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Maintenance fix

I spent the day rolling out Inkubak 4.0.1, mostly to fix the comments/chatwall thing that recently broke (so I keep getting feedback from time to time), and also to change the title screen when the game is completed (which I'd been meaning to do for quite a while).

This pat...

Extended pause

So this would be a good time to complain about obscure health issues, mourn my grandfather who recently passed away 10 years ago, or suddenly discover a 1-year-old writer block – that is, get my patrons to shed some tears and mistake them for my life insurance. (Sarcasm intended.)

Fortunately we're not into this kind of deal here, so whi...

Petition for a 48h day

... that is, a normal 24h shift to do all the day-to-day stuff + another bonus, hidden 24h just for us to do what truly matters :)

Meanwhile I make do and progress on sound design (sampling moans), programming (shaking bums on screen elegantly) and art (studying gesture... and getting great CURVES).

Thanks for pushing me forward by y...

Muse

I keep ironing my drawing craft these days, trying not to get too caught up in the quest for the naughtiest style – game making is all about balancing skills. Recently I found a muse for an upcoming character, with an interesting and sexy/slim body type that I'm struggling to "comic-ify" for the game. Can't wait to do a "what's your fav'" styl...

Happy new year / Bonne année 2021 !

Much has changed this year, but I humbled to find many familiar nicks here and in the discord chatroom. I wish you all good health and all kinds of skinship for the year to come.

These past weeks I've been diving again in anatomy studies, I hope it'll show in the results, as I'm designing a few characters' appearance.
Also I'm starting ...

Multitasking

I've been studying spank marks, practiced more bum anatomy, gathered some punishing sound effects, wrote down new fantasies, debugged maths issues in my code, practiced real inking, unbroke two server upgrades, and more importantly prepared one of my regular posts.

Thank you patrons, for helping me stay committed to my goal of making more ...

How often do you want news? (results)

With a 1-vote difference, you equally want me to send out progress reports every week or every 2 weeks – but absolutely not once a month! The way I see it, I'll send regular news every 2 weeks, but I'll throw a surprise post whenever there's a more immediate opportunity :)

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À 1 vote près, vous voulez que j'envoie un rapport de p...

Concept

I haven't been giving much love to the back view since the start of Inkubak, so I think it's time to fix this. To make amend, what's better than making a mini-game about the joy of spanking? :)

I started a little conversation on discord on the subject, your contrib...

Dat hot, das hot!

New summery month, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your continued support, and for your discretion – none of you are harassing me about when the next episode will come out, and you let me concentrate on the work :)

I have my animations ready and integrated, maybe I'll refine them some more with fresher eyes a bit later. I...

Quality animation / Animation de qualité

I started working on the meat of the animations, some more ambitious than the bouncing boobies I recently added to Ep3. First with simple shapes, so I can feel the move, and progressively enriching them. Moreover I can start integrating them in the game, refining the scene and implementing interactivity. I'm particularly satisfied with today's r...

Non-core stuff / Problématiques non-centrales

Besides eating, sleeping, and paying the rent, there are lots of peripheral things to address when you make a game, including tech experiments, software upgrades (and regressions work-arounds...), and designing what comes after the next episode a bit ahead of time. This was one of those weeks where I worked on everything about the game – excep...

Sculpting / Sculpture

Hi all! Thanks a lot for your continued support! Some of you are even there from the beginning and damn, this makes me remember the times before Episode 1, when I was working with no feedback and no support – I do appreciate your presence :)

So LWIAY what kind of screen you play on, and to be honest I expected to see tablet players when ...

What's your screen? / Quel est votre écran ?

I was wondering on what kind of device a graphics-intensive game such as Inkubak can be enjoyed – what do you play it on? :)

Je me demandais sur quel type d'appareil un jeu graphiquement intensif tel qu'Inkubak peut être apprécié – sur quoi y jouez-vous ? :)

Can Inkubak be free? / Est-qu'Inkubak peut être gratuit ?

Last week I made the first Inkubak Ep3 public release! There was a lot of downloads and feedback, but on the Patreon side it was a massive disappointment, almost nobody joined (1 so far, hi!). I don't like paywall systems and all the new problems that come with them, but so far t...

To spoil or not to spoil

I'm always torn between the desire to share my excitement when I make progress, and to keep things secret so you enjoy the game best. Heck, I even have troubles publishing screenshots on the game pages as I'm afraid to spoil the experience too much for new players...

I spoiled Ep3 quite a bit, with patreon-only, spoiler tagged posts, but r...

