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In-game wiki and suggestions form

The next update wiil be released within next one-two days.

Except planned goals, I'd like to tell you about another coming change - "Navigator" link in the sidebar is replaced with "Wiki" that contains the same info plus NPCs activities schedule and spells descriptions. Sure, the wiki will grow as the game gets new updates.

NPC activities schedule post was updated as well.

Another little addition is that I created a special form for you suggestions to keep them in a more ordered way. You can start using right now if you have any.

Public version bugfix

Download

A little fix that corrects:

- multiple notifications of completed 'Lost and found'

- aunt's 'Taste of Victory' dialog

- 'Live and Learn' quest display of learned spells

To update the online version, press Ctrl+F5 when you open the game.

Thank you for bug reports.

Spells

This post is dedicated to discuss the topic. If you've got any ideas, suggestions, notes or something like that, leave a comment or send me a personal message.

- Spell of Transfusion - a spell that allows you to put your energy into a gem. The charged gem can be used to restore your energy or serve as a component for other spells.

- Spell of Incitement - this spell forces the target to feel arousal. In general it captures main hero's arousal in a gem and then transfer it to the target.

- Spell of Revelation - this spell allows you to learn more about the target of the spell.

- Spell of Humiliation - this spell makes target's cock a little bit smaller. To gather 'Bitterness of Humiliation', advance the sissy storyline. You'll get one vial everytime on checkup and triggered scenes. Talk with the demon aunt to get an empty vial.

- Spell of Proud - this spell makes target's cock a little bit bigger. The mechanics to gather 'Taste of Victory' the right way is not implemented yet, so just ask the demon aunt to borrow you one or more (after mastering the spell).

- Spell of Hunger - this spell increases target's oral fetish. I plan to add visions or even uncontrollable desires when the player achieves high level of that fetish.

- Spell of Corruption - increases target's anal fetish

- Spell of Motherhood - increases target's tits size

- Spell of Suggestion - allows to hypnotize other characters to force them to do what you want

- Spell of Obedience - increases target's submissiveness, decreases domination

- Spell of Power - increases target's domination, decreases submissiveness

More spells are to come!

Last updated on 15th February.

Nightly Build. New characters: maid and butler

Nightly Build

Version with the cheat-menu

So, the long process of adding new characters is finally finished. New characters have their own schedule, a couple of short dialogues and sex scenes in the Dungeon. It was quite a big amount of work that's why it took two weeks.

New sex scenes are different: while the maid allows the player do whatever they want, the butler dominates the player choosing actions on his own. The scenes still lack text content but basic mechanics is done.

The next update will contain aunt's go out event and new slavery options. I guess it will take 3-5 days to make it, so keep in touch.

Thank you for your patience.

Updates schedule changes

Sometimes we have difficult periods in life, and I'm not an exception. Family and relationship thing ate almost all my time I had in January, and I could't prioritize development over them for obvious reasons. Though I tend to follow systematic work, I have to admit that I failed to meet my own requirements to make updates weekly. I don't want to give promises I can't keep, and that means I have to change the way of releasing new versions.

Since this version of the game updates are tied not to a specific day or date but tasks I want to implement.

As for version 0.1.2.9, they are:

Main story:

-> new characters: maid and butler (I'm busy making this at the moment - they will have their own schedule and interactions both at home and in the Dungeon, including sex scenes)

- new level in the Dungeon for slave training

Dominant:

- aunt go out event

- new options for the Spell of Suggestion

Sissy:

- makeup scene during the cosplay work

- new younger cousin's session that sets the stage for hypno-, audio- and interactive therapy

Other changes:

- learning fight moves and preparations for introducing the combat system

- expanded work descriptions

- new perks: short/tall height - only cosmetic effect at the moment

- new location: shop center toilet and a new scene there: lesbian voyeur sex (Lucky Coin patron request)

I do this to pursue quality instead of half-finished content. Of course, I will be posting pictures in a "sneak peak" post with freshly made features as soon as they are done

Perks

So, the game has received the basic set of perks lately:

• BIg cock
• Small cock
• Big tits
• Small tits
• Bull
• Nerd
• Stocky build
• Thin build
• Dominant behavior
• Submissive behavior

I'd like to know your opinion what other perks you want to see added to the game.

