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Annual Holiday picture using the characters I most used in 2025
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Read moreThe First “AI” Visual Novel shows the flaws in the concept
Being in the Visual Novel development community, quite a few have wondered if it would be possible to integrate AI into a visual novel game. Instead of choices to choose from, an AI engine would be capable answering any question related to the situation, and any question not related as well.
It’s a big concept, and recently an independent game developer studio Anuttacon actually did it. The game is called Whispers from the Star
Read moreEarly Preview of Date Ariane Remastered 2.0 (aka Date Ariane 2)
This whole past year, I have been making Daz Studio versions of all the pictures in Date Ariane Remastered, just like last year when I did all the pictures for Ariane in Paradise. Now I’m formally announcing my plans.
Read moreThe urge to stop supporting Microsoft and Google
Let’s face it. The Internet has become shit.
Between AI slop, robots posting and robots responding to boost engagement, this is becoming evil incarnate.
I can’t stop them but I can’t support them, either. Here’s what I am doing:
Read moreCensorship of Adult Games at Itch and Steam
There’s been a lot of controversy over a recent Steam statement that they can no longer sell games that are against the rules with Visa and or Mastercard. This was the result of an Australian censorship group Collective Shout.
This morning itch-io posted their own statement that they are making changes too.
Read moreNothing But Pride Collection
This is a slideshow gallery so you can see the full sized images with a click. I usually delete old picture posts, and move them to the gallery but I’m leaving this collection as a permanent post.
Read moreRemaking Rachel Yet Again
Last year I remade Ariane in Paradise in Daz Studio. The most difficult part was remaking Ariane and Rachel in Genesis 8.1, I think I ultimately got Ariane pretty close except her cheekbones are too wide which I narrowed since finishing AIP, but Rachel proved a bigger problem…
Read moreHopepunk City is on Steam
You can now get Hopepunk City on Steam, at this address. You may need to sign in to Steam ad do the age check thing to see it. The price is $9, a dollar less than my other games, and for the first week it’s 15% off. It coincides with the Steam Visual Novel fest, which only Something’s in the Air Redux qualifies, so it will be on sale that week too. Date Ariane Remastered and Ariane in Paradise will be part of the Steam Spring Festival sale later this month.
Read moreWhy Bluesky is Awesome Part 2
This is a follow up to my Why Bluesky is Awesome post from November where I explained the basics of getting started. This post is to answer the most common questions that show up. The first post was about starting and moderating your Bluesky account. This one is about organizing it. As you can see in November I had 33
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