Ep.1 anniversary / Anniversaire ép.1

1 year ago I was nervously releasing the first episode of Inkubak to the world. I liked it very much but I suspected not everybody would "get" it. I was in the dark but I decided to go ahead anyway. Well I still am! People, myself included, like to play games yet rarely provide feedback to the devs. But, I found players who enjoyed it enough to ...

Excitement overload / Saturation de l'excitation

I recently added new expressions for Bitche, because she's in for a big surprise... I also worked on the final text earlier than for episode 3, as this gives me more opportunity to proofread and rework it – I rarely get the scene flow right during first sitting.

And, I tried to cleanse my mind a little: I've been polling my sense of exci...

Transformation, also maybe taxes

TF content has been subtle so far (body heat, balls), but now I'm working on a less subtle transformation for episode 4 :) I hope you'll enjoy it.

On other (weekly) news I made more promotion to share bouncing boobies to the world, and I'm thinking of doing something a bit specific in the coming weeks on Newgrounds, because it's been such ...

Breasts jiggle / Des seins qui rebondissent

One reason why I chose a flat-shaded style for Inkubak was because it's suitable for various animation techniques. So far we have still pics with dissolve effect, player-driven hand-drawn frames, and for the next scene I was considering computer-assisted intermediates, which comes with a bunch of constraints.

Since the next scene is alread...

Work on Ep4 has begun / Le travail sur l'Ép4 a commencé

I know what I want to happen in the next big scene, and now I'm experimenting with how far I can express it graphically – while keeping time constraints reasonable. I'm also gathering lots of *ahem* references.

Have a nice week!

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Je sais ce que je veux qu'il se passe dans la prochaine grande scène, et maintenant j'expérime...

Done with promotion? / J'en ai fini avec la promotion?

It's been a hectic week and I'm glad I can say to all the new patrons: Welcome! :)

Keep spreading the love, and come say hi in the discord chat!

Now it's time to start the work on Episode 4. I'd like to try something new for the next scene and this requires a solid ch...

Happy Easter Monday / Bon lundi de Pâques

I hope you spent a nice easter, inside or outside.

On the Ep.3 front, I finished pending/placeholder graphics, added more texts & variations, and globally polished the whole game experience. I'll continue so as to have a near-final version for testing soon, and work on promotion.

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J'espère que vous avez passé un bon week...

New month / Nouveau mois

Thank you for all your renewed pledges in this new month of April! You've been a great, considerate audience so far, and I appreciate that.

This week I opened a discord server (invite), so we have a maybe less formal, easier contact point for feedBAK and whatnot. Come and s...

Keeping up / On continue

How about some good news in this world? Game progress! :)

I colored and shaded most of the kitchen poses (it's like a mini-comics; updated preview in the next post), and continued adding/fixing the myriad of little things that make the game come together.

I still work with the goal of a playable version at the end of the month. That ...

Dressing-up / Habillage

Here am I again for some weekly news :)

Besides refining the kitchen line art, I'm coding dress-up mechanics in the game, so you can change Bitche's appearance to your liking (if you and your Host got intimate enough with her, of course). I add a sneak peak in the next post. Some clothes had to be reworked to be "compatible" with other clo...

Trapped in the kitchen / Coincé dans la cuisine

Some blonde lady is making me rework my lineart until she's pleased with it – and boy she's being difficult. Hanging on... I'll try to sneak my way out and work on other parts of the game, so I can reach my goal of a playable version at the end of the #intrenaimo.

Also I dropped the "life drawing" patreon goal: I funded that from my own ...

No NaNoRenO

Thanks to you patrons for all your pledges this month!
Sometimes it's hard to find the strength to progress on the game T_T  But knowing that fellow humans around the world give enough of a damn about my game to actually pay for it helps ^_^

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Refining / Raffinage

Hey all,

The 2 work-in-progress I recently shared are now mostly done and integrated in the game. I shall now move to the kitchen :)

I spoiled enough already so this week I'm attaching a bonus pic I recently did :)

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Salut,

Les 2 travaux en cours que j'ai récemment partagés sont maintenant quasi-finis et intégré...

Breasts are hard / Les seins sont durs

... to draw well, but I hope I got something decent.

Since I'm concentrating on graphics these days, it's easier for me to show some WIP – I'll send another patrons-only preview :)

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... à bien dessiner, but j'espère avoir fait quelque chose de correct.

Comme je me concentre sur les graphismes ces jours-ci, c'est plus...

The right pose / La pose juste

I wanted a specific pose and a specific expression, which turned out difficult to draw, in particular with the art style I chose for this game. It's not entirely finished but I'm posting a Patron-only WIP/spoiler in a in a bit :)

I also think I have the little backdoor interactivity lubed and ready, now I need expressions that fit :)