Version 0.1.2.9_nb (29th January)

Nightly Build

Version with the cheat-menu

Changelog:
Main story:
- quests 'Flush Bluch' and 'Communicating Vessels' are merged into one quest 'Live and Learn'
- added five new spells: Spell of Suggestion, Spell of Corruption, Spell of Motherhood, Spell of Power, Spell of Obedience
Dominant:
- new talk option with the aunt: about spending free time - will lead to the go out event in the next update
- effects of using Spell of Suggestion on aunt and cousins
Sissy:
- cuckold scene (visit elder cousin's room, when she fucks her boyfriend)
Cheat-menu:
- name, money, arousal and player's portrait parameters are updated instantly as the player presses the "Set" button
- fixed missing names of the week
- added the missing "Trigger" button for the main story scene
- added the arousal option (to the stats dropdown menu)
- added perks option
- added breast, pussy, ass and anus size options
Other changes:
- two new perks: Dominant / Submissive behavior - names are self-explanatory
- the elder cousin starts the dialogue when the player visits the pool - only once a day
- sexual interactions and toy insertions increases pussy or anus size
- pussy / anus size decreases a little bit every day
- elder cousin's new activity: fucking
- check out yourself page is redesigned again
bug fixes:
- fixed missing image for the "Cast Spell of Revelation" passage (online version)
- fixed orgasm statistics when watching porn

Cheat menu

This post is dedicated to discuss the topic. If you've got any ideas, suggestions, notes or something like that, leave a comment or send me a personal message.

Currently the cheat menu allows to change these parameters:

- player's name

- in-game time

- player's stats: money, energy, fatigue, arousal, body shape, elder cousin's favor, creativity, intelligence, communication, dancing, music, combat, drawing, concentration, videogames, Latin and all the fetishes

- quests and scenes: mark quests as completed, trigger scenes instantly

- player's portrait and gender

- aunt's, elder cousin's and younger cousin's appearance and gender

- body: haircut, hair removal, cock size

- adding spell gems

- perks management

Last modified on 29th January.

Version 0.1.2.8 (21st January)

Sorry for the delay - the events of the week were unlucky for developing the game, and I have to release a new version without some things I've planned to make :( At least the first step to the slave managing mechanics is done and I'll continue to develop this direction equally with others.

Nightly Build

Version with the cheat-menu

Changelog:
- elder cousin's bathroom scene with optional watersports content (it goes after buttplug and chastity scene, can be triggered via the cheat menu)
- two new perks: thin and stocky build. Thin build perk: if the player has a low body shape level, a thin body is displayed in the 'Stats' passage instead of fatty ones. It has a downside: it's a bit more difficult to build muscle. Stocky build: easier muscle building but fast body shape decreasing when eating snacks.
- eating usual food (breakfast, lunch, dinner) decreases body shape stat a little, eating snacks decreases body shape more significantly
- first slave in the Dungeon - Audrey: you can try to talk to her, have sex with her (some of the options are with text descriptions), inspect her (slave parameters) and use the Spell of Revelation
- demon aunt: new dialog about Audrey

Work in progress (14.01-18.01)

So, I've finally implemented one of the oldest "Lucky coin" patron content requests - it's a scene in the elder cousin's bathroom that follows after the first attempt to peek at her, and it has a part of watersports content.

Other main goals for the week:

* another content request be implemented

* first slave in the Dungeon and interactions with her

* a new perk

* Spell of Suggestion

Extra goals:

* maid and butler - I'd like to introduce new characters

Version 0.1.2.8_nb (13th January)

Nightly Build

Version with the cheat-menu

Changelog:
- waxing crotch scene is finished (to enable a SPH-content part in the scene, you should have less than 10 cm cock and have SPH content enabled in the content settings)
- 'trick with disappearing' quest is removed from the game - the quest was unobvious to complete and had little sense for the story. The Dungeon reveal scene triggers on the first exploration of the Book
- added a new player portrait
- two new perks: 'Bull' and 'Nerd' - names are self-explanatory
- cheat menu is expanded with fetishes options
- debt to Sandra, initial and following, decreased to 70$
- new spell: Spell of Revelation. It allows you to learn more about the chosen character (body stats and sexual preferences)
- aunt, elder cousin and younger cousin received their first personal parameters (breast, cock size, orientation)
- new quest: 'First Words' - demon aunt wants you to use spells (to get it, learn Spells of Transfusion, Incitement and Revelation, then talk to the demon aunt)
- new location: Dungeon Level 2 - Slave cells (actually it's empty at the moment)
bug fixes:
- fixed wrong portraits in the dialog with the younger cousin
- fixed disabled "Women clothing" link for transgender heroes in the Shopping Center passage ty csieggy
- fixed wrong behavior of some options in the cheat menu

Player portraits

At the moment there are 7 male, 8 female and 6 trans portraits available in the game.

