Bound By Night

Sneak Peek: Chapter 14, Pt. 2 (SFW)

Update time and a sneak peek!

So, the last update began Chapter 14 and took us through an optional hookup (or even a romance) with Connor. Depending on the choices you've made, you also have the ability to see two other routes after Alex wakes up:  one with Nick, and then a third option. The writing is complete and I've begun work on the renders for the path with Nick. 

As with Connor, this includes an option to pursue a monoga...

Android Users: Poll on File Naming

Hey there. This is a poll just for Android users as I could use some feedback.

I mentioned this in an earlier post but, as you may recall, there was a recurring issue where, with each update, Android users would have to start from the beginning. It took me a long time to figure out why, and it all came down to one of the configuration settings when I was creating a new Android build. 

I thought the setting was just for the name of t...

Progress Update (January 2023)

Another month, another update!

First, the big news should be obvious. The latest build (0.11a) dropped for early access yesterday for all platforms (PC/Mac/Android). This update wound up being more than 2000 lines of script and 500+ images. A lot of this content was focused on an optional romance scene with Connor.

The next update will go into an optional romance with Nick and then a "none of the above" option. I've already started writi...

Build 0.11a - PUBLIC - All Platforms (Android Updated)!

It's ready! And, like Connor, it's big! (Really, this is basically the Connor update.)

What does that mean? This is the first update for Chapter 14, and it includes a branch for a romance with Connor. The next update will include two alternative branches:  one with Nick, and one with neither of them.

Alright, now lets get you clicking, and then while it's downloading you can keep reading.

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  2023-01-29 23:25:32 +0000 UTC View Post

BtS: Technical Rant on RenderQueue

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It's been a while since I talked about what goes into making the images for BBN and a lot of new patrons since then. This won't be a full description of that process, but today has been largely spent (read: wasted) tilting at windmills trying to resolve a rather pernicious issue.

As background, I create the renders using a bit of software called Daz Studio. This is basically ...

Sneak Peek and BtS: Chapter 14

Good news and "meh" news.

Good news first. Progress continues and I'm making some smoking hot scenes for Connor and Alex (as you can see).

Unfortunately, I'm also running into some incredibly irritating technical trouble. Here's another render I ran. There are a few problems with it, most of which I can fix, but one that has been kicking my butt has been the black lines around Connor's hand. I've been able to fix most of the texture issu...

Sneak Peek: Chapter 14 (NSFW)

Well, the images more or less say it all! 🤣

I've gotten to the point where I've started work on the NSFW images for the optional scene with Connor. Once these are done, I've got a couple of small loose ends to wrap up, then I'll have this update out to you. After that, I'll do the alternative path with Nick and the no-romance resolution as part of another update, but that should be out much quicker.

More NSFW sneak peeks to follow. 2023-01-19 02:39:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Status Update and Monogamy Routes

Well, I had been hoping to get some NSFW sneak peek pics to you by last weekend and that didn't happen, but I have been making great progress. What I didn't appreciate, though, is the amount of pillow-talk in this cuddle sequence between Alex and Connor. So, let me pull back the curtain just a little bit (light spoilers ahead).

With this part of Chapter 14, I'm trying to accomplish a few different tasks. First, I want to reintroduce Seth and g...

Sneak Peek: Chapter 14 (SFW)

Hi all. I made great progress over the weekend and thought I'd share some of it with you. Hope to have some NSFW images for Hunters and above later this week!

Poll: Chapter 13 and Mayhew

I've been chatting with a few people over on Itch and it got me wondering...

How does Alex in your main playthrough feel about Mayhew, particularly after having played through Chapter 13?

If so inclined, let me know what you think in the comments (possible spoilers)!

Note:  This post is public so keep any comments SFW, please!

2023-01-08 16:29:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress Update (Jan 2023)

Well, first things first... Happy New Year!

I hope you had a great holiday. We welcomed 2023 with another family out at our cabin, eating food worthy of a Michelin-starred restaurant, a couple bottles of champagne (actual French champagne for the purists out there) and watching, of all things, Netflix's How to Build a Sex Room. 🤣 Not what I expected to be watching on New Years Eve (though we did pause to watch the ball drop) but it...

Patreon Exclusive: Weretiger in flagrante (NSFW - Weretiger)

Well, after posting the picture of the werewolf I was working with, I had a little conversation with someone and they asked what Paolo's weretiger form would like look. So, here you go... call it an early New Years Eve gift! For those into carnal knowledge of monsters... maybe you'll see something with Paolo later in the story.

As a reminder, these images are not story related and do not contain any spoilers.

Sneak Peek: Chapter 14 (SFW)

Hi all! I've been hard at work this week putting out renders for the update. These are scenes from inside a cabin where Alex begins to debrief the others on what happened with Mayhew. There's a little something weird going on with Seth's eyes (I think it's a lighting and reflection issue) that I need to work through (it was happening with another model in a previous scene, too), but I'm really happy with how he's looking with the new hair cut.

BtS: Werewolf Testing (NSFW - Werewolf)

Hey all. I have a good news, bad news situation to report.

The bad news is the 3d artist who created the genitalia I used for Ronan's werewolf said he made very little money on that set of assets and it wasn't worth it to do another niche project. 

The good news is (and you clever folks may have figured this out from the image), I was able to begin customizing something that works pretty well. This was courtesy of a network of devel...

Sneak Peek: Chapter 14 (SFW)

I'm at the point where I'm beginning work on renders for a conversation Alex has with the team outside of Mayhew's tower, and thought I'd share a few of them. Based on the feedback I got for the sportsball set of Patron-exclusives, I thought it was worth putting Connor in a certain outfit, but this chapter also helps to bring Nick and Seth back on the screen. More to come!

