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Rogue-Like 4/2 update, home stretch

Just wanted to give you guys a quick heads up, since I've been getting a lot of messages about the new version (0.96). It will be coming out in a few days, I'm working on getting it as complete and polished as I can.

I'll release more detailed patch notes when it comes out, but basically it has a lot of little detail changes across the board, and a few new costume pieces. I hope it won't be too buggy, but I kind of expect the first release to have its fair share of bugs. I changed a LOT ...

March 2016 Patreon supported

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Rogue-Like 3/26 update, more customs

Ok, I just finished something that took a lot longer than I expected, but I still need to test it out. Basically I added two more custom outfit slots, so that you can make new ones without messing up the old ones, and cue different custom outfits during the week. I'm also trying to sort out a "wear a certain outfit while we're alone" thing, but it's more complicated.

I also did a little behind the scenes change that makes the colors display more accurately when you "overflow" one stat in...

New hoodie

Here's the new hoodie added to the game, most of the work on it done by

Jansither, who's been inking my stuff for a while now. Now I've got her working on some more clothes for Kitty, while I work on her facial features and coding stuff.

About Kitty's artwork. . .

I'm going to ask a question about Kitty's artwork after a little preamble.

So Daredevil s2 is out, fantastic show. I finished binging it this afternoon, and luckily, time spent watching things is also time spent drawing, so I was doing a lot of artwork stuff, a little of which will make the next build, most of which will be added later. One of those things was doing a pass on Kitty's sprite, adding a second arm position, and planning out future items. So I wanted to ask you guys for some...

More Survey response and raffle?

So apparently the survey is capped out, thanks for all the good feedback guys. for the numbers battle, it looks like adding new characters is very important to people, so I'll focus on getting Kitty rolling soon, and have some plans for our third girl. Adding new sexual interactions is also a big one, so I'll try to get something going with that as well. Clothing and flirtation/dialog were seen as slightly below those two, but still fairly high, so I'll definitely keep on that end as well.
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Survey Responses

Ok, I sent out a survey to active patrons who have already been charged, so if you didn't get one, don't worry about it, it's just collecting feedback on why people are visiting the site and what I could be doing to make it more attractive so you aren't missing out on anything. I assume more results will be coming in, but I wanted to address a few of the general comments coming in so far.

- First, thanks to all the people who are happy with the stuff so far. ;) It really does help to kno...

Laura Matsuda

A little something green for St. Patrick's Day, Laura Matsuda from Street Fighter V. That's one way to do an armlock. Sorry I haven't been getting a ton of pics out lately, I've been focused on getting the next version of the Rogue-Like game out, which will be v0.96.

Rogue-Like 03/09

Ok, so here's what I've been working on so far. I've been overhauling the undressing systems to be cleaner and read more naturally. Hopefully you guys will enjoy it too. It's also of course taking into account the new memory systems, so she should respond more naturally to being repeatedly asked to take off things she isn't yet ready to, or just give more flavorful responses to things she's already taken off a few times.

I've also been adding a few new images, some more facial expression...

Rogue-Like 03-05, grinding along

So here's a new clothing option. I plan to add a couple more by the time of the next update.

The big thing I'm working on, still, is the memory system, and it really is pretty fun. As I go through the existing systems, I'm constantly seeing bits here or there where I can add or reference a contextual memory, something that would either turn off a repetitive option, or allow for cooler interactions as she reacts to things she's already done.  I also spent some time streamlining the a...

February 2016 patron supported

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Rogue-Like 02/26

So people were pointing out things like "I asked her to do something, she said no, but then I could just ask her again and again," or even worse, ". . . and I'd get stat raises each time," which is a level of easy grind that isn't really a good idea. Yeah, there are hard caps on how high you can get a stat in most of these cases, but you can still grind out a decent amount of the stat levels you need this way, and if we're ever going to get a decent difficult level going on, we have to fix such ...

Rogue-Like 0.957

Ok, mostly bug fixes in this one, a few small features, and then on to the big "remembers what the past is" overhaul. Out with the old bugs, in with the new, hopefully not too many.

-Fixed some issues with Rogue or other characters not reacting appropriately to her clothing choices. She is now more likely to change into a default outfit when entering leaving an area if she was previous undressed (sorry).

-Tweaked the dialog options when you text Rogue to come to you, she is ...

Rogue-Like 0.955

Ok, so here's a little update. It's bug fixes, it's a little new content, it didn't feel worth being a complete new version so I just made it .955.  I'd hoped to get this out for Valentine's day, but it wasn't quite ready yet. I sent out links to all currently processed patrons, and will send out another round early next month if I don't have a new version by then. I have a lot of new patrons this month, so I hope you'll enjoy it.

I'm going to give your guys the weekend to find a...

Shiklah Valentine

My favorite kind of Valentine heart. Happy Valentine's Day y'all!

This is technically the "fancy" version, but you guys deserve it. I'll be moving this version to only 15+ towards the middle of the week, so get it while it's hot.

Btw, I'm still looking for a second artist to help me out with my game. I need someone to work on costume sprites with me because I have a bit too much on my plate at the moment. If anyone's interested, please get in touch, they're basically cell-sh...

