Alright guys and gals, I apologize for this being so late into the evening. I actually finished up the editing and PDF conversion an hour or two ago, but got a phone call from a friend (who has a crazy schedule opposite of my own crazy schedule and thus I don't get to talk to him that much these days) right as I was preparing to upload...
Anyway, as chosen by poll, this month sees us with...
2019-06-22 04:32:27 +0000 UTC View PostAs I said last time, I'm trying to be good about keeping patrons updated, so this is just a general status update :-p. I finished the final piece of art I'd been wanting for the Cosplay Cafe update on the 19th, and I've just wrapped up the rough draft of the DoL: Merchant Princess short for this month's story reward. I'm not 100% happy with it(the story not the art), as I didn't get as far I'd ...
2019-06-21 08:51:17 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, I'm trying to be good about keeping everyone informed and it's been a few days :-p. There isn't a lot to say, though.
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First. Hello and Welcome, new people! Thanks for joining, make sure you check the Overview section to get a list of things you have access too, depending on your tier. In particular, I'll draw attention to the All Patrons...
2019-06-19 04:44:19 +0000 UTC View Post
First, sorry about the censoring on the image, but this is a public post so I have to follow the rules :-). That's the new opening image for the game, made 100% by me! Though, it's not censored in the game, of course -_-. I'm afraid I was seriously rushed for time making it, as well, so it's a little rougher than my current work usually it :-(. It'll serve for now, though! Hopefully, in the fut...
2019-06-16 05:51:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Whew! Made it, I think. Depending on just what the time technically is when I wrap up this release post. Everything was, at least, DONE on the 15th :-p. Speaking of done...I did finish the art piece, as you can see...but it's really crude by my current standards. I had to cut A LOT of corners to finish it in time, with the predicable result that I'm not overly happy with it. Still, it'll do for...
2019-06-16 04:51:07 +0000 UTC View Post
DoL Progress Report
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Seriously, fucking UGH. Room 5 kicked my ass, taking a full day longer than it really should have for such a simple concept. It took me WAAAAAAYYYY longer than I thought it was going to in order to find enough relevant images, and even then I only managed it because I gave up and did a bunch of min...
2019-06-13 09:33:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright! Figured I was probably due to give another progress update. It's all good news, too! I'm right on schedule, having finished up Room 4 (The Catgirl Room) yesterday (well, technically, at like 3am this morning). Of course, this also means I finished Room 3 before that...but I figured I'd leave that room as a little surprise ;-).
Anyway, I'm going to be starting on the last ro...
2019-06-09 20:56:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, I'm actually going to take these in reverse order from the title. Meaning the DoL progress report is first. To be honest...there isn't much to say other than that Build 4 remains on track! I finished up the second Orc Room (Physical Transformation Path - Racial Sub Path) yesterday. Knowing the tiebreaker poll would be done today, I decided to hold of on mentioning that and do them both at...
2019-06-07 00:14:29 +0000 UTC View Post
First, don't forget to vote in the polls if you haven't already! There are 2 days left on the all patrons DoL Tiebreaker Poll and 8 days left on the $5+ Mon...
2019-06-04 20:55:16 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, as promised, this is going up today. I did wait until pretty late in the day, to let the other posts have a bit more time at the top of the heap, but now it's time to get get on with it. I'm only going to run this poll until the 12th this time, in order to give me as much breathing room as possible if The Elven Maid wins. The follow up poll chews into time with that one, and t...
2019-06-03 03:44:01 +0000 UTC View PostI'm posting this today, despite there also being a monthly goals post on account of there being several posts that need to be made over just a few days. For example, the Story Poll for the month needs to go up quickly as well (it will be up tomorrow, trying not to slam TOO many all at once). 2019-06-01 23:11:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, this post is going to be a bit more involved than the last couple of Goals posts have been. Namely, because I need to explain what's going on with The Sexy Cosplay Cafe update :-).
So. Cosplay Cafe was/is due for an update in June. In point of fact, it always has been, even if I deliberately didn't commit to that in case the timetable slid on me. Unfortunately, what's...
2019-06-01 22:54:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Since I'm posting this on the same day I made Story(The Elven Maid) and Old Archive Update(DoL:Merchant Princess Part 1) posts...This is a notice to go look at those posts(if you haven't ready)! Don't want them to get lost in the update pile :-p.
Okay, so...originally I wasn't planning to post this. It was going to be one of the images that wouldn't be revealed unti...
2019-06-01 01:17:53 +0000 UTC View Post$5+ People, you have your own post, with Part 7 of The Elven Maid.
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For all other patrons, this means that I've moved an older reward into the 2019-05-31 08:51:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, this is a full day later than I had intended, do to the whole taking my father to the ER yesterday (He was admitted over night, but let go today, he's fine. Thank God). Sadly, the delay is also going to mean I don't get all the art done. I'm pretty sure I'll manage to finish the current piece I'm working on, but not the final one that was supposed to be worked on yesterday and today.
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Alright! Two weeks have passed since the Build 3 release, so it's time for it to get pushed out to All Patrons!
