Weekly News #167

Version 0.968a is already available for download for subscribers of the Super Best Friend tier ($25). To view the post with this version, follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/released-0-968a-135769067

So, a week and a half has passed since the release of the last full version of the game. During this time, a HUGE number of events have occurred that could have passed you by, but one way or another - they affected the development of the game. Including certain restrictions of Visa and MasterCard, because of which we had to spend a little time developing the SFW version of the game. Unfortunately, this was a forced measure, and you can try it (if you want to) here: https://kaitosi11.itch.io/academy-life

Also, it made us work a bit… To work on another new feature of the game - NSFW content customization and filtering. And yes, we understand that this feature will be extremely unpopular, but then again, the constant introduction of censorship by certain activists forced us to do it.

Well, now that we are done with the sad but important news - it's time for some positive and more pleasant news. Well, we will start, as always, with randomized NPCs and the content that was introduced for them. Initially, what is worth mentioning is that the girl + girl scene is ready for the RNPC, but has not yet been introduced in terms of kissing. This is literally a new and recent scene that was technically finished, but has not yet been inserted into the game, and you can see it here:

Why was this done? A lot of people are still interested in playing as a girl, and we are creating a lot of exclusive content for this, so that people would be more pleased to use this opportunity and in general have more content related to this part of the game.

Another important part of this content is sexual contact with randomized NPCs. Well, to be more precise and brief - the game now has the ability to choose how sexual contact in the missionary position with RNPCs takes place right in the corresponding interface. There you can choose what it will be: vaginal, anal, petting, cunnilingus and more. In general and as a whole - a pleasant addition to existing scenes, significantly improving their diversity. You can see it here: https://x.com/kaitosi11/status/1951385450142130478

Remember some developments with AI? Well, we heard some people's requests about the recently introduced AI chat function with randomized NPCs and worked on it. What exactly was done? Now this function is not permanently opened upon opening the interface, but only after clicking on the corresponding chat button. For our subscribers of the Super Best Friend ($25) level and above - this opportunity will open, and for others - just normal interaction.

In addition, here in the minor category of innovations - seven new hairstyles for male RNPC. They can be generated on the RNPC of the corresponding gender, and can also be selected by you in the editor of your character / RNPC - if desired. Some of them are here:

Well, and the most common innovation since recently, or rather even a revision - new hairstyles and clothes for male RNPC are now displayed in scenes, like, for example, here:

This is also a huge job that takes time. For all existing scenes, of which there are about 15, it is necessary to draw everything from scratch - this is an important revision that is necessary after the introduction of new hairstyles and clothing sets.

The second category of changes is systemic. There will be no screenshots here, but instead - a regular canvas of text. Well, the most important thing here is the update of the game engine version. We had to sweat a little for this, but we did everything properly, and the game should show itself more stable. In addition to improving the work with game animations, instead of Python 3.9, the game now runs on Python 3.12, fixes some errors that caused microfreezes and freezes, and also allows it to work faster and more efficiently in certain situations. In addition, the game's resources are distributed more correctly, due to which the number of crashes is reduced, and some engine improvements that migrated from the old 8.2.1 will make it more stable, with fewer errors and exceptions and new Python libraries, due to which many systems and mechanics will bring certain changes in performance. Here is another systemic, but important change. Some compression of files, due to which the overall weight of the game is reduced by 400 megabytes. Although it is insignificant for the player, but in terms of saving his traffic, our limitations in platforms (and their limitations) - this is an important change.

The third category is the plot. And here is the new and last scene with Ayano Yoshida to be redrawn. Over the past couple of months, we have completely finished redrawing her CG scenes, the results of which can be seen right in the game. This is the last scene from our list. Next is redrawing other plot characters, and after that we will be able to start creating new scenes. Well, to rant less - we show the result of the work:

In addition, we have significantly improved the system of sexual contact with the girl! We gave more choice in the position of sexual contact, some new locations that can be used in scenes - this is a great addition for players who went through the storyline with her. And most importantly - this allows the game to be more diverse in the 18+ direction.

The fourth, but no less important category is bug fixes and code refactoring. Quite a lot of work has been done here too, and we will get by with a simple list of changes and what has been done in such a short time:

New content:

The game has been ported to a new engine version - 8.4.1. This allows it to be much more productive due to the transition from Python 3.9 to 3.12, fixes some errors that caused microfreezes and freezes, and also allows it to work faster and more productively in certain situations. In addition, the game's resources are distributed more correctly, which reduces the number of crashes, and some engine improvements that migrated from the old 8.2.1 will make it more stable, with fewer errors and exceptions, with smoother animations and new Python libraries, due to which many systems and mechanics will bring certain changes in performance.

