Beauty and the Thug
Report 2025-09
Hello, friends!
It’s time for another progress report covering the last two weeks. And what a couple of weeks it’s been, let me tell you!
You’ve probably heard that life is like a zebra: black stripe, white stripe, black stripe, white stripe… and at the end — asshole. (Or a tunnel into paradise — but that’s only for those who prayed daily and never touched adult games.)
Anyway, I seem to have clawed my way out of the black stripe, and since the air doesn’t reek of shit, I dare hope I’m finally trotting along the white one.
In my previous report, I mentioned that my Amazon account had been hacked and used to buy a ton of $200 non-returnable gift cards. As of now, the issue is being resolved, and it’s looking like things might end in my favor. It’s still too early to pop the champagne, but the bank credited me the stolen amount while they’re sorting things out with Amazon.
But just as I was recovering from the first hacker attack — bam! — the second one hit, and this one was directly related to my game dev work.
This time, my former assistant Aqwaa got hacked. He stepped away from the project after going through a devastating personal tragedy, but as soon as he noticed something fishy, he immediately let me know.
Here’s what the hackers did:
- Nuked my entire website and left a single page with their crypto wallet.
- Purchased ChatGPT Pro for $200 on my account.
- Replaced my game builds on itch.io with malware and did a few other nasty things.
Thanks to Aqwaa’s warning, I was able to act fast and contain the damage. So, here’s where we’re at now:
- I fully restored the website.
- OpenAI refunded the payment — even though it was officially non-refundable.
- Only a couple of people managed to download the hacked game builds on itch.io. I emailed them, explained everything, and as compensation, they now have free access to both my games and future updates.
- In short, the attack fizzled out like a wet firecracker. Another wannabe hacker got their little power trip and crawled back to their incel basement.
Between all this drama and a heavy workload (seriously, it feels like I’m the only one who didn’t go on vacation), I didn’t have that much time for the game.
But that doesn’t mean I have nothing to show! Actually, instead of working till 2 AM as usual, I’ve been pushing it to 4 AM. I wrapped up another event with Jose and completed most of the next one too.
When Lisa was naked, Jose had the audacity to look away. Lisa gently reminds him that’s just plain rude.
If Lisa is holding a flashlight, that can only mean one thing… something’s about to need lighting up. What else could it possibly be?
Lisa’s exhausted after a hard day’s work. In the background, Jose is naked — because it’s hot, obviously.
Oh, and Lisa got a slight update. Well, more specifically, her feet did. Hopefully our foot appreciators out there will be pleased. Let me know in the comments if you think I should do more renders focusing on Lisa’s feet.
This week, life seems to be returning to normal. If you follow me on Xwitter or Discord, you might’ve seen that yesterday I hit a record number of Beauty and the Thug renders in a single day!
And guess what? I’ve got some more great news — I’ve got a new assistant!
We had a few technical hiccups the past few days, which ended with him reinstalling Windows (classic fix), but luckily it worked! His first task was post-processing the images for this new event — and he nailed it.
So, please give a warm welcome to… Bey!
Bey is from Western Indonesia, have advanced skills in Photoshop, and probably likes my games. He also has a Komodo dragon named Spooky, which he walks on a leash every morning.
Okay, that last part about the pet Komodo dragon might not be entirely accurate. To be honest, I don’t know Bey that well yet—but I hope we’ll catch up on that soon.
He’ll be introducing himself on our Discord server shortly, so if you have any questions about the game—or if you happen to be looking for a boyfriend for your female Komodo dragon—feel free to reach out to him!
(Again, the Komodo dragon part might not be 100% true.)
There’s a 12-hour time difference between me and Bey. Some might say that’s a downside—but I say it’s perfect! Now our team never sleeps. When it’s 4 a.m. here and I’m finally heading to bed (because I need to wake up at 7 for work), it’s only 4 p.m. for Bey.
The only tricky part is that terms like “yesterday,” “today,” and “tomorrow” have become pretty blurry. But no worries—we’ll manage!
On that positive note, allow me to take my leave! Wishing you all two-factor authentication on every account and antivirus software that actually works.
Your zegamez, Bey, and maybe Spooky
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Well I was torn between laughing and crying for you while reading this post. That sure adds new meaning to the phrase "shit happens" but it seems you came out okay in the end 👍. Being one who never prays and have touched far too many adult games I am sure I will be going to hell 😈, but not today 😂.
I have followed this game for a long time. I started when I did not know shit about any of the AVN world. That has all changed with a vengeance, and now I am learning, RenPy, Daz, Blender and HS, all at the same time (at least trying 🙄).
I am actually a little disappointed that you decided to change the role of Jose. I am not even sure if that is avoidable or not, but it should be. I am a believer that it is not a good idea to have sex with EVERY character. I should probably be on your discord, but I am already on 60+ discord sites and it has gotten really overwhelming.
And congratulations to Bey (and Spooky) for joining your team.
Yeah, I wasn’t super into the idea of Lisa hooking up with Jose either, but my supporters voted for him — and by a landslide. You can’t just toss out your plans every time someone has a “wish,” but at the same time, I keep getting messages complaining that Lisa doesn’t have a single male partner besides Hunter. You can't ignore that.
Of course, this part’s gonna be optional. And I really tried to keep Jose’s dignity intact as much as possible, considering he was always shown as a loving husband and dad.
And good luck with learning. I’d recommend picking one thing to focus on — either DAZ or Honey Select. If your rig can handle it, or you’re actually planning to upgrade soon, then definitely go with DAZ. But if a decent PC isn’t in the cards anytime soon, well… then Honey Select it is.
Learning Ren’Py well enough to make a simple VN? That’s a one-day job, honestly. You’ll get the hang of the deeper stuff as you go.
Blender’s great for making high-quality renders and animations, but not when you need to crank out at least 20 renders a day. Knowing Blender will seriously level up your work, but in the beginning, stick with DAZ Studio. And yeah — if you went with Honey Select, then Blender doesn’t really make much sense anyway.
I understand completely. You cannot ignore you supporters. I am really glad about you attempting to keep Jose's dignity intact, if only partially. There are enough cheating husbands and dad's out there for a lifetime, and it was a relief for me to finally see one who was not... but it is what it is.
You are correct about RenPy. I knew a lot already, from fixing other peoples games, even before I got more serious. I always have loved solving problems. That allowed me to learn the RenPy part very fast. RenPy is not only simple... it is intelligent also.
The rest creates a big problem for me. I use Linux (for many reasons) and it is a pain to get Daz or even Honey Select to run in Linux. Even though my Linux PC is very capable, it will not run Daz... yet. Honey Select is much easier to get running but I am still working on that. I do have part of Honey Select working now.
I have a Windows PC also, and while it is capable of running Honey Select, it is far from being able to run Daz. Decent hardware is now nearly impossible to get, and that is not going to change anytime soon. Nvidia is the only hardware that will run Daz, and good cards (like a 4090) are not available at ANY price. At least where I live. If one became available, it would be snatched up in seconds. I may be able to get a used 3090. But that is why I turned to Blender. It is not as hard to learn as I expected, and will run with almost ANY hardware. The hard part with Blender, is you cannot just buy models and scenes that are already mostly made.