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Hi,

I did not take your message in a negative way. Yes, my graphics are not perfect and though I try my best to make them look as nice as possible, I won't lose myself trying to achieve "perfection". All of my graphics in both of my games (Serenity and Last Human) were created using HoneySelect 2. The entire image for every scene is done completely with HS2 only. I do not use (or know how to use) blender. I've never touched it. I should note however that I use a heavily modded version of HS2. I purchased HS2 on Steam some years back and then ended up grabbing a repack version that is designed for this type of rendering. Since then, I've added both paid and unpaid mods... some mods that I paid modders to build for me, as well as new tools that were made to work with HS2.

Going into detail about how I go about putting it all together isn't anything I can explain here nor would I have time to show you. The only advice I can give you is - if you're going with blender and you feel comfortable enough to create a game using that, I would stick with that and grow with it. If you decide to use something like HS2, you will find a few videos buried in youtube and very few devs who will have the time to show you anything. Most of us who make games using HoneySelect (or HoneySelect 2) will tell you the same thing... we learned mostly on our own because there is very little info out there that take you through step by step how to use it.

Best of luck to you

Last Human (Season 1) will be 8 episodes. Season 2 will be 8 episodes. Every season will be 8.
Serenity Chapter 2 will have 7 episodes and will be the end of that series (at least for now).

You'll be fine either way. They are connected but it doesn't matter which one you play first.

I will look into this. I wasn't aware anything happened to the quick menu (I didn't change anything). But 0.8c was the last version just before I was forced up update Renpy, and also had to update all of my java (android related) stuff. So maybe that threw it off. That menu size is changed via Renpy though so that's weird. I'll see what I can do.

Quick note I meant to mention in the post - I could only upload the compressed version of the game. Itch won't allow me to upload larger than 4gb. I'll contact them to ask for more and if approved, I'll upload the non-compressed version soon. Meanwhile, you probably won't notice the difference either way.

If you want to really get that technical about it, the Pantherians and the Acladeans are in effect a society that have joined forces to support each other. Therefore, the Acladean Rebels are still rebels since they defy their own kind as well as the Pantherians.

Serenity is connected to all games. Serenity relies on the fact that every game you play is another universe the MC (and his dream angels) can go to. And you are there (as the MC) in every one of those universes... that is what it's all about.

You do realize this is a kinetic novel. Says so in the description. Kinetic novels usually have zero choices... they are simply stories that you follow along with. I added only a few choices here and there just for some preference options. If you're looking for a visual novel that has choices and consequences, you may want to check out other games.

I haven't rebuilt Chapter 1 of Serenity yet. As I said, I'll probably do a new build of all of them upon this next release for Serenity Chapter 2. And yes, it is an 'out of memory' type error. Nothing changed in the game files outside of adding images, animations, sounds, and dialogue. The animations have been done using the same format for years so it isn't that either. MS is always breaking shit, just seems this time Renpy was directly affected.

Hi Savvy_69 - This is a recent issue that is affecting many Renpy-based games. It appears to have been caused by a recent update to Windows and affects Renpy games using an older version of Renpy. I have since upgraded the version of Renpy that I use for all of my games, but have not had a chance to re-build them all. If you download the compressed version (LastHuman-0.9c-pc.zip (COMPRESSED)1.4 GB), It was built with the new Renpy and shoul not crash on animations. Unfortunately, some of your old save files may not load and you will need to start a new game. When I finish with this next Serenity release, I will be rebuilding/reuploading each of my games so that all of them will be on the new Renpy.

No music plays "while" they have sex. That's why I asked exactly which part you're talking about. The music that plays just before they go upstairs is: True Beauty (truebeauty.mp3).

The music that plays just after they finish that night: Innocence (innocence.mp3).

The music that plays the morning after: Future Bass (futurebass.mp3)

All the mp3's can be found in your game folder under "Game/Audio".

When they're first together, sexually? Or when they actually first meet? You'll have to be specific because I don't remember... I'll have to look in the code to that section.

