Just a quick note of sorts...
So, I've mentioned before that I have an alternate backstory in mind for ReImagined...
I should note that this won't be the ONLY backstory, as it's pretty easy to add alternate intros to ReImagined.
Sinner87 suggested a slight variation to the backstory I have in mind, so there's a chance that said variation may be incorporated as a variant backstory...
In any case, yeah there's going to be some sort of apocalyptic event that will be at the heart of the backstory I have in mind. While I may have hinted at it here and there, I don't want to spoil it, so the people that are playtesting have a bit more incentive to playtest things.
The team behind ReImagined is in constant flux, with people contributing a few things here and there and then losing interest or whatever. I do my best to try to keep them interested, but at the end of the day any help is appreciated, so yeah...
I only have so much energy to focus on this thing, and it's been slow going for sure, but steady progress is being made. Unfortunately it might not be moving as fast as others may have hoped, and it's taking longer to incorporate new content than some might have expected. Getting the backbone in place is very important to me, as it's the thing that all ideas will be built upon.
In any case, yeah probably the biggest addition to 0.28, other than a bit of the alternate backstory I have in mind, will be Faora.
Jimwalrus has been working on her for a while now, and there's some pretty cool stuff! Here's a sneak peek of Faora:
Note that the sexy fun time stuff will be down a road a bit, and then there's the issue of possibly swapping out the background here. Either that or giving Faora a different bed in her room... this particular image probably won't be in 0.28 though as a bunch of other scenes need to be set up before the anal...
There's a number of other images that
Jimwalrus has put together already, all of these will require a bit of photoshop editing though as SD often has issues with fingers/hands...
There are a couple of other characters that I'd least like to do 'cameos' for in 0.28, such as Iris West and maybe Priscilla Rich. Not sure if I'm ready to tackle Exotica's introduction yet, that'll depend on now much I get done in the next couple of weeks.
The current plan is to work on stuff over the next couple of weeks, for the 0.28 release. Until now, I've been trying to do a release about every two weeks, but need to slow down so that I can focus a bit more on content creation. As I've said before, part of the point of ReImagined is to introduce new content as well as new interface ideas, and IMHO it's time to start delivering on that promise.
There's also some girl related quarters content stuff that needs to be transcribed over from Rebuilt to ReImagined, I'm hoping that someone can step up and help with that. Specifically Black Canary, although I need to at least set up a layeredimage for her conversational sprites first. It'd be nice if others could tackle the layeredimage stuff, to share the workload a bit. I'm a bit particular about what I expect here though, so I usually end up at least tweaking things if not resaving all of the associated sprites in Photoshop so that the sprites are easier to position.
So the short form is, I continue to welcome any help that people can contribute to ReImagined, and understand that not everyone can commit as much energy as I have over the last 6-8 months to this effort. And I try not to pressure people too much, I get that they have other interests as well, so I hope that a few of the earlier contributors are able to contribute more at some point.
Anyways, I'm mostly rambling here. To reiterate my personal goals for 0.28:
1) Start introducing the alternate backstory
2) Faora introduction. Note that Faora will be working in the GS/MB after she's captured, for reasons...
3) Finish the new quarters screen for the girls.
4) Introduce the first 'Consorts' mission, and associated Missions screen.
5) Lay the groundwork for pregnancy/breeding stuff. I should elaborate on this!
- While I'm not looking to create a full on 'breeding sim' angle here, the idea here is to at least track whom is making babies with whom, with said embryos then being harvested for other uses/accelerated growth and such. So no 'baby bellies' artwork is planned for my alternate backstory...
- This will feel more like the current SU cloning stuff, but essentially Lex will be mind controlling a few 'sperm donors' as well, again for technobabble reasons that I won't get into here.
- This may be an 'optional rule' sort of situation in the future, but for now I just want to get the groundwork established.
- I WILL be tracking fertility cycles, based on a 28 day span. 14 of those days will see chances of pregnancy increase then wane, similar to how this works in the real world, but with an increased chance of pregnancy, again tied in with the alternate backstory.
- I'm also thinking about a way to allow the girls to have sex with multiple partners in the Meta Bordello on a given night, to increase the odds of success among other things...
- Yes, the male Villains will be given opportunities to 'have a go', along the lines of Lobo vs. Hawkgirl/Supergirl/Wonder Woman. Additional artwork will eventually be needed for this of course, one thing at a time...
- I DO recognize that is is definitely something new. A number of people have wanted a 'pregnancy' angle, so I want to explore this... as an eventual 'optional rule' sort of thing!
6) Reconfigure the Heroine profiles screen a bit. This is mainly to add stats and bring it more 'in line' with the current direction that screen design has been going in the last couple of updates. Oh and introducing a fertility tracker thingie, and an associated list of 'successful mating partners'...
7) Probably a couple of other things I'm forgetting atm...
So yeah, big plans for 0.28. Still a long ways to go, but slowly and steadily making slow progress!
Of course, any help is always appreciated if such things interest you! Feedback is also welcome!
