The school panto.

The first performance of this years school panto went down a storm.

(Click to enlarge)

No expense was spared for this years production of  'Little Red Cinderella's Faery Tale' it would seem. It was filmed and released on the first of December under the guise of something called
'Teachers Pet.' and has already achieved over 31.000 downloads.
The staff, pupils and parents of Melchet High would like to express thier utmost gratitude to everyone that has participated in downloading thus far and especially the staff and volunteers that made all of this possible. The editing staff are currently working on an improved HD version of the production and hope to have it ready very early on in the new year.
Until then may I, (acting headmaster Realgood.) the staff and all of the pupils and parents here at Melchet High, take this opportunity to wish you all a very, very merry Christmas and an exceptionally wonderful and happy new year.

Cheers all
The Doc

A little about the game.

You are a young man at school who has the chance to dog sit for his English teacher.
There is a test at school today, if you don't do well, you'll have to stay home and study instead.
7 points needed to progress, 2 very simple bonus points to be earned. One of my testers thought the quiz was impossible, but I came up with each question and answer off the top of my head.
IF you do need help, you only have to ask, I want this shite little game to be shite and enjoyable.
All sex commands are usual.
I urge you to smell taste and take everything.
DOWNLOAD LINK ON THE RIGHT  -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> 

Good Luck!

All bug reports welcome, I already know about The door, The door, The door or The door.
Thoughts and criticisms eagerly excepted.  

The Doc

Big Bug reported, thanks for finding it. If you ask Lisa about problem when she is at home, it will take you all the way back to school. So please don't do it. 

Spoilers have been added somewhere in the comments, probably the best puzzle I've done.
I hope they help.

Before we begin!!

I have heard nothing  from my beta testers since the 16th of this month.
So, before we begin.....

Teacher's Pet is as much  a graphic novel as it is AIF,
It's not very good. Yes you interact (mostly), and yes the graphics are great. (I hope). But, I personally, would not play it more than twice. I'm sorry, but it's a fact.
I wanted to write AIF and I wanted to learn TADS3. That's all it ever  was!  I have said as much, so many times. I have tried so MANY tines to proof read the game myself  but  I may have missed  a few.
The game will be out, in the next few days, I need to get rid of it lol.
I have other games to work on, and I will not let..... "The Bastard Child." stand in the way of it!!!!!
If you go over to the Reddit site for AIF (https://www.reddit.com/r/AIFCentral/), there are so many people that say "Start small." That's what I did!!
I hope Mr Deus ExLibris does not slate it too much, but, I kinda hope he does. 
Ah well, C'est la vie!!

I have a mini flood going on in my living room at the moment, That's basically why it all slowed down. The membrane under the footings has had enough and given up the ghost.
You should just know that, once this is done, I do plan on continuing to write AIF.
I will not disappear. I will keep working, I will keep writing, and I will get better, through thick, thin or flood, I promise.
I prey my testers are O.K. Jarel started a new job this week, so please, wish him well, we all deserve at least that!!!!

Are we nearly there yet?

As it goes, I finally managed to get a weekend to myself, mostly. So the answer is..... YES, we most certainly are.
So, I need a couple of beta testers.
I would like one of the testers to have a little knowledge of tads 3 and both need to be able to proof read. I would also like both to have some experience in testing. I don't you see, and I would really like the help. Not with storyline (it's done) or with graphics (thier done). Just general pointers and the like.
The game is written, and complete. I basically need someone to break it lol.
Please mail me if you can help doctorrealgood(AT)gmail(dot)com.

Wooooohooooooo Speak to you all soon, I hope.

The Doc

The straw that broke the camel's back.

