discussion VN Ren'Py DAZ My Dorm [v0.30.2 S4 Ch.2] [Tropecita Games]

[tropeLewdCorn]

v.0.12 Release Schedule, and other news
You better not cry
You better not pout
Twelfth update is coming to town.
Now you can cry. There's a huge post coming too.
I am happy. Today I have finished absolutely all the work I can do on the update and all that's left is for the proofreaders to work their magic. They only have a 73-page document ahead of them.
I'm going to do something I haven't done for a long time: I'm going to publish the game tomorrow with only partial corrections. The first 34 pages are a few days old and I already have almost all the corrections integrated into the script. As soon as I have all of them, I will update the downloads with corrected text files. You won't need to download the whole game (except on Android), downloading the text files and overwriting the existing ones will be enough.
Why am I doing this? On Thursday I have a long work shift (although I'm working from home, I have to work) and on Friday afternoon I have a medical visit, so I could hardly integrate the corrections and publish the game on those days.

What's in the update?​

• 25,791 words in English (the largest so far, exceeding the initial release by 169 words. It took 6 months to make that release. This one "only" 32 days). Total: 311,950.
• 24,259 words in Spanish (the largest so far, surpassing the initial release by 148 words). Total: 290,291.
• 1,820 lines of dialogue (the largest so far, surpassing the initial publication by 30.) Total: 21,938.
• 1,543 still images (the largest so far, surpassing v.0.10B by 284 images.) Total: 11,254.
• 9 animations with 799 renders. Total 210 animations with 8,425 renders.
• 2,342 renderings in total. Total: 19,679.
• 3,016 lines of language-specific code (the largest so far, surpassing the initial release by 15.) Total: 38,254.
• 412 lines of shared code. Due to an optimization of the shared code, this number has practically disappeared. I will stop tracking it.

What happens in the update?​

As I already posted in the Table of Contents, a lot of things happen (no new information):

• Lisa's nightmare
• Kim wakeup
• Debbie gets what you offered her in the airport (if you did)
• Norah and some towels
• Meemaw and a robe
• Aunt Betty and a rolling pin
• Getting lewd with Norah
• NTR and GILF (not what you are thinking about. There isn't NTR as a tag)
• Calling Alexia
• Jamaal doing Jamaal-ish things
• Edmund's story (pseudo-closure)
• Aftermath of the morning events
• Debbie shows you some underwear (also not what you are thinking about. Linked to her previous scene)
• Daphne inverse corruption path (closure) / Daphne romance path
• Aunt Betty once again
• You got an email and a box
• A new arrival

What is the release schedule?​

• Meemaw's Joy and Martha's Savior: September 20th
• Norah's favorite: September 24th
• Emma's Own: September 27th
• Daphne's Teacher: September 30th
• Erika's Knight in Shining Armor; October 3rd
• Scarlett's First Love: October 6th

Anything else you should know?​

Yes, this is the last update of My Dorm Part 1. V.0.13 will be released as a standalone game that will be able to import the game saves from v.0.12. You know I'm not superstitious, right? If I were I wouldn't make this change in update 13.
Why make this change now? Because the game is getting dangerously close to the 5GB limit for free Mega users and the 2GB installation limit on Android. Thus, v.0.13 will be comparatively smaller (in size) and Part 2 will grow from that base size.
And that's all folks

 

[tropeLewdCorn]

Released for Meemaw and Martha's Tier on Patreon and Subscribestar today.
Enjoy!

 

[tropeLewdCorn]

Updated the OP with links for v.0.12
Enjoy!

 

[tropeLewdCorn]

Updated the OP with v.0.13
Here are the instructions to change language to English and apply the patch

 

[hrmm]

Noticed a few variable errors in the script. In c13.rpy at lines 1100 and 1423, it's checking for mc._var ("edmundStory"), instead of "edmundsStory"; the skipped dialogue is just single lines of the MC thinking to himself, so luckily not that important (the ones that are important are using the correct variable). Also, line 1423 is using [mom] in the dialogue instead of [mar.mc!t].

 

[tropeLewdCorn]

v.0.14 hugeness​

I told you v.0.14 was going to be huge.
I finished writing the last scene and, finally, I have some relative numbers.
v.0.14 will be the biggest update ever in every important parameter:

• Words in English and Spanish: ~650 more words than the biggest update until now (v.0.12). Estimate, not translated yet.
• Dialogue lines: 279 more lines than v.0.12
• Still images: 415 more than... yeah, v.0.12
• Animated frames: 651 more than v.0.10B
• Total renders: 1,350 more than v.0.13
• Lines of code: 292 more than v.0.13. I still have to add the music so that it will be around 400

 

[Anon7483]

Very cool. I like this one, played through the old v10 release. Emma is very cute!

Would prefer if there were options for pubic hair. Don't like it, personally.

 

[tropeLewdCorn]

Very cool. I like this one, played through the old v10 release. Emma is very cute!

Would prefer if there were options for pubic hair. Don't like it, personally.

