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0.27 plans

Time to give you some details about 0.27. If you keep track of our schedule, you probably already know it's going to be about Max. Like with the 0.26 update, we've decided to go over the game and fixed some bugs/add quality of life.

0.27 won't be just about bug fixes, though. Lisa will get new late night events, Kira will get new events in the living room, Ann will get new events in the bathroom, there will be new yoga events, etc. You'll see the full change log on release day.

In the past, we said how we've been working on a fundamentally new client. We're aiming to release it for 0.27. It's quite different from the current one, but first let's talk a bit of history.

Over three years ago we started working on the Big Brother. Originally the game had a simple unity client with no online features. in 0.4 we added Patreon authorization and while the players still had to download major updates manually, the game started to automatically download minor patches that didn't have any images. And when we started working on Glamour, from the very beginning, the client-server system was the very foundation of the game.

An online connection lets players update the game automatically without manually downloading anything, and authorized users have cloud saves so they can play on PC or Android without losing their progress. Unfortunately it also has a big downside. Ping. People who live far away from the server suffer from lag, sometimes there are problems on the server side, and some people don't have the access to the internet 100% of the time. We have an offline version, but it has over a month delay from the online version.

So we've decided to try an make an offline client that would fix these problems without removing the online functionality.

Here's how it's going to work:

We're still not sure about the cloud saves, but the game will definitely support offline saves.

Now this new client creates an obvious problem. Piracy. Currently, the game comes out for our $40 Patrons first, our $20 Patrons get it two weeks later, four days later our $10 Patrons get it, and then another three days later our $5 Patrons get the update.

But if we start releasing the offline client for our $40 Patrons and make everyone else wait, then the pirates will get the game earlier than our supporters and we want to avoid that.

So we're going to try a different approach. If it doesn't work, we can always go back to the old system. Hopefully, things are going to work out.

Here's how it's going to work: everyone who pledges at least $5 to our Patreon page gets the game on the same day. The new offline client automatically downloads the new version. So of course, now we have to come up with new rewards for our Patrons who give us $10 and more.

First of all, we're going to be having regular polls. Our Patrons will get a lot more impact on the game development.

We will have at least one major poll for our $40 Patrons every month. Our $20 Patrons will get to vote on many different aspects of the game, and our $10 Patrons will get to vote on cosmetic and secondary polls.

We're thinking about adding new supporter bonuses and we're open to suggestions. We're going to start new polls this month, we have a lot of questions and we want to know your opinion.

0.27 plans

Comments

когда 0,26 за 1 бакс?

ты хоть сообщи новости скоро будет или нет

DS когда обнова уже 15

DS уже число когда обнова будет или жать 15 или 20 число

Though it is now the 13th of June.

Draco59

One problem is that for Big Brother to continue, DS would have to rebuild the relationship mapping as it is in Glamour. Otherwise, the game as it stands can't be part of Patreon. You have to set non-incest as the default mapping for Patreon to accept it, though as in Glamour, the mapping doesn't limit you to those (lack of) relationships.

Draco59

I can see the potential of that when Kate advised Ann how to set boundaries with her boss.

Draco59

скорей всего будет обнова числа 13 не раньше

Is this available now?Or when will it come?

한국어 번역을 간절히 원합니다.나는 게임하는데 불편함이 많습니다.

I would have a suggestion since the new client is now releasing the update for everyone at the same time, so it might be a good idea that it should appear on the 1st of the month, so that there is more time for the content for the next month. And so he could make more content than was previously possible.

I can hardly wait for the 0.27 update, just a shame that it is so long until then

I think that they are "Place holders" that someone missed and failed to update/replace with the images that should be there.

Ahchi Cappleman

I am male but I like to play female characters in these games, I like playing Kate very much because it is fun flashing Kates pussy to everyone. I find a bug in bed with roomate and boyfriend get a couple of blank pages on screen instead of cumshot scene with question mark in top left corner of screen, thankyou have a nice day. It's only in intitial stages when Katey gets stuck into it, it's all good :D

L0b0ts

My advice is waiting until around 09.06.2020 then 0.27 should appear for everyone, that is also the new Clienet where everything should be included, so all functions should then be in play and active.

>Entire account is dedicated to hating Max >"Im not a Max hater" You're a joke.

cwok

Very easy, its not an option yet, you just need to wait for a long time. BB part of the game should start to catch up to Kate's story

Hmm Hmmsen

Please read my comments on the "Mar 13 at 3:02pm Glamour 0.24" post. Sorry it,s a bit angry but it does explain the problems with playing Max at this time. My advice is to wait until you have access to "0.27" before trying to play Max, in my opinion until he is updated, he is not really playable!.

Ahchi Cappleman

If anyone have a few minute to help, thank!!!

Damon

Can anybody give me a few advise on how to move forward on the main story? i completed a few side quest but now i'm stuck... for exemple for the big brother quest i bought all the spy cam but i can't make money by using them... To get Kira job i need to wait a phone call but the phone is locked…

Damon

Олег Много было чего обещено на 0.26 и 0.27 а в итоге ничего, только исправление ошибок которых у меня лично не было за весь период игры. И это не очень хорошо, где обещенное обновление?

