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Gamedev ● Queer ● He/him ● Creator of #yags & #zags ● bobcgames.com ● discord.gg/p4SMBzRUhT Writer and coder for queer games, working primarily in #renpy; streamer sometimes; also find me on Mastodon @bobcgames@peoplemaking.games
Had a coworking gamedev session with a friend today, and it was productive!
Got some more #DaddyDatingGame UI work done, and also got some writing done... day 14 is just over half done, now
Game's now at 122,405 words and 9395 dialogue blocks
Progress!
#IndieGameDev
It also obeys unlocks for achieving a happy ending for a guy, so I avoided having to copy-paste anything. And the same character definitions will be reused for the character profiles you can view in-game.
With tons of thanks to my artist @soulsoftea.bsky.social for separating out art layers for me!
All the music for #DaddyDatingGame is staged and... the character settings screen is nicer!
Obviously needs more UI polish and cleanup, but you can now toggle the guys' settings with a visual indication of what's changing
(Also the screen is generated automatically per guy!)
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Oh yeah, also got (all of?) the music for the game... not commissioning music (yet) this time around and seeing if I can make do with the stuff I have from Humble Bundle and Fanatical over the years... working out so far!
Progress!
Implemented smart crossfade today for #DaddyDatingGame... it'll now crossfade music and do nothing if the given track is already playing
This'll make music staging so much quicker; won't have to manually fadeout music, nor conditional everywhere to see if the music needs to change
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Also wouldn't "Werehouse 69" be the perfect name for an adult furry Visual Novel game? Someone get on that please 😬
Bob is slightly regretting having 12 separate routes in #DaddyDatingGame because it's creating slightly ridiculous branching every time I even start a new game day
But, uh... finally finished day 13, and we're now at 118,778 words (9107 dialogue blocks) so... progress?
#IndieGameDev #VisualNovel
Finally some more #DaddyDatingGame progress to show off!
Now at 109,228 words (8387 dialogue blocks), and we have a logo and a (tentative) menu UI!
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I'm hoping to have another game build out sometime in December, after the next sprite (Caleb) is done... Pat may be playtesting again, but I'm also happy to send out super unpolished WIP builds to others if they'd like to test and provide feedback
Progress!
A small #IndieGameDev update:
#DaddyDatingGame progress continues. I've been adding three (!) additional routes to the game and generally fleshing out those scenes and tying them into the current game flow... this'll make 10 total game routes
The game is now at 98,290 words (7534 dialogue blocks)
Thank you!
I make super gay video games (mostly narrative games)!
@sylphrin.bsky.social has opened up commissions for janky Bob-drawn VTuber models!
You too can look weirdly flat and low-res in 1080p
vgen.co/sylphrin/ser...
A new "model"
Would that entail updating some config so there's two auto-import image directories (with some prioritization of which one to take if equivalent-named images exist in both)?
I love that idea
The good news is you'd have a pretty easy time with it... your patch would only need to contain a single rpy file that overrides an HAS_PATCH define, which is built into an archive you can patch in
Hi everyone
I've put together a guide for generating patches for NSFW/Adult content in Ren'Py games
Given current events, I'm hoping this is useful to someone
Feedback/comments/thoughts greatly appreciated!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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It's a day of Bob Streams!
@sylphrin.bsky.social will be streaming #ZRWP today at 5:30 PM Eastern (2:30 Pacific) www.twitch.tv/sylphrin
And PatchrickPlayer1 will be streaming #DaddyDatingGame today around 9:30 PM Eastern (6:30 Pacific) www.twitch.tv/patchrickpla...
Come join us!
Friendly reminder that PatchrickPlayer1 will be streaming the current progress of #DaddyDatingGame tonight at 9:30 US Eastern (6:30 US Pacific)!
I'll be hanging out on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/patchrickpla...
But YouTube is also available: youtube.com/live/yZj0l2q...
Hope to see you! #IndieGameDev
The #DaddyDatingGame stream will be this Friday 6/20 at 7:30 US Mountain Time (9:30 US Eastern, 6:30 US Pacific)
www.twitch.tv/patchrickpla...
www.youtube.com/@PatchrickPl...
(More progress has been made... now 63,538 words and 4,964 dialogue blocks 😶)
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You can follow him on Twitch or Youtube in the meantime:
www.twitch.tv/patchrickpla...
www.youtube.com/@PatchrickPl...
A screenshot from the WIP game. Three characters are in a bar setting. The two on the left are finished sprites and look significantly different than the third (placeholder) sprite on the right.
#DaddyDatingGame progress continues! Gabe's sprite is done, and game's at 53,975 words (4238 dialogue blocks)
But some news: PatchrickPlayer1 will be streaming the game (at least its progress) this upcoming Friday (June 20), for Pride Month!
I'll post exact time once it's known #IndieGameDev
A screenshot from Daddy Dating Sim. The background is from YAGS and has "Placeholder" all over it. The left sprite is Carlos' head from YAGS on Dan's body, with an overshirt badly drawn on top. The right sprite is Chris' head from YAGS on Carlos' body, with a goatee badly drawn on top.
Today's #DaddyDatingGame progress was staging the completed sprites (Ryan, Jason, Santiago, Ethan) and backgrounds into the game... Gabe will hopefully follow soon
(Also got some writing done!)
It's a little sad we'll no longer have scenes that look like this though 😅
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The amazing PatchrickPlayer1 will be streaming #YAGS in a little over an hour
Come check him out! (Not like that... okay, maybe also like that)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=706B...
www.twitch.tv/patchrickpla...
Oh my god
After over a year, day 7 of #DaddyDatingGame is finally done being written
And it is 2012 lines long (four times the length of the previous game Saturday)
Jesus what I have I done to myself?
Game is now 50,595 words and 3,991 dialogue blocks 😶
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It's been interesting not writing things with the usual order that I tend to tackle my stories
We'll see how much this makes future-Bob miserable in the editing stage 😓
I've been making some slow progress on #DaddyDatingGame, mostly just filling in random new scenes as they come to mind without really trying to put them in the right place(s) yet
Now at 42,214 words (and on in-game day 7 😬 )
Also it's already May and I have made zero progress on my gamedev goals so far this year so... that's great 😅
The head and neck of an African American man. He has light stubble (with hints of grey in it) and an earring. The drawing is unshaded, as a work in progress.
It occurs to me I haven't posted a #DaddyDatingGame update in a long time
The day job has been too busy to make serious progress, but I've been knocking out scenes (and scene-bits), and sprite progress has continued
The game is currently 38,348 words, and here's a WIP headshot of Gabe #GameDev
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