If you'd like to see more portraits, leave your suggestion in the comments or write me a personal message - I'll add it in the tomorrow's update.

Hotfix

Thank you for so many bug reports! I've tried to solve as many problems as I could.

If you play online: game files are updated, just do Ctrl-F5 to refresh the file

If you play offline: download new game files

Public version (v. 0.1.2.7_nb) - download

- fixed "City Center" link

- fixed problem with the empty page on elder cousin's panties check

- fixed missing skill names

Patron version (v.01,2,7):

Nightly Build

Version with the cheat-menu

- fixed buying female clothes and body hair removal for transgender characters

- added two new androgynous portraits for male characters

- fixed problem with the empty page on elder cousin's panties check

- fixed missing stats names

- peeping slightly increases voyerism

- fixed error in elder cousin's pool dialog

- fixed younger cousin's room door page when she is recording audio

- fixed wrong text descriptions of the "Strange door" passage

- fixed error of the body shape stat

Known bugs: error on opening "To-do list", fetishes raising over 100 - will be fixed in the next update.

Version 0.1.2.7 (7th January)

Nightly Build Version

Version with the cheat-menu

Full Image Pack

Changelog:
changed:
- storylines and main hero backstories are replaced with choosing the gender, perks and sexual orientation
- "Answer questions" does not have any option restrictions anymore
- no restrictions for porn genres
- "Check out yourself" page is redesigned
new things:
- possibility to play as a transgender woman
- added content settings page (for the time being just two options look ridiculous, it will be expanded with adding new content to the game)
- cheat menu is expanded with 'your name' and 'mark the spell of ... learned' fields
bug fixes:
- "kiss" action ty naomikae, esse1985, Elijah Hu, Morpheus Ahrms, Goofych, Yuki, freddycrougar10
- added missing "nobr" in the Car passage ty jonny8bit
- "City Center" and "Gym training" links in the Fitness center are corrected
- Kimber James archetype: added images for receiving anal and cumming
- Younger cousin "How do you spend your spare time" question is fixed ty jonny8bit
- image for body stat is corrected ty Goofych
- "Cast Spell of Transfusion" - missing image corrected ty Goofych
- wording error in the bathroom
- "Dildo in Ass" masturbation image is fixed, added another image for female orgasm

Unfortunately, I totally ran out of time testing the game, so this update is more about redesign and bug fixing, not new content - sorry for that :(

Upcoming changes sneak peek

So, it's how the player customization page looks alike now: I've added more appearances for each gender, a new "Transgender" option, first perks (there will be more) and orientation choice.

Again I have to take another day to adjust the game to those significant changes, and later we return to the old Saturday release schedule.

Except this new feature I expect to add 2-3 scenes and 1 quest.

January devblog

* So, the main plans for this month stay the same: try to add a bit of each kind (main story, dom, sissy, bimbo and neutral) of content every update and develop it equally, implement content requests and improve existing scenes and mechanics. A large amount of work is ahead.

* One of the major thing I want to change this month is to remove storyline limits. Instead of this the game would suggest to choose only the gender and some perks (like big or small cock/breasts/ass/lips/..., confident or shy communication, muscled or thin body and so on). Perks would influence the gameplay pushing the player a bit to follow certain storyline but not forcing their to go that path. I want to add a "trans" gender option also.

* Another important goal is to correct game design mistakes. As I see sometimes it might be difficult to find the new and even old content. It's not okay and my task here is to make the gameplay simple and interesting simultaneously.

* "Lucky Coin" tier will receive another kind of reward. I'll continue to implement your content requests but more orderly and organised. I'm going to create a special post with your requests sorted out that displays the exact date when to expect them done.

* "work in progress" post will contain only the things I'm doing, not approximate goals for the week.