*Note* The sudden jump in file size is do to using a few gifs in this build. Not sure why they are as big as they are, somethin...
2019-05-30 23:13:27 +0000 UTC View PostSo....uh, I've spent most of my evening and night so far in the Emergency Room. Not for me, but for one of my parents, who may have had a stroke. Obviously, this is going to effect my timetable for stuff. Not sure at all how much or how yet. Right now it's looking like it might not be anything too serious, so I'll only have lost the time from tonight. I'm pretty sure I'll still get the st...
2019-05-30 02:56:34 +0000 UTC View Post$5+ folks, don't forget to vote in the Poll for June's DoL Focus Path.
With that reminder out of the way, I just wanted to drop a quick update. I'm back from my memorial-day trip and I did get a tiny bit done while I was gone. Just a little but mor...
2019-05-29 04:19:15 +0000 UTC View PostOooooohhh crud. I got so busy with packing for the weekend and trying to get 10 other things done, that I totally spaced putting this up earlier! Sorry guys! Still...technically the 24th....right? By like...a minute.
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For clarity, since there are new people that didn't take part in the previous pollsl...
2019-05-25 04:59:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Ugggghhhhh. This basically got delayed a bit by Act of God. Namely, that I ended up spending the time I SHOULD have been finishing this piece last night...in the basement waiting out a tornado warning. Thankfully, it didn't actually touch down in our area, but since it had produced another tornado earlier in the storm path and my town was literally dead-center of the storm's rotation as it pass...
2019-05-23 23:39:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Originally, I wasn't planning to show off this image at all, keeping it back as one of the few that everyone would see only when they played the game. But...I couldn't resist venting about my stupidity in making Alice's hairstyle something that is SUCH A PAIN IN THE ASS to draw from any direction but straight-on. I know it often doesn't look quite right in side-shots like this one, but I've don...
2019-05-22 03:07:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Whew. Okay, gonna be honest here, I bit off a bit more than I could chew with this one for the time frame I wanted to do it in. As a result, there's a few minor issues with it, caused by the speed, that I can't realistically fix without starting over. I've tweaked them the best I can and I think it's alright, hopefully. Also, I needed to lighten the bedding again, twice -_-. Seriously, it doesn...
2019-05-21 07:41:40 +0000 UTC View Post
So, I thought this one was done right up until I uploaded it and realized the 'bed' below her needs some TLC to not look like ass. That's just a lighting fix, though, and the result of the tweaking I did to the rest of the images as part of the post-processing.
Anyway, as I'm sure the bright cookies among you have guessed, the reason I'm confident about getting these images done qui...
2019-05-20 04:09:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, first off! Poll results for The Elven Maid follow up poll are in. That'll only really make sense to the $5+ people :-p, so sorry to everyone else! Anyway, the poll was unanimous in having Riveria and Alex introduce certain ideas to poor unsuspecting Elora...
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And moving on from that! As you can see from the attached image, I'm back to working on The Se...
2019-05-19 08:09:13 +0000 UTC View PostWooohooo! I met a goal....
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Okay, I'm gonna be honest here, I actually acted on that goal last month, since I've been hovering like $5 short of it and it just seemed silly not to. Starting last month I did two things related to it:
1) I bit the bullet and financed a new computer. Those of you who have been around a while know that I've been fighting a lo...
2019-05-18 06:18:10 +0000 UTC View PostNOTE for Patrons - This is the Public release of Build 2 post. $3+ patrons can get Build 3 in The Previous Post for Today
Whew! A tiny bit past the target ETA, but only by a few hours! Build 3 has been released for $3+ patrons, which means it's time for B...
2019-05-16 10:20:21 +0000 UTC View Post
*Edited 5/17 for grammar corrections and couple minor things*
Okay...I'm totally $%^ing exhausted. The editing took even longer than I thought, dragging on for a total of something like 7 hours (on top of my regular work day). As such, there's a few things to note:
1) I might miss something in my release notes (I'll look at them once I've slept and try to fix ...
2019-05-16 09:39:19 +0000 UTC View PostAll content for the Build 3 is finished (5 new rooms, all fairly sizable, plus 5 safeword endings and a number of bug fixes), but I'm still editing all the new text. Editing always drags, I'm about 50% through it so far(after about 3 hours of editing), but I have to call a halt in just a bit to get some day-job stuff done. I'll resume after I finish, but it means the update will likely be early...
2019-05-16 01:35:30 +0000 UTC View PostAlright! First, a brief explanation for those of you new to how The Elven Maid works. The Elven Maid is, in fact, actually a novel rather than a short story series like DoL:Merchant princess, Transformation Estate, or the Eros Academy shorts. It began as an experiment in trying to involve my patrons more with rewards, by allowing those of you who are $5+ patro...
2019-05-13 11:20:29 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, so this is just a quick update on where I am with the DoL build, plus the two polls that just ended.
The Dungeon of Lewdity Progress:
I'm actually back on track after a few delays here and there. I've completed 4 Rooms, plus 2 Safeword Endings. I'm planning to do 1 addition Room (for a total of 5 in this update, including one that may actually be the big...
2019-05-12 11:36:35 +0000 UTC View Post