Fist of all, in case you haven’t noticed the massive image on the front page, Katie has now been released for free. Find it, play it, download it and keep it from the games section.

Today I am also happy to announce the subject of my next game will be…Miranda.

Don’t remember her? She was hot blonde one who sells you the boat in Zoe. I’ve been wanting to do another game set in the same location ever since the first one. I’ve also had a number of people say they like her, so she seems like a good choice.

For Miranda, I also want to try and take these games into the HD era a bit more. I am working to make the images much more detailed than usual, and creating them at the larger size of 1280 x 753. If you have a smaller monitor, don’t worry – you will also be able to play at the normal size of 850 x 500.

Lastly today, I have found a solution for those who use Chrome and can’t play the downloaded games. If you are one of these people, here you go : http://www.vdategames.com/help.html It requires some altering of the properties box, but don’t be scared if you’re not used to doing that. It’s very safe.

Since I am working to make the Miranda images as detailed as possible, production of the game may take a little longer, but I’m confident it will be worth it. As usual, I will be posting updates and preview images over the next few months.

The final part of my tutorial series is now online. You can find it here : http://www.vdategames.com/tutorial.html

On a quick note, if you were waiting for the victoria 4 base to go down in price, it is currently in the daz3d sale! Buy it for $5.99 here : http://www.daz3d.com/victoria-4-2-base

Remember, Katie will be released for free on July 4th!

I am also going to wait just one more blog post until I announce what the next members game will be.

Tutorial 4b is now online and can be read here.

This should give you all the remaining elements of coding needed. I will be doing one more tutorial to act as a conclusion and cover anything I’ve missed. If you have any requests, add a comment and I’ll try to add them.

Today I am also announcing the next free game which will be…Katie.

Katie is a slightly older game, but one which I did update with new images and the new engine a couple of years ago. There are five endings to find with many ways to achieve them.

Katie will be available for free, Friday the Forth of July!

Hopefully in my next blog post I should be ready to announce what the next members area game will be.

The next tutorial has now been added to the set. Part 4a : Coding Part 1 – http://www.vdategames.com/tutorials/part4a.html

Next week when I add the tutorial, I’ll also be announcing the next free game and some details on the next members games!

Tutorial 3b is online. This one covers the various ways you can make backgrounds and animations.

http://www.vdategames.com/tutorials/part3b.html

Next time it’ll be coding!

I finally got around to putting up the new tutorial correctly. You can read it here : http://www.vdategames.com/tutorials/part3a.html

…or follow the tutorials link from the home page.

Part 2 of my tutorial series is now online and can be seen here : http://www.vdategames.com/tutorials/part2.html

This week we go over the basics of planning your game.

This week I finally got around to doing something I’ve intended for a while – Tutorials.

I really like the idea of people trying to make their own virtual date games, so I’ve put together a short course of five different segments. You can find part one on the new tutorials page : http://www.vdategames.com/tutorial.html

I’ll try and update them every week over the next month with the next part. As the first tutorial states, the different segments will be the following.

1 : Introduction & images
2 : Planning
3 : Advanced images
4 : Coding
5 : Things to think about

Part 1 gives a basic introduction to the different softwares involved and guides you through what’s needed to create your first image.

I’ll add a link to the blog with each section. If you try them and get stuck, leave a comment here and I’ll try to help you out.

Hopefully, anyone who manages to get through all five will end up with all they need to make their own games.

Just a quick post today to list recent changes to the site.

Nelena has been re-added to the members section. I forgot to include her when redesigning the members site, but she is now available to download for all members. This now means that there are 11 games you can access there.

It looks like there was only one real bug in Rachel Part 3. I’ve corrected the issue in both the online and downloadable versions.

If you bought a relevant package recently via the paypal store and want the Rachel Part 3 patch and/or Nelena, email me at chaotic@vdategames.com. Be sure to include your paypal transaction id and state which you would like sent to you.

For those wondering about the next game I transfer to the free site, I have not decided which one or when it will be yet. Usually I make a game free halfway between new game releases (Zoe was made free 3 months after Jennifer was released and three months before Rachel Part 3 was). A game will most likely be made free around the start of summer therefore.

The latest set of games are now all online. They can be played or downloaded from the members section.

They include :

– Rachel Part 3

– Kelly : Solo

– Strippers

– Erica & Crystal

These are also available from the paypal store.

Enjoy!