* I've seen some people unsubscribed with the reason "rewards not delivered as promised" - I'm really sorry that I disappointed you or made waiting too long. It's quite difficult to catch all the things at once and I'm quite overwhelmed. The only thing I can say I'm trying really hard to do my best.

* About bug reports via the online form. I would like to thank naomikae, esse1985, Elijah Hu, Morpheus Ahrms, Goofych and other anonymous guys for the reported issues. Most of them were about "kiss" action that is hotfixed, others will be fixed in the next update (of course, I'll mention your names in the changelog).

Version 0.1.2.7_nb (31st December)

Happy New Year!

Nightly Build Version

Version with the cheat-menu

Changelog:
- finished i18n support, fixing wording errors
- some memory optimization, game became a little bit faster
- working in the university slightly increases communication stat
- new item: men suit
- male dominant storyline: a little quest to buy a suit
- minor changes and bug fixing
sissy storyline:
- task to wax legs
- task to buy socks
- sissy's check scene has notices what things exactly decreased the debt
- new work option: help the elder cousin with morning routine
- new work option: help with the younger cousin with cosplay costumes
- a little event during cosplay help

Known bugs: 1) elder cousin inspection page might be empty on the seventh day; 2) you can buy female clothes if click on ither tan first choice points

I'll write a January devblog post containing release notes and plans for future tomorrow (just extremely tired at the moment).

Update delay

Unfortunately, solving technical issues of the game and preparations for New Year took the whole week, so I have to take another day for making new content. I hope to make a new release tomorrow or on Monday at worst (before New Year's Day for sure).

Please understand the situation.

January content preferences poll

Christmas dream update

A little present for you - a girl on girl scene in the Living room.

Most likely you'll see wording errors, so use "Refresh text variables" link in the settings.

Both online and offline game files are updated.

Please notice if you play online: though I optimized gif animations as much as it's possible, they might load very slow, for my case it's about 2-3 seconds.

Merry Christmas!

Nightly Build Version

Version with the cheat-menu

Download new files

Work in progress (24.12-28.12)

"Work in progress" is describing the state of my current work. I update this post daily.
"*" means to-do, "->" - in progress, ? - done.

Sissy storyline:
-> buying socks task

Dominant storyline:
* one of the events with relatives

Other:

? Christmas dream

? finish i18n support

* Bimbo and Netural storylines start

* "Lucky Coin" patrons' requests

Bug fixes:

- fixed wording error in the bathroom

- added mussing tag in the "Car" passage

27th December note: thanks for the first feedback via bug report tool. I've added "Your nickname" field to the form to allow me to thank you in the changelogs.

Luckily, I've found a way to solve the wording problems, there will be no such issues anymore.

Last updated on 28th December.

0.1.2.6 Hotfixing

I've just fixed these things:

- player can wear younger cousin's panties to pass "Trial of Silk" quest

- fixed the error with "kiss" action when playing as a female

If you play online, press Ctrl+F5 to refresh the game file.

If you play locally, download the fixed game file.

Fixes should work without restarting the game.

Version 0.1.2.6 (22nd December)

Nightly Build
Version with the cheat-menu
Changelog:
- added a link in the sidebar area to report bugs and issues via a special form
- new messages indicator is displayed separately from all notifications
- add new dialogues to the younger cousin, including talk about panties accident
- younger cousin has a new activity: recording in the music studio
- learning Latin is much faster
- learning spells is changed: it takes three steps, every step is followed with its own picture
- three new spells: Spell of Humiliation - decreases cock size, Spell of Proud - increases cock size, and Spell of Hunger - increases oral fetish
- new dialogues with the demon aunt (without new quests yet)
- minor changes, fixes and improvements

Release notes
* The game received a bug report tool that allows you to quickly report encountered issues. Thought I haven't any feedback through this form, I hope that you'll find it convenient to use.

* Sissy storyline: younger cousin's first talk is a bit short but it allows you to choose between a few answers(one if them is neutral and others trigger changes). Likely I'll expand this scene with time, adding some descriptions or secondary dialogues.

* Three new spells - unfortunately, making them took all the time I had. I have to mention new 'vial' mechanics, that allows the player to gather new components for spells - at the moment it works only for 'Bitterness of Humiliation' and suits perfectly for the sissy storyline, 'Taste of Victory' is planned to be gathered when the players wins a fight. Maybe it's a nice idea to give the player a possibility to poison food with those essences to affect the NPCs behavior, although it might remind one popular game too much.

