Hey guys! This week felt like a long one. I was feeling burned out on Friday evening, so I took the whole day off yesterday to recharge.
We did a whole bunch of things this week:
University writing update
The green p...
Hey guys! As I warned last week...we're not ready to release the next version today. 😔
Our lovely artist Victoria has worked incredibly hard on creating a set of facial features that (a) allow us to convey a wide range of emotions and (b) harmonise together when you combine different face shapes with different facial features. (Check out the sneak peek above!)
I think the results are greta, but the work turned out to be more complex than we ex...
2021-01-31 20:04:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I have good and bad news this week. Which do you want first?
The Good News
- WRITING. I wanted to finish the storyboards for the university section this week, and this was achieved on Wednesday. We’ve now started coding these scenes into the game, and I’m really excited about some cool changes we’re making to this section based on player...
Hey guys! This week we released the 1.10.1 version, and made progress on our two current objectives:
1). Version 1.11 (early release target: 31 Jan) will add facial expressions to the avatar
Our artist Victoria is hard at work designing a range of avatar emotes. It’s complex work, but the early designs are looking greta!
2). Version 1.12 (early release target: Feb 28) will be another big story update, covering Kate’s univers...
2021-01-17 18:35:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Attached is version 1.10.1P of Female Agent. (Patrons – click here for the supporter version.)
This version adds the foreign adventure! Intelligence officers often have some time spent living overseas in their backstory. In this version:
Hey, Recruit! Attached is version 1.10.1P.
This version adds the foreign adventure! Intelligence officers often have some time spent living overseas in their backstory. In this version:
This version was an internal...
2021-01-14 19:19:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys! This week we finished our design of the new character sheet.
Character sheets aren't sexy, but they are crucial in RPGs (because otherwise you can't keep track of your progress). The character sheet will show you how your decisions are shaping your heroine.
We also started work on the expressive avatar (early release target: 31 Jan) and storyboarded ...
2021-01-10 14:48:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey choomba! Welcome to 2021!
Recent events
Version 1.10 was an experiment for us to see how fast we can add new scenarios to the new engine. In the end we added three nude scenes and three sex scenes (plus the three narrative paths around those scenes) in one month.
That's the fastest we've ever delivered content for Female Agent. Personally I'd have liked to spend a bit more time on editing/polish, but I'm thril...
2021-01-04 19:30:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys! We just released the Early Access version of FA1.10 to Analysts+. It'll now be polished for a general release on Jan 14.
We added six new scenes this month! Our lovely illustrator Victoria worked especially hard in December, creating avatar clothes for so many different scenarios.
Okay...that's it for 2020! Over the next few days we'll be firming up our plans for version 1.11, and I'll publish them here soon. I hope you have...
2020-12-31 21:06:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Analyst. Here's the Early Release version of FA1.10. It's rougher than I'd like, but we'll keep polishing and editing over the next few days.
Merry Christmas to all Female Agent patrons and players! I hope everybody has a lovely day.
I took a few moments to adjust the tier rewards, a much overdue admin task. The artwork redesign means that our lovely illustrator Victoria is fully tasked at present, so I've removed the custom artwork reward from the Analyst and Commander tiers (b...
2020-12-25 12:05:49 +0000 UTC View Post
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
This week I wanted to finish writing both the Africa and Switzerland paths from the next release. Unfortunately, Africa ended up taking the whole week: I finished it (to first draft standard) just a few minutes ago.
A problem of execution
The challenge was one particular scene, which seemed s...
Hey guys! Here's version 1.9 of Female Agent.
In this version:
Please let us know what you think, here and on Discord!
2020-12-15 18:04:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, Operator. In the next release we're introducing three adventure paths – one for each social class. They each have one nude scene and one sex scene.
Attached is a beta of the working class path, which takes place on the Greek island of Corfu.
Is it sexy? Am I on the right track? What sucks? Please let me know your thots, either here or on Discord.
2020-12-14 21:37:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, Recruit! Attached is version 1.9.1P.
In this version:
Please let us know here and on Discord what you think. And thank you humbly for supporting Female Agent! This game only exists because of you guys. 😔
Hey guys! Happy Lucia Day to all our Swedish friends!
It's week 2 of the sprint, and unfortunately we are a little behind target at this point.
There are three different paths through the next version (based on the heroine's social class), each featuring one new nude scene and one new sex scene. Last week we got the working class path written and working in...
