cover image, which is early in Trevor's upcoming Grind'm hookup. I'm previewing this CG in particular because normally when I do renders with mirrors they come out with a lot of noise, and denoising tends to smooth out all the details. Magically, that didn't happen here! I'm also super happy with the clothes draping. It all came together into a nice little tease...

I'm gonna share the to-do list for this Grind'm up below, but first I want to share something I've been working on. I get asked a lot how to unlock certain CGs and also how to find scenes in the game. I always take the time to answer, so I figured why not just save time by writing it out for everyone.

As such, while waiting for preview renders of CGs to check for lighting etc., I've been picking at writing a guide. Since I want to present it in a nice way, I've been teaching myself InDesign to make it into a nifty PDF. I'm sharing a sample of it today, which has the CG and relationship guide for Matt.

You can download the sample by clicking here. It goes pretty in-depth on the "ideal" path for Matt, including details about how to unlock later content that you may otherwise miss.

I've already laid out guides for some other guys, but I don't know when it'll all be complete—it's not taking priority over the game itself. But I think it's shaping up to be a cool little supplement, especially once I add in details like game mechanics and other behind the scenes stuff to help you plan out playthroughs.

As a side effect of getting InDesign, I now have Photoshop proper. I've been using an image program called GIMP since the beginning, but discovering that certain aspects I've been doing entirely by hand can be done with a single click in Photoshop has been eye opening. Editing CGs has become much, much easier.

Speaking of CGs, here's the list of what's been done and what remains for the next game update. Newly updated items are denoted by an asterisk:

Completed Components

🟢 GENERAL 🟢

Revised Models

• Alex, full revision

• * Isaiah, tweaks

• NC17, tweaks

• Trevor, tweaks

New Model

• Henri (Matt's former roommate)

• Patrick (music teacher)

Revised Sprites 

• Connor's Grind'm clothes for Jordi's scenario (8 of 8 completed)

• Jordi's Grind'm clothes (5 of 5 completed)

• Jordi naked erect (5 of 5 completed)

Coding

•  Jordi's Grind'm scenario CG unlocks

• Bug fixes (ongoing)

🟢 TREVOR GRIND'M UPDATE 🟢

Art - Menu

• Revised Grind'm menu screen

• Trevor profile pics (4 of 4 completed)

• Trevor profile text (2 of 2 completed)

• * Grind'm gallery screens (4 of 4 completed)

• Jordi's Grind'm gallery thumbnails (39 of 39 completed)

• * Trevor's Grind'm gallery thumbnails (36 of 74 completed)

Art - Sprites

• Cell phone (10 of 10 completed)

• Connor Grind'm clothes (24 of 24 completed)

• Trevor Grind'm clothes (5 of 5 completed)

• Trevor naked erect (3 of ? completed)

• Unlock pop-up notification sprite

Art - CGs

• * Scenario intro CGs (2 of 2 completed)

• * Scenario foreplay CGs (28 of 28 completed)

• * Scenario side CGs (28 of 28 completed)

• * Scenario bottom CGs (29 of 29 needed)

Art - Backgrounds

• City (1 of 1 completed)

• * Hotel (7 of 7 completed)

Art - Character Model

• Hotel Clerk

• * Valet

Writing

• Trevor profile text (2 of 2 variations completed)

• Scenario introduction

• Scenario foreplay

• * Scenario side/oral, part 1

• * Scenario side/oral, part 2 (3 of 3 variations completed)

• * Scenario bottom, part 1

• * Scenario bottom, part 2 (3 of 3 variations completed)

• * Scenario top, part 1

• * Scenario top, part 2 (3 of 3 variations completed)

Coding

• Trevor scenario unlocks

• Revised Grind'm menu screen

• Grind'm gallery screens (2 of 2 completed)

• Scenario introduction

• * Scenario foreplay (5 of 5 segments completed)

• * Scenario side/oral, part 1 (2 of 4 segments completed)

• * Scenario bottom, part 1 (2 of 4 segments completed)

• * Scenario top, part 1 (2 of 4 segments completed)

Needed Components

🟡 TREVOR GRIND'M UPDATE 🟡

Art - Menu

• * Trevor's Grind'm gallery thumbnails (38 of 74 needed)

Art - Sprites

• Trevor naked (total unknown)

• Additional character(s) (total unknown)

Art - CGs

• Scenario top CGs (27 of 27 needed)

• Scenario versatile CGs (3 of 3 needed)

• Scenario cumming CGs (69 of 69 needed)

• Scenario afterglow CGs (4 of 4 needed)

• Scenario ending CGs (2 of 2 needed)

• Scenario end screen CGs (3 of 3 needed)

Writing

• Scenario versatile

• Scenario cumming (10 variations)

• Scenario afterglow (2 variations)

• Scenario ending (2 variations)

• Scenario end screen (3 variations)

Coding

• * Scenario side/oral & cumming (2 of 4 segments needed)

• * Scenario bottom & cumming (2 of 4 segments needed)

• * Scenario top & cumming (2 of 4 segments needed)

• Scenario versatile

• Scenario afterglow

• Scenario ending

• Scenario end screens

Additionally, I've been doing a lot more planning for the story update that will follow this Grind'm update, in particular the breakdowns of scene variants and figuring out all the CGs and other art I'll need once I start working on it in earnest.

That's what I've got today! I'll have more soon—including a new Guy Gallery, which I managed to fit into the last few weeks as well.