When I sold my company, it was with the understanding that I would be on stand by, should they ever need me, for twelve months. That's fair, after all, I now my clients and the trade way better than they do, The last two weeks has been spent working for the 'New Lot' sorting out issues, blah, blah, blah. I agreed to do this for them for twelve months, The problem started when they asked me to go to Harrogate! Fucking Harrogate? I have nothing against the place or the people except, it's 250 miles away for fuck sake and we are now in month 32 !! After I sold the company.
It's nice, to be nice, but it;s not nice to be taken the piss out of.
It really was the straw that broke this camel's back. I do not need the money (I live ok, not wealthy, but ok.) so why the fuck should I do it?
Well, I care about my old customers, but only in the same way that I care about you, my readers. They are past tense. You, however, are the here and now. You help me shape myself into who and what I want to be.
I had a blast, great people that I shell never forget. Great times that surpass others. They are the past, and now, now is the future. There will be no-more detours, there will be no--more helping the people that I went over and beyond for.
Today, I start anew, no more pressure from anyone other than me. The game will be out soon!!!

Hug, love and kiss each other, keep yourselves safe, and be kind to one another. Acknowledge those that are in your life today, before they become your yesterday. But most importantly,, live for the now, the today, the very thing that makes you, you. Never look back, never submit. Keep it whole, keep it you!!

The Doc

P.S Congrats to AW on his new cover release. Looks awesome sir!

That was the week that was!

That was the week that was.... A total waste of time? Maybe. after saying that I was only a week away, I get called away for five days. "We need you in Shepard's Bush, at 8.30am, tomorrow. "
I don't live anywhere near London but, work is work, first and foremost. 5 days became 6, became 7. So nothing has been done to the game.
I am supposed to be retired from the trade for fuck sake ( I sold the business, I do not expect to have to keep jumping in. )
I did, however, manage to mess around with Daz a little more, and it now poses a series question.
I was always good with Poser but, I never managed to get that face shop of theirs quite right. With Daz I have created some figure's that are almost identical to the original model.
So my question is this.... How close is to close? I watched a few t.v shows and thought " I could make her. " But should I ever put them in a game? surely if they are that close it borders on 'invasion of privacy. ' Or something like that. None of the following are rendered to 100% (Just 10% in most cases. ) I have even left in some sketch lines But imagine if they were 100% I am all for
FanFiction, but is this taking it just one step to far?
I would really like to know your thoughts on this, I can easily get them closer, as a match, but would I ever use them?

Dana Workman:- Haunted Highway

Jael DePardo: 

Haunted Highway

Jessy Schram: And  Emma Watson

Feeling a bit strange

I actually do feel a bit strange. The day before yesterday I completed the final piece of programming, I should have been elated, jumping through hoops and all that, instead, I felt a little lost, what do I do now? It's finished, all bar some writing.
I am a week, or so, away from asking for beta testers, but, having never had anything tested, what do I ask for?  Do I ask for proof readers? Do I  give them the game with full graphics?
Or just some, so that it doesn't spoil it to much?
I don't honestly know, I may be a month away or a day away. I really do feel a little lost. But I do know that I'm just about there. (Famous last words)
Any help would be appreciated.

As always, look after one another, and be nice.

The Doc

Meet your new cast.

Here is the new cover and new cast for TP, hope you like it and them.

Infamy, infamy, they've all got it infamy!

It's true, after doing some more to the game, it was time to take a break from Tads and do a few more pics, it was then, I found, I had no textures, all of my saved work is there, but it's useless.
A fresh install of windows 10 (As previously mentioned) and Poser seems to have lost all the textures to my characters, the textures folder is there, I made sure it would be before the install, the contents, however have vanished *POOF* gone. They were there, I put them there, they are not hidden, they are not locked, they are gone.
So now I have a choice..
(A) Do I start them from scratch and go all the way back?
(B) Do I add to them, with character's that look similar?
            OR
(C) Do I say "Fuck of Poser. " and start afresh in Daz? (Which, I have to say, I am loving at the moment. )
The game will not be released without graphics, it can't be, (not strictly true) it was built around graphics. (also, not strictly true).
I'm edging towards C.. I reckon I could get them done in a week or so (I have three weeks off) and, as a release date has never been given, who would ever know right?

It appears I have answered my own question, (putting it down on paper really does work!)
Have a good one.

