I nearly didn't make it.

I wanted to just post a couple of pictures in time for Christmas but I very nearly didn't make it.
Last week while rendering the Christmas card my machine suddenly went POP, Twice!
It was dead and, I knew deep down, that it was entirely my own fault, how fucking stupid could I get?
I finally did it you see, I got that second graphics card that I wanted, one GTX 980 and £595 quid later I synced the two together, never once giving any thought to what this would do to my 600 watt PSU, well, two Pops and a few sparks was the answer and then it died, mercifully this was all very quick.
The week before Crimbo is always a very stressful time for couriers I'm sure, but this was an emergency, if they couldn't help me, who could? Well, no-one is the answer and they didn't seem to give a seasonal fig about me or my plight, and so the week long wait was on.
Did my motherboard survive? I doubt it, did my GPU's survive? Probably, hopefully. Did my RAM survive? Who gives a shit there two a penny(ish)
Finally Christmas eve arrived and there was the lovely courier, I even gave him a tip, "Never keep me waiting like that again." but he didn't seem to take it on board, I didn't care, I now had 900 watts of sheer brute force, all of which, of course, would be of absolutely no use to me if the last one took the motherboard with it!
I carefully removed every component and set all up in a cosy cardboard box, it's a non-conductor of static you see, and I was not about to take any chances. One hour later and everything was set and ready for my equivalent of the famous Blackpool illuminations. Slowly the index finger of my right hand made it's way to the power button and, with a heavy sigh, pressed said button.

"HEY FUCKING PRESTO." I shouted as the whole thing burst into life.
"IT'S ALIVE, ALIVE." I screamed quietly, whilst taking great care not to alert the neighbors.

So rendering went into over drive and here, dear friends, is the result, your Christmas card with love affection to you all, mostly.
I call it "A wee dram for the big man."

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And we're not done there, oh no. This year, instead of a panto that cast and crew decided to do a whole night dedicated to Queen, no, not the royal one, the band, with Freddie Mercury, it was a huge success thanks to the new power unit.

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Merry, Merry Christmas.

Just a quickie!

As the title says, this is just a quick update.
Sally's Old and Worn is coming along nicely, a little slower than I would have liked but moving nonetheless, things are being added daily and graphics are now into the hundreds, so not bad at all.
That's it for now, I will keep you posted as I progress.
Be good!

The Doc

Edit for Ptypoe
Please don't take this the wrong way, I saw a post on FB this morning by my little brother that simply read "Thanks for having me, goodbye." Twelve hrs later I filed a missing persons report, two hrs after that, the police found him locked in an out building having taken an overdose. Ten minutes after that I posted the update, for no other reason than I needed to do something, anything, just anything. Two hours after that I get the news that he is OK, as in, he out of danger. Ten minutes after that I post this update, for no other reason than I don't know who to be mad at (Ptypoe is not even close to making the list) and I could do with the distraction....

You are in Gino's, on your date with Evie when you think you see her sister, you go over there only to be met with hostility by one Nellie Goldling, a local rock star thinking you are just after an autograph, she plays a very minor part with no nudity, or anything else for that matter, a lot of this is due to look-a-like, it's a little to close and I don't need the lawsuit.

 You can see how the mistake was made, especially from behind.

   This Pic is only rendered to 10% as it does not appear in the game.

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That's all folks and trust me, this was not meant to make you feel bad in anyway, I really did need the distraction. .

The Doc (Suitably distracted.)

The Promised Update

Here is the update I promised Liugi last week, or maybe the one before.
So, the game? It's coming along nicely actually, especially since I got my zest back.
All Paths have been written, and by written, I mean written on paper, although two are almost complete in the programming world, but that alone, I am afraid, is a long way from the end.
You see, the game involves Emma, Evie, Lisa, Samantha, Sally, Dave and You. all of whom are main characters, and all of whom have a story to tell, each story has three paths so. therefore, three endings. It's a long process but I'm managing to get in three or four hours everyday which, given the way I was feeling just a few weeks ago, is really quite something.
Graphics currently sit a 75 thus far, but the end result will almost certainly quadruple that and then some, each of which, if you take an average time, is upwards of an hour, so I probably have, in excess of three hundred hours of renders left to do, although all basic scenes are built, saved and ready to start, 
I tend to write the scene as I am rendering the picture, I get a clearer picture in my head that way and I can better describe what I am seeing in my head, as well as on the render, I don't know if other authors do this, but for me it's a perfect fit that kills to birds with one stone, in other scenes it just does two birds with one boner lol
I have always loved working with 3D and 2D graphics and. until a few years ago when I sold my own company, was something I did an awful lot of.
I am going to leave it there for now, as I don't really want to give to much away. 
PLEASE do not read into this something that is not there, there is no time frame and what gets done, gets done, when, and only when, it gets done, so for now, I'm done... Not done, done, just done....For now, you know what I mean!!
For now though I will give you one last pic of the pool seen at sunset, so it here it is......

