My calendar's pretty full for a few months and I won't be able to spend a lot of time on the WTM Academy mod. I expect to start working on my own Ren'py game from October or November and will abandon WTM Academy then.
In the meantime I'll be able to do a bit of work on the mod, but not everything I had planned. So I've gotta prioritise stuff.
First will be fixing any bugs I find or someone else reports. After that there's a few options.
1) I can add data to the mod to try to make it more enjoyable and balanced. That would mostly be adding vids and photoshoots to existing girls (including the Vanilla girls I took out of the mods because they had very little data) and adding a few more girls to better meet the needs of the more specialised sponsors in the mod. I'd also improve the quality of earlier data I added (I've learned a bit about it since then).
The upside is I'll make steady progress and won't abandon anything half finished. Unlike options 2 and 3 this will probably be useful to Ninoss's future versions as well.
The downside is most of you can probably do that yourself (some already do) and it would take my time away from tasks no-one else would likely take on.
2) I can add a simple feature I've been thinking about that adds 'Photoclub sound system' to the PTA rules. It would play .mp3 files during photoshoots and increase the 'willingness' of girls to do the shoots. The mp3s would be associated with specific photoshoots, particular students or a general playlist - depending on which folder they're placed in. I'd provide some mp3s as examples along with simple instructions for loading your own preferred tracks into the game. If you switch the music off or delete all the mp3s to save space the girls would still get the willingness bonus.
The upside is I'm pretty sure I complete this fairly quickly. Probably a few weeks.
The downside is it's mostly cosmetic and contributes little to gameplay.
3) I can try to complete the 'Go for a walk'/encounters mod I've been working on. It would enable quite a few new interactions with girls and sponsors that would effect gameplay, including admitting graduated students back into the Academy. I could concentrate on one sub-feature at a time, so I'd deliver something. (I've already completed some minor ones that I didn't include in this version of the mod). But it's fairly likely I won't have time to implement the whole thing or provide much support after I upload it.
The upside is it would add considerable variation to the game-play.
The downside is it will take more time, is unlikely to be fully implemented and may not be delivered until after Ninoss has already taken the vanilla version down another track.
I'm not asking people to vote on this, but I'll consider any feedback about it when prioritising the work.
As with the mod itself, please either put “*** Version 0.29b (MC) ***” at the top of your comments or use the F95Zone notification system (the envelope icon next to your username) to respond to this so Ninoss and I can immediately tell whether you're talking about the vanilla version or the mod.
