Weekly devlog!

Hi all!  This week, I'm excited to announce that Nugg has started sketching the game's first "sex" scene.  I put that in quotes because I'm not sure if a BJ counts as sex to everyone (it does to me).  

If you get to know Mia well enough, she'll give you a BJ in an alley, because, you know, she's classy like that.

My BG artist is still working on two new backgrounds, but she's had a series of events that have interfered with her progress.  

I spent a lot of time this week thinking about game mechanics.  For example, I know I want each character to progress from a stranger to living with you on the farm, to transforming into monster girl form.  I also know I want the sex scenes to be optional, because some players aren't attracted to certain characters.  But, how do you progress to sex scenes?  How do you write the quests in a way where it makes sense regardless of whether a character has moved in with you or not? Same question, but what if they've already transformed, etc.?

I try my best to document my thoughts on the discord, if anyone wants to see them (or contribute to the conversation).

Anyway, there I go rambling again.  Here's the devlog:

• Use new facial expressions for Olivia's dialogue
• Use new facial expressions for Eva's field dialogue
• Use new facial expressions for Mia's dialogue - Nugg gave all the characters 5 expressions: Sad, Upset, Idle, Angry, and Aroused.  I now use all these in the conversations that already exist.
• You can ask about Mia in the bar instead of at the general store, if you want. - Because of a joke in the BJ scene, it made sense to have Mia's alley exist between the general store and the bar.
• The map should have a close button. - You could always close the map by clicking off it or pressing escape, but now it has an actual close button, too.
• Add a configure icon
• When you click the configure icon, a panel pops up that gives you the option to quit - Almost everyone who's tried my game has brought this up: There's no way to quit the game.  So, I added a configuration menu where you can quit.
• Asking the shopkeep about Mia in the alley should cost energy.
• You should not be able to click on buttons that cost energy if you don't have enough energy
• It should be possible for dialogue options to be visible, but unclickable - I needed this for the next feature
• You should not be able to click on dialogue choices that cost energy if you don't have enough energy.
• Add Mia's "Thoughts on Blowjobs" to the game - This is a conversation about blow jobs, but not the actual blowjob scene.  The actual blowjob scene is written, but it's not in the game, yet.
• All nodes should keep track of the day you've last viewed them, that way I can make some nodes only appear the day after other nodes have been seen. - What I'm doing for now (this will almost certainly change), is give you a new Mia dialogue conversation each day you visit her.  
• Add facial expressions to Mia's "Thoughts on blowjobs"

So what's planned next week?  Before I answer that, I gotta explain Mia's dialogue.  You talk to her about humans, then blowjobs, then there's a blowjob scene.  Going from a conversation about humans to a conversation about blowjobs is pretty dang abrupt.  That's why I'm writing a scene that can work as a transition between those two topics.

I also hope to have some new background(s) and some nice lewd pictures from Nugg.  

Hope you're having a great hump day!