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We had gigantic plans for this month, and it looks like this time we might have gone too far in few places
We had to do insane amount of work in order to implement all new locations and characters, which was a necessary foundation for future content and will be used by both Kate and Max. And of course we couldn't just copy old content, image quality improved too much, old images would stood out like a sore thumb. Plus, as I've already mentioned before, in most situations Glamour uses sprites and not full screen images.
Unfortunately, the amount of work needed for the villa means we couldn't lay the foundation AND add new content in one month. So we were forced to either make a version that would leave some of this work for the future versions and still would be light on content, or we could rip the proverbial band-aid and have one version with basically no events and dialogues, but it would only be oneversion.
That's what we went with. We spent the entire month on the foundation and now that it's done, we can focus on adding new content in the future.
Let's talk about what exactly we were doing this month. Now that Max is free to walk around locations, you'll be able to see all characters going around their business. The lightning will depend on the time of day, they'll be wearing different clothes, there will be close ups. In some situations we went even further and you'll be able to see some things from different angles. For example, while Alice is asleep, Max will be able to take off her her top, panties and the skirt (all of them are independent, so you can keep on one or more of them if you want) and then look at her from different angles. Same goes to Lisa (she only has two pieces of clothing, but the general idea is the same). There will be an option to look at sleeping Ann from two different angles. Same goes with Kira. Max will be able to take off her panties too.
Besides day and night, the lightning will also depend on local sources like the projector in the living room and the kitchen light.
The bathroom can be occupied by several people at the same time. For example, two people can be taking a shower, and a third person might be taking a bath. Same goes to the pool and TV. You'll be able to close up on people sunbathing and swimming in the pool. They'll have different swimsuits, too. Characters will be busy cooking, washing dishes, sitting in their phones and many other actions. Breakfasts and dinners will have some variation in the food. Someone might be late or maybe someone didn't have enough time to change before breakfast — all of this is already in the game and works as intended.
We're also working on ability to spy through the cameras installed around the house. Maybe we'll be able to implement it in the Max's laptop for 0.12.
All this work took all of our time and we didn't have enough time on new dialogs and events, but the graphics are already done. Some of the images are already implemented in the game, too, so even though we had to postpone our planned 0.12 content, proper implementation shouldn't take too long because it's already partially done.
Since 0.12 will be, em, light on new events, we've decided to let Max do things he shouldn't be able to do yet, story-wise. I'm talking about undressing different characters around the house, peeking from different angles, etc. In the future all of these will be implemented as events.
For example, Max won't be able take off Lisa's clothes in the very beginning of the game without getting slapped in the face, and Alice's reaction will be even worse. By the way, in the future there will be ways to see whether characters will allow Max to try something like this or should he back off for now. Normally, peeking through the spy cameras won't be available without buying and installing them first. In order to see Lisa in a transparent swimsuit first Max will have to buy a swimsuit, learn about the way to make it see-through, get the required item and use it on the swimsuit. But not in 0.12. In 0.12 Max will have "god mode" and will be able to do all these things right away.
We couldn't implement all these as proper events, but at least the foundation is ready and we won't have to spend our time on it in the future. And of course, bigger foundation allows us make a better game in the future.
Just like Max in 0.12, in 0.13 Kate will be able to move around the villa. Of course, we won't have to spend another month on giving her this functionality, so she'll have plenty of content in 0.13. She'll be able to interact with characters and participate in events. Kate will be able to stay overnight and she will finally be able to lose her virginity. And she wouldn't be able to do any of it without all the work we have put in 0.12. Without 0.12, Kate would still have to go through linear events, VN-style.
