Plans for v0.8

Hello! Welcome to June, and thank you all for staying with me. As always, your support is invaluable, and helps me in many ways. Now that v0.7 is done (but not forgotten!), it's time to reflect a little on the things that have yet to come.

First things first, I'm gonna mention something I've been discussing with the patrons on my Discord channel. It's the schedule. You all know at this point, that I have a strict «one update per month» policy that I've never broken. However, it is getting more and more restraining in terms of giving you the right amount of branching and meaningful choices. I can make about 15–17 events per update, and that includes not only sex scenes, but something like Samuel's car ride as well. And half of that number has to go to the routes: six for the main ones, and two for the secondary. The next update is still going to be released before July, and chances are v0.9 will take exactly one month as well, but for v0.10 we're going to get a poll about the schedule. I intend to switch to the «one update per three months» schedule with monthly demo versions for patrons only (with about two days choke full of content. Imagine if, say, Melinda had four sex scenes with completely different scenarios depending on Blake's actions? That's a dream!). The amount of polls will stay the same: three of each kind per month. But these are my plans, and I'm gonna need to know your opinion on that first.

But enough of that. Let's talk about the actual content. As you can easily figure out, v0.8 will bring some resolution for Vanessa's route. You will also be able to return to her if you fell asleep at her flat back in v0.5, but don't expect a warm welcome. On Liam's route you, once again, will have to either share him with someone else (and it might surprise you), or enjoy him all by yourself depending on your previous choices. As for Melinda and Samuel, it's business as usual mostly, but they will get some compensation in terms of dialogues to develop their routes even further. And yes, you'll get to make some important decisions. Also, Suya returns, and she's depressed as hell. Will you help her gain her mojo back? And if you haven't ended the things between Blake and Rebecca, she will be back with some crazy ideas (though maybe not so crazy for those who managed to stay with her after everything she put you through). You will also spend more time with your mum, naturally; get some development on bimbo route, and eventually meet your psychotherapist who will guide you further. Seems like a pretty tight update, but I'll try to fit some surprises in there. Overall it's supposed to be a «fun» update (I mean, they all are supposed to be fun, but some move the story farther than the others), with lots of sex, and slightly fewer dialogues. Slightly.

As for the characters, unfortunately, Jamal leaves us at this stage of the game. His role is finished, and he's no longer needed (aside from being an off-screen boyfriend for Rebecca). He will be replaced by another male character soon, don't worry. I'm also still on the fence with Lucia. She's an eye candy, sure, and can be a medium for some of the events that I plan, but essentially she's no longer needed for the story purposes. I'm trying to keep the active poll of characters fairly short, so each one of them gets something regularly, but I personally like Lucia a lot, and will be sad to let her go. What do you think about that? Reckon she might find her own niche in the story further on?

Now for the long perspective things. As you already know, Melinda is very concerned about Deliverance, and the fact that she had no voice in determining its goals and purposes. And that's what is going to be one of the main focuses for our story polls further on. In a nutshell, I'd like you to know in which role Melinda will eventually get into Deliverance with her posse. Will she be just one of the many? Or will she be able to win a place in the council and maintain her dominatrix status not only at home, but on the grand scheme of things as well? It won't be as clear cut, of course, but you'll have a chance to decide several small things that will eventually lay foundation for the bigger one. The result of this decision will have a pretty significant effect on Blake's life as well, because he still belongs to her, whether he likes it or not, but I'm thinking about giving him a possibility to leave her before getting in Deliverance and sneaking in there by some other way. We'll see.

So, that's about it. What do you think of the future? What do you want from the future? And what are your thoughts on v0.7? I love hearing from you. So, don't be shy to leave a comment. Have a nice day!