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Chapter 5 - Dev Log #11
Hello,
So, I've recently returned from a forced five-day mountain vacation.
Even though I was set on sitting it out, I came across a very interesting video about mental health, and it said you should treat burnout as if it's inevitable.
No worries, I have no signs of burnout, but I found the video very interesting and should take more precautions. (I already do lots of sports, but I also need time away from screens.)
From now on, I will force myself to take at least a 3-day vacation every 4-6 months.

1. Loan-bibi

31st of August... is the day all tax offices must have submitted the 2021 numbers... And well, I talked about it before that my old tax office is terrible.
I was getting increasingly nervous that they wouldn't make it and I would have to pay a fine. (Which the tax guy would be liable for... But still, that would be so much unnecessary drama.)
So instead of my usual kind approach, where I offer help 24/7, etc... I started threatening them with some thingies, and voila... In less than a day I got my 2021 numbers.
As soon as I get the papers from the financial office of Berlin. I'll get the loan for the workstation. I already talked to my bank and we came up with something.
It takes about 2-3 months to get your papers (Steuerbescheid)... So it will still be a while.

2. 4090
I got a 4090 for SG to see if it could render animations faster... Here are the numbers for those interested.



By getting the 4090 and pairing it with a 3090, I got a decent boost in rendering speed. It will do until I get the new Workstation.
I now have 2x3090 as backup GPUs if a GPU should die.

3. Victoria cinematic Chapter 1
I mentioned that I would remove the scene where MC has the choice to shoot Marla and replace it with a cinematic.
The music artist now signed the contract, and I can get started on it shortly. I will include it in Chapter 5 Beta.

4. Treats
I haven't done Treats since Dev Log #8's Nadia treats.
And I still haven't finished a set but I had a few renders lying around from sets I canceled a while ago... Three renders to be exact... So instead of letting them rot, I'm just gonna post them today.

Sonya (2 images) & Friend of Sasha with red/white hair whose name isn't known yet (1 image)
[пока их нет]
(Deep Cleavages & legs)

5. Previews (4K is attached.)
I primarily focus on Chapter 5, but recently I did a few more Chapter 2 Rework renders. Here are two comparisons.
Old CH2
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New CH2

Old CH2
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New CH2

I put up a Chapter 5 Preview block. So no more previews until the release... But here's one I can probably still show...

I'll see you in two weeks with most likely great news...
- Ocean

Chapter 3 - Dev Log #16
Hello,
I apologize for the delay of this Dev Log.
I had been on a forced five-day family vacation.
Even though I was set on sitting it out, I came across a very interesting video about mental health, and it said you should treat burnout as if it's inevitable.
No worries, I have no signs of burnout, but I found the video very interesting and should take more precautions. (I already do lots of sport, but I also need time away from screens.)
From now on, I will force myself to take at least a 3-day vacation every 4-6 months.
But normal vacations kinda bore me... I'm not really capable of relaxing, as I could do something productive instead. (What have I become lol)
I need a challenge, so every 4-6 months I will just go and climb a bigger mountain every time.
And while I was sitting there on some random bibi mountain, I had a few very interesting insights about my productivity.
I'll try some experiments and documents the results... More on this in a future dev log.

Chapter 3.
I didn't let the PCs render while I was away... I don't trust it and would constantly be afraid that the PCs go up in flames.
But the rendering process has now continued and I've been working on WiAB today.
There are still some renders left, but I'll continue at a steady pace.
Previews
The only connection those two scenes have is that Sven is introduced there... So I thought let's show some comparisons of the old and new "Sven The Bibi" introduction
Old (Why's the camera so high? It's like the MC is 230cm tall.)


New


Again, the scenes have nothing in common except for the place & the introduction of Sven.
And the cherry on top :

Katie with her hair up. (I just love it on her.)

