I have five loose ideas and themes. All will include LIs and all the rest of it, this is just for the world at large.
1 - Space Themed. This idea has likely come from me discovering Star War: The Clones Wars and completely falling back in love with the Star Wars universe, and also always having Mass Effect as an inspiration. This would be futuristic and take place on a mix of an alien world and space ships. It is a very long shot from where I am now, but I'd very much like to make a wor...
2021-09-02 22:38:54 +0000 UTC
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Hi Guys.
I'm just putting a few polls up to get opinions on what to create post the two current games. The stories of Defending Lydia Collier and Shadows over Manston are both set in stone now, and I know exactly what is happening. So these polls are purely so that over the course of the next few updates I can start imagining characters and their relationships and the story, as giving myself six months or so to think before I even get to beginning to design or start writing ...
2021-09-02 22:22:12 +0000 UTC
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Hey all!
So it ended up with Ellie winning and Stephanie coming in Second Place.
Hope you enjoy!
Thanks for supporting me at this tier!
WP
2021-09-01 11:49:15 +0000 UTC
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Hello all!
After multiple changes, here is Defending Lydia Collier v.0.11.3 AU's release!
07.09.21 - Now released to all Patrons!
This update adds audio from Day 1 through to the end of the most recent update!
Download Links:
Windows - 2021-08-31 19:18:52 +0000 UTC
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Hello,
Defending Lydia Collier v.0.11.3 Au has now been released to Alpha Testers.
There shouldn't be any bugs arising from adding audio, but with nearly 150 different individual sounds, ambiences and backing tracks being added they're just going to run through it and check everything appears to work as intended and then it will be released (hopefully without any changes) to Early Access very shortly.
Thanks for all the new and continued support,&nbs...
2021-08-29 18:29:13 +0000 UTC
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Hey all!
The next update of Defending Lydia Collier will be v.0.11.3 Au, the audio update!
This update will be released on Sunday 29th of August 2021 to Early Access Tiers!
This update will add long requested sounds to the game and will feature:
2 New Radio Shows to play at different times of the day whilst in the car, with custom sweepers, adverts and licensed, vocal songs to listen to whilst driving!
Over a dozen d...
2021-08-24 19:27:43 +0000 UTC
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Here's the poll for September's Renders.
Just a note purely to do with categorising these - Going forward the way I'll put the 'month' for the voted on renders will be the month they are released, and stick to that rather than switching and changing as I have in the past. Should make them a bit easier to categorise and find. So you vote for the renders the prior month, and then they're released near the beginning of that month (this month being an exception due to going away made th...
2021-08-24 14:35:27 +0000 UTC
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Hi Guys,
Sorry for the delay on these!
Here are August's Renders - Beach Volleyball Theme!
Thanks for all the support and hope you like them!
WP
2021-08-23 10:40:24 +0000 UTC
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Hi Guys,
Hope you all enjoyed v.0.11, I'll be making a final update this weekend!
Some feedback from the polls!
I'll be getting business fibre broadband, but I'll be keeping the Mega.nz/GDrive split for downloads. However, I'll be updating the GDrive link from time to time of the latest release. This should prevent people sharing the GDrive link to pirate sites, and then genuine users getting the user limit hit. If you do ever get the "Limit Exceeded" messag...
2021-08-19 18:12:56 +0000 UTC
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Defending Lydia Collier v.0.11.2 (Public Release)
Hello,
Here is the public release of Defending Lydia Collier v.0.11.2 (Part 2)!
Download Links - Mega.nz:
Windows - 2021-08-16 08:24:20 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys!
I've put a few polls out so I can get some feedback on your thoughts on a few things.
Just a couple of things to note!
They're completely advisory. These polls are only for feedback and so I can get a sense of people's feelings towards things, they're not there to be deciders on anything.
Some of them are long term advisory things, a lot of things for the current games are already planned, so you might not se...
2021-08-15 17:15:00 +0000 UTC
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I've noticed some websites hosting the game in web form, and come to the realisation I could do this myself.
My web provider offers me unlimited bandwidth, but this is untested, so I'm not sure if there would be any lag, however I'm also unsure if this would even be used given most people at the moment download.
So,
Option 1 - Wouldn't use a web version of the game, no point in investing time in it.
Pros - No extra work for me.
Cons - None for yo...
2021-08-14 17:05:05 +0000 UTC
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The weekend is a bit different to any of the previous updates, because the Vanessa path is entirely different to the Steph/Ellie paths. The next update will be quite limited on Steph's path (she's had the lion's share of content so far), but Saturday and Sunday will see completely different paths that do not cross for the three girls.
Now this means development can be released in different ways. All of the assets I'll be using for Vanessa's holiday, will not feature anywhere on Steph's/...
2021-08-14 16:37:20 +0000 UTC
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Several people have asked about a walkthrough, and I do plan on making one, but not until the game is finished, and I don't plan on changing this.
However I was interested what type of style you'd like, as I plan working on the walkthrough in bits and bobs as I do along as writing a full walkthrough at once is quite daunting.
Regardless of which, I will be releasing a physical "collectors" edition of the game, with a printed strategy guide included. Even if nobody wants this and i...
2021-08-14 16:26:33 +0000 UTC
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Recently I've got a bit of feedback on download providers, so I thought I'd see what opinions at large are on them.