I am not a liar. You are completely misunderstanding what I am saying. Does it take longer when working on 2 games at once? Of course it does! I'm not an idiot! When I said what I said, I was referring to the overly long delay that happened PURELY from other crap outside of development in my life. THAT delay was not because I work on 2 games. It was because my sister died, I got sick, full time job bullshit... you name it, it happened. I got depressed, I didn't work on the games - hence - LONG DELAY where nothing came out for almost a year. THAT is what I thought you were talking about all this time. I've explained this pretty well in my devlogs and personal logs that I post regularly on multiple sites. And fwiw, I did the next update on the SAME GAME. So even if I was working on one game, that same delay would have happened, unfortunately. In your original comment in this thread, that is what I thought you were referring to - which is why I responded defending myself because I had literally just posted about the reasons and all the bullshit I was dealing with. Before all that, I generally release games every 2 months... Serenity release, then 2 months later, Last Human, then 2 months later... Serenity again. So every 4 months each game should get an update - especially now that I am retired from my full time job and can put 100% of my time into only this.. This should not be something to complain about. I see lots of games out there that take much longer to get updates than mine do, and they are working on ONE game. And some of those devs are actually teams... I am just one person doing everything alone.

I DID SAY I don't like to ban people or delete posts, didn't I? I hardly EVER do that outside of obvious spam or troublemakers. So far you're not making trouble. I just get frustrated when I feel like I have to defend myself. When in reality... I don't. I don't need to reply to people. I don't even need to make devlogs. I could just not talk to anyone except for release time. But I choose to be transparent and try to be nice to people. So yeah, I get frustrated and I say things because I am pissed. I am human.

To be clear... with no major issues coming up, I do releases every 2 months, or very close to it. Last human gets a release, 2 months later Serenity gets a release, 2 months later, Last Human gets another release... and so on. So each get should get an update approx. every 4 months. That is not unreasonable in my opinion. But if it isn't reasonable to you, I don't know what to tell you.

First of all, now all you're doing is gaslighting. I'll ask nicely... Please stop. Secondly, I did not lie about anything. Where the hell did that come from? I said:

"The fact that I work on two games has absolutely nothing to do with how long it has taken since my last release."

If you have a problem here, then WHY are you here? The ONLY answer is "to gaslight". I've asked nicely that you not continue. I don't like banning people or deleting messages because I believe people entitled to their opinion. However, each time you post it gets worse. This time you called me a liar for no reason.

I'll say this and then not respond to this anymore. I move back and forth between the two games for reasons beyond everything mentioned here. And it doesn't matter how I do this, it is my choice. Going this route keeps me from getting burn out working on one game (like SO many other devs have done and abandoned their games because of it). I do it to keep my sanity. I do it because I want to. Whatever reason you need to hear, that's why I do it that way.

The only reason everyone waited almost a year for the Last Human release is because I went through major illness, deaths, depression, the full time job bullshit, and enough other bullshit. Though I suppose if some have only recently started following me, you may not have known that.

So, that's the end of this topic and hopefully that answers any more questions. I have no plans to change how I do this. Sure, I may sometimes do more than one update in a row with one of the games. It all just depends on how things are flowing for me in my life. I do what I can, when I can.

We actually didn't go into Margaritaville this trip. But my wife must have had us shopping in every shop in there. Plus we had to stop and get some street tacos at that little restaurant on the right when coming from the peer.

We actually toured with a local for several hours and he said they had recovered nicely. We did see a lot of trees still down and some areas are still suffering from fluctuating power outages. They had quite a few businesses that had to close down as well, sadly. But some are already on the mend and trying to open back up.

Serenity Chapter 2: Serenity Chapter 2 by N2TheFire
FWIW... It isn't version 2.04. It is version .04. The "C2" in the filename simply denotes that it is "Chapter 2" and not Chapter 1. I'd hoped it would reduce confusion that way.

Hold up dude... don't come in here and put down Americans and go down that road. I happen to love other countries, like UK, Australia, etc.,... and there are a lot of things we say differently. The way I say something is not necessarily wrong just because where you're from you say it differently. I have quite a lot of friends outside of the US and NONE of them have ever said anything like that to me. So I'll call it Fall, and you can call it Autumn. In Spain they call it Otono. Also, where I am from, the leaves DO FALL in FALL... fwiw.

Technically, in that logic, this latest release should have been v0.09, then v0.10 would come after. The next version will be 1.0... and then 1.1, 1.2, etc., etc.. Like I said, I don't follow all those silly rules. They're versions and like lizardglen said, many games go beyond 1.0. I know mine will because I will be adding fixes, redo stuff, add other improvements well after it is finished.

