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12/18 Roadmap

Last week was another successful week of work on the game. It's really nice to see actual progress being made again after several busy weeks in a row where little got done.

I accomplished everything on the list for last week, plus I squeezed in some work on older content to make sure it's in line with the new. That includes retconning a handful of passages so that they're consistent with what I'm writing now, so please be aware that some things (especially one of the diary entries) hav...

A Peek Behind the Curtain

If anybody was curious what a Twine game looks like on the back end while I'm working, here's a quick glimpse. This is what I stare at for an hour or two (sometimes way more) every day when I finish my day job.

It's a huge tangled mess of passages and connections, but somehow, I make it work. Mostly.

Kind of maddening to see it all laid out like that.

Three Rights Make a Left

I've gotten some feedback here and there that my use of "left" and "right" to describe orientation of features in the game is sometimes confusing, given that these terms are relative to your position. I've approached their use from the philosophy of "You're always standing at a fixed point in the room or area, examining things," but this gets especially weird in areas like the upstairs hallways that interlock at both ends.

Truthfully, it's a holdover practice from the very beginnings of...

What are you into?

Obviously Enter the Expansion Mansion is all about Breast Expansion. There's a bit of lactation and other stuff snuck in here and there, but it's a BE game first and foremost.

I plan to stick mainly with BE for future projects, but I will also be branching out a bit more as I tackle future games. So, I want to ask all you guys what exactly you are good with seeing. Below are the areas that I could consider implementing in future projects. Please select any that you are in favor of seei...

12/11 Roadmap

Well, last week was super refreshing in that I actually got to work on the game a fair bit and I was able to accomplish all of my goals for the week with no real difficulty. With everything on that list out of the way, we're getting closer and closer to having 1.5.0 ready for a Patreon release. Hopefully, just a few more weeks.

Still left to complete are the new character's dialogue tree, a quick update to an older room that is affected by the content, a new expansion sequence, wish con...

12/4 Roadmap

The last two weeks have been a lot. Like, A LOT.

Between family visits, the holidays, a family funeral, extensive travel for the preceding items, and tons of family drama that has been outright infuriating, I've barely been able to breathe. I'm glad I set low expectations for last week's progress on the game, because very little was made between all of that.

However, we're back to business as usual! I'm back from everything. I survived the family. And I've got a mostly wide open s...

11/27 Weekly Roadmap

Hello, Patrons!

I hope all of my American supporters had a lovely Thanksgiving. Mine certainly went well. As I mentioned in the last roadmap post, holiday plans kept me busy most of the week. I was able to get a bit more work done on the new character interactions (probably my favorite character to write for yet!), but there's still work left to be done before I can move on to the real meat of the update, which is going to be some serious coding projects to integrate.

I mentioned ...

11/20 Roadmap

Last week went according to plan. I completed a new secret ending that'll take some real determination to find (and might be the first ending to result in a death...). All of the interaction points of the new room are added in, and I've gotten well into the new character interaction, even further so than I had hoped, thanks to a good productive weekend.

The next two weeks are going to be pretty limited as far as time I have to work on the game. This week is Thanksgiving, which means fa...

11/13 Roadmap

Well, my visiting family cleared out a tiny bit earlier than expected, so I did sneak in a bit more work over the weekend,

Altogether, I managed to get 3 of the interaction points written, but no work on the new ending.

As I mentioned in the update, I hope to really grind at the game for a couple days this week, so hopefully we'll see more progress. Still, I'm setting a moderate goal and will hope to surpass it.

1. Finish final interaction point.

2. Write new endin...

11/9 Update

I've made some good progress so far this week. I've done some fixing on older elements that now need to tie back into the new room, and I've finished one of the four new interaction points, with a second well underway.

Unfortunately, the week's progress pretty much stops there, as I've been hit with a sudden unexpected family visit.

Work will resume next week, though, and I'll try to pull a couple of productive days to ensure that I make up for lost ground this week.

