Dev Blog 25/03/24
To start things off, the game development is going great! I've completely finished the script for the next chapter. Well... no, it IS "finished", I just thought of a new couple lines to add last night, so there ARE still some additions I'll be slapping in there. As it stands right now, the next chapter is going to be nearly as long as the first 2 chapters combined! Most probably more with the additions. I'm doubling the game size! I'm excited about it. Though honestly I'm way more excited about Chapter 4 than I am about 3. Chapter 4 is going to be the end of the first act of the first year, so things will really be kicking off then. But enough about Chapter 4. lol! Chapter 3 is Adam's POV again, and we get a lot of background on some of the characters. Major insights on why Luna hates Morgan so much, a bit about Jason's motivations along with some troubles that he's having with Stephanie, and a large dash of Adam's confusion and trying to make sense of everyone around him lying and keeping secrets... oh, and more than a few pretty sexy scenes coming up too if I do say so myself. I'm excited to share.
What I'm NOT excited about is the damn assets! lol! There's a scene I have designed in my head and I am struggling to create it. I swear I've seen an asset in the Daz shop that would fit close enough to my vision, but I can't find it anymore. Oh well. I'll figure something out. There's also 2 new characters I need to make for some later scenes, but I still haven't made them. 1 is a throwaway, just a male Professor who doesn't really matter that much with what he looks like, only kinda. But I also have a female Professor who will matter who I want to make look good. It'll probably only take me less than an hour to actually create, I just have been procrastinating it. I've really just been focused on writing lately. I've just been having so much fun writing that everything else just kinda gets pushed to the back. But with the writing all done it's time to get them all done.
Onto the bad news - Everyone will need to start a new save file for the next release. I promise this should be the last time something like this is going to happen. I had to rewrite a chunk of the first 2 chapters and redo some of the code, so things might break if you don't. I'm really sorry about that. There was no way to know that Patreon would crack down as hard as they did on fantasy incest and rape, but here we are. I'm not blaming them, rules are rules, I just wish those rules were different when it came to fiction. Oh well.
I know a lot of people are interested in the whole Patreon drama, so I'll share a little about that. Patreon recently got their shit together and specified their rules. Which is a really awesome thing! Because it felt like it was up to the staff member's discretion who was looking into each game to interpret the rules how they saw fit. That's why we got a lot of "a childhood friend is too close to a brother/sister relationship, therefore it's banned for incest" kinds of rulings, then games where incest is blatantly obvious getting a pass. (I don't know of any specifics in those examples, they were just an examples of the types of rulings I have read about.) But now we have slightly more specific rules to follow, and that's great news. Too bad I've already changed each of the characters in the new chapter, making it more work to change them back than it is to move forward with the new changes. Also, the changes bring more options for these characters! So it's not all bad. I am still in the waiting for my SubscribeStar page, but it's no longer as pressing of an issue as it felt like a couple of months ago.
Also, I'm really sorry about being so silent for the past month or so. For 1, I've just been working and focusing on that. I know being a dev means I need to be more than "just a developer", it means I need to engage and reply. That part I need to get better at. And for 2, season changes always bring the worst migraines for me. I've had more than a few of those the past couple of weeks, and those always make me feel less chatty. I have messages I have been meaning to reply to, they've just gotten away from me. Really sorry about that, I haven't forgotten about you. And I haven't quit. I'm having WAY too much fun with this! And I have BIG plans for my 2nd game when this is all finished! Even some grand ideas for a 3rd and 4th games! I'm not a dev who plans to keep a game running for as long as possible and only stopping when I run out of ideas. Nope. I'm not going anywhere!
Concerning the poll on who people want to see more of - I'm surprised at the results! I knew Morgan and Luna would take the top spots. Kirsten I figured would also be up there, I have plenty of plans for her. But I'm genuinely surprised about Jessica! I thought Stephanie and Megan would get more than they did, but oh well. I guess I'll need to plan some more Jessica scenes then! Oh, I've already got some amazing ideas brewing! Oh my God, ladies and gentlemen, we're going to have some fun!
Well, that's about it. I'm making fantastic progress Chapter 3, it's going to be (comparatively) huge, and Chapter 4 is going to be even better. Asset stores suck, I'm going to need to come up with something in Blender. And I'm off to do some more renders. As soon as I have a better idea on the release I'll be sure to let you all know. I hope everyone has a great day!