The Doc

Windows 10, Poser and the little op.

Let's start with Windows 10, firstly if you do a windows reset (Fresh install) be aware, it gives you the choice to only erase the main drive, or all drives. I chose just the main drive please windows. five and a half hours later it was finally done. If you choose this method, it will stick on 99% for (in my case) Three and a half hours, sometimes more according to reports. Do yourself a favor, go next door and offer to clean thier windows for ten quid and then the next house along and so on. Watched kettles never boil, get some fresh air, have a coffee, whatever, just do not sit and watch it, and especially, don't sit and watch it preying it has not touched any other drives.
Poser next:- Poser Pro 2014 and windows 10 do not like each other, they bicker like school children, constantly, Windows 10 pro x64 does not like Poser pro x64 but, it does like Poser Pro x32. again rather like a school girl. "I don't like you anymore, but I do fancy your little brother. " Bitch!!
The good news is that all the AIF runners seem not have noticed the change and, windows treat's them like nothing more than that kid you see in the playground every day for 3 years but don't know his name.
The final scene is now being written but, I am having to wait for poser for the final images. All is not lost however, I took this time to try out Daz3d AGAIN. I found it all rather easy (That's never happened before) I even tried out the new Iray render... Wow, fuckin wow, The results are incredible.
I have to have another small op on my back tomorrow so the weekend will be spent fine tuning a few things, but .nothing more.

I will leave you with a character I created in Daz3d using the new iray render, she is stunning, but will not be in the game, well not this one anyway. I may leave you a couple now I think about it, just as a tease.

Be good, look after one another and PLEASE tell me if you like the new girl.

After adding the pics, I can still only say WOW!!!

Turning up the heat!!!

Last Wednesday in Serbia it was 41 degrees, I came back to England on Thursday and it was 22. Such was the shock to my system, that I had to turn on the central heating, I was freezing.
Still, it was a great holiday, I finally took my fathers ashes home and laid him to rest in the family plot, which was long overdue, he died in 1998 for fuck sake.
In fairness though, they did have a little war going on.
It really brings home the importance of family and friends, even those that are a few thousand miles away and, the fact that, when it comes to family, language is no barrier. I am ashamed to say that, I only speak very basic Serbian, I understand more than I speak, but this was not a problem. Problem or not, it is now on my to do list, and I will achieve it.
Anyway, so good was the holiday, that AIF didn't even cross my mind, I literally turned it off all together, it was amazing.
But now I'm back, from outer space, I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face.
Today, I completed three more pictures, I have overcome two of my biggest obstacles in the game, after so long of  'Not being able to see the wood for the trees.' I sat down, for the first time in three weeks, looked at it, and within, no more than three minutes, called myself a twat and fixed it, purring like a kitten now, did exactly the same with second. So I really did need the break, who woulda thunk it!!
Be good, and as always, look after one another. Oh, and make that phone call, the one to the family member, that you haven't spoken to for twenty years. Trust me, it's well worth it!!!

The Doc

The wood and the trees!!

I was hoping that, by now, I would be asking for beta testers, but I'm still not quite there, it is marginal though. That said it won't be for another few weeks at least because I'm going on holiday for a fortnight.
Everything is pretty much written now, I just have a few wrinkles to iron out and, to be honest, this break couldn't have come at a better time. I'm back at the point of not being able to see the wood for the trees and it's an awful place to be, constantly staring at something and just not being able to figure out exactly what your looking for, even though, it's staring you in the face the whole time. It's like the iron doesn't have a plug, and I don't have a spare one to put on it.
I do know, however, that once this is done, as small as it is, I will have a great reference guide, if not template for future projects and that makes me feel a little happier with what I'm doing.

I'll be back soon, refreshed and ready to go, in the meantime, be good and look after one another.

