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The Curse of Pleasure v0.9

I'm glad to announce the release of the latest update of The Curse of Pleasure v0.9, just in time for this Christmas season!

I want to extend my heartfelt appreciation to each and every one of you for your incredible patience and unwavering support throughout this journey until now. Thank you for making this release extra special. I also want to apologize for taking too long to finish this update, but I hope it will be worth it.

I'm not sure where to start with the changelog any...

Progress Update

I'm still trying to add more side events to this update, so please stay calm and wait until it's ready at the end of this year. Thanks to A.I's assistance, I've shortened the time spent completing some new CGs, and this is one of them. Too bad I've found it too late, so it's only going to be used for onsen events, not enough time for more versatile scenarios anymore.

Progress Update

I'm at 99% of the main story's progress and will certainly finish it in a few days. And then I'll be working on the one last side-quest before looking back and checking if the game needs anything else.

I'm trying my best to release it this year. The best timing should be the Christmas holiday, so please stay tuned :)

Progress Update

I'm on my way to finish the main questline, which involves Yuuki, Seita, and Boo. There will be a new option where you're able to play as Seita and investigate your sister's activities. I think the overall progress is around 70-75% at this moment.

I'm going to charge you for the next month's payment cycle, so please consider this a notice.

Progress Update

Sorry, it's been a long time since I made a status update. Things are going slow because I'm not inspired these days, but I've still been working on the game nonetheless. What I've done so far this month is complete 2 events in Boo's questline and make/implement several CGs for 'recording device' scenes.

I'll keep pausing the payment cycle next month because of this unproductive development pace. If you're curious, then I think the overall progress is nearing 80% now.

Progress Update

Sorry, it's been a long time since I posted a status update here. I was sick for about 2 weeks, and it was so bad. I started working again a week ago, and so far I've only managed to finish one quest in Boo's questline. For the next quest, the magical recording device will be in the gameplay, so I have to prepare some additional assets for it, as you can see above. Those were made by AI and edited a lot by myself to adapt to my drawing style.

Hmm... There are so many ideas in my head no...

June Working Schedule

It's time to continue working on event writing. Boo's side quests are now complete, and now I'm going to work on his main questline.

This past month I didn't get to work too much since I was sick twice and wasted two weeks waiting for my body to recover, but I think I'm okay now (I hope so). In that mean time, I've been trying to fine-tune the AI to give me better outputs, and it did in the end, it's quite a satisfying result as Yuuki wouldn't look much younger compared to the original....

Update Progress

Sorry it's been almost a whole month I didn't update the progress status. I'm currently writing the 4th event for Boo's questline. I don't know exactly how many will need to be done for it to be complete, but it will be many.

In case you wonder what's next after then it will be side-events for side-characters, from here and then until I feel the story is enriched with full of fun events for player to explore.

About the concern that I might be overusing A.I art, it's not happening ...

New standing portrait CG

This is my first attempt at drawing a CG with AI's help. I used it to create a naked body of Yuuki then I edited it a lot to improve the details/accuracy, and from there, I added everything else on my own, including her facial expressions, clothing and other effects.

The process was shortened by x2 compared to normal, and I'm satisfied with the acceptable result.

April Working Schedule

Of course I'll spend this month and probably next month too working on Boo's questline (which is going to be huge with many events possible). Love working on the interactions between Yuuki, Boo and Seita >:)

Meanwhile, I'll explore more about the possibilities of using AI to improve my workflow because, as you know, the drawing phase is over and I won't spend much time drawing at this point. It's just pure research, and I promise to be careful not to ruin the soul of the game :)

Folks, what do you think about using A.I for my game?

Recently, I've discovered the potential of using A.I arts for my game. After quite some time of tweaking and figuring things out, I've finally successfully adapted it to my art style. It was just a random thought at first, but the results turned out quite acceptable (as you can see above). Now it's time for I to decide and I want to know what do you think about it.

The game screenshot above is ...

Kissing & Ahegao mini-scenes

They'll be very useful to make the sex scenes more intense and spicy! >:)

Progress Update

Temporarily done with Seita's questline. It's a series of short and subtle events but it's essential for building up his feelings towards his sister. I will come back to him when there are interactions between him and Boo. And next task is to finish Boo's questline!

For the rest of this month I think I'll spend time to draw something.

Progress Update

Everything is going well as I've finished Theff's crew questline by now. Here's the list of what's left to do:

• Seita.
• Boo.
• 1 new questline.
• Side NPCs.

Seita's questline is going to be short but necessary for building up his feelings towards Yuuki. Boo's questline is going to be huge because I have so many ideas for him.