Try not to read too much into it. In this story, they are Terrans. People from Earth are Humans. As in people from Pantheria are Pantherians. And Echo (Ecko) is a Teldarian from Teldar. Acladeans from Acladia.

Nope. It will go beyond 1.0. I don't follow the same rules I guess ;)

No worries. One guy isn't going to push me away from my projects. My skin is a bit thicker than that. Just have to get all this retirement business completed, then I'll finally be free and can get back to developing these games the way I originally intended. Thanks for the kind words :)

You comment describes a "KINETIC" novel perfectly... which is how my game is described. It is listed as a kinetic visual novel. If you don't like kinetic novels, then you just happened to choose the wrong one.

It isn't that I dislike your feedback. I disagree with it, yes. The fact that I work on two games has absolutely nothing to do with how long it has taken since my last release. I am well aware of how long it has been - I probably beat myself up over that fact more than you could. But it isn't because I work on two games. On that you're wrong. Before all the shitshow happened to me over the last year. i was releasing every 2 to 3 months. And once I am retired, I'll be able to get back to that. But maybe you don't even know that I've also been working a full time job at the same time and now I'm about to retire. You talk like I have no clue what's going on with my own followers and patrons.

I AM in the shoes of others who play these games. I began this as a major fan of quite a few. And have become close friends with many other devs. You sit here trying to explain this to me as if you think I have no idea what's going on. Man I've been doing this for about 5 years now. And now you're accusing me of not seeing things from your perspective? Consumers? You do realize that my games are free and that basically what little money I make at this is solely at the whim of whoever chooses to subscribe, donate, or whatever, right? And what... do you think I make 5 figures every month? Not hardly. I started doing this because I'm a creative person and I enjoy it. And now finally I'll get to do it without the full time job in the way. The income side of it started off as just a plus. So before you say anything about losing patrons or donations, you should know that when I retire, my income will be reduced by a THIRD. And still I'll be doing this whether people continue to subscribe or not.

I am engaged in stories right now that have extremely long delays between updates. But I'm not complaining about it because I know what it takes to do this. I know the sacrifices it takes and I know what it does to a family when you stay busy at your computer every day. Do you?

Don't get me wrong Woonz. I LOVE feedback, even the negative. I have said that at least a thousand times since I first started.. But you came in my post and basically said that you have no respect for me because I work on two games. All without knowing anything about me or my life. So fine, you don't respect me. What was the point of bothering to even comment on a post from a dev you have no respect for?

That's all I'll say about it. I hope you go back and read up on some of the things I've been dealing with, then maybe you'll have a much better understanding of why things have gone the way they have for me, and why I vehemently defend myself here now. I rarely bite back at people in these comments anymore but I'm sick of people thinking we as AVN devs can't stand up and defend ourselves and our work, especially to people who haven't got a clue what it takes. And I honestly didn't intend for this to sound like biting back. So... sorry about that. Peace...

Either you don't follow me enough to know my situation, or you have some misguided understanding of just what it takes to make these games. If you were saying that to a big, rich game development company, it might be understood. But in this platform, it's way off base. I don't ask for nor require anyone's respect. But at least know the floor you stand on before setting it on fire. From the beginning, I WANTED to make two games that had a connection. I did it this way on purpose. As I stated in quite a few of my devlogs (which I'm assuming you've never read), I also chose to do this to help stave off burnout on one story. One of the reasons so many devs start one of these games only to abandon them near the end is because they get burnt out working on the same story for (in some cases) several years. With that said, we're nearing the end of Serenity. So my time working on 2 games in tandem is coming to an end soon. To come here and use words like "retarded", "simping", "fellating", and expressing your "disrespect" to someone who is doing their best to make something good is counterproductive. Now, if I were trying to work on 4 games at one time, maybe I'd be off my rocker. In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with working on two games as long as it works and keeps me focused; and not in a constant state of writer's block or loss of interest.

Thank you Yamikaze!

