End of August Progress Update

Hey everybody!! I hope you've had a great summer! First of all.. Thank you so much for being here and supporting the game! It's awesome to see the BBMKR community growing with more cool people, and I'm excited to share lots more ideas with you this month!

Ok, so.. August. It was super good, but also super busy. Like, hardly-had-time-to-sit-at-computer busy. Unfortunately that means work on the game (and patches) has been slow! I did actually get a decent bit of bug work done, but not as much as I'd like to have (hence not having a patch up). BUT the good news is that things are back into high gear, and we're looking to have a very productive September!

Oh yeah, so the patch- I'll be releasing a final patch for the August version early next week. Sorry for the wait! It should cover a lot of the bugs you guys have been running into, especially bugs concerning leaky pants & the potty system (check out the attached pictures for a sneaky peek).

While most of my focus has been on bugs, I've also spent a good chunk of time on sprites- in particular reaction/dialogue sprites for Kiera while in leaky pants, and working towards some new cutscenes (with our poll winner, Miss Laura..).

One little QOL thingy is that I've added a mute button that you can press if you don't feel like listening to the music.

Buuuut probably the most exciting thing I've been working on is a new purple button for the game screen: Relationships! This menu will show you a list of NPCs from around the daycare, and how fond they are of Kiera. It will also let you know how to reach the next level of relationship with them. Think kinda like how relationships in the Sims work, or Stardew Valley (okay, I haven't played Stardew Valley, but I've heard that you can date everyone and that's pretty cool).

All NPCs will start at 0 "hearts," which reflect how affectionate they are towards Kiera. They will gain hearts in various ways- some by chatting with her and becoming friends, others by building a (PG) romance with her.. while others just want to see her having accidents in diapers!

This system will work in tandem with the Party system, so building Kiera's relationship with a certain NPC will unlock more abilities for them to use while in her party. For example, a certain Amazon could unlock "breastfeeding" once she reaches a level 4 relationship with Kiera.

I will eventually be tying in story-ending plots into the relationship system. Once an NPC really likes Kiera, there will be some way for you to solidify that relationship (by making Kiera and the NPC really good friends, playmates, adopting her, etc..). Through these maxed-out relationships, you'll be able to find good or "bad" ends to the story, where Kiera ends up with some sort of padded life (or not, if you're some kinda weirdo!)

Relationships are a fresh idea, so if you have any fun thoughts about how to implement them, I'm all ears!

Anyways, that's about it for now. Stay tuned for the final bug patch early next week, and more polls and such on the way! Would love to hear your thoughts on the Relationship system, things you'd like to see worked on, or whatever else! Chat again soon! :)