March Working Schedule

Hmm... I think the slums just need a couple of events before they're considered complete, so in March I'll be working on:

• Theff's crew questline (NTR involved).
• Seita's questline (light incest involved).

As usual, you can follow my latest activities on my Discord server, where I will reply to your answer quickly if you have one.

Progress Update

Finally, I've finished making all needed events for Dash-san's questline. This is not the end of it yet, it will continue in v1.0.

Next I'm going to fill the slum area with new short events as continuation for corresponding NPCs in it before moving onto Theff's Crew questline.

Progress Update

It's pretty hot for the relationship between Dash and Yuuki at this point.

Next is the last event of his questline and then I can move on with other characters since I've been spending too much time on Dash already.

I'm back from the holiday and ready to work!

Well, I miss drawing so much that I had to draw something in my free time. I just added two variations for this scene above where Yuuki's breasts would get played like that. I also adjusted her slightly dislocated eyes a bit to make them look better.

For the upcoming month I'll continue working on Dash's questline as it needs another 2-3 events to be completed. You can always watch my status on my Discord server.

Happy Lunar New Year!

I thought I could take a break in peace but it's been a while since I didn't draw something decent, so I couldn't resist making this.

I wish you all a happy new year with the best health and prosperity. I really appreciate your support over the past year; thank you so much!

(I've always wanted to draw Yuuki making a V-sign with her breasts handled by a man behind.)

Progress Update

The second event in Dash-san's questline has just been finished and tested, and everything went smoothly. After the Lunar New Year's Eve, which is in 5 days, I intend to make 3–4 more.

As a result of how many events I've already created, it is harder for me to create more at this time. Finding something fresh and original to say is difficult, and yet we still have a long road of contents ahead :(

January payment cycle paused

For the upcoming Lunar New Year's Eve, I have a lot of personal things to do.

I think I'll work until January 20, and then I'll take a break and spend the rest of the month taking care of myself and my family. So, pausing this month payment cycle is the best option, isn't it?

Progress Update

Yep, I just completed the first event of Dash's questline for upcoming patch. Somehow I feel more comfortable working with this character than with the homeless elder. Things are going smoothly.

And for the next month (January 2023), I'll just pause the payment cycle, but I'll still be working on the development.

Merry Christmas guys!

Unfortunately the majority of you have voted to wait for the update to be complete so now I don't have anything to give you as a Christmas present, there's no time to make a drawing or something 'cuz I have been focusing on the development these days.

Actually I'm kinda surprised by how based you guys are, I thought 99% the final result would be the early release but it turned out I was wrong :D

Well, I wish you guys health and happiness for this holiday, love you all!

Progress Update

Finally I'm done adding all events for the homeless (and nameless) old man who lives in a slum. Next is... ANOTHER HOMELESS OLD MAN! 

Yes, it's time for Dash-san to shine!

Early Release?

Christmas is coming soon and I really really want to give you something for this holiday, but unfortunately the update isn't finished yet. So, I'll let you guys vote if you want it to be released early, knowing that there are many events unavailable, or wait til the end for it to be complete.

This poll will end in 3 days from now.

Edit: Wow, I didn't expect to see such based reaction from you guys. Of course I'd always aim for a finished product.

Progress Update

This month I've barely made one complete event so far, and then my imagination got stuck. I found it so hard to keep on writing, so I decided to take a break and focus on other aspects of the game instead.

I've tried to implement multiple features for immersive gameplay; some worked, some didn't. In the end, these features were successfully added:

• A set of animated title screens which will be played randomly everytime you launch the game.
• Encyclopedia for people and...
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November payment cycle paused

In case you miss it then I want to let you know that you won't be charge for next month payment cycle, cheers guys! :)

If you want to know about the latest development statuses please follow me here on Discord.

Progress Update

I'm working on the Homeless Old Man's questline, next is going to be Dash-san's questline, but at the moment I'm feeling blocked, not inspired, not in the mood to think about perverted things at all. So I decide I will continue to pause the payment cycle for next month because I can't promise everything will go well with the development speed :(

Just to let you know that, I'm not seeking for empathy/sympathy, this cannot be helped and I'd just punish my...

October billing cycle paused

Yep, I turned it off for next month, but it doesn't mean I'll take a month off, so don't worry. I'm working on it, constantly adding more and more detailed events to the game.

I'm finishing the sequel of camping event, next will be homeless old man's.

Progress Update

I just finished with Hiroshi's questline, which is incomplete but will be continued in v1.0 because it lacks unique CGs for both of him and Yuuki. Now I'm aiming to finish the sequel of the camping together questline (between Yuuki + Boo + the trio) first before the homeless old man in the slums.

I noticed that so many people didn't know where to update the latest progress I made, so it's 2022-09-22 19:37:23 +0000 UTC View Post