* Talk with demon aunt about spells will initiate a quest to use them at least once. After I make this quest, I guess it would be nice to create the second level of the Dungeon with slaves.

* Considering tasks for next week: I'd like to finally finish i18n thing to remove any wording errors, to implement "Lucky Coin" patrons requests, to make the beginning of untouched storylines - so, it's a great amount of work to do.

Work in progress (17.12-21.12)

"Work in progress" is describing the state of my current work. I update this post daily.
"*" means to-do, "->" - in progress, ? - done.

Goals for this week:

Main story:

? new talk option with succubi (about learned spells, for example)

? three new spells (Spell of Humiliation, Spell of Proud, Spell of Hunger)

Dominant storyline:

* one of the events with relatives

Sissy storyline:

* buying socks task and other tasks

? "Heart to Heart" quest - the first session with the younger cousin

* new work option (elder cousin's morning routine)

Other:

? Bug report tool

* Bimbo storyline start?

? new dialogue options (for the younger cousin)

? new messages indicator is displayed separately from all notifications

* at least one patron request (high time)

* Christmas dream in the living room

* skills

17th December note. To ease and centralize bug reporting I've made a special Google Form for that. The link to that will be located in the sidebar area. Most of the fields are pre-filled (I like such features) and you don't have to spend a lot of time clicking.

18th December note. I've created the quest to talk with the younger cousin and started to write the scene connected with stealing panties.

20th December note. I've finished new dialogue scenes with the younger sister.

Last updated on 21st December.

Hotfixing

I've noticed that I made some mistakes in code. I've fixed the following:

- some events of the sissy storyline (shaving and others) were available only for sub/male character. It's available for the neutral male character now, too.

- multiple notifications about completion of the shaving quest

- a bug that elder cousin didn't take money from the player

- added a missing image for the online version

Both public and patron versions are corrected.

Online links stayed the same. It's better to press Ctrl+F5 to ensure that your browser didn't load the cached file.
Download links have been changed.

15th December Release Notes

* So, it's possible to use spells now. A gem charged with "Spell of Transfusion" can be activated by player to restore some energy. It works that way: if player has at least one point of potential energy, it will replace it with one point of energy. If player has no potential energy points and has at least one point of fatigue, the spell will replace one fatigue point with one potential point. If player has no potential or fatigue ponts at all, the spell does nothing.

* Using incitement gems will lead to a short scene where a relative looses self-control for a moment. The scene descriptions for different relatives do not differ except their reaction to what happened. Using incitement gems on the player is possible, too, but in general it has little sense.

* Unfortunately, I didn't manage to create a full-fledge quest for the dominant storyline but at least it has some placeholders for that. So, the first steps of this storyline remind classical date-sims when you go out and something happens. As for main characters of the game, I suppose these places: aunt - theater, elder cousin - bar, younger cousin - cinema. Since all of them have different temper, my task is to describe the events well-observed(ly?).

* Aunt has received three more options to talk. It's still too few, though. I'm sure these options are very important for defining the characters and fleshing out the game universe, so I'd like to pay some attention to this factor as well.

* Women socks got 300x300 resolution instead of 100x100 and they will stand out among other items. I guess 100x100 is too small and it's better sequentially increase resolution of other items. I want to redesign shop items layout (it's quite ugly) and enrich available choi?e (more than 5 options) - unfortunately, it might require a lot of time and effort.

* Sissy storyline got a little update but I'm going to add some more next week. The first therapy talk with the younger cousin is one of the most important points of this storyline and it needs to be done good. And a lot of other awesome ideas suggested by you await implementation.

Goals for the next weekend:

Main story:

* new talk option with succubi (about learned spells, for example)

Dominant storyline:

* one of the events with relatives

Sissy storyline:

* buying socks task and other tasks

* first session with the younger cousin

* new work option (elder cousin's morning routine)

Other:

* Bimbo storyline start?

