Female Agent 1.4 is out! It's available on the Discord.
This version adds the Lifepath, an absurdly detailed interactive character generator that's been described as "a game within the game" by dev testers. Play through your agent's unique backstory from childhood, through university, to their agency career before being selected for the mission.
It also adds S.U.R.P.S., 2019-03-11 12:25:55 +0000 UTC View Post
1.4.9 P – bug fixes (released 24 June 2019)
Here's Female Agent 1.4.9 P! This is the latest Patron-only version of the game. Thanks so much for your generous support of this project – you make it possible.
Major improvements since the last version:
Sprint target: release 1.5 (avatar upgrade)
Days worked: 1/31 | Pomodoros logged: 12
Task points completed: 0/248
"You can set ten thousand master sculptors to carve a mountain, but if you ask them to make a big sculpture of a chimp's bollocks, that's what you're going to get."
At...
2019-03-09 18:22:45 +0000 UTC View PostToday was the first dev day of the new sprint – but I only managed to get half a day in (I got a bad headache that made it hard to concentrate). Tomorrow I'll finish the task I started, and get the first sprint report up.
2019-03-08 19:41:54 +0000 UTC View PostCześć wszystkim! Oh, wait, this is not a Polish poll. It's a polish poll.
Today, munificent patrons, you will vote on the first polishing task I'll carry out. I'll set aside one dev day per week to work on it until it's finished, then we'll hold polish poll 002.
2019-03-08 11:01:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Sunday 17th will be the first polishing day, in which I improve something that's already in the game instead of just always focusing on the next sprint.
I'll put up a vote for this on Friday, but if you have any suggestions about things you'd like me to improve, let me know here and I'll include them!
My first thoughts were:
In an effort to speed up development, I’m experimenting with the Scrum of One technique invented by Alex Andrews.
Scrum is built around “sprints”, which are 1-4 week bursts of effort aimed at achieving a defined goal. The goal of Sprint 003 is to: Upgrade the avatar 2019-03-06 15:21:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Results are in on two dev polls.
The first poll asked the usual question: what should we work on next?
359 patrons voted. The result was 60% favour of the avatar upgrade! Female Agent 1.5 will deliver the following improvements:
Magnificent walrus Hyneman fixed a bug in the relationship tables, in which they were displaying the wrong number of partners. To celebrate, I wrote some new relationship table partners, and tweaked a few small bits of code...and totally broke everything. Sorry.
Now all our Bitbucket branches are a mess, and when I tried to fix it I just made it worse. I will unfuck things tomorrow under Hyneman's close supervision, and then we'll rel...
2019-03-03 22:44:55 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm experimenting with a new way to deliver the avatar, which will make it display more crisply on HD screens. The existing avatar tech suffers from slight blurring, which can make it hard to see fine details like eye colour and makeup.
Check it out and let me know what you think. :-)
2019-03-01 18:17:37 +0000 UTC View PostIn the great discussion in my last sprint reflection thread, Enrico said something that sparked an idea. He said:
...it feels like adding the slightest amount of content (be it new scenes or enriching existing ones with new branches/content) takes you ages and I never understood why...
I think the reason is that, as soon as a system or scene is "good enough", I move onto the next major task. This keeps the development speed u...
2019-02-28 20:32:54 +0000 UTC View Post
What did we accomplish?
Everyone (especially me) wants the game to get to Bangkok as soon as possible. Before we do that, we need to overhaul 3 systems:
Because the Sex Engine relies on NPCs, I want to upgrade it after we’ve upgraded the NPC generator. Therefore, the choice is whether to upgrade the avatar or the
UPDATE: 1.4.6 P (bug fixes) uploaded at 0922 on 11 Mar.
Added Slave Leia costume. Improved travel to Scotland scenes. Fixed minor bugs.
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This is a stable version of the 1.4 Beta that was released on Jan 27th. In February, we made the following improvements:
Sprint target: polish 1.4 Beta then release 1.4
Days worked: 20/20 | Pomodoros logged: 166
Task points completed: 161/168
Final dev day! Hyneman and I worked on some final improvements to the relationship tables, and I made some other general improvements.
There are still things to tweak and improve before the 1.4 release to $5+ Patrons, but it will go out tomorrow as planned. I'...
2019-02-24 18:31:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Sprint target: polish 1.4 Beta then release 1.4
Days worked: 19/20 | Pomodoros logged: 156
Task points completed: 124/168
Today I did some general polishing, and added some new hometowns and some new code related to the hometowns; if your agent's family experiences a change of financial circumstances during her teens, a snippet now describes moving to a different family home. There are also several unique "f...
2019-02-23 20:05:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Sprint target: polish 1.4 Beta then release 1.4
Days worked: 18/20 | Pomodoros logged: 148
Task points completed: 106/168
I was only able to get a half day in due to work commitments, but I finished my editing pass on the Analyst path. (It's not perfect, but I'm happier with how it flows now.)
Most of the Lifepath passages just had the placeholder "HEADER" at the top of each one; I filled thes...