Thank you, and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours as well ;)

Thank you! ;)

Thanks!
Aside from losing a few pounds... probably just to improve in my story writing and graphics ;)

As mentioned by another commenter, I am retiring from my full time job and training someone to replace me there. I will be starting to work on my dev stuff full time after that.
And, I do not work on 3-4 games at a time. Who could do that anyway? I work on 2. And I do that for a reason... so I don't get burnt out on one.
I am one person doing this solo.

I usually do stagger my projects. But I ran into some writers block on Serenity so I switched to LH - rather than delaying everything. My process is something like this: First, I decide what I want to have happen in the episode... I create an outline, worded something like a trailer for a movie or game, with a few details, etc. Coding, and Scripting dialogue is next. Since my games are mostly kinetic (few choices), this is usually pretty straight-forward. But I've been trying to add a few choices (where you can choose to sleep with or not sleep with certain characters) so that means I need to create choice menus and a few variables so the game knows you made some choice about something later down the line. My "scene" lines (to show images) are all pre-entered but commented out, and I write my dialogue and everything else in between those. Next I start rendering. As they are rendered, I name the image files then uncomment that line in the code so I don't lose my place. After that, I play the episode from beginning to end to check for any issues, and while doing that, I choose background music and usually write it in along the way. If all is well after that, I build it, upload it, then tell you all about it LOL.

The only "Melissa" in chapter 2 is the girl that MC and Cammie go and save from the boyfriend. I mixed up Melissa and Melody by using the same variable for their names ('mel') and because of that, Melody was also being called Melissa. So, the girl that Fade brings over to Serenity back in Chapter 1, that is Melody (from the game "Melody" by MrDots). That will be corrected in the next release.

While I agree with this view, especially with visual art, I don't want to loop through what I have. I already do that as it is and trying to spread those repeat songs can get to be a pain in the ass. It can be really hard to find a track I want for a scene. Some devs will just grab some music they think sounds cool and stick it in there. I don't do that. I've delayed releases being stuck on finding the right music for one scene.

The subject of AI can generate some debate. But I'm not looking for that. And I am not planning on going to all AI music. This may simply be a situation where I need one more track and having a hard time finding one, so I do an AI song.

Finally, I have considered making my own music. I have done that (there are several tracks in my games that I made myself). The only issue with that is really just time. Anyway, thanks for the feedback.

no, but I know exactly why you're asking that. I need to turn the gloss down on her nips. Noticed it earlier.

Thank you! :)

No worries, like I said... I'm not offended or anything. Just want to be clear about things. No harm done and glad you enjoy the games.

I mean this with NO disrespect whatsoever... but I don't personally see it that way. And for what its worth, if I want to write something I will. Again, NO disrespect here, but this is my story. With that said, I don't really have plans to have Last Human MC hook up with Rin. But as part of what I am writing, she will try her best to get him to. There is a reason for it that blends in with the plot later. But it doesn't mean something is going to happen. People freak out over the tiniest hint of anything that resembles NTR or cheating.

The reason I am responding to this is because when I first started writing Serenity and got the first release out, I got all kinds of backlash about Kat. It made me so angry that I almost didn't go any further with it - Serenity (and also Last Human) would never have happened. I decided then and there that I would write what I want to write no matter who screams. And this isn't aimed at you, Vidar... but the way you worded your message here is as if you are telling me what I should do or not do and that isn't how this works.

My best advice to you is... just enjoy the games that Devs are putting out. I know not all of them have content that is going to be agreeable to everyone (it simply is not possible). I learned some time ago that there are SO MANY of these AVN's out there that I skipped because I saw certain kinks listed that I didn't like... I went back and started playing them and found that they were actually really good, even if some parts weren't something I'm into.

At any rate, this message is for anyone else out there who thinks an AVN developer should write something the way YOU think it should be written. It will never happen. And if it did, I can almost guarantee you that you will actually not like it as much because the dev didn't do what he felt in his heart that he wanted to do - instead trying to please "everyone" (which will never work).

Realistically? I am not good with deadlines so I rarely ever give release dates. But, at the rate I'm going, should be no more than 2 months from now. And yes, you can choose to donate, but you can get the game without a donation. I appreciate the support :)

It probably doesn't matter, but I'd probably play Serenity first (if you can stick through my rough first chapter). You can really play either game first because if you play Last Human first, you can always go play Serenity to learn about Rin and where she came from.