Weekly progress report #35

Baroness Blake invites you to visit her domain.

Hello! Sorry for the lackluster picture, I'm all about finishing that demo right now. I'm making good progress, but there's gonna be some crunch next week again. Oh, well.

Instead of telling how much exactly work have I done (I kinda stopped counting. But I do know that almost all renders are finished right now), I'll do a quick FAQ for you about the demo, because that's what you want to know, right? Okay. Let's go.

When are we going to get the demo?

I'm planning to release the demo on September 1st. And by «planning» I mean that's exactly when it's gonna be ready. Unless I'm dead or something. Unlike regular updates this one won't have an ending exactly, so you'll get the complete result of the work I've been able to do this month. 

How big is it gonna be?

About the size of a regular update. I think it should have about 140–150 pictures (could've been more if not for these damned technical issues) and god knows how much text. A lot of scenes in this one get unique dialogues depending on Blake's route or personality. This is also where most of the routes will finally diverge, but since we're on a pretty early stage, it's gonna feel like a normal version for the most part. However, I'm planning six days for this demo, and each and every one of them will feature some unique content depending on your past and current choices.

Can you give us an example?

Sure. During the second day Blake could decide to buy himself a new expensive toy. However, he might not have enough money. He's only able to do that if he had slept with Trish Lowe. And by using this toy later on he will attract some consequences. As you can see, it's a relatively rare path (it automatically excludes people on Melinda's route, for example), but it's there. And it's not the only one. Some small decision will bring you far.

Which routes are going to get new content in this demo?

No Bree, and probably no Iris either (depends, honestly. I might be able to squash her into the demo, but I have to hurry up), sorry! Story reasons. Vanessa, Liam, and Samuel will get huge scenes with 12+ renders each (and tons of dialogues), Melinda will get a normal-sized one, but also a bonus scene with Vanessa if Blake isn't on either on their routes.

Any non-route scenes we might look forward to?

Suya will get a big scene (10 renders), Zoey will also get one (11 renders), I'm not sure if I'll be able to fit Suya/Iris into this one, but it's my priority right now. Blake will also get another dream sequence about himself (on the bimbo route), and will have a couple of lengthy masturbation scenes for himself. The porn scene should get in, and there's a couple of secrets I don't want to disclose yet.

We haven't seen Rebecca/Reese/Kira/someone else in a long time

There's gonna be small, but extremely important scenes with Reese and Rebecca (not together) in this demo. They will play much bigger roles later in v0.10. You can also visit Kira once again (depending on your previous choices), and while you won't learn much, it will make her a little emotional and will help to bring her closer to Blake. Anyone else? Just ask me!

Will we get a walkthrough for the demo?

No. Making it requires a whole day of work, and I'd rather spend it on, you know, actual work. You'll get it with the release of the full update. But you can always ask me for hints for your playthrough.

So, that should be it. Anything I've missed? Tell me! Thank you, and have a nice day!