Dev Log 0.20b: Smut Based Economy

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Apparently, some people have been having an issue with the map screen being laggy. What this comes down too, is that it was one of the first major pieces of code I ever did in Renpy, and I made some poor design decisions. Not horrifically terrible like that time I tweened opacity from 1 to 1 and used an on finish action to simulate animation, but not super fantastic either. At the end of the day, programs don't like dealing with transparency. For most people this isn't going to be a problem, Renpy is so light compared to running skyrim with 14 million bdsm pregnancy mods that it doesn't make a difference if it's not optimised. But every now and then the stars align and the great gods of computing look down on your magnificent hardware and declare that the mere idea of having two images in the same place and showing a bit of one and a bit of the other at the same time as heresy. Or in this case alpha channel masked buttons.

So I do a lot less of that now.

Really, these past few weeks have involved actual coding. I'd almost forgotten what it was like to be a coder instead of a writer. It's nice that I got that stuff done but I'm about ready to go back now, writing is more fun. Of course it's taken a bit to hammer my knoggin back into a creative mode instead of a coding mode, but I got there.

Besides that I have put together a new dream sequence, although this one will probably make it into the actual game before the end of this sprint. Got a bit more hypnosis too it. We all like hypnosis... as long as it's not used for evil.

Besides that while I'm not confident that Lina C1-C2 is complete, I have begun work on the quests that make up her C2. The first of these is to find Lin's panties... a much harder task than some might assume. You can thus far ask her for them, which can go a few ways, but can probably use a bit more expansion. But this then follows onto something else.

I like puzzles, I like codes and ciphers and needing to think things through. Let's be honest though... they do not have a place in Cabin by the Lake. It is already enough of a maze without adding in that stuff on top of it, it wouldn't be fun.

So as I was saying I added a cipher.

The plan is though that you absolutely don't have to do it... Sure it is solvable (tested and everything), you will be able to work it out and skip asking for help on it. The intended method though will be asking the girls for help with it. I consider this the best of both world. 

Part of this questing will necessitate being able to visit empty locations. Really, Lina is such a unique girl that I've had to overhaul massive chunks of the game just for her progress... They are all things that had to happen anyway though. Little chunks of progress from way back when that you might not remember require it. And just more chances for mischief. Possibly even loosen the requirements for other events which is always good. Several events exist that are waiting for alternate conditions to allow them easier.

Anyway, I've rambled on for long enough today.

- Love Nunu