«Сила Веры» / Leap of Faith [Chapter 3 v.0.3.2c + Walkthrough] (2020) (Rus/Eng) [Ren'Py] [MacOS] [Linux] [Android]

Dev Diary, 25th of September, 2020
Progress

Starting this week with the last of the render update. We're at 967 static renders and 4381 animated frames - totaling 1 minute and 43 seconds of 60fps animations.

When it comes to progress, there's still a lot of small things to do, but I'm right where I want to be at the moment.

I have 60% of a semi-huge scene to render and pose for
All the phone stuff (some nukes, phone clock, bios, etc.)
A few scenes where I expect to be replacing the music and adding more sound effects
A 21 second animation where unfortunately I will have to go in and manually correct some clipping on some of the 1400 frames.
But I should have it all ready and sent out to the testers by Sunday.

A word on estimated playtime vs branching
I did a relaxed playthrough and ended up on 60 minutes, going for one of the main routes - and that was without that last scene that is currently rendering. It might not seem like a whole lot, but all in all you will need more than one playthrough to see everything. There are more than 50 instances in Chapter 4, where what you see and experience is different based on your earlier choices going all the way to Chapter 1. Although there are only two playthroughs needed for Cece/Steph, you'll need a whole lot more if you want to see everything.

The example picture above displays just how the story might branch out depending on your choices, even if they are not your main love interest.

Next week there will be no Dev Diary due to the release of the first part of chapter 4. I still hope to see you all around somewhere then. And for those that want nothing to do with Steph going forward, I only got one thing to say - sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith. :slight_smile:

Best wishes to you all.

// Drifty

2. Drifty copied the 'multi layer moving screens' idea from DPC.
sigh Same as above. I call them 'hello screens' as I wanted to use them to say 'hello' to the different girls as you meet them for the first time - as opposed to the normal huge render that moves across the screen. They came to be by accident, as I had to render huge screens in several layers because my gfx card at the time (1060, 3gb) could not handle big renders. Instead of putting them together in photoshop, I put them together in the game instead, moving them at different speeds. Just compare the code, and you'll see they are done completely different. Also, I use all kinds of visuals to give you a break from all the reading in addition to this. Ea. entering the plane, or seeing Lexi live. They all use the same scripting.

3. Drifty hate modders and walkthrough makers.
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I don't. Period. In fact I'm flattered by them taking an interrest in improving LoF for the players. However, I don't give modders early releases so that they can have the mod ready for day 1 when a new chapter is out, as I like to have players explore a bit of the game before a mod gives all the answers.

4. 'Drifty' is a whole team of people working on Leap of Faith, where as <insert name here> is only one guy.
No it's not a whole team of people working on Leap of Faith. It's just little old me that wanted to tell a story. A norwegian guy, with a family, kids, supporting woman, normal job and a computer with Daz, Renpy, Photoshop and Premiere pro installed.

5. Anybody can use the songs in LoF in their own game.
No. They are all licensed. That cost money. And even if other Devs would like to license them, there's a big chance they still would not be able to. Most music artists have reservations of where they would like their work to be presented, effectively excluding all the 'most appreciated' kinks out there. Which is also the answer to why LoF has such a high focus on the story and romance - not the adult part of it.

Hopefully that explains a bit without me sounding like someone who takes himself a bit too seriously. :p
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Other than that, I hope you enjoyed the release date video. I tried pushing 27th of September, but had to settle on October 2nd instead. On the bright side, the more I can put into this first part of Chapter 4, the less I have to put into the second part, which should shorten the development phase for that.

The render count for this week is 708 stills and 3826 animated frames. Unfortunately most of them will need some kind of post-render treatment in Photoshop before release which will set me back at least a few days.

But that's why we have weekends. Stay safe and Covid-free out there.

// Drifty

Вся история со Стефани, автор еще толком не дал понять ситуацию с ее стороны, но то письмо которая она оставила, после чего исчезла на два года не удосужившись даже удостоверится что гг прочитал его это сумасшествие. да и потом - я просто не верю что за ДВА ГОДА у нее не было возможности связаться с ним. По мимо того если вы выбрали "правильно" то вы узнаете что у нее есть муж, с которым она успешно развлекалась все эти ГОДЫ! Не прислав за все это время даже смс-ки с левого номера. И первое что она делает после встречи- это хочет оседлать гг. Да да, не объясниться, не хотя бы извинится, а оседлать. А он что, типо должен был жизнь на паузу поставить пока она разгуливает свои "ужасные проблемы". Если там вроде "этот чел хотел убить тебя, меня и всех наших знакомых и родных"... хотя нет, даже если это так, это все равно не простительно.