Become a rock star [MrJet] (Стать рок-звездой)

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Hey, guys!

So, it's been a year since the last release. Yep. That's a lot. The big question for those of you who are still waiting is when is the release. Well, it's not an easy question, and as you know I don't usually give any dates to avoid messing up with them. But this time I will say this, I will make the update before the end of summer (I wouldn't be surprised if it happens in the very last days of August). It's a promise to you, it's a promise to myself. Hopefully, the upcoming deadline will allow me to speed up my work. Because right now the pace clearly leaves a lot to be desired. I've written 3.5k lines of text, which is objectively way too little. I don't know why that is. On the one hand I really like what I've already written, but on the other hand, when at the end of the day you look at the result, you ask yourself "Really, that's it? Why so little?" Anyway, from the looks of it, I've written about 1/3 of the total text/dialogs, maybe a little more.

To summarize, right now I'm still working with the text. The work is progressing, but slowly. For the next month, I'll put a pause on the payments again. And lastly, I'm putting a deadline until the end of August. That's all.

Thank you for your support. Take care.
MrJet

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Hey, guys! I'll try to be shorter today. So, about two weeks ago I finished the rendering of the main scenes and events, then I spent a few days on post-processing the images and now started working on the text, dialogues and combining all the parts together. To be honest, the work on the text is not going as quickly as I would like it to, but hey, at least I like the result.

Since there will be almost three times as many renders this time as usual, the work on the text will take a little longer. Ideally, I'd like to complete everything before the year since the last release. And I'll try to do my best.

But wow, to think it's been a whole year without an update. I really want the end result to be worth all the time I spent on it.
I'm sure there will be some people who won't like it, though. But that's okay. It will be a good experience anyway.
There's not much else to write. Once again, I will make a pause for payment next month (gosh, I hope this will be the last one). And I will try to share the news further.

Thank you all for your support! Take care.
MrJet

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Hey, guys! Here's the latest news. Yesterday I finished the lewd scene with Lisa. Like I said before, I had two options on how to do it and I chose the one with the unique scene, although not too big (about 100 renders). I was supposed to finish it a couple of days ago, but as usual, I overestimated myself. Nevertheless, the scene turned out pretty good. Not my best, but still not bad.

Now that almost all the scenes are done (except for minor rendering additions with new facial expressions, etc.), I was able to look at the whole update. And when I was looking through it, I felt like something was missing. At first, I didn't even get what it was. But then I realized that everything was too smooth, the characters had no problems, no challenges or difficulties. There was no kind of climax in the ending, everything was too bland. And I knew that was the problem. What's the point of a big update if it leaves you feeling like something is missing?

I started thinking about what I could add without changing the structure of what was already done. I walked around my house all day thinking about this idea, and I think I came up with something. I know you're going to be mad at me for this, but I'm going to do one more extra event. There won't be anything dramatic in it, but it will be a small challenge for the protagonist that will make him a little nervous. There will be 4 scenes in the event, one of which will be partially varied due to your choice of love interest. Basically, I've already thought them through, so it won't take much time to make them. But on the other hand, it's still 4 scenes (roughly assume it will be somewhere around 60-80 renders). Although I'll try to finish them as quickly as possible.

Well, and I want to finish on the numbers. Right now I have a little more than 2400 renders. The number of animations remains the same. Also wrote some scenes in dialogs. Not much, but still.

In general, this is all I wanted to tell you today. Thank you all for your support! Take care.

MrJet

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Hey guys! Some of you have already started asking me why there haven't been any news posts lately. Sorry about that. I usually write these posts in the evening, after the main development process. And since writing a post, picking the right words, takes me some time that I could have spent doing more practical work, like the update itself, sometimes I just move it to the next day. And then another day and another. In general, sometimes I get too carried away. So in those moments of silence, feel free to ask me anything, or remind that it's about time to make this damn post! Haha.

Anyway, the last month has been very productive. As planned, I finished the Anna event (including the lewd scene) and started a few events with Jane (about 200 renders in total, not including the ones I've already made). At the moment, I'm finishing work on her lewd scene, which is already about ~75% done. I think in three or four days I'll finish it, and then the entire work on this character will be completed. Then all I have to do is the last lewd scene for the Lisa only route. Which raises the question. Since I've already done the hot scene for the Lisa and Jade route, I could basically change it, like removing Jade and leaving the same setting. It would still look good, albeit slightly repetitive if you're playing the second time, but it would also speed up the update. Or I can change the background entirely, which would make that scene more unique, and at the same time more interesting to re-play. But since I've already dragged out the development process (even if not on purpose), the second idea doesn't look all that appealing. Anyway, while I'm finishing the Jane scene, I'll come up with something.

Now I'll get to the numbers. At the moment I have 2250 renders and about a third of the completed dialogues, and only a few animations. All in all, it's not that bad. I guess ideally I should have released them in parts as I worked, rather than trying to make one big update that you've been waiting for God knows how long. But it turned out the way it did. Yeah.

Well, I guess that's all I wanted to say. Thank you for your support! Take care.
MrJet

[color=#990000]New artwork[/color]

Jane. Really like this one

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Hey guys. As you may have noticed, I have once again put a pause on this month's payments. I hate to say it, but the final update is still in progress. I know I wrote in my last news post that I planned to release it by early April, but those plans went to waste. Why did this happen? Well, last month was quite challenging for me, which caused my productivity to suffer. I will not go into the details of why this happened, I will only say that I had some problems in my personal life. And because of that, the release schedule was shifted. Towards the end of the month, things got better, but time was already lost.

As for specifics, I am currently finishing the last event with Anna. I spent a long time rewriting the script for her event because I kept feeling that it wasn't good enough. I don't know why, but the scenes with Anna are my worst. After days of pondering, I came up with a final version, and I finally like it! I hope you end up liking it as well.

