Hey, friends!
For the last few weeks, I’ve been working until 3–4 a.m. Then I get up at 7 a.m. and try to find a moment to take a nap during work hours, just so I can come home and get back to working on the game.
And finally, I’ve created the last render for The Better Deal.
There are still a couple of final animations and some images sitting in the render queue, but they should all be finished within the next few days. No active work is needed.
I kind of went overboard with Melissa’s ending: around 1,000 renders and 100 animations, not even counting the anal/vaginal variants and different piercings. Those variants still need to be rendered (only the images — the animations are already done), which is what I am working on right now.
It basically turned into a whole separate story – easily enough content for a dedicated update.
Actually, stories, because depending on the player’s choices, the endings can be quite different.
As I mentioned earlier, there’s no vanilla ending with Melissa. But there are several variants:
Simple, good old-fashioned lezdom — BDSM, pet play, bondage, humiliation, object insertions… a little bit of everything.
Lezdom where Riley is anal-only. I know there are a few true connoisseurs of this kink among you guys, and plenty of others who, while they may not consider it their absolute favorite, will still appreciate it and find it hot.
Lezdom where Riley is kept in orgasm denial. It’s basically a more advanced version of the anal-only path. Combined with Riley preserving her virginity, it leads to a very special ending that you’d probably have a hard time finding in any other visual novel — at least among Western-style VNs.
Lezdom where Riley is a total slut. Melissa shares Riley with pretty much every guy or girl willing to have sex with her. And yes, of course Dr. Chen is among those guys.
I’ll also say upfront that there’s no “dark ending.” Riley knowingly and very enthusiastically embraces her position — and, importantly, quite often takes the initiative herself. Melissa isn’t some evil sadist either, but a genuinely caring mistress.
Melissa’s endings are definitely the kinkiest ones in the game. If you’re looking for something tamer, Jack’s ending or Sunny’s vanilla ending will probably suit you better.
I also should’ve created the Steam project ages ago, but I still haven’t managed to get around to it. It’s a tedious process, and at this point I needed to do it yesterday.
Also, today I finally created the extras for my $25+ tiers.
Because of the insane render queues – more than 2,000 renders – I skipped July’s extras, so I tried to make up for it this time by creating a small story of about 30 4K renders instead of just a handful of images, plus an animation demonstrating one of my newly acquired skills – everything in the render queue, will be published in one or two days.
Specifically, I finally found a solution for animating breast jiggling with attached clothespins.
The clothespins aren’t rigidly welded to the nipples — they actually dangle and pull on them as the breasts move. I didn’t know how to achieve this effect in my 3D software when I was working on Sunny’s route, so some of those motions looked a little awkward and I avoided using them too much.
But now I know how to do it properly.
I’ve been working with 3D animation for years, and somehow there’s still always something new to learn.
If you’re not in my $25+ tier on Patreon or SubscribeStar — no worries. There will be plenty of this kind of animation in the game itself.
This time I won’t show any teasers. Once the entire batch is rendered, I’ll send everything to Aqwaa for the final post-processing, so they are not ready by now.
Have a wonderful end to the summer, pals, and stay in touch! 