LR2 Pregnancy Planning
Added 2020-05-19 10:21:45 +0000 UTCToday I want to talk about the current plans I have for the new pregnancy content. First, I want to make it abundantly clear that if this isn't your particular fetish that's fine and that all of this content will be optional and easily avoidable. A more developed system for it will also let me move the existing teasing dialogue (the "I hope you did/didn't get me pregnant" kind of stuff) into a more focused section of the game. I understand that not everyone is going to be interested in this, but I believe LR2 will be more interesting with multiple focused and optional paths than three times as much same-as-everything-else content.
On to the actual plans for content. The new content can be broken down into three sections, starting after you have corrupted a girl to the point you can have sex with her. The first section is convincing them to stop using birth control/contraceptives. The second section of new content takes place when you have unprotected sex with a girl and get her pregnant. The third section of new content comes some time later when she is given a new pregnant character model.
The first section, getting her off birth control, will have a few different possible paths based on a girls stats. It may be possible to command a girl with high Obedience to stop taking birth control or let you have sex without a condom. A girl with high Sluttiness might not care either way and stop taking her birth control just because you ask. Finally, a girl with high Love and in a relationship with you (either having an affair or officially your girlfriend) may want to try to get pregnant on purpose. A serum trait to circumvent a girls birth control for an amount of time will be added, although you will still need to avoid wearing a condom.
The second section of content focuses on actually getting her pregnant. This will be a semi-random chance each time you have unprotected sex with a girl. Some time after you get a girl pregnant she will let you know. A serum trait will be added to manipulate the chances of getting a girl pregnant. A short time after you get a girl pregnant she will let you know. In future updates I would like to add a new role for this section of content and have more interactions based on your relationship (was it planned vs. a one night stand, etc.)
The third section of content, the new pregnancy model and later-stage events, will normally trigger several in-game months after a girl becomes pregnant. A new serum trait will be added to the game to accelerate how visibly pregnant a girl is. When a girl has been pregnant for nine months (minus any time accelerated by serums) she will leave for some amount of time and come back no longer pregnant with her child stat increased by one and a role noting that you're the father to some/all of her children. Settling down and starting a family with one girl may eventually be one of the end games to the sandbox of Lab Rats 2.
If you have any questions about the plans for the new content leave a comment and I'll do my best to answer!
Comments
girls are fertile all the time, but the amount of fertility shifts throughout the month. safe days one is still fertile, but the odds are really low. fertile days are not 100% either.
james steele
2020-05-21 14:43:06 +0000 UTCAwesome update! Can I make suggestion? If you are doing realistic pregnancy timing, you might want to make it so girls are only fertile on certain days? To mimic real life fertility windows?
2020-05-21 11:26:01 +0000 UTCi haven't played in quite some time (real life getting in the way), so i guess a realistic gestation period means that the game will take a couple of years game time at least. if it goes continuously the question arises if we will ever meet our kids, more specifically our daughters when they are of age. of course then the question becomes can we knock them up too? a game of craster so to speak.
james steele
2020-05-20 16:09:53 +0000 UTCThis sounds amazing!
Gary Edwards
2020-05-20 06:14:47 +0000 UTCLove the creampie surprise idea! Total dick move in real life, but hits a kink as part of a game.
Daniel M
2020-05-20 06:14:31 +0000 UTCReally excited to see this road map; it sounds promising and satisfying, and I love that you're starting from a baseline of realistic timing - I might suggest, if you're planning on starting with the base line (before serums to accelerate etc.), of a normal in-game term, then to go along with that, the notification from the girl should probably take between two weeks to a month (variable) before she is knows for sure and tells you. I'd be interested to hear what plans you have regarding unique NPCs, and how individually custom their reactions and responses to pregnancy-related activity are hoped to be - especially for family members. No doubt it would be a magnitude of extra word for each fully unique character response set, but it would bite if they didn't react differently to everyone else. Question, for the more devious or nasty-minded player choices - you've mentioned possibilities for a serum to circumvent a girl's contraceptive if she's on one; what are your thoughts on deliberately sneaky and or deeptive behaviour? Will a player be able to negate a girl's protection without her knowing; will we get more options for condom sneaking, or outright last-minute defiance, in cases where the player is or starts out wearing one, but intends to finish without - whether through deception or overt domination/demanding? Glad to hear it'll be fully option - that kind of choice, to do it or not, is an important part of the appeal for many, I think, as well as being important for those who want to avoid it.