The Doc

YEEEEEESSSSSSS

There's a couple of reasons for that headline.. Firstly I have finally done that last technical, or at least, I hope it's the last one. As expected, it was so stupidly simple that I just could not see, a true case of not being able to see the wood for the trees. Still, it's done now.
Secondly, and this is way bigger than the first, THANK YOU!! ALL OF YOU!!!  This blog has just turned 10.000, yup, TEN THOUSAND hits. 10.207 to be exact. I really can't believe it, really I can't.
Thank you all again and, I hope, my next post will involve a release date. Well, at least a beta testing date.

I can't get it to work!!!

So, so, so frustrating. My last technical should (is) be so easy, and yet, I cannot get the bastard thing to work. Fuck stiff upper lip, good old blighty spirit, and being English. I'ts doing my fucking head in... So here is the bit of code PLEEEAAASSSEEE HELP.

        "scoreCount Variable: <<scoreCount>>" ;
        if (scoreCount > 7)
      {
       "move to living room";
         me.moveIntoForTravel(lisaLivingRoom);
      }
         else
       {
        "move to field";
          me.moveIntoForTravel(field);
       }
       
      }
;

It should be so fucking easy.

TADS 3 By the way.

The Doc

Oh, and great to hear from GoblinBoy again, good to know he is fine and well.


Oh man, I just read that back. Do I sound frustrated???? Lmao

Teachers Pet Cover release.

Now it is within reach, I have no problems publishing the cover for the upcoming game, I did promise I would after all.... Click to enlarge!

One more technical to go!!

One more technical to go and that side of the game is done and dusted. The writing is all but done as well which, considering I have lost ten days, is not at all bad.
The ten days loss comes from the fact that, I did not know, and I mean not even the slightest hint, that part of my birthday present consisted of ten days in Barcelona. It was a shock to be sure and, I must say, some what inconsiderate lol.
Anyhow, I thought I should at least let you know and I will release the game cover really, really soon.
Oh, and please be nice to one another.

Working the room

Working the room has become fairly important to me, but by working the room, I do mean, The Face Room in Poser.
The face room in poser is a little clunky, but it also has it's advantages. For Example:
While I cannot (yet) get an exact replica of a model, I can get a really good base, on which to build and base a new character.
As I said before, I plan on releasing a set of smaller games, to better get an understanding of both Tads and Poser and, I must say, it's all going rather well. The first game, I would like to think, is mere weeks away.
I have decided to limit the games somewhat to between, roughly, 30 to 50 images, and also to stick rigidly to a story line, instead of going off on a tangent.
The image below is, of course, the beautiful Josie Maran, and the base that I built from her features.
The character does not appear in the first game, but instead gives you a fair idea of how far I have come with the graphics. I hope you like and approve.

So that's it for now. I will probably go quiet again for a couple of weeks, as I plan to keep working as hard as I have been.
All that said, today (Saturday) is my birthday, so there probably won't be anything done, until I clear the hangover on Monday.
Have a great weekend and, as always, look after one another.

The Doc

Live long and prosper.

Sleep well and prosper my friend, You gave me so many hours of, not just entertainment, but dreams, to reach for the stars and beyond. We'll miss you old man!!

WooHoo, new monitor!!