Олег

Additional erotic scenes, the more you pledge the more scenes you get

Vette

You know, you should just finish big brother and forget about the male protagonist of Glamour. Just rush the game with 2 o 3 final updates and focus of Kate and forget about the male protagonist and move on with you like without people like me, that just can't forget.

yuanelo

и ещё я предлагаю так что бы патров не теряли что бы все по играли выход через 2 недели после патронов за 5 версию или допустим 25 или 26 онлайн для всех

я так не понял а кто не патрон будет ждать 2 месяца как и было

Мне это напомнило Glamour-0.11-оффлайн когда последний раз видели Алекс и проблемный квест на заднем дворе и мы решили этот квест в Glamour-0.12-оффлайн, но потеряли Алекс и получили Макса. It reminded me of Glamor-0.11-offline the last time we saw Alex and the problem quest in the backyard and we solved this quest in Glamor-0.12-offline, but lost Alex and got Max.

Playing 0.26 (0.25) online and getting Glamor-0.25 offline I was upset. If we assume that 0.26 is a patch or service pack that fixes errors, then why not release Glamor-0.25-offline that has already been fixed, and not wait a month?

Играя в 0.26 (0.25) онлайн и получив Glamour-0.25-Оффлайн я был расстроен. Если считать что 0.26 - патч или сервис пак исправляющий ошибки, то почему не выпустить Glamour-0.25-Оффлайн уже исправленую, а не ждать месяц?

I'd like to know this too. What does "We're still not sure about the cloud saves, but the game will definitely support offline saves." mean? This looks like we may lose our saves if we have been playing the online client but that the ones playing offline will be able to pick up their saves... Is that correct? Is there any way for me to make an offline save of my cloud saves?

lothian53

May I ask what are you talking about?

BEFORE you do the 0.27 Update, Could you please KEEP YOUR WORD and finish the 0.26 Update !

Ahchi Cappleman

You could maybe add Customizations that apart from the current story only unlock for the higher tier patrons. Like, new clothes and hairstyles even for minor characters Maybe even furniture. I'm thinking of a adding these as overlays, so you wouldn't have to rework every picture.

Bindair Dundat

Not a big supporter of the time spent on Max. If there was a some way to integrate play progression of Max into what was going on in Kate's world, I would be fine. They are really two different games if you cannot tie the actions of each into one steam of story. I mean if you were to play as Max for awhile and moved his character traits from sympathetic to jerk and then that reflected in the Kate world then it is worth while. But if nothing changes then what's the point of playing Max other than a predetermined back story. Kudos to you if you could pull it off.

Geo

To clarify something, I am NOT trying to be a troll. I am not a Max hater. I enjoyed Big Brother while it lasted. I truly believe that there should be another attempt at a dedicated Big Brother game, and I would gladly support that game as well. I have all the respect in the world for Dark Silver, his games, and his character designs. In this case, though, I have an issue with the fact that I paid for Glamour (and specifically Kate). I paid for a new IP, with new characters, a new story, in new locales. What I'm against is Big Brother absorbing Glamour (not even the other way around), and becoming the Max show featuring Kate. It's like paying for tickets to a football/soccer game, and watching it turn to golf in the middle of the game.

That is a gross mischaracterization of why people like Max's story. The people who like Max's story don't like it for Max they like it for the girls and harem perspective. You could replace Max with any other male PC and they would still want "Max's" story. Max is simply the Avatar DS is using for us to experience the game. I believe I speak for a good portion of Max supporters when I say this, when we say we want more of Lisa, Alice, Ann, Kira, and all the other BB girls told from "Max's" perspective we dont give two sh*ts what the Max model looks like.

I was here for that vote, and every vote since. Where the problem arose was in the fact that the male character was introduced, and was soundly rejected. Then he was gone, and reintroduced as Max, and while this brought back the (somewhat vocal) Max fans, this didn't really change the minds of the majority of patreon's. In poll after poll, Max content was rejected, or, due to lack of better choices, held to a minimum. Still, DS wanted to put Max into the game, so the 2:1 compromise was reached. Somehow, though, even this wasn't upheld, as .22=Max, .23=Kate, .24=Max (Even though more people voted for it to be Kate), .25=Kate but half the update involved Max, .26=bugfix, .27 Max (stats compiled by Biotic). How's that Max only getting a third? Let's be real, there are 4 male students, 2 male teachers, Nicolas, Nick, Fedor, Thomas from the hotel, Rick the handyman, and the kid next door. 12 minor characters, and we're forced to blow Max for half a Kate update? We skipped a Kate update for "bugfixes", and DS decided not to even do one for her, and instead pushed forward with a Max update? The most poignant thing you said was "once the inevitable cross over happens." It's happened, man. This game is, quite literally Big Brother v2.0 Bonus Edition featuring Kate. LMAO

Suffice to say I'm looking forward to the crossovers between both Kate and Max which will mean more Kate Content as well. Pairing up Kate, Alice and Lisa as well as numerous other match ups, then running the same match ups from Max's angle would be very interesting. Not to mention the other Characters, like Ruby or Sophie.