More options (especially something visual) mean more renders and more renders mean longer development times.
Imagine giving the choice about Emma, her lewd scenes should be rendered twice. But why not about Daphne too? Her lewd scenes will also be rendered twice. And a threesome with both should be rendered 4 times. And 16 times when pregnancy starts to be noticeable (because you can choose if they are pregnant or not).
So imagine a threesome with Emma and Daphne that usually would have 1,500 renders. If done when pregnancy is visible, that scene would have 24,000 renders. The whole game has 22,303 renders right now and took 515 days to be done. Are you ready to wait for 554 days (simple and biased maths) for a single scene?
That's why I only gave the choice about public hair about Samantha. Most developers don't give that kind of option. Most developers make every girl shaved. In My Dorm there are shaved girls, trimmed girls, and natural girls. Every girl is optional, so if someone doesn't like trimmed/shaved/natural girls, he can choose to not start a relationship with a trimmed/shaved/natural girl.

 

[tropeLewdCorn]

Release schedule for v.0.14
As you know, there is a voting underway to know if the different Tiers sacrifice one day of exclusivity so everyone can have the game before Christmas.
The next table shows the official release dates (if every Tier rejects the voting) and the tentative release dates (if every Tier accepts the voting). That data can change.


Oh, yes. The update will be released today!
I'm compiling it right now and will be released in the next hours.
I hope you enjoy the update as much as I enjoyed developing it.

 

[Anon7483]

More options (especially something visual) mean more renders and more renders mean longer development times.
Imagine giving the choice about Emma, her lewd scenes should be rendered twice. But why not about Daphne too? Her lewd scenes will also be rendered twice. And a threesome with both should be rendered 4 times. And 16 times when pregnancy starts to be noticeable (because you can choose if they are pregnant or not).
So imagine a threesome with Emma and Daphne that usually would have 1,500 renders. If done when pregnancy is visible, that scene would have 24,000 renders. The whole game has 22,303 renders right now and took 515 days to be done. Are you ready to wait for 554 days (simple and biased maths) for a single scene?
That's why I only gave the choice about public hair about Samantha. Most developers don't give that kind of option. Most developers make every girl shaved. In My Dorm there are shaved girls, trimmed girls, and natural girls. Every girl is optional, so if someone doesn't like trimmed/shaved/natural girls, he can choose to not start a relationship with a trimmed/shaved/natural girl.

I get what you're saying, but there's zero shaved options for the main family. Hoping for more scenes. Maybe universal options at the start of the game would be acceptable? It'd keep the number of renders from going up exponentially.

Could you tell me more about your hardware? If you've really spent nearly 515 render days on this game so far you might seriously benefit from a new GPU...

 

[tropeLewdCorn]

I get what you're saying, but there's zero shaved options for the main family. Hoping for more scenes. Maybe universal options at the start of the game would be acceptable? It'd keep the number of renders from going up exponentially.

Could you tell me more about your hardware? If you've really spent nearly 515 render days on this game so far you might seriously benefit from a new GPU...

Right now, known shaved are Maddie, Simone, Kim, and Debbie (and optionally Samantha). Naturals only Alexia (and optionally Samantha). The rest are stubble or trimmed. So natural lovers could say there are zero natural options for the main family. I haven't seen any complaints from natural lovers.
There is also another issue: Some models (Martha, Scarlett, Daphne/Erika/Eva, and Saira, for example) come with pubic hair in their textures so removing it should involve Photoshop work beyond my skills.

What do you mean by Universal options? A menu that allows the player to choose if he wants Shaved/Natural/Trimmed (to avoid complaints from trimmed lovers) for all the girls? That would not prevent the renders from going up. Kate should be rendered thrice (Shaved/Natural/Trimmed) for every scene where she shows her pussy. 6 times once the (optional) pregnant belly is shown. 12 times once the chubby/slim state kicks in. In v.0.14 there are 380 animated frames (I won't count stills for this example) where a pussy is shown. If it was Kate with all the options (3 pubic options, pregnancy, chubby/slim) that would have meant 4,560 renders. And, once again, I'm only counting animated frames. A threesome with another girl, without the chubby/slim she will only have 6 options, would take 380x12x6: 27,360 renders. The WHOLE update has 4,199 renders. The whole game (up to 0.14) has 26,502.
Oh, and it will be un-downloadable with the 5 GB daily limit most Free players work, so more complaints.

And going beyond that. Why don't give options to change hair color? Blonde lovers can say there are only 2 out of 22 blondes (zero options in the main family). Armpit hair (zero options for the main family or not main)? Hairy legs (zero options for the main family or not main)? Hair length? Eye color? Race? Height? Weight? We would be talking about a different game engine. And even then, one player would complain that he couldn't make Samantha exactly the combination he wanted.

Can you see the trend? As the number of options a dev gives to his players increases, there is more work, bigger size, and longer development times. And it wouldn't prevent the complaints.