Sneak Peek: Chapter 14 (NSFW)

I hope folks have had a lovely holiday with a minimum of stress. I have a couple of SFW images I want to share but, as I was looking over what I've done so far, I wanted to share these as well -- some opening shots from the alternative sequence for this chapter. I made these a week or two ago but thought you'd enjoy!

BtS: Possible new werewolf model

While poking around yesterday looking for a decorative statue in the shape of a wolf (to finish up Connor's cabin), I stumbled across this model for a full-fledged character/model. I immediately picked it up and love how it looks -- this is pretty much my ideal werewolf aesthetic. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be any NSFW-assets that can be added to this model. I reached ...

Teaser: Chapter 14

For some reason, I've been encountering a lot of weird technical glitches in trying to finish up the images from the two possible opening scenes for this chapter. But, with the exception of a single image, I think I've finally worked through them. 

I'm now onto just a few images that form a kind of transition to the scene that will be the bulk of this chapter (including two possible romantic encounters). While I'm working on those, though...

General Update on BBN and Life

Hi all! This is partly an update on progress for Chapter 14, but also a general "What's going on"-post about BBN and what's going on in my life.

So, first things first, work continues on the next update every day and progress is being made. It is going a bit slow these last two weeks (details below) but I am working at it. I'll try to share more sneak peeks with you as I'm able.

BBN on the Web

If you follow me on T...

Poll: Outfit help! (Mild-Spoilers for Ch. 14)

Update:  White leather is the winner by a solid margin of 2:1! Still, it wasn't a total runaway and there were some helpful observations in the comments for some things I can tweak. Thank you to everyone who voted and commented!

Hey all. I'm continuing to work on images for the next update and will have a more fulsome update on that for you soon, but for now... I need help.

Which of these looks better?  The wh...

Sneak Peek: Chapter 14 (NSFW)

Happy Friday, all!

While I've been posting some one-off, just for fun Patron exclusives, I've also been working on renders for the next update. I haven't been able to share a lot of them because of spoilers, but here are a couple more as I wrap up one of the opening scenes. These images continue to show off Alex's new skin and I couldn't be happier with how he's turning out.

Have a fantastic weekend!

BtS: Connecting Mayhew to History (Mild-Spoilers for Chapter 13)

This Behind the Scenes post delves a bit into the writing of Mayhew's backstory and contains light spoilers for Chapter 13. If you haven't yet played through Chapter 13 or Build 0.10, you may want to hold off on reading this for now. Hyperlinks are provided in the text to some source material.

Since I first began thinking about who Luke Mayhew was, how he became an elder, and his relationship with the other elders, I knew he began his...

BtS: Bigger, Beefier... And Faster

I've said before (many times) how much your support means to me. The encouragement and enthusiasm means more than anything, but the financial support really does matter. Thanks to you, today I was able to upgrade to a 3090 card.

From a technical perspective, when running these renders, the number of characters and assets I can load into a scene is entirely dependent on the GPU's available VRAM. My old 3080 was great for a lot of things, but was limited to 10 GB. More than three characters in a scene, and I had to start juggling a lot...

Patron Exclusives: December 2022 (2nd Set - NSFW)

Note:  These are not sneak peek or preview images. These are non-story related one-offs I'm making just for patrons.

Hey all. Here is the second set in this series of Patron Exclusives. More NSFW to follow.

Also made some great progress on renders for the next update! 

Cheers.

Patron Exclusives: December 2022 (1st Set - SFW)

A couple days ago I asked if someone had mentioned football. For our international colleagues who are a bit more cultured, I apologize. I meant American football, not football-football. 😘 Anyway...

Folks who've been around may recall that in December 2021 I did another set of exclusive images with Connor and Paolo exchanging gifts. Things happened to descend into an impromptu wrestling match and it got a bit messy. I may still do a "white C...

Sneak Peek: Chapter 14 (NSFW)

If you read the previous Sneak Peek post about how I only had a single SFW image for that... now you know why! 🤣

These renders are using the recent tweaks to Alex's model I teased last month, but with some feedback I received (I lightened his skin and eyelashes a little bit).

Hope your weekend is as good as Alex's morning in these shots!

Sneak Peek: Chapter 14 (SFW)

As I mentioned in the last monthly progress update, I have more or less finished writing the first draft for the first part of this chapter. Having hit a small bit of writers block on the remaining loose ends, I switched gears to begin working on scenes and testing out some initial renders for this update.

Here is the first, this one from the sequence when Alex wakes up in Mayhew's tower. (An alternative opening sequence will have Alex back at...

Progress Update (Nov. 2022)

Well, I just realized the calendar has ticked over to December and I neglected to get you an end of month update. Sorry about that, but let me remedy that for you now!

BBN Update

Obviously, Build 0.10 with Chapter 13 dropped for Early Access about two weeks ago on November 16, with a technical update to the build released on the 18th. Since then, I've been making some adjustments to the GUI and Main Menu (previewed over ...

Sneak Peek (SFW) - Set for Build 0.11

The last couple days I've been working on the script for the next build and, in the process, identifying the sets I'm going to need. I'm not 100% sure this particular set is going to work as I'm going to be dropping four different characters into it. Will the bed see any use? Who knows? 😇

Exclusive "Selfie" Series now at Hive Social

Note:  This link will work only if clicked on while using an iPhone/iPad or Android device!!!

Hey all!

Today I dropped the first couple of images in a series of "selfies" I'm doing with Connor and the current revision to Alex's model. However, these are exclusive to Hive Social. There's no ...