I'll share my first bunch of results in the next Dev Log (Productivity Experiments).
And I'll see you in the next Dev-Log in 11 days.
- Ocean

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ФБР в деле
Сьюзи после бурной ночи
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Chapter 3 - Dev Log #15
Hello,
Soo...
1. Workstation
2. CH3 Status
3. Previews

1. Workstation
TL:DR at the end of the text.
Over the past weeks, I had a back-and-forth with the Nvidia tech support & also did a lot of research to see if memory pooling would still work through PCI-E, etc.
Nada... "Hey, let's charge almost 10,000€ for a GPU that can't even pool its memory like the predecessor."
That's pretty much the only reason why I want the A6000/Pro Cards.
But it's not going to happen with this GEN.
So I reconsidered and I'm doing the following now:
Instead of a Workstation with 2xA6000 ADA, I'm getting a custom-built workstation with 4x4090.
And on top of that, an A6000 (Old Gen).
I already have an old Gen A6000, and adding another with a NvLink will give me roughly 96GB VRAM.
I'd say 70% of my scenes can be rendered with 24GB. 30% need more than that. (Exceptions are updates like CH6 SG, which is 80% far above 24GB.)
So, I will have one PC with 2xA6000 Old Gen, that only renders the big scenes. (Every single update will have them.)
Meanwhile, the 4x4090 Workstation is going to render everything else.
And it's not just the raw speed of the GPU that's going to matter...
A good friend of mine is rendering on a 4090, and while he showed me a few animations, I noticed how fast they were rendering... But not because of the Cuda cores... But because of how fast the 4090 slurped the textures & other thingies into the memory.
Between each frame is a pause where the GPU loads all the textures & info into the memory... And while I created the Tabletop animations, this pause could take up to five minutes. (Before every single frame.)
This took longer than the actual rendering part & is also the reason why you never got a yoga/stretching cinematic in Chapter 3x5... As each memory loading pause took 15min and I abandoned it.
So it appears that it would also speed up animations by A LOT.
But I first have to test it, and then I can show you some graphs.
Oh, the custom Workstation (water-cooled GPUs) is also almost 8000€ cheaper than the previous double A6000 ADA Workstation.)
Both games would be made on both PCs. No more designated PCs. Both games are going to enjoy the fruits and WIAB won't face any downtime due to VRAM issues.
I can't get the workstation yet and have to wait for the Steam release, as you know, my old tax office hasn't submitted my 2021 numbers yet, and atm I wouldn't even get a loan for 2000€.
With the 5000 series GEN, I'll take another look at the Pro cards... But I need that scaleable VRAM.

TL:DR: Instead of a Workstation with 2xA6000s ADA, I get a custom Workstation with 4x4090 & a separate old Gen A6000 to upgrade my current WiAB PC to 96GB VRAM. New Workstation is almost 9000€ cheaper. Still can't get it before Steam, tho. Both Games would be made on both PCs. WIAB won't face any downtime.

2. Status of Chapter 3
CH3 is coming along great.
I still need to render ~400 renders. (96 of them are currently in the queue, and ~300 need to be set up.)
I've already started with postwork, and as soon as I have around 500 renders done in post, I will start testing.
We're getting pretty close now.

3. Previews - 4K attached
Sneaky MC



Zoey-Moey



New important environment


WiAB: Probably early September.
SG: Probably late September.

- Ocean

CH05 Status Update #37
Hello, everyone!

This week we have a small update regarding the numbers of CH05.
The render count for this update is going to be in the 3000 territory. We estimated in the past that it would be roughly double the size of CH04, which would have been about 2400 renders, but we passed that a while ago and now it's definitely bigger than that. Animation count is something we'll save for later since they aren't and won't be rendered for a while.

Last weekend we focused on problem renders, mainly fixing some issues and filling in some gaps. This weekend, we'll finalize Eve's scene and the branching that comes with it. Some post-processing will also be done to the renders that are fresh out of the oven.
Work has also continued on the Bree scene, and it's been slightly edited since the last pass. Previously we had done some work on the scene out of order and stopped when we struggled, but we've since ironed out the reasons behind that struggle and it now feels smooth like butter.
We also did some more scripting for the next update, CH06, mainly ensuring that there won't be any funny business regarding scope creep and expectations. After CH05 is out, we'll talk about future deadlines and some of the changes we'll be implementing to accommodate them.
Finally, we've been adding some more SFX to the previous chapters that didn't have them. CH04 is when we implemented a lot of new sounds and ambience and we want every chapter to have consistent audio.
The only content that still needs to be done for CH05 is main girl content, Mia and Bree specifically. Oh, and some Helen content!

