[Experimental] Our Apartment v0.3.1.a: Saving & loading, Buffs, Shopping, Say to Naomi, New UI Windows!

Man this is late, but it's finally done. It's been so long since a build release I forgot how much work they are. Even if it's [Experimental] I still wanted it to be stable and avoid soft locks. If this build has minimal issues I may do a slightly broader release. For now there's a lot of stuff I've likely missed. 

As I said before this release still misses the cinematics for implemented dialogue so for that reason that content is not accessible yet. You'll see a couple new scenes added to the rotation but that's about it. Next update will focus on these cinematics but we'll get to that later.

What's new

It's been a long time but work has been steady, there's been nearly 300 commits (code pushes, merges, etc) since the last build release. In reality it's impossible to truly outline all the internal changes, optimizations and improvements made to the game and their long term benefits

Changes to find functions, a complete rewrite in how game and character data is accessed using scriptable objects.  Expansions to the versatility for future projects. It's a lot but at least I can explain the highlights you can see. 

For now the run down:

• Saving & loading the game is now fully featured! At the moment the benefits of loading the game is limited until stats are properly implemented. Right now they're there but not really contributing or being adjusted. 
• Now that saving is possible "Quickie" mode is also functional, when you select this mode you pick a save file and then can jump into unlocked dress up and sex sim immediately!

• Saving custom outfits! You can now save outfit presets for use whenever! We may expand this functionality in due time to be useable as part of the outfit pool or something but right now it's a start.

• Buffs and De-buffs! This feature appears in a few limited ways for now, but the possibilities are endless! Now both Naomi and the player can have various temporary statuses which can affect various things. 
• Current buffs features are "Praised", "Sensitive", "Exhausted", "Restraint" you'll see their respective Icons above the affected character. But just cause they're by a characters meter doesn't mean they'll only affect that character!
• Many aspects are planned for you to experiment with!

• Say to Naomi! You can now say things to Naomi to prompt a response. Some of these things will soon also cause buffs and debuffs. Say you want to fill Naomi? Don't lie and change your mind later! Some of these may even have impact outside of sex sim. Options change whenever the menu is opened!

• There's now a stats window for the Player and Naomi, the image to the right I intend to change based on the games progress but for now it's static. 
• There is also a "Journal" used for tracking story progress and if there's any events you should pay attention to. Following this log will help you unlock content in the future!

• Shopping! The primary means of unlocking outfit items is here, it needs more work and configuration but if you're missing an item in the inventory it's probably here. There is also plans to allow buying specific items not just outfits. The form this takes remains to be seen. Also this is not the only store planned, there's intended to be at least two separate stores for different types of items. You should have enough money to buy everything right now, then make sure you save it.
• Speaking of outfit items, your inventory is now less cluttered! Items are now stored in groups opening a small window. Icons for these are hideous and temporary. 
• There is now a fly camera!
• Bunch of extra sex sim dialogue
• Various visual improvements! Improvements to shaders and such!
• Reworked settings UI so the toggles visibly work now.

And I think that's about it! Unfortunately, there's still some things missing, I haven't reimplemented gropes and holds just yet but it should be here next update! Thats the last piece of sex sim. There's just some added complexities since adding cloth sim.

What's next

Like I said before next focus is largely on functions, outfits, locations, poses, and animations for cinematics, dialogue, sex scenes, all the story stuff really.

It's the next big undertaking but you guys will have more to look at than just some game functions :P.

I'll talk more about it in the future as this post has been long enough.

Thanks for your patience

You guys have been very understanding, and I'm grateful. Hopefully the work on the cinematic stuff is more enjoyable for you.

Thanks again,

~sacb0y