Lab Rats v0.29 Focus Input

I voted for optimization just to get cleaner code and debugging some priority, but content is still king. When you have 'investors' that should mean an organization that is willing to invest in your company. Could this be taken a bit farther and maybe add in some more to that? Being on a path to subvert a private investment group would be interesting and keeping with the larger theme between LR and LR2 of having some sponsors for PTSD but willing to keep some other options open. Who are these people and what is their goal? And if they are purely humanitarian then, well, subversion might be an interesting idea. And if this is being sponsored by a government or allowed by a government, it will need to be nailed down just what sort of government this is that allows this sort of thing. I've always thought of it is a pre-war Fallout style of government: authoritarian in some areas but just about anything goes in others, with very lax enforcement of laws all the way around. This could lead to different ways to approach the content so far, and put it into some sort of scope with a focus for future game development. The world the stories are set in seems to have its own unique way of doing things that are quite permissive and turn a blind eye to what is going on, so that needs to be explained and maybe fleshed out. Some games handling similar content are Take Over and The Company, each with their own take on the use of mind altering drugs and their use, set in different universes. Perhaps getting some of this material fleshed out, even if not presented any time soon, could lead to a way to move the game forward beyond just the company level. What should the protagonist see as possible goals and outcomes? What sort of desires beyond those being conquered so far is the aim of all of this? Is it a sort of free-love deal with permissive use of chemical mind altering drugs or is it more along a build your own sexual empire concept? Are we aiming to change the foundations of society and/or business, and if so why? Once the context is put in place then the way forward for development will be readily apparent and start to generate their own story paths. This becomes a 'what you know isn't as important as who you know' deal, and swaying or subverting those you know is a good way forward. This will have to include men, at some point, and could even lead to some TF content that is mental or even physical. None of this should be heavy handed in presentation, and slowly put into the game so that the player begins to understand just what sort of world they are in beyond the workaday world and obvious fun sexual objectives.

ajacksonian

off topic but how do i delete old saves?

gus

That would be awesome!

waffel

Not to mention how long the menus need to load >.<

waffel

Now that's an interesting twist on the skill stats...

Mr. X

Real talk though, it's been just short of 3 years now since Lab Rats 1 was completed, and since then this game has been entirely lacking any real pregnancy content to speak of. It's long overdue. By all means, vote for what you want; but that's the reality of things.

Mr. L

Keep it simple though, no need to try to replicate the complexity of the fertility cycle. I liked the method you used in Lab Rats 1 but maybe make the impregnation chance based on vaginal skill.

Gary Edwards

Pregnancy!

Gary Edwards

Love what you are doing with it, but have some suggestions: a) Since your employees can become friends (there is a relationship connection for each), I am guessing you are preparing for the lesbian/bi content addition. Just forgo the poll and add that - it is a overwhelmingly prevalent fetish/preference that will please almost your entire user base (and probably draw a lot more). b) You have added if a woman likes masturbation or not - but I have yet to walk in and find one masturbating or have one offer/start to masturbate FOR you. You should add this - one of the possible downsides to keeping all these women horny, slutty and barely dressed SHOULD be that those with an openness or appreciation for masturbation (or each other when you add F/F) indulge! Might hurt productivity... c) While I know the skill system somewhat addresses it, it would be good to see some sort of random generation of an 'orgasm threshold' value instead of it ALWAYS being 100 as the target. Sometimes skill just isn't the issue (that or their being not a simple additive for specific likes or dislikes, but a multiplier to their arousal gain). It just seems that NONE of the women ever just go off like fireworks (and I am not arrogant enough to think that my experience with such means I am just that good!) Specific scene suggestion: Your Marketing person is high sluttiness, barely clad and bored (there are very few or no serums waiting for sale for whatever reason - something that happens fairly often is she has high skill and charisma) - she should either come looking for 'affection', walk into your office and start taking off her clothes, go streaking, or start masturbating! SOMETHING!

William Urquhart

Could we vote on what the new events could be? I've really enjoyed playing all the updates but I always get to a point / endgame where you have researched everything and taken relationships to completion. I'd like to see larger content paths such as: a rival company where you must compete / infiltrate / sabotage while interacting with their workers; moving out of home to a new place with interesting rooms; a governmental medical investigation into your business and it's interesting serums; a rival or enemy in your work or love lives.

0.5joker

Problem is all of the other options help all players. Adding pregnancy content is only of value to a minority of them; the rest of us will never see it.

Dubsington

This is a bogus poll. You're taking things that affect everyone (the intro, basic content, etc) and putting it up against a specific fetish. Of *course* the minority that wants that fetish is going to vote for it. A better poll would be to put "fetish content" as an item, and if that wins then do a second poll containing several options (lesbian, bondage, preggo, whatever). You'd get much better data.

Dubsington

I would consider three limitations when implementing pregnancy: time; birth control; and stats. As you know, pregnancy takes time (around 270 days!); it might be interesting if a serum existed to accelerate the process. Secondly, I would assume most women in the game would be on birth control, unless their stats dictated otherwise; I assume that, just as you could ask for a boob job, you also might be able to ask (or demand?) that they go off birth control, again depending on their stats (or they might do so independently, again based off their stats). Speaking of which: I would imagine that if "being pregnant" were one of a girl's likes, or if her love stat were high, she might go off birth control on her own. Alternatively, if her obedience stat were high, you could order it.

Eschew Shame

I think focus on more characterisation and a sense of progression is what’s needed. More events, early game rework and late game rewards like pregnancy. I think the more events is easiest to implement first as a quick win. Pregnancy is nice but might be better left for once we have more of the early game nailed down.

Hollow49

I like pregnancy and lactation but I feel it should be a reward, or late game at least. At the moment corruption/control is really easy to achieve. I think reworking the early game is necessary to create a feeling of progress. At the moment it takes time to unlock the fancy traits but you only really need the very basic ones to maximise a girl's stats. Pretty much everything can be done with repeated application of basic serums. So maybe bring back the resistance from Lab Rats 1? To make advanced serums genuinely more useful. As mentioned in someone else's comment it's very much an endless sandbox right now with little reason to want a huge business with super advanced serums.

Braedor

Definitely performance. Its been gradually getting worse when generating and displaying characters.

AlistairChiss

Before adding more clothing options, it might be nice to rework how characters choose their wardrobe and outfits. It's nice to be able to play dress up, but I'd prefer to have substantial wardrobe changes occur dynamically as their stats change. Throw out the old boring clothes and put together a fun new wardrobe kinda thing! Being able to set the dress code as a sluttiness range rather than a specific set of outfits might be a nice extension of the concept as well.

Complexity

Wear a condom, or pull out :D

Minimoy

Please make pregnancy optional, cuz not everyone like that!

Definitely pregnancy content. It's time to usher in a small army of kids from all the women that keep begging to be made pregnant!

Mathew Percival

I don't know which box to tick, but I want things that bring it closer to feeling like a game. Right now it's an endless sandbox: I want goals, failures, deadlines, consequences, and decisions that matter.

Apollo

Please don't

pregnancy always

Alex McGregor

dude i still run into error pages, especially at late game. nothing that is not reported already but would love it if it can be better optimised.

Some Idiot

vote pregnancy