Emma sees something she wasn't supposed to see.


Lucy is troubled.


The MC checks on Emma's progress.​

Now why is FrAnS looking so sinister? Doesn't matter, he seems trustworthy enough.
0.8 will most likely be released in the weekend two weeks from now.
That's it for now. Cheers, take care!

Charlotte needs to get something off her chest


Emma causes Charlotte to have a change of heart


Lucy has something to tell the MC
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Chapter 3 - Dev Log #14
Hello,

The title of today's Dev Log is "Defeat". More to that down below. Warning: It's a sad tale.

Everything's going well, rendering is slow, but setting up scenes is fast as fuck. I think I will start with postwork in around 10 days and just let the queue do its thingy.

Defeat...
I didn't think much of it at first but... It all started with vibrating fans, then a shiver went through its components and suddenly the fans spun no more...
An eerie silence fell over the room... As I looked down to see its googly eyes staring back at me in agony & shame...
My child, for which I cared so much, which I praised in front of the other parents... Failed me... Failed us.
I couldn't look it in the eyes when I saw that Daz dropped back to the CPU... While I checked the vitals to see if something was off... I heard its pitiful whine in the background, begging me to give it another shot.
There was no mistake... The A6000 ran out of VRAM for a scene.
I then optimized the shit out of the scene, even going as far as reducing the quality for all non-main cast characters to a degree I'd normally never go. I feel dirty.
Still, I watched its once so strong arms struggle to get the bar up.
I had no choice... I had to remove some characters from the scene... And with every character I removed, I felt as if a dagger pierced my heart.
Okay for real now, I actually thought the scene wouldn't even go beyond 32GB... But fuck me...
Here's a preview of said VRAM killing scene (Coming in at 45,6GB) (HOW?!)

It had quite a few more characters before.
Anyways, I signed a few more artists. A few just for SG, as they didn't want to sign for both games at once, but also some music for WiAB.

Helen & Scarlet previews:


Considering that postwork is going to start soon, I can say that I'm getting closer to finishing the last scene. I probably won't finish it before the next Dev Log, but it's gonna be close.

I'll see you in two weeks with hopefully the 95% reached.
- Ocean
По поводу неудачи с рендером - Оушен с другими разрабами пришли к выводу, что какой-то ассет DAZа был битый и выжирал всю VRAM
(Оушен: Someone mentioned a faulty asset that might've drawn VRAM like crazy. It makes sense as most of the Farm renders I did were 100% a lot heavier than this.
But it's gonna be a pain in the ass to find it.)

[0.6] - Sneak peek #4
Hello everyone!
They're here — the final previews of v0.6!
Which means that... yes! The new update is almost upon us!
As you can see, most of the previews are from one of the major arcs of the update, which was already teased in the progress bar image, a Wild West server. So, put on your Eternum suit, channel your inner gunslinger, and get ready to visit the Frontier era!
I'm happy to announce that I haven't encountered any setbacks yet, so the expected release remains next week, as I mentioned in the last report. I will probably publish the definitive release dates for each tier next Monday, but I can already announce that the first release for the Demon Lord tier will most likely be on the 26th or 27th. After that, the new update will be posted for each tier every few days, as usual.
v0.6 will feature +1350-1400 new renders, +13,000 new lines of code, and 4 new animated lewd scenes with your favorite girls
I can assure you that I'm working tirelessly these days to get everything ready as soon as possible. I am eagerly looking forward to releasing it and hearing all of your comments!
So, ladies and gentlemen, start getting ready because we're almost there
None of this would have been possible without your support. Thank you so much to each and every one of you
Thanks again, and see you all in the release dates announcement post!
Love you all