515 days is the whole development time since the first update. It's not that my computer has been rendering 24x7 all that time, Renders should be posed and tested, scripts should be written and coded, and I work a full-time job and have a family.
About my hardware, I use(d) an RTX3070Ti for the development of what has been published until now. The next update (already published on Patreon/SS) has been rendered in a new 4090. I bought a new PC exclusively for rendering so I can pose in one while rendering in the other one. That has allowed me to do an average of almost 100 renders/day for v.0.14 (4,199 renders in 42 days of development, I should have done another one for the numbers to be prettier )

 

[Anon7483]

Well okay then. Hoping for scenes with Debbie.

 

[tropeLewdCorn]

v.0.14 has been leaked. I'm in family time right now and can't update the OP. Here are the download links, so this is a temporary post.

Enjoy.

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[tropeLewdCorn]

Merry Xmas, guys!​

You know in the last update I showed 20 girls in swimsuits but, for story reasons, I can't show Maddie or Amanda. They hate me for it.
You can bet the Christmas in Summer party will be a celebration for the family in years to come, and they will try to be there in each of them. They missed the first one, but they don't want to miss one more.
So Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates, Happy December 25th to everyone who doesn't, and Happy 2024 (and the 7 days until the end of 2023) to everyone!
The image in 4K on Patreon/SS. This one is in FullHD

 

[tropeLewdCorn]

My Dorm 2023 Summary​

There have been 9 updates in 11 months (remember I was on vacation in July and it was free for subscribers) published in an average of 37 days. The promise of one update per month with 300 renders and 10,000 words has been broken multiple times, especially in terms of size.
In total, 189,555 words have been published in English (21,062 per update) and 176,726 in Spanish (19,636).
The updates have had 19,352 renders (2,150 on average) divided into 9,836 (1,093) stills and 9,516 (1,057) animated frames.
The MC has impregnated Erika, Martha, Simone, and Scarlett (with second chances with Alexia, Eileen, Norah, Emma, and Samantha).
The MC has met Kate, Kim, Debbie, Lisa, Amanda, and Eva. He has reconnected with Meemaw, Aunt Betty, Kiara, and Saira. Their story arcs have begun.
Edmund's story arc has ended with the discovery that we have a half-sister.
The clone story arc is gaining momentum and speed.
Wishes for 2024? First, that my health allows me to continue development. Second, that yours allows you to continue enjoying it.
On the game level, I would like to finish 2024 with most of the girls pregnant, although it will be difficult: Daphne, Kate, Kim, Debbie, Lisa, Saira, Amanda, Eva, Maddie, Betty, and Kiara are waiting for their turn and, right now, the MC is only in a relationship with three of them.
That would allow me to finish all the current story arcs by mid-2025 and introduce the last of the girls. Yes, I know, I'm thinking very long term.
And that's it, it's been an intense year of work and emotions. Thank you for the ride!

 

[tropeLewdCorn]

Happy 2024​

Last Friday of 2023.
It's been a long year (365 days exactly ) and the girls wanted to wish you a happy 2024.
I also want to take advantage of this post and wish you and your loved ones a great year where all your wishes come true (yes, I know, cheesy ).
Why publish this today and not on the 31st? Because I've made a couple of images this time. The first FullHD pic has the girls in bikinis, so you can share it with your not-so-perverted friends, and then is the real one, when Martha and Norah already have dropped them.
You can also share it if you want .
There's nothing more to say, so I'll return to rendering the next update.
HAPPY 2024!
And thanks for your support!

Spoiler: The images

 

[tropeLewdCorn]

Released v.0.15 on Patreon/SS for Meemaw's Joy and Martha's Savior tiers.

 

[tropeLewdCorn]

Special Render (IV) - Lisa's night
Today is a weird day in development. Officially it belongs to 0.15, but it's already published, so I'm doing things I wanted to do (and yes, I've worked on v.0.16 too).
For some time now, since I was in a photography gallery last November, I wanted to do an image like this one. Lisa is in a hotel room, looking outside on a rainy night.
Here is the FullHD version (4K on Patreon/SS) of this non-canon image for your enjoyment, something to sweeten the waiting time until v.0.15 arrives at your tier.

 

[tropeLewdCorn]

Special Render (V) - Girls with Guns (II) - Amanda
Since I still don't have a lot of renders for v.0.16 that don't spoil things in v.0.15, I decided to continue with some Special Renders, like Lisa's a couple of days ago.
This time I bring you the second installment of Girls with Guns, with Amanda as the protagonist. I really can't see the ultra-professional Amanda going on a mission dressed like this, but who cares? She's sexy nonetheless.
The image is FullHD (4k on Patreon/SS)

 

[tropeLewdCorn]

Special Render (VI) - Kate
Since I still don't have previews to post, I will continue posting our less-featured girls' images.
Today I bring you Kate. You know she is in doubt right now. Not about her sexuality (yet), but about how she feels around men. Or around a particular man.
The time will come when we have the chance to see her like this. Patience!
Full HD pic (4K on Patreon/SS)