“One often creates more bugs on the road he takes to reduce them.” – Ancient Proverb (Probably)
TL;DR version: Those looking for a stable experience may want to steer clear. Lots of code changes and no new story content. I recommend trying this build out only if you’re curious about the new “optional menus” for wardrobe, telephone and items. (Or you want to help track down bugs.)
NEW SAVE REQU...
2020-04-30 23:46:36 +0000 UTC View Post“Housecleaning” on the game continues on. As everything in the game is interconnected, each time I pull on one thread, it unravels more than I anticipated and I end up with more to fix than I started with.
In this case, part of the addition of the wardrobe menu is showing the player the PC in the new outfit they've selected. There were already a number of scenes for doing this, but they were coded to show up only in the mornings. I've had to revise this to make these show up when th...
2020-04-12 14:53:53 +0000 UTC View Post
For those of you who missed my last major update, the big news is that I’m working on Interns as a part-time job for now (my day job has slashed my hours due to the pandemic).
If you haven’t figured out before now, I’m working on a game that would really benefit from a skilled programmer with very little programming skills of my own. On top of that, researching Ren’Py and Python, figuring out the code logic, and implementing and debugging the code tends to be a slow and arduous ...
2020-03-29 16:17:48 +0000 UTC View Post“Look on the bright side, Dad—did you that the Chinese use the same word for ‘crisis’ that they do for ‘opportunity?’” – Lisa
“Yes! Crisitunity!” – Homer
Well, we certainly do live in interesting times. The current pandemic looks like it’s going to hit a lot of industries pretty hard, and my day job is in one of those industries.
Things are still very much in flux right n...
2020-03-21 14:48:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Last time I showed off a sample of the new wardrobe menu I’ve been working on. This is a part of the new “optional menus” initiative I’ve been wanting to do forever in order to help reduce the amount of clicking and selecting you need to do while playing the game. For my backers, I’ve got an additional post that touches on some of what I’m working on for that.
I honestly thought just building the ...
2020-03-17 15:50:16 +0000 UTC View PostOops! I Made a Mess...
When you're half-assed about doing something, it's pretty easy to make a big mess.
Lately, I've been finding that I've been wasting far too much of my time trying to track things down because I haven't been organized enough. This covers just about everything:
Character model files - There are a lot of them. And the count keeps going up. It isn't just new characters who are in-progress, or the million-zillion file...
2020-02-25 00:29:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Interns v 0.241 is now available. Download links can be found on my blog or at TFGames.site.
2020-02-24 02:32:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Interns version 0.240 is available for early access to patrons pledging $5 and up. This versions should work fine with saves from the previous build.
Interns version 0.240
I'm considering this the "Better than Nothing" release! Not amazing, but I've been struggling quite a bit recently.
Content-wise, there are some n...
2020-02-10 03:08:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi, and welcome to the '20s!
So, while I'm still struggling with RL stuff (including a restructuring at my day job that's likely to see me with increased responsibilities), I'm trying my best to keep pushing through with Interns. Things have been fairly quiet in our little community, but I have been getting some interesting feedback on the recent builds of the game, which I definitely appreciate. I'm pretty sure I made some story missteps with the Mallory announcement event. I'm not exa...
2020-01-28 00:43:57 +0000 UTC View Post
V 0.231 contains the following bug fixes for V 0.230 (Update notes for version 0.230 can be found in the early access release post on my blog).
• Learning the clip trick from May is now recognized by other scenes.
• Cyn shower scene no longer repeats.
• Fixed an error with the first swimwear day with the bikini and skirt if PC's hip size is too ...
2019-12-28 01:45:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Interns version 0.230 is available for early access to patrons pledging $5 and up. This versions should work fine with saves from the previous build.
Release notes are available on my blog here.
Download links are here. 2019-12-09 03:05:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry, all. I really wanted to have the update out this weekend, but it looks like I'm going to need a bit more time in order to have something that isn't a completely unfinished mess.
Between being a bit overly-ambitious (as usual), creating way more bugs than I intended and other issues, this build became a bit of a mess and it doesn't look like it's going to be presentable by the end of the night. I really wanted to have some more interesting stuff with the PC hooking up with guests,...
2019-12-01 23:06:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, headline is a bit melodramatic, but it's been a lot of struggling in the last month and a half.