Caribdis
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June 31
It's the "Good news!" update...
Well, hello!
And good news it does appear to be as, for once, I'm not going to prattle on about development, graphics design, rectifying gameplay faults or, indeed, anything problematic. Instead, I'm going to talk about releasing content.
I can wait a moment if you need to pick yourself up off the floor? ;)
Ready? Ok then...
The "cut to the chase bit" is that in a couple of weeks I'm going to start putting up fresh downloads. There has been some discussion with the testers over whether I should wait until we had absolutely everything tested and cleared and then do a single drop or whether, since we're testing each refreshed chapter in order, update as we go.
Given that there is a lot of new content in each chapter, even if only animations, I decided that I may as well release chapter by chapter. After all it has no impact on the final release date of Five and the only real difference is that completed work is available for you if you want it as opposed to just sitting on my hard drive.
Of course, this also puts the decision in your hands. You can download each chapter as they come out or simply wait until Five drops and do a single download then. You don't need me to make that decision for you. As discussed before, chapters will be in both HD and compressed versions for your convenience.
Releases will be every couple of weeks, sometimes even weekly and will be in the following order:
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Strip Philosophy Ping Pong*
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
New Trailer
Chapter Five
Secret Project 2**
Bonus Pack

Why not release work now? Why the couple of weeks?
To allow a bit more time for testing and animation corrections. Once I start dropping content I want it to be consistent and frequent.
Heavy Five was always a complex little game and that's even more so now. There is still some work the testers haven't seen and I want the final product to be as perfect as possible for you and so I want a little space to ensure the guys have had sufficient time to try and break it. On animations (and, crikey there are a lot of those) although I'm happy they play smoothly enough I also want to ensure that there's nothing I've missed. i.e. no small clipping or other errors which haven't been noticed. Bugs are quick to fix, animations less so. Hence a bit of padding timewise.
Plus I have some admin to do. I need to re-jig the Patreon page (Patreon are doing some format changes so I need to completely update it), clear a ton of messages and generally clear the decks and do some housekeeping before I start dropping releases.
Do I need to play through everything again?
No. In doing the re-design I've worked pretty hard to ensure that this refreshed version remains compatible with your old saves, building the new interface on the old code. The only thing that won't work completely with your old saves will be the "all game achievements" module as this required a different set of coding. So my advice, for what it's worth, would be to do a playthrough on the new version just to see what is new and then use your old saved games as you see fit. But it's your call of course.
How much more work is left to do?
Testing and, any, animation corrections, a bit of re-wiring on Chapter Five and some work on the two "secret projects". That's it.
What on earth are the "secret projects" and why have you done them?
Well, they're a secret? So.... ;)
But I'll go so far as to say that one of them is additional in-game content and the other is something useful.
Do you have a solid date for Chapter Five?
Yes. But sod's law if I say when, no doubt something will go wrong. I'd rather not tempt fate at this point.
Does this mean you're going to start charging again?
Not as yet. Charging will remain off until Five is released. You didn't ask for this work to be done and even though it is a massive improvement on what we had before and makes the game a whole lot better, it doesn't feel right to me to expect you to support it.

And I think that's it from me for now. As an aside the new working hours are working a lot better for me, dev-wise that is. Whether I'll continue doing it once all of this is out of the door I don't know. Crunching "real life" means I have less time during the week for things such as Discord, Twitter etc (hence my almost complete absence from social media gubbins of late) so we'll see. What I do know is it has allowed me to be able to focus more of late and nail some of more complex stuff a lot more easily. But so far as the above goes, it was the right call. I should have probably done it earlier but "Shoulda, woulda, coulda" doesn't get you anywhere does it?
Thanks once again for your continued interest and patience. Stay, or be, lucky.

Notty
* Given the show it's based off is in Chapter Two, it seemed a good idea to drop this here.
**Not a typo. There's also a Secret Project 1, but that's hidden in Chapter Five. I've been a busy little bee...

