Recent Changes

I realize that I should do more 'story posts' like the ones I made months ago, explaining things such as particles and soft body physics. There hasn't been much development regarding new techniques or advancements, but I'll try to look and experiment. In any case, I've finally got a better microphone and the room to use it in. Which means I can start working on that tutorial series I've been wanting to do. I'll make a post about that some other time. For now;

Suggestion Change

I normally don't share info and bits about the suggestion box for all the tiers, but today's an exception.

For those unaware, I was supposed to remake the Christmas at Yuuka's scene because it was the most voted on nearly two weeks ago. However... something has happened that made me unable to do that. I'll explain why in the next chapter. But for now, I'll be doing the Boob Pillow (sleeping on desk, etc).

Restructuring The Universe - Part 1

To be entirely honest, I don't like working on the Zento's anymore. It's a fact that I've buried for so long because my friends, as well as my fans like them so much and on top of that, I have unfinished stories with them. But the truth finally came to light and the theory that me and my friends came up with explains why the Zento's have been ignored for so long. As well as Bleu and her yuri couple. Hell, it even explains YOLCG 2's agonizing slow development. It's a huge character flaw of mine, but also the reason why I've been able to spend so much time on 3D in general.

Motivation.

When I'm motivated, I'm willing to go through hell and back. I'm willing to craft a VN love-story just because I like a character so much. This happens when I'm 100% involved. It fades away and comes back later. This is why Susan's story has periods of silence, but also periods with ton of uploads. Same with Emi. Both characters that I contributed 95% to, with ideas and suggestion from friends. And then I'd pick which ones I like.

But with collaborations... it's a different story. If I take the Zento's and Bleu as example; They're originally my creations. But my friends took a liking to them and they'd liked to do more with them. And I helped them do so, which worked out great. Zento's got more screentime with their Massive variants, and Bleu got a ton of great scenes. All good right?

Well, not exactly. It has been 8 months since I've touched Gwen or Bleu. After the initial wave of fun/motivation, it just... never returned. I absolutely hate it. I hate not being able to work on the characters that I worked on with my friends. I technically still can, but it feels more like a commission, rather than a fun project. And I have enough trouble with commissions as it is.

The only solid theory is that, if I don't contribute enough to the concept/idea, it doesn't become my idea anymore and thus, I'm doing it for someone else. And while that's a horrible method of doing projects in general (because you can't always be in charge, etc), it seems to work like that for me in 3D projects. Luckily this is just a hobby, or else I'd be screwed.

In any case, realizing all this, made me reconsider the 'crafted universe' where my OCs live in. Because the Zento's are the... pillar of the universe, as it were. It's the result of months of working backwards. Creating the bodies first, THEN the narrative behind it. It is a surefire way to keep it fun, but it can only last so long before it collapses under it's own weight due to plot-holes and such. I've kept it working so far because well... it's just a fetish world, who cares about dem details right? I apparently do. 

And the past week I've been chatting with friends about restructuring the universe. Making as little edits as possible, while also future-'proofing' it. Which actually seems to work out pretty well. But it isn't done yet, and it will take me a while to actually craft a cohesive explanation for those (un)familiar with the past lore. Hence the part 2. ^^;