ghost556

Back two years ago give or take we had a vote to include a male main character. I still stand by that vote, the idea was to draw interest of both camps former and new. DS took a hard hit from the fans whom wanted a male lead so DS compromised. At the time Max wasn't the main character but the surprise and the addition of familiar characters wasn't unwelcome, im looking at the Max uodates as add-on to Kates story. Now the 2:1 update for me is fine. In the case of the last update the art was included just wasn't activated so after this max update the next Kate update should be larger, as the included art in the previous update and new art should be added. Additionally this also opens ladies of Mans family to interact with Kate twice over once the inevitable cross over happens.

ghost556

Personally i do not care about piracy. I support this game because i want it developed, i don't care about who else is playing it or how much they pay. I support this game because of Kate's story, but i respect that a minority of patrons prefer little boys with big tools. The main problem is that it really is two games in one and that what we agree upon in polls do not seem to be respected as others too have pointed out.

Do my saves transfer from online version to offline version?

I’m happy for any update either Kate or Max, and very interested in being able to play the latest versions offline.

Perfect 👌🏼

Good for bringing that up

Vance Watson

Same question Chris has. Are you going to follow the vote results or just do whatever as you have been

Vance Watson

This is realy good - i play only the offine version - hope the new system will work.

Watcher

I would like to know more about transfer of saves from cloud. Don't want to start the game from from the very beginning....

Perfect!

With all due respect, Dark Silver, do the polls really matter? Over the last five updates, in addition to 0.27, the focus has actually been on Max. ( .22=Max, .23=Kate, .24=Max (Even though more people voted for it to be Kate), .25=Kate but half the update involved Max, .26=bugfix, .27 Max.(stats compiled by Biotic) This in direct contradiction to EVERY poll result, as well as your own word. Though I understand that I'm about to get blasted the vocal minority of patreon's (the 30%-40% of Max fans), please believe that I am NOT trying to be a troll. This is a valid question. Do the polls mean anything, or are they just your way of gauging interest?

The reason both story lines don't have equal content is quite simple: it's NOT Max's game. Big Brother was Max's game. Big Brother is DEAD. Although the Max supporters are more vocal, and cry more, the majority of patreon's have voted time and time and time again to focus on Kate. A few months back, after Kate won yet another poll, it was supposed to be 2 Kate updates for every 1 Max update. Since then, it's been: .22=Max, .23=Kate, .24=Max (Even though more people voted for it to be Kate), .25=Kate but half the update involved Max, .26=bugfix, .27 Max. We were told we'd be going back to the 2Kate/1Max update schedule after we got screwed out of the .24 update (stats compiled by Biotic). What happened? A Kate update was replaced with a bugfix, and rather than work on the Kate update, it was skipped altogether for another Max update. Let Max have his OWN game again, don't ruin Kate's game even more. By this point, it's becoming Big Brother v2.0, with special guest star Kate. Again, this is what the majority of patreon's have asked for repeatedly, and what we were promised by DS, this isn't just my preference.

Я понимаю Вас и в чём-то согласен. Но тут несколько другие подходы. ААА тайтлы расходятся по всему миру и аудитория там в тысячи раз больше как минимум. Да и крупные компании могут позволить себе разработку с большим штатом сотрудников до получения прибыли. В данном же случае, либо разрабам надо ваять только данную игру, но тогда нужны доходы на жизнь, либо работать и в свободное время уделять время игре.... Естественно разработка долгая, а жить надо на что-то.

BarnettDL

I can confidently say that the high latency while playing the game is one of the strongest reasons that I ever choose not to play it. I think fixing that somehow is a great idea. I still don't understand why every single action has to take place over the internet. those actions seem like the sort of thing which could be queued for a save asynchronously.

cj

Considering how far behind and how lacking Max's story line is....the next 3 updates should be about him. Just so both story lines have equal content.

Меня всегда напрягали суммы для стран СНГ с учётом курса доллара, особенно с учётом количества добавляемого контента за календарный месяц, по этому перестал донатить. Я понимаю что в разработке всё не так просто, но даже при 10 долларах в месяц, з несколько месяцев это цена AAA игры. Да, я так же понимаю что контент, так сказать, специфический, 18+,но в то же время и такого рода игры есть на популярных платформах для покупки игр, типа steam, и опять же, ценник у них обычно в районе 20$, за всю игру, целиком. Возможно, с новыми условиями, я задумаюсь о возобновлении платежей по 5$. Хотя опять же, считаю это довольно большой суммой за то количество контента, который проходится очень быстро в рамках месяца. Вон, студия FoW на кикстартере, собрала денег на разработку игры sabvers, порно игры, и она будет в 3d, а кто видел ролики от этой студии, должны понять какое качество графики нас ждёт, при этом, я сомневаюсь что на старте продаж финальной версии, в steam, цена будет выше 30$.

will the new client recognize our saves ? or will it be new games?

Talon1972

В принципе справедливо, надеюсь получится.

BarnettDL


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