Emma and David talk

Charlotte prepares for her lingerie photoshoot


Jason's round of golf is interrupted

[0.6] - Progress Report
Hello everyone!
I sincerely hope everybody is doing great!
SHUT UP CARIBDIS AND GIVE US INFO
Okay okay
First of all, I'll talk about dates since it's what will interest some people the most.
You know that I only announce the definitive release dates for each tier a few days before the first official release to ensure there won't be any delays.
However, I can say that, right now, I'm aiming for the week of July 24. These last few scenes are taking me more time than I initially expected due to some complications, but if nothing stops me from maintaining my current progress during the next few weeks, I should be able to finish everything on time.
As you know, I like to release the update as polished and bug-free as I can, from the highest tier to the last!
About its content, you can expect several hours of new gameplay, with tons of different moments and scenarios. This update is probably the largest one so far. I'm currently sitting at 1190 renders, and I still have a few more to do. I estimate the final build will have over 1400 renders. The script is already past 10,000 lines of code as well!
There will be 4 new fully animated lewd scenes (as long as you're in all paths).
Who will be the lucky ladies, you wonder? Ah, you'll soon find out
Also, if you enjoy Eternum's story and its lore, you're in for a treat! Grab your crazy theory notes and start getting ready to immerse into Eternum once again
The plot thickens...

Sooo... TL;DR, if everything goes smoothly, we're less than a month away from enjoying Eternum 0.6 I'll also post one last batch of previews before the release, so stay tuned for that!
Don't forget that I'm always available to address any questions you may have. Feel free to reach out to me through the comments or a private message, and I will ALWAYS respond.
Thank you for all your support and for being so awesome
See you soon!
Forever grateful,

Caribdis

Happy Monday!

Wrapped up another scene with just three more to complete! Busy week as I stayed focused on organizing everything. Being this far into development, things just become a bit chaotic keeping things organized. It's organized chaos though, one of those situations where I can spot the needle in the haystack. As I was organizing things, I've been letting an idea stew in my mind. I believe I hinted at or just blatantly mentioned it already. When I work, I tend to binge-watch shows on another monitor just to have some background noise when music isn't cutting it for me. I've been paying a bit of attention to their re-caps and how they're presented. So, I've just been letting this idea grow in the back of my mind, and in case no one has caught on, there's this recurring theme throughout the game's UI and even save folder that has been present since CH1. Which is "memories" and with the core of the story starting to ramp up, I think it's time to finally start building up its place in Artemis. So, with CH5 there'll be a recap of the previous chapters. Bring key info that's relevant to CH5 back into focus and just give a refresher before diving into the update. Building that UI will be something fun to do as it will be relevant later in the story.

Anyhoo, lots of fun stuff I'm excited to show off with this release. I also picked up another 4090. There are still some animations to be done and one that needs to be re-rendered. I didn't foresee any issues with my current animation backlog, but I figured having an extra render box to handle the animations wouldn't hurt. I'll be getting that setup sometime this week.

On a personal note, I finally got my new contacts! The one on the right is the new set. They're slightly larger and rest much more comfortably on my sclera (the white of your eyes).


I saw some concerns about the future of Artemis and my keratoconus. Actually, seems there's been a lot of discussion, and has turned into a game of telephone where information gets wildly muddied the more it gets passed on. It was amusing to be informed of this to be honest, haha. So, I'll address some stuff real quick.

Keratoconus can be treated. During ch1, I was diagnosed with it. During chapters 2 and 3, I got crosslinking done on my corneas to stop the disease. At the start of ch4 I finally got my medically necessary contacts through Kaiser.

Some have suggested getting glasses instead of contacts. Glasses were the first thing I tried to get to correct things. Unfortunately, very few with keratoconus find success with glasses and the most common treatment are special hard contact lenses called "scleral lenses". And like glasses, they also require fine-tuning.
My keratoconus has not delayed CH5 in any way. Getting things ready for Steam (recoding elements of the game to work with Steam Deck/controller took some work to do as well as other factors preparing for Steam) rocked things a bit. As stated, I've had my other contacts from Kaiser since CH4. For those in my inner circle know I've been wanting to see a doctor in LA for a while now. He himself has keratoconus too and has equipment suited to treating this with far better accuracy. Why not see him in the first place? He's in Los Angeles and the bill was roughly $4,000 out of pocket. Medical/vision insurance is such a grey area with keratoconus and I've been dumping funds toward custom 3D assets and upgrading equipment for Artemis development instead because as said before, I can see well enough with my previous set of contacts. It was just a matter of comfort and was something I was willing to deal with for the time being while I saved up for this doc. I've had my latest set from the new doctor for a couple of days now and I'm not getting constant mucus build-up or red eyes anymore. I've actually had some people ask if I was sober because my eyes were often red from irritation. The comfort level is a 10/10 now.
Thanks for attending my Keratoconus TED Talk lol

Have yourselves a great week and stay hydrated!

