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EDIT: Updated with bugfix that broke intro quests for an unknown reason. Fixed.
It has been a little month since the Patreon release of Dirty Deeds and the rest of the world can now get their hands on V0.65. It is the release that collects and cleans up the 3 main missions that you all have been working on for the last couple of releases. It also adds a number of new voyeur content that is similar but different from something found in the two earlie...
2021-03-07 16:37:48 +0000 UTC
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Back in Design Diary 28, I talked about the roadmap for the rest of Horizon and some things have changed as we moved through the releases. Now that we are into the last 1/3 of the game I wanted to give an update on what has changed and what might change going forward. Below is the roadmap as it was with suggested changes.
V0.55 - V0.60 Followups to V0.50
V0.65 - Cleanup and transition. (was 2 Main missions.)
V0.70 - Story missio...
2021-02-17 12:43:46 +0000 UTC
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Last time I talked about a bit about the effect of the choices in the last couple of releases. This time I can go a bit more into what has been added and I will also go over a rerelease of an old feature.
First let's take a look at the possible outcomes for the main mission choices. There is a positive outcome for the first mission you select. This brings with it 3 positives. First there is a non-repeatable erotic scene that is unique to that outcome. Then there...
2021-01-11 12:03:34 +0000 UTC
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I hope everyone got into 2021 more or less intact. I had some plague adjusted holiday celebrations and am back to adding content to V0.65. Let's talk a bit about that below.
Progress has been steady as I am adding new events each day. I am still working on an outside-in model this time to make sure I cover character side content that I want in the release before adding more to the main story.
Following the choices that players have made in the last few relea...
2021-01-08 21:17:50 +0000 UTC
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It looks like I am not the only one that can deal with development issues :) My thoughts go out to every developer who has to spend their holiday looking at code. Not that I am in any way in the same boat as certain other poor souls. I just have to catch up to my plans for V0.65. So lets take a look at that.
I am adding events every day and will be doing so at least until we hit the holidays proper. I will be taking some days off over the break for family and ...
2020-12-19 14:01:25 +0000 UTC
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Time for the public to also get their hands on V0.60. The Patrons know it was a painful release due to the plague and multiple delays.
There is enough to do since I did put a lot of work into V0.50 and the three main missions that are still playing out. It is still mission and project heavy like the last release but this will be the last release (for now) were I lean on this. The three paths have different outcomes here and slightly different levels of content. I...
2020-12-11 17:44:01 +0000 UTC
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The latest release (V0.60) is out among the Patrons and I haven't heard any horror stories so far. Let's assume that things are working as intended and move on to talk about what is ahead. I have begun work on V0.65 and it will be the last of this "block". Let me explain what that means below.
The last couple of releases have all revolved around 3 main missions that are connected in some way. You could do them in any order but that order was important for the ...
2020-11-23 15:59:30 +0000 UTC
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This is not the post I wanted to make at this time but one that has to be made. The setback from my illness and the catchup with my "real" work has been a lot harder than I imagined. I have been working on V0.60 at a steady pace for a couple of weeks now but it is no where near anything that is ready for release. The missions are done and one major side project is complete but that is it. It is not enough and we are nearing another new month.
That brings us to Patre...
2020-10-23 19:35:19 +0000 UTC
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It has been a little while since my last post about my health issue and I can say that I am slowly getting back to normal. It has been a drag as everything just feels like you are running on fumes the entire time even as a person who did not get the worst of it. I did not need any extended medical attention besides the initial checks and some medication in the first weeks so I will consider myself lucky.
On the not so lucky part we come to development and general wo...
2020-10-01 09:58:35 +0000 UTC
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Not the best of news today. I have been down and out for almost a week now. I felt pretty shitty last weekend and it has not been getting better so I have gotten tested. It turns out it was the plague so that explains it. I seemed to have picked it up during a run to buy groceries and just got unlucky, Shit happens.
Development progress has been veeery slow as I haven't had a lot of energy and currently I am monitoring the progress of my health. It looks like I won'...
