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I kinda like it a bit better but would you consider customization options for our doctor?
Impossible to achieve, that would mean to render x times the same image where x is the number of customizations supported. If I had a staff that's definitely something I would allow, but being alone and on a tight schedule (@Amedore , the game Beta release and Steam release is set in 18 months and right now I'm on schedule for that. BTW thanks for the huge feedback you gave me!) that's definitely impossible unfortunately.
 
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Always tough to have a smooth update of the main character's look after so much time has passed. The new one is objectively a better-looking model, will just take a little time to adjust to.

My main problem with the old one was his hair (could never trust a doc with that weave), and I can't tell from this angle whether that's changed, but I can hope. In fact, most of the stringy hairstyles in Daz seem to look a little weird. Solid hairpieces must be a lot easier to handle.

Also... no Borelli shenanigans yet? Considering her picture is on the bottom tier for pledges, I'd guess that makes her a low priority character. Shame, I still think she's the best-looking model of the lot so far, even if her back story's not as involving or fleshed-out as the others yet.
 
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Also... no Borelli shenanigans yet? Considering her picture is on the bottom tier for pledges, I'd guess that makes her a low priority character. Shame, I still think she's the best-looking model of the lot so far, even if her back story's not as involving or fleshed-out as the others yet.
Borelli is one of my favourite characters as well. Unfortunately her, Kaplan and Poulsen were always meant to be "minor" romances, so they will have a story of their own but it will probably exhaust itself in a couple episodes, and right now yeah, they are low priority. But they will have their moments, I promise that.
 

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Impossible to achieve, that would mean to render x times the same image where x is the number of customizations supported. If I had a staff that's definitely something I would allow, but being alone and on a tight schedule (@Amedore , the game Beta release and Steam release is set in 18 months and right now I'm on schedule for that. BTW thanks for the huge feedback you gave me!) that's definitely impossible unfortunately.
Alright, how about a few different character types?
 

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Borelli is one of my favourite characters as well. Unfortunately her, Kaplan and Poulsen were always meant to be "minor" romances, so they will have a story of their own but it will probably exhaust itself in a couple episodes, and right now yeah, they are low priority. But they will have their moments, I promise that.
Makes sense, would be too limiting having the assistant as a primary love interest. Also, it'd make joint examinations of other potential candidates a bit awkward.
 

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Alright, how about a few different character types?
Maybe worse than the one before. Apart from the "classic Visual Novel" conversations where the character is shown appearing on screen in various poses, which are very simple to change, I should render every other picture (they are maybe 200 involving the doctor but I might underestimate the number) n times for each character type...

Setting up scenes, rendering them and applying them to the game is about 70% of the work... it's no small feat...
 

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Hi guys. This is the partial changelog of the upcoming 0.0.17 update, available for 20$ patrons on August 31st. Enjoy the many things I introduced:

GENERAL PRACTITIONER 0.0.17 ALPHA RELEASE - "Our Clinic, My Family"


GENERAL:

This update is COMPATIBLE with saved games from 0.0.11 public release and later.

* Bug fixing

- Fixed an issue in "Stay Fit" chapter that made the game not recognize if Erika is living with the player

- Updated Kiko's current 'end of available content' in-game tag

- Fixed "Shady Business" chapter from starting over more than once when you choose purity/girlfriend path

- Fixed Clara's exam "Medical Record" link which was crashing the game

* Added "Chapters introduction" throughout the game

* In-game Gallery is now available. Gallery implementation is not complete and will continue on future updates.



RANDOM EXAMS:

* Fixed a condition where only a few lines were used to reply to question #1 instead of every available ones

* Corrected the use of the "His" pronoun instead of "Him" in male's random exams that was due to a wrong find/replace

* Fixed patients' behavior to be consistent with their diseases in random examinations

* Height exam has been removed

* Revised how random examinations ask about the diagnosis. Now the correct one won't be on the same "spot" in the choice screen and will change every time the exam is played. That way the player won't be able to simply "guess the right position" of the correct answer but will have to actually perform the exam.

* Random exams coding has been significantly simplified. This is merely a code change and won't affect gameplay.

* "Exam purpose" dialogue has been introduced. This dialogue will play before the examination and explains why the patient came to the clinic in the first place.

- More than 40 different "motivations" for requesting a medical exam have been included. Even those are important to correctly assess the patient's ailment.

* Improved the quality of the image for "Dating" in the daily chooser



GAMEPLAY:

* Energy stat is now implemented in game. Doing activities will cost you energy as it follows:

- Work at the clinic/hospital: 35 energy

- Go to the beach: 15 energy

- Go to Ray's: 10 energy

- Go to the Gym/Pool: 10 energy first time, 40 energy when you train

- Miranda's L'Antica Gelateria: 5 energy

- Cinema: 15 energy

- Study: 15 energy

* You can refill your energy via these activities:

- Bowling (5 energy)

- SPA (20 energy)

- Massage Parlor (+5/+20 energy)

- Relax at home (+10 energy)

- Choosing Vanilla and Chocolate icecream at Miranda's (+5 energy)

- By technicians/administrative personnel work (+5/+10 energy)

- Sleeping (+75 energy)

* Bowling energy gain has been reduced to 5 (from 10)

* SPA energy gain has been reduced to 20 (from 25)

* Study energy loss has been increased to 15 (from 10)

* Sleep energy gain has been increased to 75 (from 70)

* Energy indication has been added to the User Interface

* Christina is now a romanceable character in the game

- Dating system has been updated to include Christina

- New sex scenes with Christina added in the game

- 10 "Ray's bar" conversations have been added with Christina

- 5 "Dating" conversations have been added with Christina

* Sex scenes with Erika will now play after a date if your relationship level is high enough



EXAMINATIONS:

* Random Exams: TEENAGERS are available. Teenagers have about 10 more ailments than children as they share many with them. If a teenager patient is available the game will have you choose to play her exam or to have your staff manage it. Teenagers come with their own set of questions, situations and pictures. As they are underage please remember that no nudity is involved in any of their exam.

* NEW EXAM AVAILABLE (#43): Summer. To start this exam you need to go to the clinic after October 8th

* NEW EXAM AVAILABLE (#44): Alexandra. To start this exam you need to go to the hospital after October 12th



STORY:

* "Our Clinic, My Family" chapter is available. To play it you have to choose "Ask [relative] for help" when you need to examine the Medical Board's computer. This happens after Erika's dialogue introduced in 0.0.16 "Our Clinic, My Legacy"

OTHER:

* The game will end on October 31st. Full version of the game will cover an additional 9 months.
 

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EXAMINATIONS:

* Random Exams: TEENAGERS are available. Teenagers have about 10 more ailments than children as they share many with them. If a teenager patient is available the game will have you choose to play her exam or to have your staff manage it. Teenagers come with their own set of questions, situations and pictures. As they are underage please remember that no nudity is involved in any of their exam.
does this include those that are 18-19?
 

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No, 18-19 are among the "Young Adults" and will feature full nudity. Teenagers are underage (<18) and won't feature nudity in their exams, as usual :)
 
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I know a newer one has already been released here, but for those who want the official download 0.0.15 is available today:



(upload in progress, wait a few minutes if it doesn't show up)

 

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No, 18-19 are among the "Young Adults" and will feature full nudity. Teenagers are underage (<18) and won't feature nudity in their exams, as usual :)
alright, just wanted clarification, since I know several people who still include 18-19 in the "teenager" category

...hell, I think PornHub does, too


also, both of the images you posted on this page just show up as {IMG} (except with []'s) to me
 
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