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Corrulla 0.0.4b - The Constable
🕑 Added 2024-05-21 09:26:30 +0000 UTCWell, hello there!
Sadly this update got delayed a bit but I'll get to that later. This update I focused around Gispers character.
- Gisper stage 1 interaction
- Gisper stage 2 interaction
- Gisper stage 3 interaction and the setup for his first check in the form of a quest like Abrils
That is 10 passages over all with interaction checks and varying decisions included.
- updated Journal to reflect the last few updates
- bug-fixes and spell checking
I managed to continue revising the existing text and it's stylization along with the spelling. Got a good new AI tool to help me with that so it should get easier over time and hopefully I'll be able to catch up to myself.
Now I was absent for a bit and the update does not include all the changes I had planned, which will now be featured in the next update. Some of it is in there halfway done, but wasn't finished for the update in time, which was already belated. There are various reasons for this, all of which are intertwined, and if you'll allow me, I'll explain it in detail now.
1. - Developement school
I had enrolled in a front-end developer class to extend my abilities with HTML, Javascript and CSS. Because, how Twine manages objects and data "collisions", right now a lot of the code is simply inefficient. It works, but it could be better and affect modularity in a positive way. Anyway back to school.
2. - AI school
Same with coding, I enrolled in a handful of AI generative tool classes. I don't see myself building my own, since it is very much budget inefficient in this scale but I'm forced to used them so. Back to school x2.
3. - Changes in policy
Patreon is changing their policy for use of adult imagery and related age verification and consent. The idea is to battle CP and "revenge porn" pages which is a very noble and agreeably act, but the policy itself could affect all featured imagery. To comply I have a few options, one of which is replacing feature NSFW content with AI one so no consent issues arise. The other is purging the content from here, not featuring it, and just have it freely available, with no perks. I want to do right by all parties. Either way several weeks were spent on researching NSFW AI tools to ensure quality and still be compliant. ( I also looked into Patreon alternatives but for what I do and how I do it, this is the only one so I must work with it. ) We will see how they'll enforce their policy. I'll notify you as we go.
4. - Other content
Since my primary content is in danger, I started developing two other projects which will feature AI only art and will be fully compliant. They are in the planning stages, one has it's design documentation fully done, the other needs some refining still before production begins. I hope to be able to show you something soon.
As you can tell my single side hustle turned into a 5 way pipeline so bear with me for while. I'll try to make it so that no lapse in development is noticeable.
Anyway, that is the gloom and doom of things, for now, enjoy the game and I'll see you all in the next update and/or demo (maybe, hopefully) !
PS. as always, let me know if you find any bugs.
Comments
lubricitious
We'll see. I've been using generative AI for almost 2 years now. Yeah it got better, great even, but quality still needs attention. I want to change it too btw. It would give it that seamless look but it would require a lot of hours. One nice, seamlessly styled picture with no weird limbs takes 30 to 45 mins to refine, with multiple regeneration and in-paint touch-ups, even with premium services. I want to do that, but that is several months worth of time for me not spent on "fully" new content. Not to mention it's only images, you can more than likely say goodbye to gifs altogether. Now some people prefer that, some don't. I'll probably put it to a vote when the time comes, for now business as usual while I wait and see. Then again if I do do that, I'll redo some of the earlier aesthetic pictures too. They look awful compared to the newer ones.
Terra Blade
Personally I say do what you gotta do. But my own take is in this case AI might be the way to go if it helps you keep developing content as you want to. It also might help keep a project tonally consistent since it won't be different actors in each clip. I know AI has a bad rap but in this specific instance it might be a better option all things considered.