Well, the new monitor is fantastic, I love it!!
What I don't love, however, is this....
For the last couple of weeks I have continued writing and programming on paper. This poses more problems than you could ever imagine.
Programming on paper is nothing, and I mean nothing, like programming on a machine where you can compile every 5 minutes, if you need to.
On the machine, I have a whole bunch of resources in the program, that I can reference, anytime I need to. On paper, I have dick. All of this means that I don't actually know anything, about anything.
Therefore, I have decided that, firstly, I need to know what I'm doing and secondly, stop fart assing around with a game that, for the moment at least, is way out of my league.
I am NOT going to give up on it but, it has become apparent to me, that I need to release a set of smaller games first (Like most author's do, and like my one and only tester suggested I should). Purely so I get a better grip of how thing's work and how to construct a program in a more useful, and more uniform manner.
It's OK to have a huge mish mash of  jumbled programming, that somehow works, if you actually know what the fucking mish mash does in the first place!!
It's all very well saying "Oh I have done this before, all I have to do is copy, paste and adapt. " when what you should be saying is "Oh that's easy enough, I remember doing that before. " because I actually learned something the last time I did it.
At the moment I am learning nothing, nada, zilch, zero, fuck all. You get the drift.
Yesterday I started on a smaller game that I have been writing on paper, oh and that's the upside of paper, you actually learn something, by writing it down.
I was amazed today, giving the game it's first run through a compiler, as to just how much of it worked, I only had two errors, both of which involved a semi colon. All of it looks neat and tidy and solutions to problems are solved within a couple of lines. Everything has a place, it's own file, and everything is so much easier to work on. It begs the question then "Why didn't I just do this in the first place? "
I think the answer is very clear and simple. And here's the rub..
We all, at some point or another, have ideas of grandeur, ideas that are so fantastic they cannot possibly fail. We are going to bathe in the spa's of Moosch and idolize the moons of  Chinkata. (copyright The Doc) only to wake up, eight hours later, in our own beds, back on planet earth, and with a huge black cloud of reality hanging over our head. Three months down the line and a zillion cups of coffee later,  you finally come to the place in which I am now sat.
It's not a bad place either, it's warm and comfortable, there's definitely something very homely about it, the smell of fresh coffee makes your nose twitch, and you feel at peace here.
Gone is the turmoil of expectation, that you foolishly hung around your own neck and, in the top right hand corner of your vision, is a small light, it's the same light that has been seen for months, only now it's not so menacing. Somewhere, in the back of your mind, you know, you just know, that you will eventually reach it, and, that when you do, it will welcome you like an old friend, it will shake you by the hand, and congratulate you on a job well done. Trumpets will play and the moons of Chinkata will glow brighter than ever before. You will bask in their glory, and, as you soak in the spa's of Moosch, you will have a new found feeling of belonging, a feeling that is personal only to you and you alone.
 But, for now, it's just something to aim for, there are an untold number of stairs to climb before you reach your goal, many hurdles to leap and many pitholes from which to escape!!
So that's where I am, the first, shorter game will be ready soon, when exactly, I can't say as I do not want to put pressure on myself, I would rather it was right than release it half cocked.

Look after each other.

Come all without, (Baboom, boom, boom) come all within
You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn!!!

The Doc

Feeling The Pinch

This week I come to you live, from my Xbox, that's because my bloody monitor decided it was time time to go to the big Walmart in the sky, and trust me, it very nearly made it that far.
I have no monitor so, nothing is being done, and I can't get another now til the end of the month.
On the good side, I suppose, I will at least be raring to go and, as we speak, much work is being done on paper. It took a little while to remember how to to use a pen. but once I had, it became as familiar as twelve pints of Carlsberg and a bloody nose, on a Friday night, in the rain. Ahhhh such memories.
I'll be back soon, be good, and be nice to one another.

The Doc

Mucking Fuddle

I am sure I am not the first author to get myself in a mucking fuddle.  I write a bit more every day, the trouble is, it's never in the same place as yesterday, What I mean is that, I write a bit for one character one day, and then a bit for another the next day. This is fine to an extent, but, in reality, all I'm doing is creating a jumble of unfinished  parts of the game. I know they should all come together in the end but, I spend most of the time cross referencing and forgetting what I wrote two weeks ago and, therefore, end up in a mucking fuddle.
From now on, I am going to make a concerted effort to just do one bit at a time, and hey, who knows? I must just end up with something closer to what I want, and not, something I would just play through because it's on the list.
So that's where I am, and although it all sounds a little bleak. it's actually not that bad, I'm just at the stage where it all has to start coming together, ONE piece at a time.
Have a great weekend, be merry.

The Doc

Happy New Year

Happy New Year one and all, I hope you have a fantastic 2015 and that the parties were outstanding. Personally I am still suffering with a hangover but, I am ready to start moving again.
Congratulations to Purple Dragon on his award, a worthy winner indeed, and long may the awards continue.
And that's it from me, I have nothing to report, because nothing's been done.
Until the next time.

The Doc