2/9 Rogue-Like Commerce

I wanted to get some feedback on the "economy" of the game, such as it is. Right now, the primary way of earning money is via the stipend you get, and the reason for that is I didn't want an earning system that was too grindy, does this work for you guys? Is it too easy to make money? Too hard? Should there be more methods of changing how much you can earn?

And what about the shopping aspect? It's a bit of a stub right now, there's only the one outfit (though I plan to add some more), a ...

Rogue-Like v0.95

I've just sent version 0.95 to processed patrons, It's mostly tweaks and bug fixes to the previous version. Off the top of my head, here are some changes to expect:

-Added the ability to schedule her clothing choices for the week.

-She should no longer stay permanently drenched after leaving the showers.

-She should no longer appear "invisible" during various events, if you notice a scene where she's talking and nobody is there, please let me know.

-Tweaked some ...

2/6 Rogue-Like update

I'm working on getting version 0.95 out in the next couple of days, which will mostly be bug fixes and stuff. I thought it would be fun to discuss the various types of bugs that I get hit with, and what each means.

1. Typos. This is the easiest to fix, but annoying because it means I made a stupid mistake. A lot of errors, especially the ones that throw out actual error messages, come down to my misspelling or mis-capitalizing  a variable name or something, or putting a "=" inste...

02/03 Rogue-Like update, v0.94

Ok, so version 0.94 is now officially out, and links are being sent to all processed Patrons. Thanks again guys, there has been slow but steady growth in the support of this project and it's been a big help. I had some power outages last week, and a trip out of town last weekend that slowed me down a bit, but I managed to wrap up the stat overhaul and put together a working version. ;) So here are the patch notes:

-Core stats (Love, Obedience, and Inhibition) have all been raised from 0-10...

January 2016 patron supported

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Cheetah and Superman

Here's a fun pic of Cheetah and Superman catching up (if you haven't

read American Alien 3 yet). As usual, alternate versions can be found at

HU and Patreon.

One thing I have been considering, if I can find the right talent for it,

is to bring in a second artist to add new clothing options to the game.

Rogue currently has two tops, two legwear, somewhere around ten pieces

of underwear, and a few specialty pieces, and I intend to add similar

options...

Rogue-Like 1/20 More iteration

So I've still been going through the old systems, shifting out the stat reward mechanisms, but one of the nice things about stepping through the code like this is that I notice areas that are a bit clunky, that I wrote when I didn't know as much as I do now (which is still an ongoing process), and didn't have all the systems in place that I do now, so I can bring in improvements I've made over time. I basically rebuilt the anal system, in ways that might not be immediately obvious (unless it bre...

Rogue-Like 1/15 What's going on right now

So, I'm still working through the process of the 1000 stat upgrades. The first step was easy, the vast majority of the stats are checked and assigned by a central function, so changing that function instantly "fixed" all those interactions (although we still need to test it to make sure it works as intended). The second step was to go through and deal with a few hundred "exceptions" in the code, places where I used some other method to check the stats because the core function wasn't efficient i...

Diane (Seven Deadly Sins)

Here's Diane the giant from the manga/anime Seven Deadly Sins.

Rogue-Like 1/9: Prepping for 1000 stats

So some good news on the progress. In addition to clearing up various bugs and tweaking how some of the systems are working, I've also added and done basic testing on the new 1000 stat system. So far so good!

I implemented the basics of it, and it was actually easier than I thought it might be. I basically just had to add a few zeros here and there, a few multipliers elsewhere, but basically the game now understands that each core stat will cap at 1000 instead of 100, and I won't have to r...

Rogue-Like 0.93

As promised a (roughly) weekly bug fix update, still doing a bunch of other stuff that isn't ready for prime time yet, but you'll see it as soon as it is. Links have been sent out to everyone who was processed for December, I think they've gotten everyone already, but if they hadn't gotten to you yet just shoot me a PM and I'll mail you the link, or I'll just catch you on the next round.

Patch notes:

-Fixed some wonky dialog when removing clothes, based on poor event ordering. S...

Rogue-Like stats and balancing

A lot of people have said that they think it's too easy to max out Rogue's stats, and I don't really disagree with that. I've been trying to figure out the best way to make it a bit more challenging, without making it too "grindy" or potentially impossible to max out.

One simple way would be to go in and remove a lot of the stat-ups that occur during repeatable events, and make most of it go to unique and first time experiences. This can be tricky to balance though, and failing at it,...

December 2015 patron supported

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Rogue-Like, programming and stuff

I thought it would be fun to briefly discuss programming, and how it's working in Rogue-Like at the moment (and why certain bugs appear). There have been a number of bugs in the more recent build that trace back to a common flaw, and that has to do with control flow. Basically, in Renpy, you call out a section of code by using "labels." If you say "jump" and then a label name, then the game will stop what it's doing and go to that new place. It's a one way trip, there's no easy way to get exactl...

Rogue-Like 0.92 Holiday Edition

So guess what. There's a new build.

Before you get to downloading though, here are some patch notes, pay attention, because this is a VERY not ready for prime time build, it's definitely beta. I basically stopped adding new things a few days ago and tried to make sure that what was there worked as best I could, but it's still rougher than I wanted. I expect to have new versions out roughly weekly for the next few weeks to patch bugs as they come up, but there are already a few I know will...