2020-12-13 18:18:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys! We made good progress this week.
Writing. The next version has three paths (based on social class) and two new scenes in each. They’re all already storyboarded, so the task now is converting the storyboards into actual screens in the game. We completed one path and two scenes (to first draft standard), which means we’ve completed 33% of the month’s writing target by the 5th! I was pretty pleased with the new scenes when I tested them tonight; I think the...
2020-12-05 20:34:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Yesterday we released the (eerily bug-free) early access version of FA1.9 to Analysts+. The general release will be in two weeks, on Monday 14 December.
We've now started main production of FA1.10, which is targeted for early access release on Thursday 31 December.
The main complaint about Female Agent has always been how long it takes us to produce new content; this version has six new scenes planned, and is a test of how fast we can produc...
2020-12-01 17:24:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Analysts! Thank you so much for supporting Female Agent – version 1.9 is attached.
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2020-11-30 16:29:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys! This week was greta. We finished and uploaded most of the avatar art used for this section – tattoos, piercings, clothes.
We hit a visual problem with the piercings – while they looked great in Illustrator, they were hard to see on the avatar – but Victoria recoloured them and they now look really good. The avatar in general just looks stunning for this whole section – I'm sure you'll be impressed.
Version ...
2020-11-27 19:00:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys! We're putting some finishing touches on v1.9, and making a head start on v.1.10.
Greetings, Operator. Attached is a beta test version of the sex scene we're adding in the next version of Female Agent (target release: Nov 30).
It's still a work in progress, but it should give you a feel for a few things:
Is it hot? Am I on the right trac...
2020-11-16 18:10:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Normally I find myself desperately writing content right up to – and, let's face it, past – a planned release date.
So...it's novel to have completed a first writing draft with two weeks still to go. That doesn't mean 1.9 is ready to release – we still have lots of things to do with artwork and code – but it does mean we've crossed off one of the major tasks, way earlier than normal.
My personal focus over the next two weeks will be (a) su...
2020-11-13 17:55:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys! This week I've been mostly writing, so I'm a happy crab. 🦀
Version 1.9 will let you play through the heroine's late teens, and customise her avatar by choosing a bikini line style and (optional) tattoos and piercings.
We're also adding in a totally new sex scene, which has been my main focus since Tuesday. The aim is to showcase the new style of sex scene, which focus more on character and situation and l...
2020-11-06 18:43:24 +0000 UTC View Post
2020 has been scary enough, so we’re releasing this year’s October update to everyone today for free. (Early access for Analysts and above will be reinstated from the next version.)
Attached is Female Agent 1.8! It allows you to play the heroine’s early backstory in the new engine.
Key improvements:
Sorry I'm behind with comms*...but we're ahead with everything else. Comms update coming soon™.
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* including some really good comments last week and quite a few DMs
2020-10-26 19:22:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys! This week I’ve mostly been writing, which has been great fun.
We’re currently working on the early Lifepath, which will let you play through your heroine’s early backstory. This week I completed 60% of my writing tasks, so it feels like we’re on target for a content release around Halloween! 🤞🏻
Monday’s release of the character creator demo raised some interesting questions from Patrons:
SYH asked: does sel... 2020-10-17 12:24:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello guys! Today was a really good day because I got to do some writing in the afternoon. For the past few weeks it's felt like all my tasks have been strategy & design, so it felt great to roll my sleeves up and start working on an actual scene.
Today we got the character creation demo working again, and released it to Patrons – we'll aim to get a public release out soon.
In addition I finished a redesign of the character sheet (which we'll need for the ...
2020-10-12 18:16:43 +0000 UTC View Post
So last week's character creation demo failed because it was so popular it broke the Internet!*
Since then we've optimised the graphics and set up a CDN, so hopefully our lovely new UI will handle all you animals. Please give it a go!
This is just a demo of the character creator and has no new story content. Let me know what you think!
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* our little part of it, anyway
Hey guys! We finished setting up the new avatar, code, game mechanics and UI.
We released a demo of this to Patrons (which broke, but we're working on it!). Once it's fixed, we'll aim to release a public demo so everybody can check it out.
Now comes the first real test
Using the new code base, how fast can we make a new chunk of story content?
The next objective is the early Lifepath. ...
2020-10-08 16:50:01 +0000 UTC View Post