Cutting Part of a Feature
So, bit of bad news first: After trying pretty much every reasonable thing I could come up with, I just can't find a way to handle positioning of long hair for the protagonist. If it needs to be moved at all, I just can't get the different color versions and the masks to line up properly, meaning far too much image editing time...
2019-11-23 00:41:08 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the Halloween Update SPOOKtacular!
(But not really... It's really just a regular update.)
Sorry if I haven't been quite as responsive as usual in the last week. Between insanity at my day job and some health issues, I've been pretty tapped out.
I've gotten a lot of great feedback on the last build. There have been lots of story inconsistencies pointed out, bugs and other issues brought to my attention, story ideas and even some scrip...
2019-11-01 00:07:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Interns v 0.220 is now available. Download links can be found on my blog or at TFGames.site.
With the size of the game growing with every update, I thought it might be a good time to look into space-saving options again.
Ren'Py used to have JCC as an option for images with transparent backgrounds: This would save the image and the alpha channel as lossy JPGs, reassembling them in-game.
Modern Ren'Py now has WebP support, so I thought I'd look into that a little bit...
I can't s...
2019-10-11 15:56:49 +0000 UTC View Post
UPDATE: Edited to actually link to the proper post on Patreon.
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The latest version of Interns is available for early access now. Patrons pledging $5 or more can get it here.
Update and release notes here:
https://usagitriplesix.home.blog/2019/09/30/early-access-interns-0-220...
Update post for September is available on my blog. Check it out here:
https://usagitriplesix.home.blog/2019/09/22/update-september-2019/
2019-09-22 23:22:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I've got a new update post over on my blog with what I've been working on.
2019-09-01 01:02:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Pushing Forward
This is going to be more of an UsagiTripleSix-focused post than an Interns-focused one.
I wanted to take a few moments to type up my thoughts on where I am right now and how I'm thinking about moving forward.
PLAYER FEEDBACK PART: I am looking for feedback on backer reward stuff, so if this is a TL;DR post for you, you can skip ahead to the rewards section below.
Obligatory Interns Part
Interns v0.211 is now available. Links and change notes are available here.
Quick reminder: For anyone who wants to help out by donating their writing skills, I've set up a page on my blog with what I'm currently looking for...
2019-08-11 20:40:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Details on this build are available on my blog:
https://usagitriplesix.home.blog/2019/07/30/early-access-interns-v0-210/
Patrons pledging $5 and up can download it now here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/28753062
2019-07-30 01:15:24 +0000 UTC View PostJust a quick note to let everyone know that I've written an update post over on my blog with what I've been up to.
2019-07-23 18:40:32 +0000 UTC View Post
You know, you can tell me about things in the game that appear broken, right? 😆
I spent yesterday morning and most of the afternoon doing a play-test for the status system (and fighting bugs...lots and lots of bugs). To get the most out of it, I kept a running list of which scenes I saw in the process and which days I saw them on.
In the process, I discovered just how out-of-whack the schedule was. Day 5 no longer existed, some job types only lasted for a day or two and ended p...
2019-07-01 23:41:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Wow, feels pretty weird to be at the end of the month and not be rushing to get the next build out. (For those who are out of the loop, a majority of my patrons indicated that they were interested in getting larger game builds every two months, rather than the smaller monthly builds.)
So far, it's been a productive month. I've been working on:
Work Events - I think few things make replays more painful than having to skip through the same events over and...
2019-06-28 13:57:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Update 2: I've replaced the Android files AGAIN. I've tested this file on an Android tablet and it works for me, and I've uploaded these as new files rather than overwriting the previous ones. Hopefully it works properly this time.
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Update: I've replaced the Android files with new versions that will hopefully fix a missing image in the previous one. If you've already downloaded, please download again.
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Original notes on this version ...
2019-06-11 23:51:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi, all! Just wanted to let you know that I have a new BtS post up talking about the stuff I did for Dr. Lee for v0.190 and v0.200. It's available to all patrons here or on SubscribeStar.
I've also done an update for my website, breaking the 2019-06-02 15:08:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Version 0.190 of Interns is now available for early access. Release notes and progress update are available on my site here.
Download links for those backing $5 and up can be found here.
2019-05-29 01:29:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Version 0.190 of Interns is now available! Release notes are available on my site here.
Windows / Linux:
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2019-05-12 14:44:03 +0000 UTC
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