Mid-January Progress Report

Hey friendos! Hope you're doin' well, and having a good start to the new year! :) Here's the progress report for how BBMKR's game development has been going the past couple weeks!

BUT FIRST- I just wanted to mention I've noticed that running the game in CHROME has been causing input lag when holding/pressing Q, and causes animations to run weird (at least for me.. let me know if you experience this or not in Chrome). I think Chrome got an update that bonked around with timers.. I have started devving in Firefox, and there's no lag there. So if you find that Chrome is giving you issues when running the game, I'd recommend trying Firefox or another browser for now!

ONTO THE PROGRESS!

MISS LAURA. I have been working a bunch on sprites and dialogue for the buxom Amazon (see picture). I'm excited to have her as an optional party member, since she'll have a few.. ah.. "skills.." that the other babysitt- er.. "party members.." don't :P And she keeps performing well in polls so I figured I should dedicate a bunch of time to her! Hoping to have her react to some situations/items when in your party, such as Kiera thumbsucking/using her paci, going potty, using the swing & slide,  going on the mini RPG.. and some custom location-based events, such as checking Kiera's diaper in front of the video game boyz! (Probably won't have time for all of those, but there'll definitely be more Miss Laura content incoming!)

HUNGER. In the same vein, I've expanded interactions in the Kitchen (see picture). There is a simple hunger system in place now. :) Kiera can bug Miss Laura for a snack in the kitchen (or try to get one herself), and sit at either the big kids' table, or in the highchair (though she may take some convincing if she's not an abdl!). Having a snack will speed up her potty timer a bit (she won't want to eat if she's already full). No spoilers, but sitting in the highchair may have some tactical uses for upcoming adventures, too..

OUTFITS. I've continued spritework for the Princess Dress, Swimsuit, and NoPants outfits.. lots of interactions only worked in shortalls in the last update, and I'm hoping to have most work in any outfit for the next one!

POTTY CHART. I've done a bit of work on the potty system (see picture)! The potty chart now updates when you go potty or get a change, and Kiera will have something to say when she sees her "progress" on full display for everyone to see :P

SKILLZ. I have started working on Skills again, hoping to have at least one functional skill for every trait, so that no matter what trait you pick, you can have a bit of a different experience in the game :) Currently working on the first Crybaby skill, which is - *gasp* - called "Cry." I wonder what that does..? ;)

SAVE SYSTEM. I have continued tinkering with the save system. It now properly tracks the traits that you've selected, your level in each selected trait, and the skills that go with them. Next, I'll be looking into tracking for Adventures, Buddies, and Training.. at which point it'll be pretty much complete! (Barring bug testing, which.. let's be honest, prob gonna need quite a bit haha. But overall it seems to be working way better than the first time around, so feeling optimistic about it! A proper Save System will really boost the QoL/replayability of the game I think!)

MISCELLANEOUS. Apart from that, I've made bits of progress with naptime, the mini RPG, the swimming pool, and the fabled Boys' Club, as well as the adventures from the Playpen Littles. I'd like to get the adventures from Central, Don Don, and Steph at least one checkpoint further.. which all involve learning more about some of the mysterious NPCs/areas! Lots of other little bits of progress on things around the map, things are filling out nicely :)

I think that's about it for now! Lemme know if you have any thoughts about this, would love to hear what ya think! Stay dry (or don't!) and see ya again soon! ^^