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Daily info dump #2

Not too much to note today. Continuing along, cancelled some other projects so I can focus more on this over the weekend. If I have time, I'll redo some of Emily's sizes. I'm not entirely happy with how she looks. I might do a size chart if I'm able to.

Here's an interesting article about love language that I've been thinking about:

2020-10-30 13:01:57 +0000 UTC View Post

And now for something completely different.

So here's something unrelated, but I thought people might still enjoy.

This was originally going to be a part of a halloween anthology, but I didn't have enough time to get it done. So I repurposed a couple of pages of this one into this story (the original story had the girlfriend start eating people, so it was a bit more horror themed) which is why it kind of...goes along the way it does.

I hope you enjoy it! Let me know if you want more of these mini comic...

New characters: Personality traits

So it's about time I started organising this stuff. We've got 7 characters that I've written so far, but I want to hear your opinions. I'll give a quick overview of each character and their personality, so if you feel like a particular sort of character is missing, let me know below! I'll put all your suggestions into a poll and we can work on the first audience character from there! (Send me a message if you'd rather not comment!)

So our current characters are:

Emily: 

Daily info dump #1

About time I started keeping everyone in the loop. It's not fair to you guys for me to not provide information. 

Just a quick life update, skip to below if you don't care.

I've been running around trying to sort out things with my government, so I've been heading from place to place in order to get everything in order. (only to be told I need to fill out form "B" before I can fill out form "A", so I have to run around and get that information).

Long story short, I had s...

An unexpected delay.

So unfortunately, some rather unpleasant stuff happened in my life last week(I won't bore you with the details), so things are a bit delayed.
Things are back on track now though! I'm resuming work on the dating sim and will be aiming to get some more social stuff out ASAP.

I've decided against giving concrete dates for when updates should come out, as that just puts more stress on me (and it's really hard to be creative when you're really stressed out, which makes everything even wor...

Update 0.15

EDIT: There's been a little confusion, but that's ok! I'll try to be clearer in future. This is more of a half update, hence why it is 0.15 rather than 0.2. It's mainly to show off the new mechanics that will be in the game. The complete update, 0.2 should come out shortly. I just wanted to show everyone that there is new content for the game, as I feel like everyone's waited long enough. For 90% of you, the stuff you'd like to see in the game will be coming next week. This was just to show t...

24 hours to go!

I'll be doing one last all nighter to finish up, then you (finally) get to see the next update.

It will be a little light on dialogue, and with 0 polish, but a lot of the major mechanics are now in place! (This update was always supposed to focus on the mechanics first anyway, polish comes later)

You'll be able to travel from location to location and initiate conversation with a girl, plus you can give her gives (only homemade food at the moment, though that will be exp...

Updates overview!

Just a quick primer on what I plan to do with future updates:

*Skills update:

Will let the player learn new skills and have skill related dialogue options. Also introduces two new girls, Flora and Roxanne.

*Money update:

Will expand work a little bit, the player will receive money for working, and can spend it on things (Because this comes out after the skills update, some of those things will include skill based equipment, which can improve skills faster) A...

Thanks patreon.

let me know if something goes weird with payments guys!

3 days!

Alright, so the month ends in 3 days and I'm really hoping to get the next update out by then. Even if it isn't 100% complete, I'd still like to release what I've got so far, and just fix things up in a little mini update.

After this one is done, I'll do some posts on the next update, which will be the skills update, as well as my plans for the expansion of the cooking skill in later updates.

Survey Rush!

 So I want to do a quick check of how important certain features are to people in this next update.

Basically, how much time do you want me to spend on certain things? These will all be separate surveys as I want to gauge people's opinions on each item individually. This way, I can focus on the most important stuff in order to get this next update out ASAP!

Please remember that this is just the stuff for the next update! All of this will be added in detail eventually (once I ...

Survey Rush #9: Secrets

Should I put any secrets/hidden stuff in this update? I can't be too specific, but they might include things like, hidden recipes or secret ingredients, or possibly special gift items that you can find.

Survey Rush #8 Cooking Art

So. Cooking Art. Basically, do you want art of the food to be in the game right now? After you've baked cookies, or cooked dinner, do you want a quick picture showing the food you've produced?

Survey Rush #7: Cooking Mechanics

This is Cooking mechanics! How in depth should they be initially? These will include the ability to learn new recipes, make food items as gifts, invite girls around for dinner and attending cooking classes. All of this will be in the update regardless, I just want to know, how detailed should it be initially? (Note on the cooking classes: These are fairly heavily scripted events, where the player is taught by Chloe. There'll be plenty of interaction with her outside of the classes though!) 2020-09-20 05:40:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Survey Rush #6: Character events

This is character events. Events that trigger when you interact with a character that go beyond normal conversations, they only ever occur once, when conditions are met and give a bit more insight into the characters. How important are these right now?

