Dev Update – R4 Progress 2

First of all, I want to mark the milestone of 300 active patrons. Seeing so many of you sign up to support the project has really given me confidence that I can continue to put so much of my time into this. Thank you all so much, it’s made such a huge difference to me that I can’t really begin to describe!

Now onwards to the progress I’ve made since the last post. Things are taking a little longer than I wanted, but I’m aiming to have R4 out between the 10th – 15th of July. This would place this update as another long one, something I wanted to avoid but realistically the only other option was to cut content from it. Given the only two things that can be cut have been repeatedly teased and pushed back already, I really didn’t want to that either. I can only hope you’ll think the wait is worth it in the end.

Jen’s Story Content

As mentioned, R4 will feature some new Jen story content. What I’ve put together is a story event for each path, with a series of steps to get to it. I’ll post a teaser screenshot on the discord of the goal screen, so you can get an idea of what you’ll be doing. Not the most interesting preview ever, but I can’t really do more without spoilers, sorry!

The lead-up consists of about 14 events (split between the paths), so you’ve got a bit of a journey to get through before she’s ready to go all the way. It’s a bit different than the usual grind to story content that existed before, but I’ve put together a step by step guide in the goal screen that should make it easy to get through.

The love path is also getting it’s clothing content finished, so you’ll be able to max out her clothing level and unlock the sex shop if you haven’t already. You’re going to need it.

New System

I’ll reveal a little about the system I talked about a few times already. Basically I’m looking to put together an interactive sex minigame of sort. You’ve probably seen these in other games, so I’m going to have a stab at it myself.

The first iteration coming in R4 will probably be rather basic compared to what I envision. Limited options, assets, and limited to one place in the house. Eventually I’d like to have it available in multiple locations with video to match. This is something I’ll probably be progressively updating over several Releases as I work on other characters.

This is the last big thing to work on for R4. I already have a basic structure and design for the layout, so in theory all I have to do is put together the assets and code it all together. Hoping to have this done in little over a week.

New Character Intro

The final thing I’ll do for R4 is the new character intro. Depending on how long finishing everything else takes, I’ll basically just use whatever days are left to put together as much is sensible or possible.

And that’s about everything I think. I’ll be sure to make another post confirming the time frame for the release as we get closer, might even have some more previews for you. Until then, thank you all again for supporting L&V!