MoolahMilk Mondays Episode 6

Hello Peepo! It's another Monday! 

I've been feeling really grateful for food lately as I've had not one, but two great meals last week when my mum visited and a friend also gave me a treat. So for this week, I'm wishing everyone here to enjoy an amazing meal at least once! Really lucky <3

• Quick release

Anyway, for the current update, we will do a quick release. I have done quite a lot of good focused work the past two weeks and I also have a plethora of unused content. But I have to be wise in choosing which of those contents to wrap up. I don't want to make more hanging arcs. For example, the Moon storyline has a lot of content. I have about 3-400 images maybe? In the backlog.  But more work needs to be done if I want to get the "complete state". Which means at the very least, I must wrap up her introduction arc and include at least the first lewd scene and end her arc off with a cliffhanger that will at least hint on what her conflict and "mission" is. 

It's hard to plan a satisfying update, which means including all the important story beats and lewds for a particular event.  This would mean I can't work on too many things in one update. A quick release updates of 1-2 months each time where it is more focused, but complete might do the trick. I mean I can foresee complaints of updates being hyper focused and people having to wait several updates until they see action with other arcs. But hey, at least there's no hanging stuff and it will be much more focused. It also help with development I think. Much time is wasted when you jump around and work on different things. But the downside is it gets boring and monotonous if you work for weeks at a time on just one arc. It also feels different if you work on other things, let it sit a while and come back to look at it again. You might catch something if you get what I mean. 

• Housekeeping

I'm  considering "housekeeping" updates where I work solely on backend stuff without new content. For example it's been ages but I haven't redesigned the bar fight yet (can't work on android and various keyboard layouts), and many kinks to sort out in terms of the phone and old scenes. There are still a few scenes with the old house. I also need to clean up the code and write in certain scenes to fill all the gaps. The  problem with such updates is it will be lame to release a housekeeping update but at least people know what it is. I could label it as like 0.7b or something so people might wait for the next update before playing. As of now I'm still considering it. For now, I think we can get away with delaying further housekeeping for a few more months. I don't know how jarring those issues are though. For now it seems fine I guess. 

• Update 0.7

I need to get to the bar. The money grind is starting to be a hassle and I want to get rid of the lame computer money generator as soon as possible. In addition to puzzles, players will become less forgiving of the grind. 

Once the player can earn money through different ways, it will be more fun. Many things need money. Buying new clothes and items and such. 

I've worked on completing the arcs of Beatrice, Tracy, Vixi so that you can send to them to work soon. I know, I know, no one really cares about these characters, but once we develop them a little more, hopefully people would start to care. I've tried to write the beats so that the arc can be completed within one update and it ends in a natural point. I'm trying to shift the way I think and think of it in terms of like levels. Players get very frustrated when they pursue an arc that has no resolution. So I think focusing on one arc at a time is good. 

For the moment, to ease the grind a little bit, I've also added a patron money cheat code to the computer and finished reworking the room. So while the game is in development, at least players can use some money cheat. 

• Walkthrough

Puzzles seems to be the major problem, so I will also be completing the detailed puzzle walkthrough for this update which covers all the brain draining parts like crypt etc etc. But I can't work on the full walkthrough with stats and paths and all that yet until at least the entire first act is complete. Which means all the base mechanics are implemented. It's pointless to work on it at the moment. 

• First Act

Okay, there are still a few things to work on before the first act of the whole game is complete. Namely, setting up the bar and completing all the initial arc of the bar girls, Pornhut, Completing the SOL case, Moon arc, Mia arc and Sophia's/Maeve arcs, settling the Carly/Skinner/Tiny/GoodSamaritan intro arc. There are also a few story scenes I need to develop namely with the therapist and a few events here and there that details the MC's backstory (Like Frankie and monsters etc etc). After, we will open the school as a new location and we will see Sage again :D:D. So there's a lot! But also, we are almost there. I can't wait to be honest. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. So near yet so far.

I think at that point, DA will feel very much like a meaty, full game and we can start worrying less about stuff and just add content. I mean brand new players will have hell lot of fun with so many things to explore so it will be good times. 

• Sounds (EDIT)

Oh I forgot to add this in the post. I'm working on adding sound effects for the lewd animations. This is very challenging as sounds can be hit or miss. Its quite a challenge so I will make like one or two animations with sounds and see if it works. I will send to beta testers and I might even post some of them on here to see what you guys think. To see if it's any good or if it's even worth the extra time and hassle. But if it turns out good, it would elevate the lewd scenes to a new level I think!

• Conclusion

Okay so those are my thoughts for the week. I will announce 0.7 soon. This is a quick update. Much work has already been done. As of now, I'm just looking at what else I'm gonna add to it the next 1-2 weeks. After which I will let it test for about a week and then announce it. To avoid mishaps, I won't announce it so soon so hang tight. But it's round the corner. ;D

See y'all next Monday and I will share more info then! I think I will have a clear idea when we can release by then. 

Enjoy your week!

Much Love

Moolah Milk.