Dev Diary: All About Amy

[Gr@ff]

I’m excited to share the development of my first visual novel, All About Amy!
While I see it as a continuation of Project Sage, I want to emphasize that it has its own unique vision and style.
I don’t claim to follow the exact same ideas as the original author, but rather, so you can think of it as a standalone game with its own direction.

The game follows Amy, a young woman who has just finished college and is beginning her journey to build a career and personal life in the city. Along the way, she experiences romantic adventures and struggles, with players shaping the course of her life through their choices. The game also features a unique voting system on Patreon, where you can help influence key scenes and story plot.

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For now I invite you to vote there on updates to Amy’s look. I’ll be posting the updated look based on your votes in a couple of weeks!

In this dev diary, I will post updates regarding the game, and you are welcome to comment and ask questions.
Once the game is out, I’d appreciate it if you joined me in discussions and provided feedback.
Your input will help shape the story, and I’m excited to hear what you think.

In the meantime, feel free to visit the Patreon page and get involved in creating Amy!

 

[L7Bear]

BTW. You can

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or you can just post the thing without the ? get tracking info.

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[Gr@ff]

For those familiar good with 'Project Sage' story do you happen to remember what Amy studied in college?
Also, was there any mention of Hank's brother name or other family members?
I'm trying to recall these details.

 

[NotAUsefulUser]

For those familiar good with 'Project Sage' story do you happen to remember what Amy studied in college?
Also, was there any mention of Hank's brother name or other family members?
I'm trying to recall these details.

As I can remember we dont know what amy wanted to study, when she arrives to the new town she wants to apply to the university but for the change of country she needs to repeat the last year of school and she makes a deal with Mr. Miyagi to help her in this situation.

For Hank, I don't remember any of his relatives just he was from rich family and they had a lot of influence .

 

[L7Bear]

For those familiar good with 'Project Sage' story do you happen to remember what Amy studied in college?
Also, was there any mention of Hank's brother name or other family members?
I'm trying to recall these details.

I made a gdoc with

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back in 2019, but it's also in the script.rpy if you extract the game:

Also, I'm not sure which Project Sage you're referring to.
I think the first game had scenes with Hank's "brother" (who were playing a trick on Amy), but her relationship with Hank was very different in "Act 1".

 

[Zulsmashing@ss]

Finally i cant wait to see your game

 

[Gr@ff]

Thanks for the input

 

[Jude6]

Just cast my votes in all the polls, I was off on the most popular choices in every poll except one, which is kind of funny.

Honestly it's been so long I don't really much from Project Sage beyond highlights and vibes (Paperwork was really good at setting the vibe)
Looking forward to seeing what you put together Gr@ff, personally I wouldn't mind at all if you stray away from the source material into your own thing.

 

[Gr@ff]

Cool! Even if your votes didn’t match the majority, it’s fine—I try to balance things when opinions are split. Plus, I’ll cast my x4 weighted vote at the end, so things can still change.

Totally agree—Project Sage had a unique vibe, both naïve and well-written. My take on Amy is a bit different since she’s older, in a new setting, and has different goals in life.

 

[L7Bear]

Cool! Even if your votes didn’t match the majority, it’s fine—I try to balance things when opinions are split. Plus, I’ll cast my x4 weighted vote at the end, so things can still change.

Totally agree—Project Sage had a unique vibe, both naïve and well-written. My take on Amy is a bit different since she’s older, in a new setting, and has different goals in life.

BTW. If you click reply you can include quotes from the post you're responding to.
If you click quote you can build up a multiquote somehow, but i don't think i ever figured that out.

 

[nn2017]

i cant wait to see your game

 

[Gr@ff]

Hey everyone! Now that Amy’s look is finalized, I’m moving forward with development.

Sorry for the quality of the bigger image, it isn’t the best—Daz3D crashed multiple times due to overloaded scene. To avoid this, I’ll need to be mindful of the lights and objects in each scene.

I’ll keep you all updated as I make progress

 

[R1k0]

Hey everyone! Now that Amy’s look is finalized, I’m moving forward with development.

Sorry for the quality of the bigger image, it isn’t the best—Daz3D crashed multiple times due to overloaded scene. To avoid this, I’ll need to be mindful of the lights and objects in each scene. View attachment 4513930 View attachment 4513929

I’ll keep you all updated as I make progress

She looks like a dried fish.

 

[Gr@ff]

She looks like a dried fish.

No, she is not!

 

[R1k0]

No, she is not! View attachment 4547591

She's a professional athlete? I don't even know what sport has female athletes with bodies like that. What's the point? At least she has a pretty face.

 

[zegamez]

She's a professional athlete? I don't even know what sport has female athletes with bodies like that. What's the point? At least she has a pretty face.

Gr@ff was heavily inspired by Paperwork's Amy when creating this character. That Amy was very thin and tall, and I think you'll agree that there is a certain resemblance between these two Amys.
However, now that you've mentioned it, I also feel that there is a certain disproportion between the powerful legs and the very thin body. Perhaps the legs should be made slimmer. Though maybe it's just a bad angle.

 

[R1k0]

Gr@ff was heavily inspired by Paperwork's Amy when creating this character. That Amy was very thin and tall, and I think you'll agree that there is a certain resemblance between these two Amys.
However, now that you've mentioned it, I also feel that there is a certain disproportion between the powerful legs and the very thin body. Perhaps the legs should be made slimmer. Though maybe it's just a bad angle.

I looked at this game and oh my god it looks like a skeleton with big boobs, why copy that? And the thing that scares me the most about this Amy is her arms

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Well, it's his business, so he likes it that way, and there was a vote, so it's still the people's choice, athletic body and huge boobs, but I don't see anything attractive about it.

 

[Jude6]

I think she looks great

She's not realistic per se but who cares - I don't think I'm the only one wanting to see more games with highly toned (or downright muscular) women in them.

I'm not intending to start an argument with the posts above, nor do I think Gr@ff is going to scrap his design based on the feedback of a few negative comments - just wanted to throw in some positive feedback.

 

[Gr@ff]

She's a professional athlete? I don't even know what sport has female athletes with bodies like that. What's the point? At least she has a pretty face.

I think there is no right or wrong when it comes to looks, as it’s totally up to personal taste, and everyone has a different one.

But I really appreciate the feedback—of course, the positive ones but also the negative ones!

As zegamez mentioned, this game is, in a way, a successor to 'Project Sage,' so Amy’s features and body shape are trying to resemble the original Amy. I get that not everyone will like this design, but it was a deliberate choice combined with the result of the vote.

Here are some more images of Amy!

 

[Jude6]

Looking good man
I realized I've never really thought about sand in Daz3d before - it's gotta be kind of a pain to work with beach or desert locations if you're someone obsessed with realism because there'd be no (easy) way to do footprints.