2020-09-19 19:40:49 +0000 UTC
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It has been week ish since the public release of V0.55 and there hasn't been a lot of support needs so far. Some minor corrections and a single fix for the next release that isn't critical. So that brings us to the current progress towards V0.60.
The first major task was to complete the branching final steps of the main missions. There 9 variants of the 3 missions and this took a bit longer than expected but is now done. Well the missions themselves are done. I can ...
2020-09-10 15:15:35 +0000 UTC
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The second release of this block has come to the public. It contains the second main mission and is slightly mission/project heavy but there is a bunch to do.
Let's get right to download.
MEGA
Patchnotes below.
Enjoy and let me know what you think.
Seztworks
2020-09-01 09:36:48 +0000 UTC
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It is so hot. I am not built for this weather. Sitting here with a wet towel over my head and a fan pointed at my face I am contemplating looking for places north of the arctic circle with fiber net
Well that was the personal portion of this update. Now for what you actually paid for :) The heat is only slightly affecting development. It is a bit slower than it could be but I am still at least throwing 1-2 events out there each day. I am currently...
2020-08-16 21:38:31 +0000 UTC
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Hello dear Players
We are getting into it. The meat of the game. The top of the tree. I have talked about the choices and branches in the feature focus series. In this I want to go over the outcome of those choices in more detail.
In the current block of releases there are 3 main missions. You only get to pick one at a time and the order in which you pick the missions are important in a sense. There are 6 different combinations of how you can pick those missions. Each missio...
2020-08-04 18:39:52 +0000 UTC
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As we get closer to the release of V0.55 I wanted to talk a bit about the long term planning that the current missions have forced me to do :)
The 3 main missions that the current "block" of releases consists of, all bring different parts of the story to life. They each have 3 parts as well or acts so to speak. So the first mission you select will not be complete until V0.60.
This is where things are a bit tricky. Since each act of each mission unlocks in...
2020-07-26 16:45:20 +0000 UTC
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Time for another little update on this Horizon game I have been working on :)
I am slowly catching up to the events I was behind after the last release but there is still a bunch to do. I am done with 2/3 of the main mission followups and a small side mission item so far. I will continue to do at least 2 events a day until the next release most likely as I also have a family vacation looming.
We will likely get into August just because there is so much "...
2020-07-10 16:04:53 +0000 UTC
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A day early to celebrate the holiday of our American friends here is the Public release of the biggest patch to date. 3 new main missions. 3 new StepUp branches and some other stuff to play around with.
Stay home, play games and stay safe :) Link below to game via Mega and patchnotes are attached to the post.
MEGA
Have fun and let...
2020-07-03 23:05:31 +0000 UTC
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It has been some weeks since the release of V0.50 and the Patrons "going down" on that content as we speak. It was a beast of a release and I had to take a couple of days of to clear my head afterwards. 101 events/scenes is a lot.
I have then started work on V0.55 and this is going steadily but also is a bit behind the normal plan due to summer vacation issues and the unbearable heat. Sitting hours at a computer when you are melting is not optimal. I am still ...
2020-06-29 09:39:16 +0000 UTC
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We are entering another month of V0.50 development and I can promise you it will be the last. It has already taken longer than expected and has grown into something larger than ever been seen before.
We have just finished the 3. round of testing. Pre-mission, 1. mission and 2. mission are all done but we still have the 3. mission and a number of side events to cover before it is ready to release to the Patrons. It shouldn't take too long and I am currently aiming fo...
2020-05-29 09:56:14 +0000 UTC
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After the last two posts in this series were a bit general and maybe even a bit cryptic it is time to get a bit more specific. Some of you might have picked up on some hints in the last release about your choices being important and that that not all choices are black or white.
Every selection you make in the game like your missions choices have an effect. Up until this point they have had a minor effect but that will change going forward. I will use the example of ...
2020-05-23 17:32:00 +0000 UTC
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As we have crossed the halfway point of the final game in the Himeros Trilogy I wanted to talk about Patreon rewards for these games. Since I started on Patreon I have been running a cumulative rewards system were you unlock rewards over time as you donate each month. Since we can see the end of this run of games I have to make some changes to the rewards and since all the larger rewards have been claimed this is a good a time as any.