Until n...

11/6 Roadmap

Well, after a nice, lowkey week of bug fixing, save learning, pushing 1.4.1 out the door, and starting work on a whole new novel (I did a lot last week for it being my rest week...),  the time has come to earnestly begin work on V1.5.0. This update will add in the final room of the first floor, which happens to be where a certain someone can be summoned. Hints have been scattered around the manor already to learn how to summon this new character. I hope you've been exploring and paying a...

A New Side Project

Hello, patrons!

A while back, I asked if you guys would like to see some non-interactive fiction here if I worked on such projects, and the response was primarily a "yes" while many wanted the focus to remain on the games.

Well, I can promise that work on the games is not stopping. In fact, I managed to finish everything I wanted for this week's short roadmap, plus do some work on V1.5.0. Since I've been mostly relaxing after the crunch to release V1.4.0 and V1.4.1, I decided to e...

Version 1.4.1 Release!

Surprise release!

Ended up with some extra time to do some debugging today, so I was able to finish up V1.4.1 faster than expected.

Updated in this release:

Fixed bug that prevented entering the maids' quarters under certain circumstances.

Fixed typo in Olga conversation options.

Fixed bug that caused maids' quarters name to not display after room was explored.

Added simple Save/Load system.

Be sure to check the new link on the L...

11/2 Update

Super quick news:

I've managed to get most of what I wanted to do buttoned up with V1.4.1. Now I just need to do a few test runs to make sure it's all working relatively well, and I'll be releasing the new version, hopefully no later than Saturday!

In case you were curious about the new feature I wanted to figure out, I might just SAVE that news for the release. ;)

11/1 Update

Happy belated Halloween, Patrons!

I've managed to track down the error causing the bug and fixed it. Plus, I've fixed a few embarrassingly obvious typos (no doubt missing others...) But I'll be holding off on release of V1.4.1 for at least a few more days.

I'm currently working to wrap my head around some coding for a new feature and, if I can manage to get it working, I'm going to throw it into this new version.

Hopefully I'll be updating again soon with good news!

Make your wish come true!

Alright, patrons! Here's your chance to have your dreams (or at least funhouse mirror twists on what you think your dreams are) come true in the game. You've just managed to summon up a Carnal Pleasure Devil in this crazy (not actually all that) abandoned manor, and you can sign a binding contract using your soul as collateral in exchange for one single wish.

What do you wish for?

I've al...

10/30 Roadmap

Well, when I made the roadmap for last week, I secretly had a goal of getting 1.4.0 out by today. Happily, I made it happen by late last night.

I'll be largely taking this week as a break, with the caveat that a bug has been brought to my attention from V 1.3.0. I'll spend some time this week trying to fix that, and I'll release a 1.4.1 to address it, once fixed.

Therefore, this week's limited roadmap looks like this:

1. Fix bug

2. Release V 1.4.1


Additi...

Version 1.4.0 Release!

Surprise!

It was a very productive week, and I was able to squeak out the finishing touches on Version 1.4.0. The new content was much more limited this time, so debugging went much faster.

What you can expect this time:

1 New Expansion Sequence

1 New Room to Explore (plus another hallway)

1 New Hidden Event

Thanks as always to you guys for helping me make this game a reality. I truly do appreciate the support so much!

Lots of new Patrons!

Hey everyone!

I've seen a sudden influx of new Patrons over the past week. I'm talking about an unusual uptick in people joining. I just wanted to say a quick thank you to all of my new and long term Patrons. Your support truly means a lot to me. This game absolutely would not be happening without you all.

10/23 Weekly Roadmap

As I mentioned in my mini update, I was able to accomplish all of the goals for last week handily. I had a couple of days with plenty of free time, and all of it went toward the game's development, uninterrupted. The hallway and new room have been added. The coding for the new hidden scene has been implemented.

