Update 0.7.0 debrief

Hello Patrons,

Now that the update has been released to everyone, I'd like to take the opportunity to give some thoughts on it before I go full gear into the next update.

As I've said before, this update felt like a necessary bridge to set up the rest of Part 3.  Part 2 ended with the "blowup"... the story needed to decompress before having Anna and David come to grips with the situation.

The update ends with David moving back home.  There was a chance Anna and David would live separately, but I feel like it's more interesting to see the dynamic between husband and wife as this story unfolds living under the same roof.  A side benefit is - I won't have to spend more time using two separate residences.  It's also practical that unhappy spouses choose to remain living at the same house, which isn't uncommon for financial reasons and child custody reasons.

Monday, Anna and David will go back to work under their new reality.  Both still aren't exactly sure what's going on, but based on the choices you made in Parts 1 and 2, Anna is more or less skeptical, and we could see this come into play down the road as to how convinced Anna is that David cheated on her.

An interesting thing to note is how lacking in communication the two of them are when it comes to Anna's mom and David's father.  They hope this all disappears before having to break the news.  It could be costly that they haven't involved the parents, being that both of them need allies right now.  Instead, they have people putting poison into their ears (not literally).

As for the influx of character involvement (Marcel, Leonard, Robinson, and Stenstromber)...  Some feel it's getting crowded.  There's several reasons for including these characters, but one thing I'll say is that some of these characters have a purpose beyond being another cock wanting to get inside Anna.  For example, Marcel is a tool to link the gym to David and Anna, being that the gym is the only known place that Alexia frequented.  And we know that Kendra and Alexia has corrupted him, so his interactions with Anna could make a difference in the story. 

Another example, Leonard.  He's not a feature character, but he witnessed Kendra's setup being executed.  That's an important piece of information.  The problem is that Leonard is a complicated individual.  He's been through a lot in life and is jaded by his failure to be successful.  He doesn't care much for David, and he lusts after Anna.  Can we expect that he'll be responsible with this information?  Probably not.

I'll just say that some characters are featured more than others, but I want each of them to have a purpose in the story... not just some extra dude cluttering the picture.  I don't have plans to add more that would make any significant impact.  You may see a new character here and there (i.e. the gym receptionist), but I don't have plans to add anything significant since I'm wanting to focus on concluding, not expanding.

As for the paths... Nothing's really changed here.  You probably notice that the story seems linear.  Part of that is because in order to push the story along, you can't have branches that extend far out and expect to do things timely.  For example, the pool scene was a very large scene.  Some people would say "I rejected Marvin;  Anna would never go to a pool with him or be caught alone in locker room with him!"  Okay, I understand that, but either a) the update would be short for the marvin rejecter, or b) production would be delayed a week or two for us to craft another large scene with Anna going shopping or somewhere else instead of the pool scene with Marvin.

Generally speaking, I'm trying to craft a story with multiple variations largely using the same renders.  If you've influenced Anna to have a hidden pleasure teasing Marvin, she'll let him grope her.  If you've influenced Anna to not like Marvin, she'll stop him quickly.  You'll notice the dialogue is different throughout the scene depending on that too.  But in the end, I'm using the same setting of Anna and Marvin at the pool because I want to push the story forward and not have the branches go crazy.  Sure, there may be instances in the future where two separate settings are needed for paths, but I'm trying to minimize that.

And I've mentioned this many times about the paths, but I'll remind you, I want people - if they so desire - to play a path where Anna is reluctant but still might cave in eventually to a pursuer or decide to give in for some other reason.  This is why Marvin and Chris are still around perving on Anna even though you may have advised her to reject them at all times.... because, at some point, she could given in to their advances reluctantly, which can be hot in its own way. I'll certainly give you an obvious choice when that time comes.  If you never want her to give into a character, fine, I won't force that, just make the right decisions when the time comes.  In fact, if you do reject someone until the end, that may end up resulting in an ending for that character that satisfies you.  I'm not promising it, but I HOPE to make you happy if you hate a particular character(s).

As for sex/nudity - I'll explain this again because this is a common complaint.  Obviously, we are moving closer to that point in time.  I've said before that this isn't your standard corruption story where you need a lot of time to corrupt a woman realistically.  This is a story about a woman who has urges and emotional conflicts beneath the surface, and she hides them behind a thick wall of a faithful marriage.  It takes a confluence of events to tear the wall down quickly.

There will still be a progression with the levels of lewdness, but this isn't something where it will take a week for her to touch a penis with a gloved hand, and another week before she takes the glove off when she touches said penis.

I won't lay out a timeline for everything, but I hope it's obvious that I fully intend to make progress with Anna's seductions over the course of the coming week... all while she'll be living in the same house as David.  (Yikes!)

Expectations on timing of next update - I'm not going to give a timeline as usual.  In looking at the outline I've built and have been tinkering with, Monday will be packed with content, and I will likely feature some of Tuesday as well.  It's going to take time, I can guarantee it.  I'm going to try to limit things that have buildup as much as my brain allows for.  I will do my best in the amount of free time I have.  I'm not exaggerating to say that it always takes more time than I anticipate, and I'm sure other developers can attest to that.  I'll just keep chugging along and do the best I can while not sacrificing quality!

One thing I want to add is a character bio feature, but we'll see.  The top priority with my time on this is always to progress the story.  Character bios are nice, but everyone would rather see the next update.

Thanks everyone for your support.  I'm humbled by it, and whether you enjoy the story or not, I wish you the best.  More to come soon.