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Told ya she was naked!!!  Still enjoying your summer?


EDIT..... Evie just sent me this selfie of herself sporting a black eye, she doesn't know her attacker at this stage, but, she thinks she has an idea.
Well here's an idea Evie, click to enlarge the image and then go get yourself some clearasil love.
I love you really xx.

Lazy Days and Sunsets

Well, the summer holidays are here at last, that means that Lisa gets to spend some time by the pool, well, in it actually in this case.
One day, in the, not to distant future, you will understand what this little scene is all about but, for now at least, I'll let the girls tease and tantalize you a little....... Oh, and don't get to excited about the blonde in the picture, that, after all, is your mother, Samantha.

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I cannot resist one more little tease, Lisa, who looks as hot as ever she did by the way, is totally naked in that there pool, nada, nothing, not a stitch...... PHEW,, I LOVE SUMMER.

Oh Brother!

In my last post, I mentioned that the funeral was done and that I was ready to get back to it, well, it's a little bit weird sometimes just how life likes to throw you a new curve ball. Just as you think you're ready, you wake up one morning and there it is again, except this time it's closer to your face than your pillow.
And so, I have had my brother visiting for the last week, and it was good, you know to reminisce and so on and copious amounts of Kronenbourg definitely makes it more bearable and an awful lot funnier. We have not seen each other for eight years, although we talk on the phone every week and, I must say, it reinstates something in you, quite what that is, I haven't a clue and we parted company yesterday in good mood and good spirits.
There is no moral to this story but, when I woke up this morning there was nothing in my face, other than the odd loose feather of course, I woke up with a clear head and the feeling that everything in my world was at peace again. I got up, made a coffee and, without second thought booted the game back up, I have spent the last to hours writing and loved every minute of it.
I'm back, not up to speed, but back, the clouds have cleared, the sun is shining and I have the real feeling that I'm in for a long and peaceful summer!!

"Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right! "

Rise up this mornin',
Smile with the risin' sun,
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin', ("This is my message to you-ou-ou: ")

Cheers Bazza

The 14th of March was my birthday, as it was last year, for this was the day I was born.
This year however, it was also the day that I found out that one of my best and dearest friends has been taken from this earth and, because of circumstances I cannot fathom, the funeral was finally today.
Bazza had been fighting MS ( multiple sclerosis ) all of his life, and by god that boy could fight, he was one of the bravest men I have ever had the privilege to know,  so. to hear that he had died of a mass heart attack came as a bit of a shock also.
Nothing has been done to the game since his passing and, until today, I seem to have been stuck in some kind of limbo.
Today, I finally said goodbye and, I hope, finally move forward.

Cheers Bazza old son, here's to you my friend, I loved you dearly, and will miss you, clearly.
I raise a glass to you this evening and hope the few that read this will join me, and not just to you. but to anyone that takes thier fancy.

Cheers all.

In a bit of a quandary.

I made a new Lisa today, but this time using the base model Genesis 3 and I have to say, I don't know what to think. The original Lisa was made using Genesis 2, all the models were come to that.
I gave Genesis 3 the exact same morphs and dimensions that I created for the original, I gotta say it's a little weird looking at her, she looks like Lisa, sort off. Actually the best way I can describe it is that they have the same mother but different fathers lol, and now I don't know whether to switch all models or whether or not you like the models as they are.
Now I've said all that of course, it has just dawned on me that I would have to recreate everything, poses, expressions and the like, but now I've said that, you only have to look back at the time I lost all my work, not only did I have to recreate everything, I had to do it using new software.
You can see that I am in a quandary so here's a side by side comparison and I would very much like your feedback, although ultimately I may not listen.

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The Erin's, the cover and the banner.

