The week’s blog update comes courtesy of dsp3000, the creator of Tara : The hitchhiker. This will probably be the first in a series of blog posts from him talking about what to expect from his next game.

After several months development the next part of the Tara game is now nearing
completion.

 

Titled Tara: The Hotel, the story picks up where part one left off.
You've just arrived at your overnight stop with Tara and met her friend Natalia.
What happens next will depend on whichever path you choose to take.

 

For those of you who enjoyed the first Tara game, you will be pleased to hear that
there are many different storylines to follow and much more detail, especially in
those all important bonus scenarios. 

I've tried to develop a fairly complex plot, with multiple endings and a few
twists and surprises too.

The game will be a big one. There are still a few scenes to complete but it's
currently at more than 1100 images with over 200 of these being animated.

 

Along with Tara and Natalia there are five girls to interact with, multiple
storyline options and plenty of sex scenes to aim for.
More details and images of the other characters in the next post.


dsp3000

Maddison has now been released as a free game for all to play.

You can find it in the games section.

Have fun!

Today, I am happy to announce that the next free game will be…Maddison!

I will be transferring it from the members section to the free section next Monday, March 30th where everyone can play it.

It will also be the full game of Maddison, aka the “Final cut” version which includes all the extra scenarios such a threesome with Crystal.

A couple of months ago I made a blog post describing my interest in doing a 3D date game with Unity. While I’m still not 100% convinced I’ll actually finish making one, I have still continued to experiment with what I can do.

Adapting the various locations from the 2D version for use with Unity has (surprisingly) not been that difficult.

I’ve also been lucky in that many of the main locations I use are ones which come with an ‘extended licence’, which means I’m allowed to use them in a 3D game. The main obvious scene which doesn’t is the players apartment, which means the player would need a new home. I finally decided on a mini mansion model, then combined it with two others to create a pool and suburban surrounding.

This is easily my favorite location so far. The lighting and the shadows in particular really make it come alive. As you can see however, it still isn’t quite finished. The house needs more windows, and I’m not keen on all of the textures. Just from these three images though, you can probably get a good impression of how it would look.

One thing I’ve been very aware of when considering a unity game is the gameplay. Yes, the idea of a full 3D environment sounds appealing, but the whole thing would be rather pointless if the gameplay is exactly the same as the 2D version. With this in mind, one thing I’m set on doing is having a decent sized city hub the player can freely explore.

I still don’t have a full list of things for the player to do in the city, but certain location will be accessible from it, such as stores, the pool, and the the strip club.

I’m sure many of you have enjoyed visiting strip clubs in mainstream games such as grand theft auto, and I’m sure many of you will also have been disappointed in the lack of nudity there. For once, you could have a strip club where the ladies showed everything.

Despite these ( and a few other) scenes looking as they are, I’m still a long way away from a game however. At minimum, I would still need to make menus and a dialog engine before I even started making the game content.

Finally, I’m also finding it frustrating finding women I’m allowed to use in unity. As I mentioned earlier, there are some models I’m allowed to use in unity, and some I’m not. Most of my ladies aren’t permitted.

So far, only Maddison, Jennifer, Rachel and Daisy (after I remade her. She has different tattoos now) are clear for use. Lisette could be too, but I would have to give her a new hairstyle.

So, at this point VDGunity is still very much an experiment, but it’s still edging closer to reality.

Just another quick update this week.

For those of you who haven’t noticed, there is now a version 1.3 available for download in the members section which should have all the main issues now fully solved.

There is also a patch of just the html files if you don’t want to download the entire game again. Just merge everything in the patch with ‘files’ folder of your game.

A (hopefully final) version of the Photographer Part 2 has now been uploaded to the members section.

Is fixes the bugs involving Daisy’s lack of willingness in a threesome and the ability to rehire a model if you failed their photoshoot.

All known bugs from the Photographer Part 2 have been fixed.

Redownload to get the fixed version. The new version should be named photographer2_1.1. The online version should also be fine now too.

Also, a quick point – If you have an older monitor and the game is too large for you, you can adjust the zoom in most browsers these days to make it fit on screen. In both Chrome and Firefox, the zoom should be located in the top right.

Similarly, if you have an ultra HD monitor, you can also zoom to make the images large (though you will lose some of the image quality).

The photographer Part 2 has now been released and uploaded to the members section. Join now to play it. A free demo can also be played if you’re undecided.

The final amount of images in the game is 1278, easily making it the largest game I’ve ever made.

As a final set of previews, I thought it would be a fun idea to post all of the ending cards showing each of the endings possible.

Photographer Part 2 is still on schedule to be released next Friday, the 13th. All the of the images are basically done now, and I will be spending the last week bug checking.

The game now has 1267 images and 13 endings for you to find.

Here are the final set of previews from the Jennifer and Cassandra endings.

A lot of work done this week, and I’m nearly at the end. Photographer Part currently has 1197 images in it, and I still have a small bunch to do.

Since it’s also so large, I’ve decided that I will probably need a little more time to sort through any bugs when I’m finished. Therefore, it won’t be released next week, but the week after that. Friday the 13th of February to be precise.

This week’s selection of previews comes from the Katie ending :