v0.3.0 Sneak Peek

v0.3.0 is all about a new recurring mechanic and reworking all the naughty events to support it properly. I’m also still cleaning up leftover junk that was left hanging out in placeholder-ish state - low-quality media, weird formatting, clunky UI... you name it.

Here’s a few screenshots (idk why they're not in high-res, so I've attached the screenshots to the post):

You can see the main highlight of this patch - “Raw Format” - in the second screenshot.

Starting with v0.3, all naughty events will come with specific tags and partner stats. These tags are attached to videos that you can record and publish on Raw Format.

Raw Format has its own rotating trends that shuffle every three days. If your video hits all three current trends, you’ll rake in a hefty profit. Miss all of them, and you’ll only get 20% of what you could’ve earned. Your charm, your partner’s stats, and the quality of your camera all affect the final payout too.

Some tags can only be triggered through rng in certain scenes, but most are pre-defined. The random ones can be unlocked in more than one way tho - so it shouldn't be a pain to aim for specific ones.

So, you may ask - why?

Well, this feature actually solves two major problems:

1. There’s barely any reason to pursue some of the naughty events.

I know what the selling point of Shady Deals is - and honestly, I don’t like that a big part of it doesn’t have any real gameplay mechanics behind it. Sure, most spicy scenes do tie into some kind of gameplay - like solving a problem, getting out of trouble etc.

But there's also some of them that are doing... nothing. They just exist. Like that event in the changing room - I added it because I thought it would be a fun little niche situation for an adult game. But I didn’t really give players a reason to actually go for it. Outside of the obvious one, ofc.

2. Lack of hint system. Yeah, Raw Format comes with a hint on every tag on how to get it. It's at least somewhat diegetic.

So, yeah… This may look like a shift in direction, but it really isn’t. It’s more about building on what’s already there.

Preliminary changelog:

Raw Format and Tags system

• Raw Format: A new website accessible through your PC dedicated to homemade adult videos. Every 3 days, 3 new trending tags are shuffled. If you have a required reputation, you can change a chosen trend to another random one twice per trend cycle;

• Tags: There are 27 tags distributed across various naughty events in the game. You can score big by aligning your videos with current trends;

• Video Uploading: You can upload one video per day, but you won't receive all the profit instantly. Instead, you'll earn a daily share of revenue until your video loses its novelty. Novelty decreases randomly every day. Only one active video can be monetized at a time. Your camera, charm, the number of tags, and your partner's stats all affect the profit;

• Partner's Stats: All partners in scenes now have a charm stat that impacts the profit of your videos. Some of these stats are static, like with named characters, while most are random, depending on the location where you're recording;

• Cameras: 5 types of cameras for stealth recording. 3 of them are available in the mall, and 2 can be found at the hacker’s den. The most expensive and advanced camera is locked behind reputation. You’ll record any event that happens while you have a camera in your inventory. You can check the tags on your video in your Log or on your PC;

• Changes to naughty events: for balance sake, all events now has at least 3 tags;

Significant Changes Made to:

• Burglar;

• Changing Rooms: Both events now have different starting scenes with unique tags;

• Angry Customer in Your Nightclub;

• Both Variations of Frame Gig;

Expanded "Endings":

• Filmmaker in Harbor;

• Duo in Suburbs;

• Random NPC in Brothel;

And, of course, you can get a lot of tags during your fun time with random NPCs at home depending on their character.

UI updates:

• New UI for the PC and its contents;

• New UI for Stats Menu;

Misc and small changes:

• Rebalanced Rent:

  • Flat now requires $80/day;

  • Basement extension costs $200/day;

  • Basement extension 2 adds an additional $300/day;

  • Prefab garage costs $75/day;

  • Additional garages are $175/day;

There are currently too many ways to make money, and I haven't added enough ways to spend it yet, so here we are...

• You can't use 'Enjoy the atmosphere' in your club if it has less than 15 popularity. There’s no atmosphere with that low pop!

• Replaced low-quality media with better ones in all finishers;

• Replaced low-quality media in some indoor actions;

This was an issue because I originally searched for GIFs, and, well... most of them were pretty BAD. I realized that midway through gathering media, but I was a bit lazy to replace them before the release. Not all the junky videos were removed in v0.3, but at least most of them.

• Also, the media in many events has been slightly expanded, though I don't keep track of the added media. I'm doing it on the whim.

In the pipe:

There will be a problem with pre-v0.3 saves. The inventory system I’m using requires all items to be initialized from the InitPage, which loads when you boot up the HTML. Unfortunately, you can’t initialize them mid-save. So, I’m making a list of items I want to implement and I’ll initialize them all in v0.3.

Besides this, there are a few more things:

• Speaking of items, I want to add a golden bar in this version, a very rare curiosity that you can get from safes and a few timegated events. Later, it will be added as a reward for a specific heist;

• A "merchant" will be introduced, who will buy rare items like the golden bar from you with somewhat randomized offerings;

• A few more strangers will be added, as I’ve already written some ideas for characters that should be included. This ties into tags, as there are still some underrepresented ones in the game;

• Still lookin at the web version. I hope I'll be able to deploy it at least for v0.3 sometime during the hotfix phase;

• Also, I still want to fix most of the formatting mistakes, because I'm kind of tired of finding them.

And that's it. I’m not giving an ETA for the update cuz I’m not sure how long writing the content with strangers will take, I’m still pondering it. But it won’t take long. Maybe around the weekend?