Inn Another World
7/27/24 Check in - Progress, delays, and learning
Hey all,
It's been a while, and I wanted to give everyone an update on what's been going on.
Unfortunately, it's busy season for my IRL job during the summer, so time to work on the game has been scarce. Add on top of that the fact that I had to visit family for a few weeks during this month (can't really draw monster girl tits at a family reunion), and progress has been much slower than I would have liked.
However, it's not all doom and gloom. I've been trying to make the best use of my free time, and I've spent it learning to use a 2d animation program I've never tried before, but that has been on my mind for a long time. There have been multiple requests for smoother animations during intimate scenes, but the amount of time it would take to draw to draw a decent amount of frames would completely kill the update schedule of the game. While this program isn't quite as good as a lovingly hand-draw 30 fps animation, I can make these animations in about the same amount of time that it would take me to make one of the 3-5 frame animations that are currently used in the game. So, without further ado, I present progress:
All of the intimate scenes in the coming patch will be animated using this program, and over the course of the next few updates, I would like to go back and remake some of the existing intimate scenes to use this style of animation as well.
Other than that, still chugging along towards the next update, and thank you all for your patience. Also, feel free to let me know what you think! Love the new style? Hate it? Any other feedback? I'm always reachable, either here in the comments, or on Patreon or Discord, so feel free to send me a comment or message!
-Dagotto
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how do i upgrade dexterity pls im stuck on that and im full strenght nut still not enought brave i don't get it
Add a face animation, such as blinking, and it will be perfect!
This 100%, right now she just looks kinda bored tbh. some face animations will make it feel more alive!
glorious
I love it!
Aww hell yeah!
Will there be an option or a potion for pubic hair or is it just gonna be on some chars and not others
In the future, most characters will have a dialogue option which will let the player ask them to either trim or shave their pubes.
A few characters won’t (for example, Tirria can’t grow any down there, and Maria doesn’t have that anatomy).
I think this animation is quite nice. With my only sticking point being I think Beth's face looks a little off.
Comparing it to what's in game currently, her mouth looks off center, and her nose looks too small. I do realize the mouth being where it is could be because of the angle, but I still wanted to mention it.
Also I know she's looking down, but her being cross eyed doesn't help with the goofy face either.
All n' all, I think once you get the hang of the animation program, and if you try and keep the animation art style as close to art style already in game. This will be a good addition.
the animation looks nice. the style of the game lends itself to simpler animations anyway, so the way this animation looks will stand out as a special scene without being jarringly different from the rest of the game, which is usually what you want in a game. also I adore the folds you drew on beth's sides. accurately shaped plus size women are criminally rare in this genre.
agreed
No it's fine we will wait. Also new redesign of Beth is gorgeous. I think that the new style of animation is brilliant, some may say that hand drawn is better but it's not like you have a team of animators to help you. So in grand scheme of thigs this is a great move.
Will you remove the old scenes from the game and replace them with new ones or keep them as some sort of legacy content?
I think the scenes in the current version of the game has their own charms so it would be really nice if we get to keep it along with the new stuff.
I think I could include a legacy mode, maybe in the memory journal for players who want to see it.
New Beth looks fantastic, and the animation looks good too. My only gripe is that the juices from her vagina is moving up and down with her rather than remaining in one place, so it looks like it is attached to her rather than a coating on the penis. Other than that the movement looks very natural.
That's fine if updates take longer sometimes, but if it's possible to get progress updates like this at least monthly that'd be appreciated :)
That’s a good point, I hadn’t noticed that. I’ll make sure to fix it for the final product.
And I’ll try my best for more updates for the future!
I also noticed that the way her labia majora overlap the MCs balls towards the end (to the viewers left) look a bit weird without some of if going behind them and the balls moving from the "impact". Maybe It would already look more natural if the left ball (viewer left) would be on a higher layer? think these are minor things though.
Hell yeah, looking good! Fantastic bush as well! Can't wait for the next update!
I have a question, in terms of percentage, how advanced would you say the update is?
Roughly, I’d say the art/animation is about half done, the script writing is a little under half. There’s not much programming for this update, so it’s mostly going to be bug fixes and polish after that.
I'm divided on the topic of the 2D animations, because on one hand the animations look AMAZING but on the other hand the updates will take longer with this and it will also take more effort to do them. I also have a question and I don't know if it was answered before but the redesigns are for all the girls, just for some, oh just for Beth.
Actually, this animation took about as long as the animations that are currently in the game (the 3-5 frame ones), and I’m still getting used to the program, so it can only speed up as I become more proficient.
Beth is the only girl getting a redesign this time around, but Ritsuki and Sonia are going to be getting visual updates in future patches which introduce their stories.
Ritsuki story intro? YES! I love her & can't wait!
OMG, Beth looks so sexy like that. I liked her ok, but she looks amazing here. I especially like the way her bush and facial expression (esp the mouth, but also the eyes) look. She wasn't very high on my tier list, but I'm about to reconsider. What 2d animation program is this? In any case it looks pretty smooth to me. Waiting anxiously for the next release.
The program is called Spine 2d, apparently it’s a somewhat popular animation program.
And yes, I think Beth looks much better after her visual update as well ^^
The more I see, the more I agree.
Anyway, thanks, I dabbled a little in flash back in the day, but when it died I wasn't quite sure what replaced it. Using HTML5 for short animations like that looks complicated...
Flash is making a decent comeback with Ruffle.
Im sorry, but I don't share your optimism.
me either. It's a decent comeback, but not a full comeback
That style looks smooth, I personally play all my games at 30fps or below, and it looks like your progress is paying off.