Mike the3DGuy

I've made a hard decision!

Added 2023-02-14 01:18:42 +0000 UTC

Daz Studio is good at a few things, and the best at some others, but it's never been known for its animation capability. I am running hard up against its limitations there. I have burned many hours crafting the pieces of the latest animation and most of them, while being far from easy, and don't always give me the results I'd hoped for, have at least been do-able. But there's a portion that after trying again and again I've had to admit is just beyond the reach of Daz software. And this is a function that will occur in other animations too. many Daz Studio users reach a point in their creativity where they realize that the best way to get to where they need to go is to start transitioning to Blender software.

That's where I am. But Blender can't just be learned overnight, it takes effort and time. So I have to make a change. What I've decided is that I'm going to do one more animation for the first release (instead of the 5 or 6 I've got planned), and then switch immediately to music and sound effects, and then go to programming the VN in Ren'Py, then release.

This means I'll end up releasing it earlier than otherwise, but with fewer animations. More than likely I'll be releasing those un-done animations as a bonus in release 2 or 3, once I've become comfortable enough in Blender to get them done right.

The animation I'm going to do now though is the one where the MC is jacking off in his office to a daydreamed image of Olivia, so I'll be creating two animations and combining them using Adobe After Effects. I will be sharing that one once complete.

Hopefully this is good news to most of you, because I know it can be tough to wait for something that keeps taking longer and longer to get here. But either way feel free to comment below.