VN Ren'Py Zilf Next Door [Devlog]

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Zilf Next Door - Manage a house of zombies, without becoming one yourself.


Currently I'm working on the 0.7 update, which has new scenes and a few updates to the art.

I figured out a few techniques to make the faces and characters look a little better.
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And I've added a new scene: The Follow Up.
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Feel free to post and criticisms, suggestions, or ideas! Thank you.
 

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Added the second new scene: "Cult", which introduces 2 characters, has 3 big drawings, and ends with a sex scene.
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Ursula and a member of The Horde: u.png cultist.png

Also added options to change characters names and roles.
 

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Updated some more old sprites.
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And reworked story.
Least productive day all week. :(
 
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Extended the cultist scene with more graphics, as it explains a bunch of things for later.
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v0.7 is up at ! (Free!)
Change log:
Code:
# v0.7
- 6 new scenes.
- Some old scenes extended.
- Added "Customization" screen for changing names and roles.
- Graphics updated and revamped.
- Various rewrites and fixes.
 

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Made a .
If you have any ideas or directions you want things to go, feel free to post here or in there.
Not that I don't already have a lot myself. Just curious what others are interested in.
 

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v0.8 will mostly focus on expanding the path where Dalia doesn't get infected, and instead helps you manage the house.
We have 2 new sex-ish scenes (MC nuts) with Dalia.
As well as a flashback to the beginning of the outbreak: screenshot0061.png
And more story with the cultist: screenshot0060.png
 

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We bit the bullet and decided to add a game loop. Originally this game was going to be small and simple, but we have too many more ideas! So...
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v0.8 won't add much new world or characters. Instead we flesh out home life some more.
It will have two main pathways:
A) Save Dalia from becoming a zombie, so you can manage the home together.
B) Or hesitate to save her, and watch over Zombie Dalia.
Every new zombie to the home will increase the difficulty of staying alive.

Then v0.9 will be the pregnancy update >:-D
 
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I caught virus irl. But we are full steam ahead now.
v0.8 is taking a while because linear to sandbox is big jump.

What's coming?

Map: Go wherever, whenever.
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Inventory system: Find items and give them to characters.
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Barricades and traps: (Won't be fully implemented in v0.8.)
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And more scenes.
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v0.8 is still coming, just slow because, art + code + story is tricky. Then v0.9+ should come out faster.
- Equip/unequip items. So you manually tie up (or untie) zombies. (Eventually choosing outfits for non-zombies.)
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- Hacking system, so you can get into computers.
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- Tasks/Goals screen, so it's easier to know what to do.
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- Locations are becoming un-lockable and have more story elements.
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v0.8 is still coming, just slow because, art + code + story is tricky. Then v0.9+ should come out faster.
- Equip/unequip items. So you manually tie up (or untie) zombies. (Eventually choosing outfits for non-zombies.)
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Sooo.. Can you tell us how to use the items? I am stuck on task 1, because I have no idea how to use the belts! I click in my inventory and it just says it can be used to tie up Olivia.. Click on her and just talking options. Cannot drag and drop or do anything.. So I had to stop playing because I cannot figure out how to use even the belt. Need to have something to tell us new players how to actually do things in the game.. Using Version 0.7.1
 

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The GUI at the bottom left shows her stats and the "Give" "Wear" buttons.
I'll try to add some flashing arrows in the next update.
 
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- 3 short zombie scenes added.
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- Nearly 2 new delivery customer missions added.
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- And we are prototyping top down map exploration, because trying to fit multiple characters and interactive stuff in one scene is a pain in the balls.
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Top down has path finding, and actually works better than I thought Ren'Py would allow.
It's a tiny bit more graphical work, but will make other things was easier.
 
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The GUI at the bottom left shows her stats and the "Give" "Wear" buttons.
I'll try to add some flashing arrows in the next update.
Thank you for the info! Yeah, an arrow with maybe a text explainer, or something that says "use the give and wear", or whatever is easiest for you to implement for future players. The text is just so small and in an unfamiliar place, that I completely missed it and took me a few seconds even after you told me where to look. Thanks again for the reply. Going to check out the game some.