Currently I use mega.nz, and I have a paid for account with them that gives me sufficient access to store plenty of things including custom content, tier rewards, latest releases, previous releases etc.
I've started using GDrive for the last releases upon request as I believe mega.nz's free limit is 2GB? I definitely do not want you guys to sub for early access and t...
2021-08-14 16:17:49 +0000 UTC
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Hello,
Here is Defending Lydia Collier v.0.11.2 (Part 2)!
Download Links - Mega.nz (pre-patched):
Windows - Mac - 2021-08-12 13:57:23 +0000 UTC
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Hi Guys,
Sorry for some of the problems with v.0.11.1. I'm working on fixing everything I've been made aware of with some limited resources as I'm away at the moment, but I am getting everything fixed that you're making me aware of!
Please continue to report any bugs either here or in the Discord Bug Reporting Tab.
Here is a small bug fix that should fix many of the more major issues:
Bug Fix Download (text file changes only!):
2021-08-10 22:16:26 +0000 UTC
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Hello all!
Here is Part 2, the final half of Defending Lydia Collier v.0.11.1!
Download Links:
Windows - Linux - M...
2021-08-09 20:06:35 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys,
So playing through v.0.11, I've noticed some of the story parts and the mission which I'd spent a ton of time developing felt rather, rushed and some areas aren't as fleshed out as I'd like them to be. This is probably true, I set release dates of "when I think it should be done by" and then cram to try and hit that date and it can lead to some mistakes. It's a bad habit I'm going to try and stop doing and maybe set release dates in the future when I know the update is ready, ...
2021-08-01 03:02:54 +0000 UTC
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Hello, hope you're all well!
Defending Lydia Collier v.0.11 will be released on the 31st July!
I'm going to be releasing the Alpha slightly earlier in the week and fixing any problems beforehand to avoid the confusion of v.0.10, so it will be available to Early Access on the 31st!
This update will be a very large one, with over 1000+ renders!
You'll get the games first mission, the beginning of St...
2021-07-25 14:03:38 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
Just to let everybody know I've made some changes to the Tiers.
Firstly, to everybody that is already subscribed, nothing has changed for you (although you might have got some new benefits)!
Absolutely nothing has been removed or taken away from those already pledged!!
So Patreon recommends not having a $1 tier, and I've now had a look, seen the reason why and decided it would be a good idea to make some changes...
2021-07-19 02:33:05 +0000 UTC
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Hello all!
So for this month, the theme will be a beach volleyball team.
Four ladies, each with a picture by themselves, and then a team photo.
There haven't been any Shadows over Manston Renders in a while, and they haven't been in the recent polls, so for this vote, the top two girls from each game will win. So it will be a guaranteed 2 DLC/2 SoM split for the team. To keep the poll from being enormous, I've taken the previous three highest voted for girls...
2021-07-12 22:02:17 +0000 UTC
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Hi Guys!
Just a quick update on how it is going.
Currently, I've completed just over 600 renders for v.0.11 and I'm about halfway done, meaning whilst I said this was going to be a much "smaller" update, it is going to end up probably as big as v.0.10 or if not, be the game's second-biggest update.
I plan to have this out before the end of the month.
What's coming in v.0.11:
Further expanding the team's screens, I realised I missed out on the lea...
2021-07-12 17:14:03 +0000 UTC
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I promised a render with all the girls if England won, and I made one for every other stage, couldn't really miss the Semis!
2021-07-07 23:20:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys,
Here are June's renders in a Super Heroine theme!
Hope you liked them and thanks for all the support!
WP
2021-07-06 13:24:27 +0000 UTC
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Hello guys!
Defending Lydia Collier v.0.10.2 is now complete!
Download Links:
Windows - Mac - Linux
2021-07-06 02:23:21 +0000 UTC
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Hi Guys,
Just to let you know I've got my icons delivered now, and v.0.10.2 will be out on Monday.
It will fix several bugs but mainly also adds a new GUI and images for the team selection, so be sure to check them out and each teams member's bonuses/weaknesses as v.0.11 will bring the first missions they'll be used in.
Oh, and Steph's still loving the Euros!
Thanks for all the new and continued support!
WP
2021-07-03 21:05:26 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys,
Just to let you know how its going:
v.0.10.2 is going to revamp the team selection with GUI changes, I've commissioned some artwork for some icons to help show character strengths/weaknesses for the new mission system and it will be out as soon as these are delivered, and this will also fix several bugs. This new screen will show you the characters for each team, along with weaknesses and strengths and then during the weekend when you are with your LI you can choose who ...
2021-06-29 19:37:13 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
This month's poll will be a super heroine theme!
As usual, vote for your favourites, and the top three this time around will have a superhero themed image made for them! Added and changed a couple of the less popular options to see if that shakes things up a bit.
Thanks for all the new and continued support!
WP
2021-06-24 13:49:18 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
Just some updates about the plans of the game.
I've decided to extend Defending Lydia Collier slightly.
Originally from now the game planned to end Sunday night, this has now been moved to Tuesday. So from now, there will be six more updates.
Why?
A couple of reasons. Firstly v.11 is going to be relatively short and finished quite soon, it will be 500-600 renders long and out in July (hopefully nearer the begin...
2021-06-22 14:08:44 +0000 UTC
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