Survey Rush #5: Relationship events!

This is relationship events. Events that trigger when the player grows closer to a girl, eventually getting to a point that she's "interested" in the player (though at this early stage, not quite going out with them) How important are these events to you and how much detail should they have?

Survey Rush #4: General Dialogue!

This one is general dialogue. Just regular conversations with the girl. If you've played 0.1, then you'd know how repetitive it can get. Is it important that each girl has a lot to say right now?

Survey rush! #3: Character sizes/weight gain events

This one is Character sizes and weight gain events. How important is it that the characters have lots of different sizes and events related to those sizes?

Survey Rush! #2: Character Expressions

 This one is character expressions! How important is it that characters have lots of expressions?

Survey Rush! #1: Backgrounds!

This one is backgrounds. Basically, how important is it that backgrounds look complete and polished. They will be eventually, but how important is it for this next update?

All nighter time!

So I'm really sick of the lack of progress on this update. I just want it done ASAP!

(In retrospect the navigation system, inventory system, workplace and cooking are all big enough for an update on their own, so this update has like 4 major features in one.)

So come join me on the discord! https://discord.gg/GjG6Ux

Screenshot time!

So some have been asking me for screenshots of the game as it develops. I'm happy to oblige, but this is what it looks like 90% of the time. A mess of stuff that doesn't actually fit on the screen. Or do what it's supposed to. :S

As you can see, the inventory system doesn't want to cooperate with me right now. RenPy tends to be very temperamental when it comes to menus.

Here's what I'm listening to as I sort this out: 2020-09-15 10:05:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Should the player gain weight?!

So a thought occurred to me. While practising cooking, the player will probably end up eating a fair bit of food. Should the player also be able to gain weight? (This would effect how different girls see the player character, and how they interact with him)

If people like this idea, I'll add it in a future update!

Update Notes.

Just a quick summary of what I've done.

Just finished all of Chloe's artwork (Though I may need to draw another couple of expressions if need be)

Finished the writing for the work introduction (I still need to copy it into the game script though!)

Tomorrow I'll be drawing Patty art, and hopefully adding her introduction to the game.

Still feeling like I'm way behind where I'd like to be, so I might do another all nighter soon. I'll let you guys kn...

One All Nighter Down!

And still not as far along as I hoped. Sorry if this doesn't make a lot of sense, I've been up for about 30 hours now, but I'll try to be as clear as possible.

It's only fair I give you guys a clear update as to what I've done, and what needs to be done for the cooking update.

Most of the trickier programming is done, I just need to rearrange a couple of things, and program in the cooking screen, but it's pretty straightforward. That's maybe 3-4 hours worth of work at t...

Testing a new hosting site!

Ok, new link, let me know if you need a mac version:

https://mega.nz/file/Ecx3UCoT#bgolzncrrgJG8sWhjzV3wFAnKBrNpIDZZLmYP3gFc9M

Alright, as Alf Vender and Gooboo said, you'll need to copy the link and then paste it into a new browser window. That's more for future reference, as this isn't a new version of the game. I was just using this to try out the new site.

Grace Hypno Bonus (Concept Art)

Another concept art sort of sketch. The idea is that the player can find weird objects that transform the girls, either physically or mentally. In this case, the...thing on the table has hypnotised Grace into becoming a fat, lazy slob. I'm hoping to add this sort of story arc around the date updates (3-4 updates down the line)

Also not too sure about this sort of style either, I might do a couple of polls every now and then, more realistic(ish) weight distribution, or more of an unreali...

Grace: Before and After

So Grace won the last character poll, so I though I might do a quick before and after sequence of her. I may have used this one to practice my anatomy a little ;P

(also, we get to see whether patreon will delete my post cause of nudes)

How should the next update show up?

So I probably won't have 100% of the content ready by next week, so my question to you is, are you happy with waiting a week or so for the first major update? Or would you rather get an update with some of the content next week, with the rest being added over the next few weeks after that?

Let me know if there's some other way of doing this that you'd like me to think about!

Sorry about the lack of news!

I know it's only been a couple of days, but I still like posting something everyday if I can.

I've been sick, so I'm a little behind (only a few days worth though).

I'm not sure when the next update for the game will come out, so I thought I might do a poll for it and find out what you guys want!