No dates, but ALPHA for supporters in November - No new scenes. BETA for supporters in December - Some new scenes. At this point, I think ALPHA saves may be compatible with the BETA release. But I doubt they will be compatible with the Full Release. Any itteration of v0.10 will require a fresh save regardless since so much has changed.
The ALPHA & BETA will not be available to the public since they are unfinished WIPs meant mostly for testing, feedback and preview purposes. This is not to paywall releases, it's because things aren't genuinely finished and I think if you played it you would probably rather have waited for the Full Release rather than one of the earlier versions for many reasons. Unlike previous Alpha's/Betas I am expecting a lot of actual bugs and problems thanks to how many things I have overhauled or changed. There may be a 2nd BETA for supporters before then if things need further testing.
The Full Release will be out when it’s done some time in Early 2022.
It's not a soft lock, there is a safe on that floor you can open with the Key that Lara gives Tiffany, it contains additional grenades, one of which becomes a key item if you need it to progress.
Futa, or dickgirls atleast if you want to get technical about termonology. But I don't care, there will be all 3 combinations in the game eventually, but I'm just calling them all Futa. The "Lore" is that the only Futa characters you see were originally biologically female, but their genitals transformed thanks to the Serum or Virus.
I don't have plans for specifically Trans characters at this point in time, but like with most things, I'm not against the idea. It just comes down to priorities/focus and supporter demand.
Yep, it's real early on. I know, it's been 3 years and updates have been painfully slow for 2 of those. It's why I spent the last year overhauling many things. And will continue to do so in future versions as the game progresses. But my plans for 2022 are essentially just pumping out the new scenes/story content to make up for lost time after spending all of this year making changes to the underlying game itself.
Making many changes to this in v0.10. You'll be able to to select a "Fast Mode" that skips all of the dialogue in combat and just makes things faster if you get bored of that aspect of the game. But I've also introduced random diaogue lines to break up the monotony of it a little bit.
New Stat Allocation, Skills, Perks, Loot, Weapons, Moves and Items should help with combat loop getting too stale too quickly. Trust me, it is something I've been thinking about a lot. It's just a matter of how much time I should spend making a game vs porn. And I think I am spending way too much on the prior lately. I have many plans for damage types and ways to make more enemies feel different from one another (including new enemies who behave a little differently) but I have to get back to content updates some time so some of these changes will have to wait for later releases. But v0.10 should be a bit of a step in the right direction.
I will add more combat "Sex Moves" for the player and enemies in future versions. But yeah, as far as the combat goes, this is primarily a game where the girls win or get fucked (or voluntarily submit). That's kind of my goal, so if you are looking for something else from the combat encounters this might not be the game for you. But like I said, Tiffany and the girls will be able to perform sex moves and taunts during combat in the future, and the stealth mode cum extraction scenes you only get if you kill an enemy from Day 3 on-wards.
First time I am hearing of an issue like this. Sorry it happened to you. Unfortunately not a lot I can do about it unless I receive any info/bug reports. However, at least v0.10 will add in autosaves, a quick-save hotkey, and will allow you to disable the named saves option and handle it a little different so it shouldn't be so much of a pain. (Saves are breaking for v0.10 anyways if it's any consolation)
I understand. It's clearly an aesthetic choice though. It's not like I am unable to make them look more "natural". Fake, Bimbo bodies is kind of one of the fetishes on display here. It's not for everyone of course.
There's your problem.
To be fair, it's subtle. But there are two hints. During that cutscene, Kiana says she is going downstairs to the generator. Then at the end, they both walk towards their respective staircases. So it's the sort of thing you have to pay attention to, but you just need to follow the one you are interested in. Besides, the game is meant to be repayable(will be a few more ways to play with the new rpg mechanics in v0.10) and v0.10 will include the scene gallery for people to view the scenes that they missed.
And yeah, I absolutely agree with some of the scenes being a bit too long. I like writing, but I'm not a writer. I'm not really anything more than a jack of all trades, master of none. But I have plans to cut down some of the heavy exposition or make it an optional dialogue path later on in another pass.
What do you mean by this? I don't follow.

Do you just mean because a lot of sex scenes you get from losing fights? If so, then yeah, that is mostly the point of this game. There will be more scenes added later that allow Tiffany to be dominant in some scenarios. But the main focus of this game is enjoying the sticky situations that Tiffany & friends find themselves in.

Or attempting to rise above it, if you're looking for a challenge (in a porn game for some reason...).
In the distant, post-TD future I'd like to make a game from a male perspective. But there will also be some instances where you get to play as male characters temporarily. You will be able to play as Terry for a small section during ACT 1.
Again, I had no idea there were any crash problems. Can't do anything about bugs nobody submits. I don't think I've done much in terms of stability or performance. Most of my refactoring has been more from the side of making my code and events more efficient to work with from my side more than anything. There are some user benefits too, but the main ones are me being able to eventually do things faster, thank god.
I feel you, buddy. I just want to pump out the content too. But this overhaul was necessary and overdue. I'll be doing my best to make up for it in 2022 with the return to normality and frequent updates. Just need to drag my corpse over the finish line for v0.10 and things will get better from there. Even if most of the folks here are free loaders(support links in sig), I appreciate patience and understand the frustrations. I'm just trying to make the best game that I can and see my vision through.
And I'll say it again, but you'll probably want to wait for the full release on this one. I know someone's probably gonna post the ALPHA and BETA builds here, but they really will be buggy & lacking in polish & content. Plus the Full Release will require fresh saves anyway due to me still tampering with the game's backend. So play them at your own risk.