Sprint 006, day 8
Added 2020-01-30 22:41:17 +0000 UTCHey everybody! I did moar writing today.
I've got mixed feelings about today, because on the one hand I didn't get as much done as I wanted. On the other, I feel like the game is close to having a sex scene that's actually sexy.
Based on player feedback from the alpha, I've been experimenting with the balance of notifications, dice rolls, decision points and arousal states. It's still not exactly right, but there's something about the flow of the scene now that just feels more organic and natural.
Recently a few people have asked me why I'm working on this instead of Bangkok – but the designs and processes we're building here are specifically designed to be used in Bangkok. The point of working with a familiar scene instead of a new one is so that improvements are easier to judge.
Tomorrow I'm going to release another alpha to Operators+. Again, this will just be one branch of the scene, but it will include actual sex using the new system. If all goes well, Sprint 7 should be implementing the new scene into the game, so you can play it with your actual agent. (We'll also aim to add in Night Mode, and a feature that lets you jump right to the new scene instead of playing through all the way to Dubai again.)
Okay, that's it for tonight. Next sprint day is tomorrow, see you then!