Now, during sexual contact 18+ with randomized female NPCs in the missionary position, you have access to all types and variations of this sexual contact in the form of a quick menu on the edge of the screen: petting, cunnilingus, anal sex and more. You can quickly change everything according to your preferences without going into the settings menu and so on - on the right side of the screen in the form of icons and quick access to them.

For the male RNPC / your character, if he is male, 7 new hairstyles have been added, available from the editors or generation at the beginning of the game session.

For interaction with the story character Ayano Yoshida in interaction with sexual contact with her (normal, vanilla), now comes the choice of what position your character should do it with her - at the moment it supports 3 scenes, where one of - with the ability to change the location, which makes sexual contact with her more varied and enjoyable to use as an in-game function.

Many interactions and text related to sexual content with the story character Ayano Yoshida have been improved - more variability, choices have been created, as well as in general more opportunities related to “adult life” with a girl.

The system related to correspondence with randomized NPCs via your character's phone has been slightly improved: now the correspondence interface does not open permanently, and in order to get there, you need to press the corresponding "Correspond" button. In addition, the speed of the entire AI system as a whole has been improved - responses are received faster and better due to some changes in the AI model itself.

4 scenes with the story character Ayano Yoshida have been redrawn - they have become higher resolution, any hints of censorship have been removed there, and all these scenes now support different breast sizes of the girl. You can see them right now in the game - they are available and displayed properly.

The weight of the game has been significantly reduced (by 400 megabytes) by removing rudimentary files, as well as better use of existing files without unnecessary repetitions / other problems.

A new button has been added to the game settings when playing on PC devices - full-screen mode. With it, you can quickly make a windowed / full-screen mode without unnecessary hassle.

A new button has been added to the content filtering, allowing you to completely filter out any Adult content. This was done for streams, as well as for the readiness of integrating the game into more platforms (this was already necessary).

The “kiss” interaction for female NPCs now displays the new and recently added male clothing sets properly. Additionally, the same scene now displays a dozen hairstyles on male NPCs that were also recently added to the game.

The “hug” interaction for female NPCs now displays the new and recently added male clothing sets properly. Additionally, the same scene now displays a dozen hairstyles on male NPCs that were also recently added to the game.

The “hold hands” interaction for female NPCs now displays the new and recently added ten male hairstyles properly.

The 18+ character interaction “jerk me off” for female NPCs now displays the new and recently added male clothing sets properly.

The 18+ character interaction for the “69” position for female RNPC now displays new and recently added s

The “touch breasts” interaction for female RNPC now displays new and recently added male clothing sets properly. Additionally, the code for this scene has been slightly edited and refactored, reducing the number of possible errors and potential things that break the scene's appearance.

The 18+ character interaction "cunnilingus" in the missionary position for female RNPC now displays new and recently added male hairstyles properly.

The interaction "touch ass" for female RNPC now displays new and recently added male clothing sets properly.

The interaction "stroke" for female RNPC now displays new and recently added male clothing sets properly.

A global revision of all PNG/JPEG images was carried out in order to make the game weigh several times less, and the game load faster, scenes and displays of everything work better: some duplicate files, rudimentary ones were removed specifically for this, a huge amount of everything was removed and sorted using new methods to maintain the modality of the archive and improve further work with them.

In your character's interaction with the male RNPC through the special interaction "have sex", about 16 newly added hairstyles, as well as those added long ago, were added, available for display, to two characters corresponding to this scene at once.

In your character's interaction with the male RNPC through the special interaction "wank", about 16 newly added hairstyles, as well as those added long ago, were added, available for display, to two characters corresponding to this scene at once.

The work of shadows cast on locations from RNPC has been significantly improved: due to caching, general improvements and fixing some bugs and shortcomings, due to which it was difficult to play - the game lagged and froze with dynamic shadows enabled.

The translation into Chinese of the game has been updated: some untranslated parts of the game have been translated, the translation in other places has been improved, and in general it has become better.

The conditions of events with randomized NPCs have been slightly reworked: now they work better, the game hides them when content filters are enabled or, on the contrary, includes them properly, as it should originally be. The conditions themselves become more logical and understandable - the drop of events becomes more intuitive.

A minor refactoring of the systems responsible for creating RNPC within a game session was carried out: if earlier RNPC could have some reasons to “beat” and “be broken”, now this whole system works better and creates more unique RNPC, making the game session more unique.

The caching system has been slightly changed, which allows it to work more stably, not to lose data during the unloading of RNPC to ROM and back to RAM - a general improvement and its refactoring also allowed the system to work more efficiently and not to be the cause of microfreezes/freezes during the game session in some really overloaded moments and locations.

Fixed bugs:

Fixed a bug due to which tattoos on the arms of randomized female NPCs could not work properly, and be on top of all clothes and everything in general.

