Mike the3DGuy

Note to New or Prospective Gold Patrons

There are a number of people signing up right now for Gold tier subscriptions to get access to the The Alpha Gender V.2. I currently only have it on my Google Drive, and h...

The Alpha Gender Release Day!!!

The Alpha Gender v.2 is now completed! Download links have been provided to Gold tier Patrons. As per the Patreon tier benefits, in 1 week the Silver tier Patrons will get download links, then in 2...

VN and Animation Update

I'm rendering this last animation now (above is a rendered frame). It's 300 frames and there's a problem that shows up at about frame 200 that I'd like to fix. Once I reach that point I'm going to ...

What device do you play Ren'Py games on?

NOTE: If you answered "Android phone", "Multiple platforms" or if none of these answers fits, please provide more details in comments.

- If "Android phone" please provide brand and model or ...

The Alpha Gender Release is VERY Soon!

Release 1 (first 2 chapters) of The Alpha Gender is within a week or two of being released to my GOLD Patrons. This adult sci-fi visual novel so far includes over 600 full-HD image...

Coding Almost Complete

As I mentioned earlier, my programmer vanished completely, and I've had to pick up where he left off. I've been coding and testing, and now have only one scene to finish, which will be done today. ...

My Game Coder is AWOL!

Dude has been completely non-responsive for over 5 days now. No idea what's happened to him. Could be a family emergency... could be a personal tragedy... could be he's on a bender! Whatever it is ...

TAG Credits Video

No big deal, but it might be interesting to some. This will play at the end of the game. I haven't gotten confirmation from all of you yet that you're okay with your username appearing in the credi...

Credits, Acknowledgments & Attributions

I'm compiling a list for the TAG credits and acknowledgments crawl. It will include those who helped me create this in all ways, including most Patrons. For this first release, I figure if your sub...

Another Coding Progress Update

Things are going great! I've now gotten to run through the first chapter (out of 2) of the game. Looks AWESOME, but there are quite a few changes that need to be made. A couple different t...

Discord?

So far absolutely no one from Patreon has done more than showed his/her head on my Discord. This is partially my fault since I haven't mentioned it much at all, and certainly not lately. And to an ...

Another Coding Update... and other stuff!

Things are steaming along very well! As he codes I'm sending him dialogue files for each scene, edited to make his work quicker, trying to stay ahead of him. Sometimes I have to re-crop voice files...

Coding Update + One More Animation!

So now my coder guy's finals are done and he's plowing ahead, which is very nice! There are two chapters in this first release... he thinks he'll be done with the first one by the end of this weeke...

Coding Update

I've been in contact with my coder, and he quickly sent me the code for scene 1 (the one with Chloe, the narrator). I loved it! Added some changes to the UI, and gave him my input on music and SFX ...

So! Interesting Turn of Events! (Coding)

Sound effects and music are all complete, and you know that my next (and last) step, as long as "testing" is considered to be part of it, is coding the VN in Ren'Py. I was on a ga...

I think you guys are missing out...

So! I just finished picking music for the VN. Didn't take much time at all really, and I'm VERY happy with what I found. Now it's possible that while testing things out I might decide that in fact ...

Sound Pursuits...

Just wanted to update everyone. Working on sound as you know. it's a bigger pursuit that I expected but still it's going well. As far as sound effects and voice I'd say I'm about, or maybe further ...

NSFW! What do you think?

Playing more with trying to get sexy female bedroom vocalizations. Please be honest. It's not actually the same voice clone as Nina, but since it's whispering it seems like it can pass for her. Do ...

TAG Voice "Screen Test" for character: MC

Note: These are not lines from TAG, just a fake scene written by me to try and provoke as strong an amotional reading as I can get out of the AI. This auditioner is "PG".

Not edited in any wa...

MC's Voice... meh... and a CHALLENGE!

I've decided I don't like the MC's voice. The problem is that it's too unemotional. I can't get the AI engine to inject any sort of anger, fear or sadness into it, no matter what I do. I'll certain...

Bonus Nina Audio Track

Because... why not? Had to do some experimentation to find out what the capabilities of this new AI toy are.... I think you'll find the emotional content greatly enhanced.

From a scene in cha...

Images to Accompany Audio

These are the images I've released that happen during the previously-posted cellphone convo audio file. Might help to provide context.

But please listen to the 2023-02-24 14:57:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Reactions to AI Phone Conversation

Please see the audio post just before this poll (2023-02-24 14:49:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Phone Convo Audio!!!

[Warning: foul language in audio file]

I have always intended for there to be some voice files in TAG. I've had to drop the idea of including sound files for ALL audio, because TTS a...

How to get access to the Google Drive

Everytime I drop an animation or something I get multiple Google Drive access request emails. Sometimes I can figure out who sent them and then immediately grant access. But most times I have no id...

Last Animation... Finally!

Okay, it's here! Lemme know what you think. Click link below or visit the Google Drive folder The Alpha Gender>TAG VN Animations

2023-02-22 05:38:13 +0000 UTC View Post

I've made a hard decision!

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 m...