I have removed Scene Stealer an...
2020-05-10 07:57:43 +0000 UTC
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Time for the last round of Hints and History snippets. It has been a winding road to get here but once again 2 new and 2 old pieces of hints and lore. Enjoy.
Himeros Hidden Hint Hunt - Entry 10 - The Third Task
"Omega will be almost impossible to reach, but as with most things Alpha will be a necessary step to get there."
"The northern hemisphere does contain somewhat homogeneous modern industrialized countries with large popu...
2020-05-03 19:35:41 +0000 UTC
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I really wanted to have a better update for this monumental number but sometimes things just happen and you have to go with the flow. I knew going into V0.50 that it was going to be a marathon and I was not wrong.
I started out pretty strong with a solid sprint and added the pre-mission events chunk that includes a sidemission. Things slowed a bit when I began work on the 3 new main missions. They are all require a pretty large amount of design and planning on top o...
2020-04-30 13:51:48 +0000 UTC
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This was delayed a bit due to the public release and bugpost. Here we are with 4 new snippets of lore and hunts. 2 old and 2 new.
Himeros Hidden Hint Hunt – Entry 9 – The Second Task
”Return to find what once was no more.”
"Are you sure you want to ask him on a date? He is handsome and all, but also a bit weird." Frey to Morgan a couple of days after the Wedding, 2015.
“We are here to...
2020-04-26 01:40:08 +0000 UTC
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Some of the public players have had an issue getting stuck in V0.45 and there was a bug where a day counter did not reset for some players and caused one path to get stuck. No idea why this would happen so I added a workaround. It does not affect all players but you can get this version to be sure.
Patch Note:
Fixed issue with a stuck path due to day counter reset.
Fixed issue with final event needing you to have energy :)
2020-04-18 13:21:58 +0000 UTC
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The big midway point of Horizon is here for the public and there is a lot to do. You get the other mission you didn't pick in V0.40 and a bunch of other stuff thrown in as well.
This was released very quickly so you guys had something to do in these weird times. I hope you will enjoy this milestone while I hammer away at the behemoth that is V0.50.
As always please let me know if you find anything that I should know about... good or bad :)
/Seztworks
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2020-04-14 23:20:10 +0000 UTC
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Slightly late but here is another round of hints and history snippets from the land of Himeros. There are 3 old pieces and one new entry. Enjoy.
Himeros Hidden Hint Hunt - Entry 8 - The Paper Clue
"The first hint was handed to you in a letter."
"I took to porn like a duck to water. I was always pretty relaxed around most people and it showed in my work. I guess you can make a living out of your hobby." Frey at her induction into the...
2020-04-12 22:58:42 +0000 UTC
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I feel like a fool. The last feature focus post that I posted at the start of April was a bit too metaphorical. The meaning was there but my intention might not have been in the right place. Let me see if I can fix it this time with an explanation of what I actually meant.
The two first games have had a somewhat similar structure in that you make a number of choices that weave back and forth in a linear fashion aiming towards the same endpoint. You can imagine this ...
2020-04-08 16:38:45 +0000 UTC
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Another seven days, another group of hints and lore snippets. 3 old pieces and 1 new item this time. Enjoy.
Himeros Hidden Hint Hunt - Entry 7 - The common link
"Every task will require you to bend spacetime to use learned knowledge before you would otherwise be able.”
“Is this really a good idea? I could go to college or I could work with animals like I always wanted. If Frey hadn’t been at the interview, ...
2020-04-05 08:17:24 +0000 UTC
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It is time to talk about another feature coming to Horizon in the near future. It is something I have been working on for a while and something I have hinted about going back to the Horizon previews before the first release.
This is the Tree. We all know it and we all can't live without it. With its mighty roots it collects its nutrients and makes sure it can grow strong and tall. Its gnarled trunk is weathered and scared but strong and sturdy. Finally a...
2020-04-01 12:20:13 +0000 UTC
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