Some news (update 1.6.5)

What was planned?

The original plan for the 1.7 update envisioned a certain pool of events. Conventionally, it could be divided into two parts. But, the first half grew quite a lot in the work process. Because I didn't want to miss a chance to detail and show quite a unique situation, in which the players and protagonist have not yet been.

Then December came, I got the flu and was sick for ¾ of a month. Then there was the "pre-update" post (well, that one below). At the time, I was still thinking in the spirit that it was only half of what I had planned. But the more I work on this "first half", the more it's growing and looking more and more like a self-sufficient episode rather than a part of it.

Actually, there were two reasons I wanted the episode labeled 1.7 to be released in its entirety. The first was the strong emotional scene at its conclusion. And the second was that the only sex scene planned at the time was also in the second half.

What are we getting now?

That "strong emotional scene" is left for a future update (1.7). But even without it, the unique situations in the first half (1.6.5) are quite enough. I think so. As for the sex scene...

- Yeah, I'm still scared to release an update without a sex scene! -

Anyway, I've added (or rather in the process of adding) a new sex scene to 1.6.5, the idea of which has been haunting me for a long time and which I've backed out of several times... You'll understand why when you get to it. It's hot. In several senses at once. But sooo wrong… In several senses at once.

Thus, the sex scene that was supposed to be in 1.7 from the update announcement - will be there. In the future. And on the next 1.6.5 will be a new sex scene. Or rather originally not planned to be added into the game. The lecherous muse has won. She's been whispering this scene to me for a long time. Persistently.

Expected release date of update 1.6.5

From the last days of January to the middle of February. Later is doubtful, but earlier is also doubtful. So I am oriented somewhere around this time period.

What I can tell you without major spoilers.

• 1.6.5 has the largest movement system of any part of the game before. I wouldn't say that the location where events take place is outright big, but... it's still a small achievement for me. And what a pain in the ass, in the context of coding all those movement and location-event-action interactions in a bloody text game xD
• The appearance of [something] and [somewhere] depends on random and can vary from one game to the other. Yeah, that was a hint. I'm already imagining forums fights, like:

- Where do I find [something]?
- Oh! I know, go there, there you find [something].
- I've been there. There is nothing.
- It’s 100% there! I've found [something] there!
- Oh yeah, smart ass?! I'm there now! No [something] at all!
- You *beep*! Open your *beep* eyes and look! It there!
- No you *beep* *beep* of *beep*! It is not! I tell ya!

• Yeah. This "something" can appear in different places. Has different scenes of interaction. Even the checks there are different. I rarely add random-based mechanics. But I found this idea interesting.
• Saving Private Meralion. Well, you get the point. You'll lose quite a bunch of content from the next update if he's dead in the previous one. I'd even say that without him, the intensity of the next (1.6.5 and 1.7) updates will be reduced quite a fair bit.
• A long dress is not very convenient in the middle of nowhere. But you can still try.

P.S.

- Wait a second! I'm confused, so is this going to be a half update or a full update?

In the context of what I wanted and originally planned, it's a half. In the context of what I'm getting and the actual amount of content - it's a fully-fledged episode. And with each passing day, I'm leaning more and more towards labeling it as a regular update rather than a "pre-update."