Dev Update - R4 Plans

Thank you all for the positive reception to R3.5. I have to admit, I was a little worried seeing as it was a bit different than usual, but it seemed to work out decently enough. I would like to apologize for the bugs, seemed like there were more than usual. And a couple were just me foolishly breaking things for no good reason. Testing was perhaps a bit rushed, so I’ll try to do better on that front.

A warm welcome to everyone who decided to sign up as patrons since the latest update, I appreciate the generous support!

Poll

Voting in the poll should now be closed, thanks to everyone who participated. My next post will probably be about this, just as soon as I take a good look at the results and figure out a good way of presenting them.

3.5 + 4.0 Intended Release

So far I’m pretty happy with how this scheduling of the releases is going. So we might be seeing more of these .5 style releases (and the more frequent releases) going forward. I still have to experiment with what actually gets delivered with each one, but all that in due time.

As it currently stands, I am aiming to have R4 out as early as possible in July. So slightly longer dev time than 3.5. This is both so I have time to actually finish everything I want to do, and because I don’t want to do a release at the very end of the month.

To explain that last part a little, each release obviously generates a lot of new patrons and with the way that patreon charges around the 1st of every month, I obviously don’t want a load of people joining up and getting double charged. So pushing the update past the 1st by a couple days just makes sense, and of course gives me a bit more time to add some extra content. Be assured I’ll use the extra time wisely!

R4 Content

As typical I’ll give a brief overview of what I intend to put out. 3.5 was painfully lacking in previews as I was working on it, so I’ll try and do a better job of that this time, so keep an eye out for the future posts and the discord for screenshots that go with them.

Jen

The vast majority of R4 will be Jen content. There’s still a bunch of stuff that’s been introduced in the last couple releases that need fleshing out more, and of course some new stuff as well. I read some complaints about not being able to repeat some of the content that was available in 3.0. 4.0 should rectify that, at least in the sense of providing the same nature of content in a repeatable fashion.

- New story event for both love and lewd path

Instead of the usual multiple events you get from one of her levels, I’m leaning towards there just being one (each for both paths) and perhaps instead having a series of smaller events leading up to these.

As you might be able to guess, these story events will be tied to one of her extra stats. So I’m thinking as you progress that stat you’ll be getting these smaller story parts when you level up.

These story events will likely be the last “main” ones for Jen for quite some time. Other smaller events and the like will continue to be added, but like I explained in previous posts I kind of have to wait for other characters to catch up before I go much further story wise.

- Club Content

New mc → jen content and some new ways for her to help you out with the stat gains. Likely requiring the training that was made available in 3.5. Basically the typical club event stuff you usually get in a release.

- Office Content

Same as above. Though the content is reaching a pretty critical stage which I want to mark with some special story stuff. I won’t say too much until I am sure, but I do want to put a bit more into this than usual. I’ll make sure to post about it in an update when it comes around.

- Daily interactions

There should be a bunch of new events to find in the usual fashion. A good portion of these will probably be tied to the extra stats. Apart from that expect some content that you unlocked at the end of 3.0, and perhaps some special outfits or finance control expansions.

- Daily Task

One thing that is already almost finished is a small system in which you can assign her a task to complete each day. Currently this should act as both an active and passive way to progress with her. So if you wish to keep up to date with what she gets up to, you can, or she’ll just do it and you’ll get some progress at the end of the day. This should be finished pretty soon so I’d expect to see it in the next dev post.

Even features it’s own mini story, which I have allowed to get way out of hand. So you have a mix of fairly simple events and some that unfold over the course of some time.

- New big system

I’ve talked about this before, and I still intend to have it available in R4. But it’s a bit complicated so might change a whole bunch before it’s ready to be talked about in any serious way. I got a good head start on this, but even so it's a lot to get done. So I'll keep you posted as it develops.

New Character Intro

R4 should include an introduction to a new girl, younger than what’s currently available. This should finally see some real usage of the fitness skill, assuming I don’t change my mind.  You’ll be meeting her at the gym, and is likely going to be a tough nut to crack.

I don’t want to say too much, as (hopefully) learning about a character as you interact with them is part of the fun. I can’t say for sure how long this intro will actually be, since I largely plan on working on it as much as time allows in time frame I already stated.

New characters like these will likely have very limited availability at first, much like how Mel is only available at the club. The intro is likely to take place over a number of events, ones you can trigger once per day. So it’s something else to progress through as you do your usual routines. She will of course open up over time, but that’s outside the scope of this release.

That’s the plan anyway. I can share more when it’s actually being worked on. Of course, things might change.

Thank you all for the continued support. It’s really giving me the confidence that I can see this project through to what I want it to be. And I’ve seen plenty others express similar ideas. Be assured, I didn’t make this a sandbox to have only 3 characters!