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0.48 progress report

As we've mentioned in our previous posts, 0.48 will shake up the life on the villa with a major change. Almost every event has to be reworked or expanded.

You'll probably have to use the quest log to catch all new events, but don't worry, there will be enough information for you to not miss anything.

Modifying so many events requires a lot of changes in the code of the game, so the update is taking some time. But we're still aiming to release it in May.

Glamour 0.47

We've said enough about developing 0.47 in our previous posts, so let's just skip to the things we've added in our latest patch.

There's a short series of events in the college swimming class, after which Max unlocks the option to visit Julia and Kate's house.

Progress report

First half of 0.47 is almost done. If nothing comes up (like our translator losing their internet/electricity), then we're aiming to release it tomorrow evening. Since 0.47 is so big, even one half of it is comparable to some of our smaller updates.

Because of that, and the fact that we missed one update at the start of the war, we might rename 0.47 part 2 and call it 0.48 instead. It will be focused on the villa and won't have Julia or Kate. We're aiming to release it this month. All i...

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Delay

As usual, we've tried to make our biggest update yet. And we might have pulled it off, but something came up, we had to pause for a bit of time and now we're late.

So we're going to try something else. Instead of trying to make bigger and better updates, we will try to make smaller, but more frequent ones.

Now, it's too late to do that with 0.47 since we've been working on it for a month now, but we'll still break it up in two parts so you won't have to wait as long. Part one will...

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A technical Android update

Currently, the Android version of the game has compressed images in order to save disc space. We've decided to change this, from now on all images on Android will be the same quality (and size) as the PC version.

The offline client should automatically download new images.

From now on even the offline client can download critical updates for the game.

You don't have to manually download the latest Android version for this change, just start the game and it s...

Progress report

We've decided to make 0.47 our biggest update ever, we've already rendered over 200 new images. Some of them still have to be edited, which takes some time, but we're hoping to do it on time.

Not only the update will have a lot of new events, we will change a lot of the existing ones. Ann finding out about the cameras will bring sweeping changes around the villa, you'll see what we mean in the update itself.

We have a lot of work ahead of us, but we're aiming to release 0.47 this ...

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Our plans for the offline and the online versions

We're planning to phase out the online client in the next couple of months. Obviously, this will include the ability to import/export save files so the progress from the online version can be transferred over to the offline. 

We're also working on the Unity offline client for Android, but there are some kinks to work out. So for now the offline client for Android will still work on html. 

We add new content every month (or try, anyway), it's important to catch and fix al...

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Progress report

We have finished our work on the scenes with Julia, Kate and Max. Most of them still need to be rendered and processed in photoshop. Now we're working on the villa scenes. In a couple of days you'll see new images.

Bugfix

Fixed a bug: it was difficult to catch the event when Ann is cleaning Alice's room while Alice is in the room.

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Bugfix

Fixed a serious bug for those who start the game from the very beginning. Now Julia shouldn't appear as a swim teacher at the beginning of the game.

Images

So far we've only published images with Julia, but that doesn't mean 0.47 will be focused exclusively on her. First we'll render all images with Julia and Kate, and then we'll switch to villa.

Our plans for 0.47

Today we're going to talk about 0.47, so if you want to avoid major spoilers, you should definitely skip the rest of the post.

The latest poll showed most players want 0.47 to be about Ann and Kira on the villa. Julia got the second place. As you've probably guessed from our recent image posts, we've decided to add both of these storylines in the next update.

In short, Kira is going to lose her job, and Ann will find out about the cameras. Also, Max is going to visit Kate's house,...

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Discord

For faster feedback, you may communicate with us directly through our discord channel. It was created 2-3 years ago, but we didn't pay much attention to it. Now we hope this will change.

If you have any questions about the game, walkthrough, bugs, or just want to chat, welcome: https://discord.gg/WqEeAkSZ

Glamour 0.46

Today we're releasing 0.46, Kate is the protagonist. The new update is all about Max joining college and Nicolas implementing new rules, related to this event.

There's an alternative punishment system. A big series of events, involving Kate, Max, Karen, and Sophie.

2022-03-26 18:47:03 +0000 UTC View Post

We're back

Not that we were gone, but the recent events have thrown a wrench in the development cycle and our mental health, so we had to spend some time getting back on track.

Our translator (hi, everybody) is still in Ukraine (in a town currently occupied by the Russian military) with no means to leave the country, but right now things are stable enough for him to survive and be able to work. There's no long term safety, things can go from bad to worse at any time, but as of this moment, things ...

Delay

As you probably already know, Russia has invaded Ukraine. What you might not know about us, our team is half Russians and half Ukrainians. We don't have any personal conflicts and we're not breaking up or anything, we all get along fine, so at least you don't have to worry about that.

That being said, a war isn't exactly the best environment for good mental health or creativity, so the game's development has been stalled by the current events. As of this moment, none of us are in the im...

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Maintenance

We still can't find the cause of the lag in code, so we're trying to migrate to another server. As a result, the online client will be down for a couple of hours.

Whatever the cause, we'll find a solution to fix the problem.

What we're working on

The online client is suffering from freezes and lags. We are aware of the problem and are looking for the solution. In the meantime, you can try the offline client, the link is in the previous post.

Along with the fix, we're also finishing up our new offline client on PC. Unlike the current one, it works on Unity, not on html, so it's a lot smoother and feels nicer.

Glamour 0.45 part II

0.45 is finally done. It turned out to be bigger than we anticipated. A lot of images, dialogs, and three new series of events. It might even be bigger than our average update. The testers say it's a pretty big and interesting update.

So, here's what we added in 0.45:

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0.45 part one

Part one of 0.45 is ready and out. This is the technical part of the update, so it doesn't have a lot of events. Before we could do those, first we had to implement basic college functionality like getting to college and back, attending classes, etc.

The game does have introductions with college characters like classmates and teachers. Max's college has some crucial differences compared to Kate's college, so we recommend you read it carefully instead of skipping it, it's not just a repe...

Delay

Holiday season has left us a bit less time to work than usual. On top of that, reusing Kate's college code to work for Max turned out to be more labor intensive than we anticipated. Because of that, we probably won't be able to release 0.45 in January. A good chunk of our plans was done in time (we've rendered over 150 images), but we're still working on the game engine. We have to add—and test—a lot of functionality before we can release the update.

That being said, we are still pl...