Firstly, I must congratulate all of the winners of this years Erin Awards.
I was delighted that everyone got the recognition they deserved. Me, personally, had no expectations for any awards what so ever, so to get an Honorable mention in the best game category along side third place for both best new author and best sex scene is truly an honor that, at the moment I'm still trying to fathom.
And so a new banner is here for a while, to celebrate all that took part and especially A. Ninny for a long overdue Lifetime achievement award, very much deserved, I doff my cap to you sir.
As of this time there are only NINE show me comments for the new cover, and, although I wanted ten, in keeping with the celebratory mood in which I find my self, here it is. I hope you like it.

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I know it's an after thought but, a huge, huge thank you to Deus ExLibris for organizing the whole thing, a round off applause to you!

Idle Hands.

The floods are gone woohoo, everything is fixed and new carpets go down next Friday. To celebrate this, I went and bought a remote controlled lamp for the living room,
I can, today, officially confirm that idle hands really do make light work!
In other news, my January blues did not last until the end of January, and I have been busy working.
I have decided that there will be NO update to Teacher's Pet. I just don't see the point, it has had over 44.000 downloads, the mistakes are well documented and, as may have seemed obvious to some of you when it was released, I just want to move on.
I want to learn from my mistakes, going back now and cleaning them up would teach me nothing, I would gain no more insight at all, so it can keep it's bug and I know better in the future.
Don't get me wrong, the whole cast of TP still has a story to tell, and they will all be told, just in a slightly different way.
I love the new game already, the programming is so much easier, everything has a place and, it already has it's own cover, It is fucking awesome, would you like to see it?
As with TP I am at this point a little loath to talk about the game. I don't want to big it up, only to find it falls by the wayside, although, honestly, I cannot see that happening, it's just to good an idea to waste, so here's a little something at least.
I was sitting watching a program on TV called 'It was alright in the 70s' and thinking about how I could tell everyone's story in one game. meanwhile, on the TV, they started talking about an old kids show called 'Mr Benn.' The story goes, that every time he walks into his local costume shop, he tries something on and then steps through a curtain and hey presto, he takes on the roll of that costume.
OH MY FUCKING GOD, I dunno who this Mr Benn is, but if he wasn't animated I would go and find him and shake the old bastards hand right off.
You are Sally Pepper, your uncle Ben just died and left to you his shop, it's an old second hand shop called 'Old and Worn' (Copyright me 2016 lol).
Your uncle did not own a rice company and your father was neither a doctor nor did he have a 'Lonely Hearts Club Band' (Younger viewers Google the Beatles, although if you did not know this already, you need to slap yourself.)
Anyway, sometimes people leave things behind, clothing mainly, usually they just want rid because  they hold bad memories, all you have to do is figure out which ones and go back, as them, and stop the bad before it's done.
That's all I'm saying!!
I'll tell ya what I'll do with ya! If TEN people leave a comment below simply saying 'show me' I will release the cover. I personally think you should leave the comment, the cover truly is awesome, well I think it is anyway.

Look after one another.

The Doc (Why the fuck do I sign my own blog??)

The January Blues + UPDATE

For what-ever reason, I seem to be suffering from a bout of the January blues. I was really looking forward to 2016 so it really makes no sense to me at all, I just cannot seem to get myself motivated to do anything, and I'm not just talking programming and AIF, I really do mean anything, anything at all.
I opened Teacher's Pet yesterday to give it it's much needed update, and then just stared at it, for 3 hours, then I just shut it back down. I really couldn't be bovvered.
The flood in my living room was sorted out over Christmas, I have a brand new floor and new carpets coming next week, and, with the decorators coming in this Friday, I really have nothing to feel down about. And yet I do, I don't fuckin get it!!
Rest assured my friends, I will get to the bottom of it and, even if I don't, I do know this, one morning I will just wake up and decide that today is the day and on we go again. Maybe it's just the drab weather, I dunno, but I'm working on it, well I am when I can be bovvered to. lol. Sooner rather than later would be good!!!!


Added 21st Jan

Me and my big mouth!! They have given me a new floor in the living room but, they have only succeeded in diverting the problem.
As of this afternoon, my kitchen is now under an inch of water, I could not believe it when I got home.
You've got to laugh really, well I do, it's the only thing that keeps me from going fucking mental!!
I have to keep me chin up now, else I'll bloody well drown lmao.