Episode 2.5

First, I’d like to thank everyone for their encouraging comments. They really are appreciated.

Here is Episode 2.5. It’s kind of a short extra, and not really part of the main narrative, but I liked the idea, and had done some work on it before my CG projects went into hibernation. Many of you will no doubt notice that the 'device' involved owes a big debt to a certain comedy movie of the 1970’s…

I’ve also been busy with something else. One of the big 'pains' involved in CG animation is the time it takes to render the final images. However, the real time rendering now available in some 3D games engines (especially Unreal 4), is already impressively realistic. Furthermore, these games engines make the creation of various environments, lighting and volumetric/particle effects (such as fire, smoke, fog, etc.) easier than in 'conventional' CG animation software. For that reason, as a kind of 'proof of concept', I’m creating another short animation using a combination of Blender and Unreal Engine. So, prepare to meet the cruel, disgusting, atrocious Snapper from the planet Adjustia! If all goes well with that, I’ll produce Episode 3 using the same animation pipeline.

Episode 2.5 Coming Soon

Apologies for the recent silence. I'm not very good at multitasking, so Visitors is on hold just now. I haven't been idle, though...

Visitors: Frame 11

Blood and Gore in LLP

As Frame 8 of ‘Visitors’ might have raised the question of ‘dark’ fantasies in some people’s minds (torture, blood and gore, etc), I thought I’d use the opportunity to explain my stance with regard to that. It’s quite simple: there is absolutely no blood, gore, physical torture or snuff in the LLP universe.

‘Deballing’ naturally requires some explanation, as it’s obviously a form of mutilation. In the LLP universe, castration (deballing) comes in a highly ‘sanitized’ form. The basic notion is that, from the time the male guest arrives, his balls are attached to his body not by blood vessels and tissue, but solely through the connection between the two parts of his chastiring (remember, almost anything is possible in a virtual universe, and the LLP Authorities make the rules to suit themselves!). Therefore, to retain his manhood, the guest must ensure that this precious connection doesn’t become cut or broken.

From the fantasy viewpoint, this allows explicit depictions of castration without the associated pain and gore. I’m not sure how much this will find resonance with other people, but in terms of my own fantasies, it’s quite a useful innovation. It retains what (at least to me) are the exciting aspects of the scenario (chopping block, intimidating blades, and other raw, physical elements) while excluding the stomach churning, unpleasant ones (i.e. the ‘guro’ elements).

Another important factor with respect to deballing is the automatic ‘tinyfication’ process that follows it. Castration on its own would be cruel and entirely negative, but tinyfication makes the overall ‘adjustment’ process far more morally ambiguous. Although the victim loses his ‘manhood', and even has penis reduced to a pitiable size, he gains a greatly enhanced capacity for excitement through his cuckold fetish, and greatly increased orgasmic pleasure through his sensitized little cock. Hence, adjustment, although appearing to do something horrendous to the victim, actually gives him something extremely valuable (although strictly on its own terms).

So, to summarize, you won’t see any blood, gore or desperately extreme sadism in LLP, but you definitely will see a few ‘coin purses’ flying around, and even that turns out with everybody happy (in their own different ways) in the end!

Regards.

Visitors: Frames 9 & 10

Some Serious Thoughts about ‘Masturbation Material’

I wanted to give a clear explanation of my motives for developing the “kinetic story” idea, and hopefully get some feedback regarding people’s views and preferences.

My main aim in creating stuff relating to the LLP fantasy is to provide material that people will find sexually exciting and, in particular, that people can ‘masturbate to’ enjoyably. For the sake of brevity, let’s refer to it as MM (masturbation material).

Now, although people tend not to talk about the subject, it doesn’t take a genius to work out that masturbating to stuff on the Internet must be an enormously popular and widespread activity. For me, that raises an interesting question, i.e., “What form of material makes the best MM?” When I say ‘form’ here, I’m thinking mainly in terms of categories like still images, comics, animated GIFs, videos, etc.

Looking around on the Internet, I was surprised to discover very little discussion regarding what form of material makes the best MM. So, (taking as read that it should be erotic in content) here are my ideas on the important characteristics that may make stuff suitable as MM:

(1) Progressiveness: The material develops some kind of story, or follows some kind progression that the viewer can enjoy.

(2) Motion: Moving images can be more exciting than still ones

(3) Controllability: The material should be controllable, so that things happen at ‘just the right moment’ from the masturbator’s point of view. An alternative way of stating this is to say that the viewer can look at the image they want, when they want.

Now, in terms of these characteristics, here are the pros and cons of some different types of material, considered as MM:

Still images: Good controllability, but no motion, and any progressiveness is in the mind of the viewer only.

Comics: Good controllability and progressiveness, but no motion.

Animated GIFs: Good controllability and motion, but no progressiveness (in terms of progression of a story) and somehow suppresses imagined progressiveness in the mind of the viewer.

Videos: Excellent motion and progressiveness (depending on content), but low controllability.

It’s because of the above considerations that I like the possibilities offered by a carefully constructed ‘flash’ style animation or ‘kinetic story’. Here I’m imagining a comic style narrative that includes short or looping animations to make the ‘interesting bits’ more exciting. By including sufficient user interaction, the viewer would get good progressiveness, motion and controllability.

So, what do think? These are just my ideas, based on my own experience. It would be great to hear other people’s preferences, views and impressions.

Regards.

"Kinetic Short Story": Teasehouse