Hey Everyone,
We have a build release to explore the world of Virtual Novel, all the buildings have their full architecture in place. Some of the enviros are more populated than others, so please forgive empty rooms and bare school grounds - ...
2018-05-23 02:34:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Thought I'd also throw these up here because they are kawaii desu ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ
2018-05-12 20:54:03 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
Super brief update on progress and next build. We're still on track for a mid month build of the entire school campus + dorms. Don't have much to show that you guys haven't already seen, since we're working mostly on improv...
2018-05-12 19:33:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Sup!
We have some progress to share, and a plan for next build date :D
We've been working on Virtual Novel's level streaming system, to allow for open world exploration in a seamless manner, while being able to have a high amount of detail in...
2018-04-28 14:37:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
A quick update on progress and some news about development direction. The next demo build will contain the entirety of the enviros (aside from Fitting Room) in a single explorable map.
2018-04-21 14:03:12 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
Sorry for the delay, we were hoping to get this out the first week of April but ran into some performance issues. Everything seems to be stable for now!
There is nothing new in this build except for the 2Ds: they are using the n...
2018-04-10 17:45:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys.
We've been making some really great progress with our emotions system, thought we'd outline how it works behind the scenes, and how it's gonna be used in Virtual Novel!
We're using a series of Blendshapes to cr...
2018-03-31 13:21:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys,
Just a quick progress update.
We've been continuing with work on the face system, working to be able to make the 2D's able to do pretty much any (or at least 99%) of faces and reactions that you m...
2018-03-24 23:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, just a small update since last week.
We've been working some more on the hand holding system, to allow for more natural arm and shoulder movement while you're manipulating a 2D's hands.
As part of our AI / interaction systems this ...
2018-03-17 22:31:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone.
We're working on 2D improvements this month. Thought we'd outline some of the stuff that we'll be looking at doing and what will (hopefully) be in the next demo.
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... 2018-03-10 19:09:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys,
Dorm env build 2 will be up later in the day! Probably around 2pm PST. We were hoping to get it out by the end of Feb but ran into some issues with performance. It is hopefully stable now, but please let us know if you run into perf...
2018-03-02 18:50:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Sup
We've been working on bathroom stuff for the past week! With the kitchens, bathrooms and dorm rooms almost completed, we have the laundry and rec room to go. Still on track for a new build this month, where you guys an check out all these new r...
2018-02-17 16:15:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi!
We've been making some progress with dorms, adding detail and furniture etc. The Dormitory buildings contain a bunch of sub-environments, you guys who played the test build at the start of the month probably noticed all the rooms were empty ;_;...
2018-02-10 12:09:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
We’ve been working on the School’s Dormitory enviro this month, so we thought we’d set the latest VR-ADV test#2 there, just to make things a bit more interesting, and to give people a teaser of what’s to come in the full...
2018-02-01 05:04:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
We've been working on a new (and one of the final) environments - the Student Dormitories. This is where you will live during your stay at Takayama, as well as some of your classmates, and we imagine a bunch of fun scenes will t...
2018-01-27 16:15:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
Kind of a boring post here, but stuff should get more exciting again soon.
Happy new year and thanks for supporting the project! We've been working on improving the ADV after you guys' feedback through email and the Discord, the...
2018-01-15 17:09:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there,
Thanks for being patient while we've prepared this build, it took us longer than anticipated. This test build doesn't contain any enviros or anything much fun D: But it's an important test for us, since we're finalizing our Dialog System...
2017-12-16 22:40:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there,
Thought we'd do an update on how the ADV is going, we've now incorporated a settings menu for changing colors and all the other editable settings that it will have.
We thought we'd have a test build out by now but we've had s...
2017-12-09 14:18:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patrons!
We've been working some more on the Dialog System. We've updated the design and are close to finalizing some of the features of the system.
2017-11-25 20:33:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, we've been quiet this month since the Halloween update, but we've been busy as usual. We've been working on two things mainly, in prep for getting some demo story content out -
First is a face overhaul, where we're creating an extensi...
2017-11-18 18:42:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys,
Fitting Room Halloween play-test build will be up shortly.
Thanks to all the new Patrons we got recently! Please enjoy Fitting Room, unfortunately there's no real tutorials or instructions to get started yet, so if you guys ha...
2017-10-30 01:15:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, happy Halloween!
We're doing final touches to Fitting Room for tomorrow's release, hopefully all goes well :>
Here's a couple pics of the new outfits that will be in the build, with a full list below -
2017-10-28 21:48:08 +0000 UTC
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Hey sup,
Thanks everyone for helping us to squeeze past the $500 milestone, we'll put up a new goal soon after doing some budgeting ^^
We're aiming to release the Halloween update to Fitting Room hopefully no later than the 29th of Oc...
2017-10-21 22:44:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
We've been making some progress with costumes and new outfits for Fitting Room and Virtual Novel, in preparation for the end of the month Halloween themed Fitting Room update. Here's a small teaser of the first three outfits -
2017-10-10 07:58:23 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons,
In keeping with spooky October feels, we've updated the school campus to include the Old School environment.
There are a few bug-fixes and improvements in this build since the Diner build right at the end of Sept...
2017-10-10 07:34:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
We're doing a Halloween and Cosplay themed Fitting Room update for the end of the month, which will include new outfits, accessories, and other fun stuff. If you have any ideas for accessories, we'll hear your suggestions over at the Virtual N...
2017-10-07 10:27:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
Thanks to all you guys supporting the project, but especially to those who don't yet have VR systems who don't get a chance to play the build releases. The latest build at the end of last month / beginning of this month included ...
The private link to the Diner build will be up after this post! We're doing something a bit new with builds from now on, and are deprecating the HMD Select system in favor of an automatic system which should detect if you're running a Rift or a Vive....
2017-10-01 07:08:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey people, thanks for your patience! We'll be releasing the explorable Diner Level build soon for Patrons - either tonight or tomorrow - which also contains the explorable Gymnasium Level from the previous build, along with the un-explorable exterio...
2017-10-01 01:12:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
Apologies for lack of progress updates first of all ): We get swamped occasionally and have to put Social on the backburner, but we've been working hard on completing more of the school campus in preparation for the whole school campu...
2017-09-09 12:12:27 +0000 UTC View Post