- digi.B

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Chapter 5 - Dev Log #8
Hello,
So...
In a previous Dev Log, I wrote about the music issue and stuff... The bitterness that came with it, and me not wanting to contact and deal with them.
Turns out, actually mentioning it to someone (you guys) has helped me deal with it.
I contacted a few new ones and also signed one new Song already. He's also very eager to work with me in the future.
I'm still waiting for a reply from the others.

About Chapter 5.
I'm closing in on the end, I'd say it's about 85% done... I also slowly started with the last part of the Ch2 rework. (Previews at the end of the post)
Things are progressing very nicely.
Except that, I totally fucked up my sleep schedule again in the past two days... I umm, went through what I call an "Artistic Dilemma".
I went into an ADHD-induced hyperfocus where I asked myself a lot of art-related questions and created some stuff to find answers. Then I realized it was already 8 in the morning.
I might elaborate on it in a different Patreon post, as I made a few changes to my future art approach.
During my "Artistic Dilemma", I also created some new Treats. I really felt them that night.
The music to go with the Gloomy Treat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiHR_FJZxq8
It's a Gloomy Nadia Treat with 5 pictures (2 Versions of each) with a bit more focus on photorealism.

The rest can be found HERE
Anyways, Previews. (High Res Images are in the ZIP file.)
As mentioned in the last Log, I only show two previews from a new Chapter per Dev Log.
But let's start with the CH2 stuff. (Which I don't count as a real new Chapter.)
Old Chapter 2: (нет)
New Chapter 2

Old Chapter 2 (нет)
I actually had to laugh when I saw these old renders.
New Chapter 2 - Nami and Ayua

New Chapter 5


I can't really show much from CH5 without spoiling... So yeah, that's also a reason why I limited the future previews to two pictures.
A few of you are probably wondering if anything else changed in the last part of Chapter 2.
Yes, quite a few new scenes have been added. The Bella Night route is now longer and a big change to the story itself had to be done. (It only affects you if you didn't go with Bella that one night.)
As I ran into some branching issues in Season 5, which would've made that Season 16-17 Chapters long... I had to make the change to save my sanity down the line.
I won't spoil what I had to change, but you'll see it if you pick to not meet up with Bella at midnight. Otherwise, nothing changes.
I think I'll be finishing SG's writing in around a month. I've finished a few endings already and well... Then all that's left is the art and coding.
But I'm 100% going to change stuff down the line. Add new things, maybe even add another Chapter... But yeah.
I must admit that I teared up writing and thinking about the end of SG and WiAB... I know that it will take quite a few years to finish them but when the time comes, it's going to be a one-of-a-kind journey.
I'll see you in two weeks.

- Ocean

I will be finishing the after beach scene some time this week. I'll make it a bit longer than I had planned at first because I want it to have a better ending to the episode rather than just the scene ends and that's it.

I use a different asset for the club "Heaven". Looks more like a club now. Before I basically used the same asset for 4 different locations (2 bars, 2 clubs) since I didn't have more assets at that time. So, I'm slowly upgrading some locations, just as the houses, city, rooms,...

While working on the after beach scene, I had a specific look (clothes) in mind for a character. But I just couldn't find the right assets. I had to settle for something I already had. I was semi-happy with it at first, but the more renders I made, the less I liked the clothes. This is probably just a me issue and 95% of you wouldn't care about it much. But redoing everything just to change clothes? No... That character just had a "bad-style-day", I guess.

Somewhere this week I'll start working on the last scene for this update, which will be the Layla scene I mentioned before.