Something old and something new this month!
Started revising the after appetizer conversation options by adding the new existing expressions and poses, while also revising the dialogue. Going to be trying to squeeze that in where i can going forward as a way to procrastinate by working on another part of the project.
As for something new - a stubbed out some of the choice for the after dinner conversation. This is not very exciting as what I've added is far from final. I still have a lot of outlining and revising I want to do. The way things are feeling is that the after dinner conversation option can be an escalation of spicyness. Which in this community means, belly talk, belly touching, and other things lol. Nothing sexual. I want to have an event where you listen to Myre's belly that will require you to have been flirty, or acting date-like and also have Myre's belly above a certain size. I also want to have an option to just talk about Myre's belly. Which like... Talking flirty about bellies is kind of my specialty.
One idea i have is to have an option to suggest Myre pick the topic. Obviously i can't have her respond in real time, so the way i have that in mind is to have her pick a topic randomly from a set of flags that have been set, and have that choose the scene. It wouldn't include most of the main big flags. It would be little flags that i have been setting for awhile. The year of revision i did for the first 1/3rd of the game wasn't just revision. I added stuff in the background to add detail, that I can now draw upon. I really want to use that to make Myre bring up specific things the player has said before to make the game feel more 'alive'. This event would include maybe bringing up your offer to pay for the meal and joke about how expensive she is, or having her bring up if you mentioned that 'you both need to eat' and comment how she's been doing most of the eating. That kind of stuff.
Belly rub conversation is on the table, but it may be combined with something else? I kind of want to obscure things slightly so the choices aren't just caveman "TOUCH BELLY? LISTEN BELLY?"
Anyway further outlining of all that fun stuff will continue.
LASTLY, this month I got a big chunk of the work out of the way for a scene I've wanted to add for awhile. Like i said, I've done work in the background to make things easier in the future. One of those things is that I've specifically tracked all the food you've eaten. And that is to create a little event where Clara berates the player/Myre for how much they've eaten, and lists out the food. It is like...60% done for the rough content? I want to add variants for the [intimate] tag, because that tag has Myre eat the whole appetizer, instead of half. And that deserves extra commentary, don't you think? I also need to give Myre actual reactions during the scene. Right now she just stands there stoically while Clara rants. Myre wouldn't have a lot to say, because she already responds in the context of the ordering scenes. But she should change expressions and offer a few words.
That sub scene is accessed through 4 places currently? I can't remember which exactly, but it's like big burger and big steak, I think. Options where Clara already gets angry about how much you've eaten, when you order more. Clearly integration will be added as I revise those scenes going forward.
Changes:
Stubbed out some of the after dinner conversation events. Their pre-rough menu choices can be viewer, but there is no content besides the menu options. This is prep and outline work.
Revised a portion of the first after-appetizer conversation options, implementing existing new expressions, while editing for tone, wording, and flow. Deleted some stuff here and there, and rephrased some things.
Wrote a bit under 1000 new words for a new content side event - It's a scene I laid the groundwork for awhile ago. It's a scene meant for the some of the dinner ordering scenes where Clara berates you for ordering more food after eating so much already, and in the process lists out and comments on the food you've eaten. This is implemented part way in 4 places? It need better integration. I need to add a variant for if Myre ate all the food, and Myre currently has no reaction throughout the beratement, but Clara's content and writing is done to rough quality.
For the time being, downloads will be done through itch.io. You will need an account but it's free and easy to set up. No need to put in payment details there. There are several reason for this change that are mostly technical but boring.
Download here: https://juxtaterrestrial.itch.io/myres-massive-mealtime-indev-0-601/patreon-access
MMM announcement page is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/myres-massive-v0-65305072