2019-02-22 18:49:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Sprint target: polish 1.4 Beta then release 1.4
Days worked: 17/20 | Pomodoros logged: 144
Task points completed: 106/168
Today I worked on editing and generally improving the Operator path; making some things less wordy, breaking long passages up into shorter ones, etc. I think the whole experience feels a bit better now.
I finished that and moved onto doing the same with the Analyst path. &nbs...
2019-02-21 19:35:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Sprint target: polish 1.4 Beta then release 1.4
Days worked: 16/20 | Pomodoros logged: 134
Task points completed: 106/168
This morning I wanted to work on new avatar clothes for the lifepath, using the new 3D meshes, but after reviewing the Trello I decided that wasn't the best use of my time.
Instead, I worked on the relationship tables. Today I loaded Hyneman's work into the main dev branch ...
2019-02-20 20:43:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Sprint target: polish 1.4 Beta then release 1.4
Days worked: 15/20 | Pomodoros logged: 123
Task points completed: 96/168
Today I started the general editing of the Lifepath. This is the process where I just play through the game and make general improvements to scenes, or the flow of scenes.
Quick example: for the Operator's first posting, it's explained that she spends part of her time preten...
2019-02-18 18:33:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Sprint target: polish 1.4 Beta then release 1.4
Days worked: 14/20 | Pomodoros logged: 115
Task points completed: 94/168
There was lots of placeholder text in the Beta. Today I went through it and converted it to actual words.
I finished this more quickly than I expected to, so I took a look at something that's been bothering me for a while; the agent doesn't have a well-designed casual outfit for the ...
2019-02-17 22:45:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Sprint target: polish 1.4 Beta then release 1.4
Days worked: 13/20 | Pomodoros logged: 102
Task points completed: 84/168
I had a writing day today! I first added a new path to the Likes Rough Sex Kink Vignette; previously you could only complete this if your agent actually enjoyed rough sex, but now you can also complete the vignette if your agent has a high Agreeableness score.
I started work...
2019-02-16 19:40:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Sprint target: polish 1.4 Beta then release 1.4
Days worked: 12/20 | Pomodoros logged: 92
Task points completed: 62/168
I completed the "Failed Operator" path today. Now your agent can go into the mission as a field agent, a desk jockey, or something in between. :-)
Next dev day is tomorrow. Have a great Friday night, everyone, I'll see you tomorrow!
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Sprint target: polish 1.4 Beta then release 1.4
Days worked: 11/20 | Pomodoros logged: 86
Task points completed: 52/168
I worked on the "Failed Operator" path today. The idea is that the PC can fail to make it as a field agent, and be retrained as an analyst, which we thought was a cool potential backstory for your agent.
Today I had an experience that demonstrates a big improvement in our new dev proc...
2019-02-13 19:38:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Sprint target: polish 1.4 Beta then release 1.4
Days worked: 10/20 | Pomodoros logged: 79
Task points completed: 52/168
Today I finished my reworking of the Norway interrogation scene (for agents with the "Operator" agency background).
This ended up taking more time than I was anticipating, but I added a lot more to it than the single skill roll I was planning to. This is now a pretty good example of t...
2019-02-12 18:25:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Sprint target: polish 1.4 Beta then release 1.4
Days worked: 9/20 | Pomodoros logged: 71
Task points completed: 48/168
Today I worked more on the Norway interrogation sequence. I was feeling creative, so I added in quite a few more paths and skill checks.
It's nearly complete now, but I need to do a little moar work on it before I can move it into the "done" column. I'll continue on the next dev ...
2019-02-10 18:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Sprint target: polish 1.4 Beta then release 1.4
Days worked: 8/20 | Pomodoros logged: 63
Task points completed: 48/168
Happy Year of the Pig, everybody!
Today I finished adding avatar makeup to all the relevant Lifepath scenes. This is one of those little things that makes a big difference; I think it adds a lot to a scene to see the avatar glammed up for it.
Once that was done, ...
2019-02-09 18:31:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Sprint target: polish 1.4 Beta then release 1.4
Days worked: 7/20 | Pomodoros logged: 56
Task points completed: 44/168
Today I finished working on the agent's "first boyfriend" tables, making the available options a bit less generic and more tailored to her individual Lifepath (also, by popular demand, I restored the "big sister's ex-boyfriend" option).
I also took care of a few minor tasks: I fixed a proble...
2019-02-07 18:56:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Sprint target: polish 1.4 Beta then release 1.4
Days worked: 6/20 | Pomodoros logged: 50
Task points completed: 37/168
Today I updated the hometown code, and solicited contributions from the community. We already have Kelowna and Nottingham added to the game, keep them coming! :-)
I worked on improving the range and individualisation of the agent's first boyfrien...
2019-02-06 22:25:09 +0000 UTC View Post
I've just tweaked the "hometown" code, and we can now accept requests for which hometowns you'd like to see included. Post them here or PM them to me on Discord.
Rules: they must be in the USA, England, Canada, Australia or New Zealand. An immigrant Lifepath option is something we would like to include in the future, but we can't support that yet.
Ideally, please submit them i...
2019-02-06 12:10:42 +0000 UTC View Post