- May 20, 2019
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Hey y'all! I was really hoping I'd get a release out every single month, and I got really close!
For Angelica I had to re-do her entire dialogue system while also making sure it wouldn't break for players already partway through her content. There's sex variants as always, though one of the six scenes is completely different if Angelica's got a dick vs a pussy. Her new stuff will continue exactly where she left off.
Helena's got a mechanic where she tours you through town, and while some are short I did have to write in some fluff for every location in the game. Plus, her scenes use more of those player shots I showed off before, which take a fair bit more work than the average image. Future updates will have her invite you into her home! I made sure to have lots of subby carnivore stuff with Angelica especially since not everyone will like playersub content.
Beyond that I re-did Mary-Lou's magazine and logbook for when she's added in the update after the next one, added more Angelica chatting scenes so it wouldn't start repeating itself too early, added Helena's morning crossover events with almost the whole cast, and I re-did the way save data is written so it gives more useful information like how many scenes you've gotten and what mode you're playing for when I add the FeMC route. (It's still all backwards compatible, of course)
With that, I have just four things left on my checklist:
That last one is the big one. I could probably take out the other three in a few hours and release, but I've built up a lot of technical debt and things are breaking. Even right now I open the logbook and see things are squashed.
The new content's already up on the public test release server, and a few volunteers are helping by pointing out any bugs I missed.
But one more thing!
While the game has character customization, most of the time when the player character is meant to be in the scene, they're just a disembodied hand, penis, or its a crotch pov shot. But one of Helena's scenes focuses directly on the player's backside, so I made variants based on skintone, otherwise it'd feel weird and jarring:
I've always planned on going back through all the images and making variants for different skintones, it just hasn't been a priority yet. Is this something I should focus on for v5? It wasn't on my roadmap but if it's something you'd like to see, I'll see if I can get it done alongside all the other stuff.
tl;dr: v4 Soon!
After some further testing, I was able to replicate your exact screen by zooming in, is there any chance you're zoomed in as well?
The middle frame is where I planned to put a magazine, but I couldn't get a good selection UI for which one the player should be allowed to put up there. I need to figure out a good alternative to the whole room's layout for mobile, the whole collection room needs a re-do IMO, but other things have taken priority. Same with like a million other things haha.
My github got banned a while back, but I guess a few old links are still floating around. Here's my new link on neocities:
- Angelica and Helena's new expression sets are done!
- Six new scenes for Angelica, six scenes for Helena handling her intro in one fell swoop
- I added new expressions for the player (31 expressions now, up from 12) for each skintone
- I fixed a bunch of defective images, typos, as like I mentioned in the last post improved the intro, tarot cards, and added the new browner skintone.
For Angelica I had to re-do her entire dialogue system while also making sure it wouldn't break for players already partway through her content. There's sex variants as always, though one of the six scenes is completely different if Angelica's got a dick vs a pussy. Her new stuff will continue exactly where she left off.
Helena's got a mechanic where she tours you through town, and while some are short I did have to write in some fluff for every location in the game. Plus, her scenes use more of those player shots I showed off before, which take a fair bit more work than the average image. Future updates will have her invite you into her home! I made sure to have lots of subby carnivore stuff with Angelica especially since not everyone will like playersub content.
Beyond that I re-did Mary-Lou's magazine and logbook for when she's added in the update after the next one, added more Angelica chatting scenes so it wouldn't start repeating itself too early, added Helena's morning crossover events with almost the whole cast, and I re-did the way save data is written so it gives more useful information like how many scenes you've gotten and what mode you're playing for when I add the FeMC route. (It's still all backwards compatible, of course)
With that, I have just four things left on my checklist:
- Gotta update the subscribers list
- Sharly's wallbutt scene,
- I generated new images for the achievements so they aren't just the nude standing sprites, I need to crop out the backgrounds and implement those
- The mobile CSS is all totally out of whack, gotta fix that
That last one is the big one. I could probably take out the other three in a few hours and release, but I've built up a lot of technical debt and things are breaking. Even right now I open the logbook and see things are squashed.
The new content's already up on the public test release server, and a few volunteers are helping by pointing out any bugs I missed.
But one more thing!
While the game has character customization, most of the time when the player character is meant to be in the scene, they're just a disembodied hand, penis, or its a crotch pov shot. But one of Helena's scenes focuses directly on the player's backside, so I made variants based on skintone, otherwise it'd feel weird and jarring:
I've always planned on going back through all the images and making variants for different skintones, it just hasn't been a priority yet. Is this something I should focus on for v5? It wasn't on my roadmap but if it's something you'd like to see, I'll see if I can get it done alongside all the other stuff.
tl;dr: v4 Soon!
Sorry about missing this post, I locked in a little too hard trying to get the update done before the end of the month. It's hard to be the developer and the PR/marketing guy, but I gotta get better at balancing those roles if I wanna grow.
After some further testing, I was able to replicate your exact screen by zooming in, is there any chance you're zoomed in as well?
The middle frame is where I planned to put a magazine, but I couldn't get a good selection UI for which one the player should be allowed to put up there. I need to figure out a good alternative to the whole room's layout for mobile, the whole collection room needs a re-do IMO, but other things have taken priority. Same with like a million other things haha.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I find it very freeing to be able to write whatever I want with the new technology, even though it means I sometimes get lost down some wacky rabbit holes in the name of training new porn models.
My github got banned a while back, but I guess a few old links are still floating around. Here's my new link on neocities:
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