The Neverwhere Tales - Book 1 News

Happy New Year everyone.

I failed to post my next Dev Log before the end of the year, sorry for that.
December was pretty busy with all the holiday stuff going on and I put every available minute into developing the next chapter.
But I'm now (finally...) back to my normal working schedule.

Both PCs were pretty much rendering all through the holidays which kept my office nice and warm at sub-tropical temperatures (read: way too warm!).
They're still busy rendering the remaining images and animations for the scene I was working on but once they're done I can build my next internal test build and then finally move on to the next scenes.

I have a post-winter sale running for those who missed the platform sale due to being busy with their family (how dare you?). :-)

The current version of Chapter 6 contains 1316 renders and 42 animations.

Have a good start to the new year.

Cheers,
Ceo

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Hello everyone,

Christmas is upon us and the Steam Winter Sale started yesterday (in case you didn't notice :-D).
The discount is already live and with the Winter Sale we started a new bundle called Sexiest "Urban Fantasy bundle."

The bundle is also live already and can be foundhere:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/48325/Sexiest_Urban_Fantasy/

Thanks to Droid Productions for creating that awesome trailer and to Moonlight and Highborn Tiger for joining this bundle.

Hope you guys have a Merry Christmas.

Cheers,
Ceo

Hey everyone,

December is here and that means another month passed by.
The work with 2 PCs is still a bit tricky for me and as a result I'm looking into options to make it easier.
The main focus is on getting and setting up a NAS that provides the files for rendering to both PCs so I don't have to copy them by hand.
Other than that, the 2nd PC proved to be useful for rendering the animations and I was able to continue the work on the main PC.

In general, it made working on the game a lot easier because it means less planning and organizing when to pose, when to render, and so on.
Everything that will take longer to render, gets passed over to the 2nd PC and can be rendered there.

As of now, Chapter 6 contains already 980 static renders and 14 animations.

December is usually a very busy time with family stuff but I'll try to squeeze in as much time as possible for the work on the game.
I'll try to come up with a new Dev Log before the end of the year.
Until then, have a good time and a Merry Christmas.

Cheers,
Ceo

Hey everyone,

Time for the November development update.
Despite having a few health issues (I caught a cold that's still bugging me a little bit) in the past several days, the progress on Chapter 6 is still acceptable (to me at least).

Until now I got 638 static renders and 4 new animations for Chapter 6 done.
The scene I'm currently working on is one of the longest in Chapter 6 so it will keep me busy the next several days. It will also raise the animation count significantly.

That will also be the first time where I can work with both PCs having one for setting up renders/animations and the other one to render them.
While my available time is usually the limiting factor on progress, when it comes to animations it's usually render speed because rendering them tends to block the PC for several days.

With the money from the Steam release, I was able to set up a second PC so I don't have to decide between rendering and posing new renders.
I'll see how that turns out later this month.

To wrap up this Dev Log, I'll attach a few preview renders from the current development.

Cheers,
Ceo

Hey everyone,

I'm proud to announce that The Neverwhere Tales joined a bundle with three other great, story-focused AVNs: Glowing Stones: Heroes' Awakening, Color of My Sound, and Leaving DNA.

The Exhilarating Stories bundle is now 10% off and set to "Complete the Bundle" so you only pay for the games you don't own.
Plus, each game is individually 20% off for a limited time, making this the perfect opportunity to immerse yourself in fantasy, crime, and sci-fi adventures.

You can find the new bundle here:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/46178/Exhilarating_Stories/