I've got another Jane event ahead of me, which I've started a couple of times before, but put off each time. The problem was the same as the one with Anna. Now the script for her event is finished and all that's left is to make the scene.

Some of you may ask why you're still changing the script when you're already so far along in the development process. Well, you have to realize that by creating five routes at once, I don't want to repeat myself. Which is why I try to make sure that every event with each love interest is unique. Even though I had a certain story plan, at times I have to change it because some details don't look as good as I originally thought they would. And that takes time, too.

Anyway, I know the news with another delay is pretty lame, but I'm trying to be honest with you. Just like before, I will continue to pause all payments until I make the final release. Thank you all for your support and take care.

MrJet

[color=#990000]New artwork[/color]

[color=#990000]New artwork[/color]

Sorry it's been so long since I posted any artwork. I'll try to catch up this month.

News about the progress



Hey guys! I hope you are doing well. Here's some of the latest news.

I'm still working on the final update. A lot of scenes and other work has been done, and at the moment I have 1820 renders. Alas, it's not over yet, and I have a couple more very important scenes to finish. And judging by my workflow, I will finish them somewhere around the early March. Give or take a couple of days. After that, I'll start to work on the dialogues. I already have a lot of outlines for certain scenes, but they still need to be tied up and polished. And since this is a very creative process, it's going to be quite a challenge. But considering how long I've been rendering images, this change of activity will be very welcome. In between writing the dialogues, I'll also start making animations. Part of the creation of which I consider one of the easiest to do. In general, I would really like to finish the update by the end of March. But being engaged in the development for some time, I'm pretty sure that something will definitely go wrong, or I will miss something and all my plans will go to shit, which is why I can't give you an exact release date. Sorry, but not yet.

Once again, I put on hold all charges for the next month (March). And this time I hope it will be the last time.

I know all these constant delays are very depressing, but please be patient. Believe me, I am doing the best I can.

Well, that's it for today, I'll keep you posted. Thank you all for your support!
MrJet

New artworks

Happy Valentine's Day, guys. Here's a small batch of artwork with lady tennis players for you.

News about the progress



Hey guys! I've been wanting to make this post for a week now, but I kept putting it off until later. Well, here I am, wanting to share the news with you.

But first, I hope your New Year's holidays went well, because mine did. I spent some time with family and friends, and it clearly did me good. Somewhere around January 7, I got back to work on BARS, and this time I was full of energy.

Okay, now let me start with the bad news. It's pretty obvious to me that I won't be able to finish the new version this month either. Even though I have almost 1500 renders ready, I still need to finish work on several others large scenes. And I know it sucks. But that also means I'll be pausing my payments again for next month. And just like this month, I'll continue working on the game in my standard mode.

As of right now, I'm complete the last and final event with Nicole, made a huge timeskip scene for two weeks in 5 unique versions, each representing a specific route with your LI. And now I started working on the final lewd scene with Jane. All in all, I can say with certainty that there are a lot of different scenes in this update, both normal and lewd.

Hmm... I know this is your longest wait for an update, but trust me, I'm getting closer and closer to the finale every day. And if before it seemed somewhere very far away, now it's almost under my nose.

Thank you all for your support! Have a great weekend and good luck!
MrJet

New previews

Sorry there hasn't been a development post in a while, I'll try to do one in the next few days. In the meantime, let me show you some previews.

News about the progress



I've been working on a few lewd scenes over the last few weeks. I have to say that I really like what I've got. The lighting, the poses, I tried to give it my best. But there's still a lot of work to be done. I still have to make the scenes with Anna, Lisa and Lisa+Jade, plus animations.
Also, I found a special plugin for DazStudio which makes working on the animations a bit easier. I tested it on a few samples and it seems to work. I think it will reduce the amount of time to create future animations.

At the moment I finished almost 1200 renders, but that's not the end of it. The final numbers will be bigger.
As I'm working on the final version, I keep coming up with new ideas on how to make it better, which is why I'm constantly adding new additional scenes that weren't in my original script. On the one hand this makes the update longer, richer, and more natural, but on the other hand it increases its development time. While in the past I could push those scenes to the next update, now, as you understand, I don't have that option. But I still think it's better to spend a little more development time than to make a rushed ending.

I know It may seem to some that I'm stalling on purpose, but believe me, I'm not. After three years of working on this project, I simply don't want to screw it up at the very end. I want to make the ending right. The way I see it. And if it takes a little longer... well, so be it.
So, as for the release date. As much as I want to, I realize that I can't' finish it before the end of the year. But since development has been going on for quite some time now, and I kind of wrote that I plan to have everything done by the end of December, I'll take a pause on payments for January 2022. Despite this pause, I will continue to work on the game as before. Will I finish everything in January? I don't know. That would be really great, but I'm not going to guess. In any case, I will continue to share news with you.

Thank you to everyone who supports me and have a great weekend!
MrJet

New artworks

Here's something simple this time..

New previews

Haven't posted any previews in a while. Here are a few from Julia's party.

News about the progress



Hey guys! Sorry, but short post this time. There's hardly any news. I'm still working and there's still a lot of work to be done. Right now in the process of making a big scene. Lots of new locations, lots of characters, lots of interactions with them. One of the renders held about 17 characters, which is my record at the moment. Alas, more characters in a scene also means more time to create poses and other small details and nuances. But I don't have any special difficulties with this, which is undoubtedly a good thing.

As for the numbers, I have about 810+ renders ready. As for the animations, this time I'll be making them towards the end of the update development. I think one week will be enough for me.

Well, that's all I wanted to tell you today. Thank you for your support and have a good mood!
MrJet