Mid-Month Progress Report

Hello Heroes!

I hope you're all having a great week. It's been scorching hot here in the U.K (Well... As hot as it gets in the U.K. that is. Which is probably an average summer day for many of you!).

I wanted to give an update on where we are for this month, and what features I've been working on:

Features for this month

Quality of Life Updates

With the help of @Sensei Nokogiri on Discord, who is great at coding Javascript (a very useful skill when making a Javascript based game as it turns out :P), we have been able to implement some new Quality of Life features for the game:

• Animations: Animations will no longer "flicker" in between loops, making for a smoother video animation. The videos will now also skip as soon as you press SHIFT. So no more waiting around holding shift!

• QTE Bar: The QTE bar will now be towards the bottom of the scene, rather than in the middle. So it will not be in the way of the action as much!

• Compression: Compressed versions of the game will become the normal going forwards. So the downloads will be MUCH smaller for you all.

A big thank you to @Sensei Nokogiri for taking the time to write code for these! :),.

Character Design

The first part of the month was all about character design. With your help we have 4 new characters. Two random encounters, and our "Cyber" & "Vampire" Goths. These will be introduced to the story as part of the Goth update.

New Map

For this months update, I have been working on a scene to bridge the events of the Gym update, with the start of the Goth story line. Maria has some new information for you which will kick off this, and will send you into the new Downtown East, which has had some changes since the Goths took over!

New Random Encounters

The new map comes with 2 new Random Encounters. Which I have finished rendering and will be added to The Dojo in the next couple of days for Tier 3 Patreons to test and give feedback.

As development continues and I get faster at making scenes (also having my new computer makes rendering MUCH faster). I'm able to make longer battles than before. Therefore each of these Random Encounters will be about the size of previous mini-boss fights. Such as Kylie and Patricia. Complete with knockdown, ballbust, and climax moves.

New Polls

More polls will also be released this month so our Tier 2+ Patreons will be able to help decide what sexy dungeon moves our villains will inflict on our poor (lucky) Hero once the Dungeon is implemented.

The new main game update will be ready for all Tiers before the end of the month, and will add the following:

• A long intro scene leading up to the Goth storyline

• The new Downtown East map

• 2 new Random Encounters

• The 2 v 1 versions of the old random encounters in Downtown East (Non-goths need to travel in pairs for safety :P).

• Margot and Ophelia Mini-boss battles

• New "Non-battle" sexy animations

Features for next month

Once this is completed, I will begin work on next months update. Which I aim to include:

• The first few repeatable dungeon scenes: I will try to complete the intro for the dungeon, and scenes for at least a couple of characters next month. Like any encounter, these will be added to The Dojo for testing and feedback first.

• Lilith Battle: Our dramatic Vampire Goth Lilith loves letting her subscribers know that she is... like... TOTALLY living the #Vamplife. What will happen when our hero wanders into her lair? Why is there livestream equipment set up? And what is her friend "Random Encounter" Callisto (Pictured above) doing there?

  Again, with me now being able to render faster, expect this fight to be bigger than the Maria / Laura fights. With branching moves etc.

• New mechanics: Both the dungeon scenes and the Lilith battle will require new game mechanics. As I'm trying to make each new main battle feel a bit unique.

If there is time I will also begin work on the Electra fight. Which will be another long one! So I may not have time to complete both by the end of next month. But as ever I will try my best!

That's it for now. Thank you again for all your support Heroes! Please let me know what you think in the comments or over on Discord.