Even better, the first chunk of the prose for the hidden scene has now been written, and I've gone ahead a added in one of the planned exploratory/interactive objects to the new ...

Best word for boobs?

There can be only one.

(And yes, I'm still hard at work on the update.)

10/20 Update and Some Light Reading

Development is going well. One room is added and the bulk of the coding for the new feature has been finished. It was a bit tricky to implement, but I think I've got it, now. This will be the first truly "random" element in the game, as it's a scene that simply may or may not trigger (though there is a way to ensure that it eventually does trigger if you want to be sure you see all the content). With a pretty wide open weekend schedule, I may even be able to get ahead by the next roadmap. We'...

10/16 Roadmap

Well, V1.3.0 is out, hopefully without too many missed bugs due to the rushed debugging process last week. If you find anything, let me know, and I'll make sure to fix it for V1.4.0.

Speaking of which, work has already begun on the next version. I'm planning to keep the development process quick for this one, which should be easy enough. It'll only have one new room, a new expansion sequence, and a quick, more hidden, fun bit to hunt down.

I can't say anything for certain at this ...

Version 1.3.0 Released!

Here is the link to download version 1.3.0! As I've said, this was not nearly as large of an update as I would have hoped for the sheer amount of time that got sunk into it. Lots of real life difficulties and obstacles and a growing complexity of logic and decision trees to juggle mean that every small bit of progress is taking longer than the last. I do want to warn that I didn't get to do as much debugging as I would have liked, opting instead to not miss my deadline of this week (if only b...

10/13 Update

It's been a crap week. I'll spare all the details, but I've pretty much caught crap from 4 different directions this week.

Debugging has been going well (only minor fixes needed so far), but a lot slower than I had hoped due to all the nonsense eating up my time.

I very well may still be able to get 1.3.0 buttoned up by the end of the weekend, but we may be looking at a release early next week.

Stay tuned!

10/9 Roadmap

Hello, Patrons!

I am now older, wiser, and gradually deteriorating with age.

Last week was about as productive as expected. I got all of the coding and prose finished up for 1.3.0, and testing has officially begun! I've already found a few small errors, and those have been buttoned up.

I would like to apologize for how long this version has taken. It was always meant as a short update that would add some crucial, but more mundane elements to the game. (i.e. there's no real e...

10/2 Roadmap

Last week went swimmingly! And what's more, this week should, as well! I'll be a little busy prepping for my annual aging (getting older sucks), but that shouldn't derail the ability to get in an hour of work here and there per usual.

I've also decided that I need to go back and tweak one of the conversational passages to add in a bit more "fun." With no new endings or expansion sequences in this update, I want to make sure I'm giving you guys SOMETHING fun to play with, even if just so...

9/27 Quick Update!

I just wrapped the last of the dialogue options! It's been a productive three days to kick off this week. That means that I'll be spending the rest of the week running through a few odds and ends that are still on my list for this update. Assuming that goes as well as the last few days have, I may very well be starting on the testing/debugging next week for an early October release of 1.3.0! And then expect 1.4.0 to follow within just a few weeks after that. 1.5.0 will likely be a lengthy dev...

9/25 Roadmap

Well, as I mentioned in my brief update in the middle of last week, life saw fit to rain down all hell on my schedule. I spent multiple days at the vet with a sick pet (she's mostly fine now, so no need to fear) and even more time force feeding meds to said pet. Also had a sudden visit that took up a few days. And then my wife and I ended up sick for about a day and a half.

I did get a bit done on the game development, but I would've liked to get more. That said, unless this week is a f...

9/21 Quick Update

It's been sort of an insane week. A sudden family visit and multiple vet trips for a sick cat have cropped up so far, and it's just now Wednesday.

I have been making steady but slow progress on the dialogue passages around all the other insanity, but it's clear that this week will be less productive than I hoped. My initial optimism that there was a chance I finish the dialogue this week is mostly gone unless I get a ton of unexpected free time.

Still, I forge onward!