Episode 4 / Week 20
It Writes the Dev Log or It Gets the Hose Again
A cutscene reaches 4K frames, 120 renders get done and Charlie's scene is written. The apartment set gets an upgrade too.
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Free dev logs from the making of Moonlight, alongside conversations about developing visual novels. Follow the work as the game takes shape.
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Episode 4 / Week 19
The Vision That Bears The Gift
A lip-synced animation heads to render, 45 renders wrap the Max scene and work begins on Charlie's scene.
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Episode 4 / Week 18
You Can Run But You Can't Hide
178 new renders, more writing and progress on Max's scene, with the animation backlog next in line.
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Episode 4 / Week 17
Read Me a Story
Lip sync, longer animations and a little help from fellow developers. A week inside Moonlight's production.
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Episode 4 / Week 16
Let's Get Petty
Animation audio comes together as work moves into the next scene. More stills, more progress.
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Episode 4 / Week 15
So Anyway I Started Blasting
A rendering milestone and work on the animation backlog. The ongoing reality of building Moonlight.
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21 dev logs / newest first
- It Writes the Dev Log or It Gets the Hose AgainRead here
- The Vision That Bears The GiftRead here
- You Can Run But You Can't HideRead here
- Read Me a StoryRead here
- Let's Get PettyRead here
- So Anyway I Started BlastingRead here
- Krave SuccessRead here
- Being A DevRead here
- Hanging with the BoysRead here
- Welcome to the GridRead here
- Time to ChillRead here
- If You're Not Screaming Into The Void, Are You Even Developing an AVN?Read here
- Anything's a Dog if You're Brave EnoughRead here
- Always Listen To The Advice of Your FriendsRead here
- Don't Pet The AnimalsRead here
- Yeah That's Me... I Bet You're Wondering How I Got HereRead here
- Let's Address the Unicorn in the RoomRead here
- Someone Has To Stop This GuyRead here
- Everything's FineRead here
- Everywhere I Go I See His FaceRead here
- We're Back Baby!Read here
- Hear Ye Hear Ye, I’m Gonna DropRead here
- Now Kiss and Say What a Lovely Tea PartyRead here
- My Sanity Is Taking A NapRead here
- I Forgot The MilkRead here
- The Iceberg of Game DevelopmentRead here
- Roll Up Roll Up Witness A Dev Losing His MindRead here
- Taking a Well-Deserved Break to Avoid BurnoutRead here
- In The Air TonightRead here
- Happy St Patrick’s DayRead here
- All Work & No Play Makes Bat A Dull BoyRead here
- Gotta Catch Em All!Read here
- A Stroll Through My Crumbling SanityRead here
- Celebrating With FriendsRead here
- Beat the Devil Out of ItRead here
- I’m Not Crying, You’re CryingRead here
- Got to Keep Those Numbers Up!Read here
- Got to Keep Pushing!Read here
- Working Hard or Hardly Working?Read here
- 60% of the Time It Works Every TimeRead here
- I Have a Certain Set of SkillsRead here
- You Guys Are Taking a BreakRead here
- You Make the Dev Very NervousRead here
- Buckle Up, We Got Work To DoRead here
- December is HereRead here
- Oh Shit, Here We Go AgainRead here
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GameStoryLog / AVNsider / Interview
Inside AVN development with Big Bat
A conversation about making adult visual novels. Read the feature on GameStoryLog.
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Moonlight - v0.03.10
AVNsider takes a look at Moonlight's v0.03.10 release. Read the review on GameStoryLog.
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Moonlight - Episode 2 review
A review of Moonlight's second episode from AVNsider. Read it on GameStoryLog.
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