Fixed a bug due to which the game could crash without any exceptions during the transition from location to location in some very rare game moments and on fairly weak Android devices.

Fixed a bug due to which the game could significantly and strongly freeze at the moments of the first transition from location to location from your character's apartment.

Fixed a bug due to which in rare cases of gameplay the game could throw exceptions during an attempt to open the interface of your character's computer.

Fixed a bug due to which the game could throw exceptions in game scenes displayed after some unique interactions with randomized NPCs, after certain problems with their generation and problems there.

Fixed a bug due to which randomized female NPCs did not display sleeves from their clothes at all, even if they should have been displayed at that moment.

Fixed a bug due to which some settings for filtering game content could work incorrectly (not at all, to be more precise) and skip rare content of this type.

Fixed a bug due to which the game could generate futanari, even if the setting itself in the content filter was disabled. Although this rarely happened, it still happened.

Fixed a bug due to which some RNPC photo cards could not take into account some of their appearance features and especially any changes occurring within the game session and changing them due to events.

Fixed a flaw due to which the game could spam the engine console with unnecessary system messages, which were unnecessary for some users and could interfere with using the console.

Fixed a bug where the game could work incorrectly during

Fixed a bug where the game could throw exceptions when clicking on the "Group Sex" interaction with a randomized NPC when you found the second participant in this whole process.

Fixed a bug where the game did not have changelogs for 967 and 968 in the corresponding patch interface, where it should have been from the very beginning.

Fixed a bug where some content that shouldn't have been in the game was still there, no matter what.

Fixed a bug where the "Cultist Set" clothing set for male NPCs was incorrectly managing the randomized NPC's hair, causing it to still be present on top of the entire clothing set.

Fixed a bug where, when the 18+ interaction scene of the "masturbation" nature was displayed on the female NPC, the wrong bra could be used and displayed on her, but instead - it was somewhere in the middle of the screen, not on the girl herself.

Fixed a bug where it was impossible to use your character's phone without a Patreon subscription - the game opened a menu with AI, which simply did not work without a subscription.

Fixed a bug due to which the game could throw exceptions when trying to calculate the conditions of events with the in-game god Barnibold - now everything works properly.

Fixed a bug due to which, under certain game conditions, the journalism club could simply close during the story, due to which it was impossible to complete certain storylines - the game did not allow it. It required going to the journalism club, but it was hidden.

Fixed a bug due to which, when displaying the interface with fights with randomized NPCs, the game could incorrectly display the HP bar of your character - instead, it displayed the RNPC bar.

Fixed a bug due to which the statistics of hits / dodges and other statistics during the display of events of fights with randomized NPCs could incorrectly display their real values and ignore any further changes to them during the game session itself, taking into account only the initial values ​​obtained at its beginning.

Fixed a bug due to which, when opening the interface of fights through the corresponding interaction of the beginning of this very fight, the game could throw exceptions without any reason.

Fixed a bug due to which the game could throw exceptions during an attempt to display a scene with a group interaction of an 18+ character girl + girl + your character. This happened rarely, but could be present.

Fixed a bug due to which the generated underwear on female RNPC could have certain problems and either be completely missing or displayed incorrectly.

Fixed a bug due to which when selecting clothing sets for female RNPC/your character, the back button could be unavailable in this interface, due to which the selection of all clothing sets could be limited.

Fixed a bug due to which the thumbnail of what the hairstyle looks like in the RNPC editor could have some problems and be slightly to the left of what was needed, due to which part of the hairstyle was hidden.

Fixed a bug due to which when selecting thumbnails with clothing sets for female RNPC, instead of there being thumbnails with clothes, in the RNPC/your character editor interface, at the time of selecting the clothing set itself.

Fixed a bug where the "Meiko Tsukasa" button could be repeated twice if your character was in the "Swimming Pool" location, which could interfere with the progression of that character's story with her for no apparent reason.

Fixed a bug where the game could incorrectly display some story characters with recent re-draws and during certain emotions.

Fixed a bug where the volume of sexual intercourse with randomized NPCs could be too loud during the entire process, despite the initial settings for this case in the game's volume.

Fixed a bug where the game could throw exceptions while loading some locations on your device's screen - especially if the locations could and were multi-component.

Fixed a bug where the game could throw nasty exceptions during certain interactions with randomized NPCs.

Fixed a bug where the game could throw exceptions while hovering the mouse/finger cursor over interactions with randomized NPCs in the corresponding interface to get a hint.

Fixed a bug where the game could throw exceptions while trying to create a RNPC save inside the character library on certain Android-type devices (most often).

As you can see, we've done quite a lot. In the near future, we'll also increase the amount of content, and also focus on what you've been asking for for a long time. Well, for now - all that's left is to wait. The next news will be out on August 15, and it should be quite interesting for you.