Erica Heathrow
2020-05-20 05:43:26 +0000 UTClove the pregnancy idea!! Are you going to allow your family (mom aunt sister and cousin) to be allowed to be girlfriend or more option?
Exodon
2020-05-20 02:55:16 +0000 UTCI second the idea of potions for men (the main character - though they would DEFINITELY have a good street value): a) Potency - not Viagra, but rather where you (and your energy level) *recover* faster / more times (not that the character needs it, but would be a very male demanded trait). b) Stamina - an energy regen trait that would let you go pretty much indefinitely (though might leave you drained the next day?)... sex until her eyes cross and she can only babble and giggle! "Yes, I can not only HIT that 'Shiver 25' quest, I can do it TONIGHT!" c) Size increase - hey, if we can do it with breasts... and let's face it, the price on an actual working product would be WHATEVER WE FU**ING ASK! d) Increase muscle mass - a trait without the downsides of steroids that gives you muscles? Only *slightly* less in demand than the 'Size Increase' trait!! e) Increase muscle tone - this would be a biggie, as it would also double as a weight-loss trait that would actually be *healthy* (and the only one that [currently] would have an in-game effect other than the Energy recovery one above). Would let the women size down... please make this so
William Urquhart
2020-05-19 23:22:29 +0000 UTCAnother idea Vren is adding twins and triplets to the game. (The last time I played that wasn't in yet.).
Perversity
2020-05-19 19:38:36 +0000 UTCAnother idea would be potions that could add the option of multiple children (Twins, triplets, and what not. Or turn a girl into a breeding machine where you can get her pregnant multiple times while she's already pregnant. :P
Perversity
2020-05-19 19:37:40 +0000 UTC1: Perhaps it would be simpler to just have it be a setting for a new game that lets you pick if any of the girls from the first game were pregnant. 2: Great idea!
Daniel M
2020-05-19 19:28:43 +0000 UTCWould the possibility of creating serums for yourself be considered. Being able to develop one to increase potency, or even chemically made impossible to have children (temp/perm options?)
2020-05-19 17:59:21 +0000 UTCI am a huge fan of LR1. I of course got all the girls pregnant. :) I've been watching the development of LR2 but have yet to play it or, as you can probably tell, back the patreon. I've been eagerly waiting for the preg content. So it is now time to back to help in the development. I'll wait to play until the preg content gets in though. I can't wait to try preg in LR2! God speed on getting this coded.
Daniel M
2020-05-19 16:49:43 +0000 UTCI just have 3 questions. 1: Does this mean that you will start working on migrating choices from LR1 into Labrats 2, cause there is a huge slap in the face after getting all the girls in LR1 pregnant, then having them all pretend that it never happened. 2: Will you add a new fetish for the girls, where they actually want to get pregnant so they aren't taking birth control? 3: When you finish up the primary NPC's will they have a locked in personality? (Where they have the same fetish's every time, roll over personality traits from LR1 so if you did any of the extreme training for the girls when LR2 starts up they are in the same boat, even if Alexia did run away and betray the MC by getting a BF.)
Perversity
2020-05-19 15:27:56 +0000 UTCWhile I’m excited for the raft of new serums that this content path opens up I would suggest we steer clear of serums that are abortive. After all, since the choice of impregnating is 100% player choice it doesn’t make sense.
Mr. X
2020-05-19 12:37:03 +0000 UTCI presume that special roles (e.g. head researcher, Nora) may become unavailable while the girl is on maternity leave? But you would still be able to see the girls while they are on break for personal visits? (I assume for girlfriends and other close relationships it will eventually be possible to be called to attend the birth?)
Hollow49
2020-05-19 11:10:55 +0000 UTCWow. Sound interesting. Im not sure, have you ever thought of child support? So Bimbo/gold digger type girl try to get pregnant on purpose if you have a big/ rich enough business to claim money from you. That would make importan in game use of serum traits what make IRL pharmas big money. Contraception pills to reduce chance of pregnancy, abortion pills what cancel early pregancy, or serum trati what can extend pragancy (ok that would be mostly for people who got kink of having sex with pregnant ladies..)
Fikusz Kukisz
2020-05-19 10:45:24 +0000 UTCReally excited for this update! Will you also be adding relationships with the family members?
Bruce Wayne
2020-05-19 10:26:18 +0000 UTC