* new talk options

* at least one patron request (high time)

* skills

Nightly Build (15th December)

Nightly Build Version

Version with the cheat-menu

Changelog:
- Freedom Fight quest is finished
- new item: women socks
- bug fixing and other minor changes
- cheat menu is expanded
- consumable items have count indicators
- the main hero can use Spell of Transfusion on himself
- Spell of Incitement can be applied on the hero and relatives
- new talk options with the aunt
- quest placeholders for the dominant storyline

Work in progress (10.12-14.12)

"Work in progress" is describing the state of my current work. I update this post daily.
"*" means to-do, "->" - in progress, ? - done.
Main storyline:
? using spells
Dominant storyline:
~ "Weak spots" - the first quest
Sissy storyline:
* buying socks task
* first session with the younger cousin
? finishing Freedom Fight quest mechanics
* new work option
* humiliating scene with the elder cousin
Other goals
? new item in women clothing: socks
* new work option for all heroes
* Latin classes content
* improved combat skill
? new talk options with the relatives
Something might be changed, but not significantly. Feel free to ask a question or leave a comment.

11 December note: Thank you for your incredible and overwhelming support!That's insane! I really appreciate that.

Last updated on 14 December.

Enchanted - main storyline

This post is dedicated to discuss the topic. If you've got any ideas, suggestions, notes or something like that, leave a comment or send me a PM.

Quests:

- Getting closer - initial quest. Just have enough interactions to complete it.

- Strange door - visit the door in the main hall and get the quest, then talk to the aunt. After that the next task is to find a way to open the door. This quest requires completing three side quests ("Underwater treasure", "Pandora's box", "Classics of the genre").

- Underwater treasure - a quest to obtain the first gem. Swim in the pool and activate the quest. Just have enough energy to dive and complete the quest.

- Pandora's box - a quest to obtain the second gem. Visit younger cousin's room, explore it and find a Rubik's cube to activate the quest. Learn the cube solving instruction in your room and return to complete the quest.

- Classics of the genre - a quest to obtain the third gem. Visit the library, explore it and find a keyhole in the bookcase to activate the quest. Then explore aunt's room and find a key on the notebook - take it, return to the library and open the safe.

When you got the gems, open the door and discover the Book of Pleasures.

If you choose to join the succubi, you will receive a quest to learn spells.

- Live and learn - a quest that represents your progress of studying spells.

- First Words - demon aunt wants you to use spells (to get it, learn Spells of Transfusion, Incitement and Revelation, then talk to the demon aunt)

Scenes:

- Dungeon is discovered - it triggers when you finish the Trick with dissappering quest. It allows the player to choose the side that leads to significant changes. Only "join" path is implemented at the moment, there are three to be done:

* player joins the succubi;

* player chooses to fight, defeats the succubi and enslaves them, becoming Lord/Mistress of the Dungeon;

* player chooses to fight and looses, becoming a slave in the Dungeon.

Last modified on 1 February.

0.1.2.5 Release notes

Or, more specifically, my thoughts for next updates.

* So, I was quite short on time this week and the next week will be the same for me but, luckily, the other half of December is free of any necessary business and I feel extremely enthusiastic to add much more content and fill the most part of placeholders with something more interesting. I'll keep implementing all the tasks I haven't finished this week focusing a bit more on the dominant storyline to finally begin it.

* Hair removal treatments. Just for your reference: shaving with razor lasts 5 days, waxing lasts 10 days, laser treatment lasts 15 days, electrolysis lasts 20 days. I haven't added permanent hair removal for electro treatment yet, so it doesn't happen after several sessions. Electro treatment doesn't have a time hint because its duration depenss on the number of previously done sessions.

* Cosmetologist: she will definitely be an NPC you can interact with. I plan to add massage treatment for the beauty salon and obviously that will lead to some sexual tension, both straight and lesbian.

* Spells: the first two spells, Spell of Transfusion and Spell of Incitement, are common for all attitudes. The first one can be used to quickly restore energy (it's more to future combat scenes than ordinary activities) and as a component for for more difficult enchantments. The second one can be used on the relatives to raise their sexual interest for the main character. It will be followed with corresponding scenes and might be the first step to melt the ice between characters. I hope I'll manage to program this mechanics till the next update.

* Learning Latin is not just another grinding. When the player studies a few spells and achieves certain relationship with demon relatives, succubi will invite their for artifact hunting. That will include solving puzzles and reading clues in Latin that will be translated automatically like it's done in No Man's Sky, for example. Of course, I'll add much more content (maybe not only sex-saturated but some curious historical references to the Roman culture) for learning scenes (both on your own and with the aunt) instead of another bunch of placeholders.