v0.16 Public Update - Artwork remaster Part One (starting with day 2), story continues
Usual notes : old save files are
not compatible, fresh start is recommended anyway to enjoy the new content
Remember that the tutorial bits can be skipped, and you also can set the message speed in the settings if you want to speed past the beginning of the story.
Until I come up with a better way for returning players to jump right from the new content, I'll stick to
providing save files with everything unlocked loading up right before the new content.
Remember that you can change your name and gender from the Contacts app !
I provided with this one
two saves (for the two dress options, as this choice affects the content posted ingame)
towards the end of 0.15, when Clem was about to storm in the upstairs bedroom. Everything from earlier versions is
unlocked and available.
What's new ?
It's part 1 of a major
artwork update.
Day 2 pictures, from before the actual party have been remastered and colored. That's all of
Clem illustrations, and a few Jade ones.
There is also a bit of
new content to be enjoyed : the story picks up right at the cliffhanger where it ended, to confront the player to their choices. We then have some Jade content as a teaser for what will come next.
Remember that all ManyFans stream content can be screenshotted (right click) and enjoyed (i.e. edited) through the gallery!
On the technical side
No major gameplay changes (one little new mechanic for ManyFans), but I
reworked the flow of the story events.
Some stuff used to happen simultaneously, which resulted in some scripted periods feeling very "loaded", with a lot going on at the same time and leaving the player confused as to what they were supposed to do at this specific moment.
I implemented some new triggers to make these events more
sequential and relieve the flow of information.
I also ended up making some big changes to the
save function, which was still the root cause of a few bugs (e.g. one that caused comments on social media posts to be duplicated), and this rework ended up being a hefty amount of work.
Keep in mind that most weird issues and quirks you might encounter will usually get fixed by either reloading the UI page you were on, or possibly restarting the game.
What's next
Artwork overhaul will still be the main focus of the following update, and a second part should come along with another batch of remastered pictures.
My short-term goal is to have
all illustrations colored and shaded.
It's one of the quirks that I don't really like right now in the game, that the artwork is being very
inconsistent as 3 different art styles basically coexist in the current version. It's a bit all over the place and it's the first thing I want to address. It also causes minor consistency issues (like clothing changes, etc.)
In parallel to this, I want to keep releasing
new content, with the new artstyle, as showcased in this update.
Regarding new content, what comes immediately next will be a
fully fledged, explicit scene with a bunch of illustrations (the one that starts at the end of this update). It will be the first
major feature sex scene of the game, aside of all the teasing and peeping/editing stuff.
TL;DR:
A bunch of existing artwork redesigned, redrawn & colored. Some new content picking up after the end of 0.15, with a few illustrations in the new art style. The start of the next major scene is teased. More artwork redesign in the following updates to have a consistent, uniform art style throughout the game.