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Development Update - 17th January 2021
🕑 Added 2021-01-17 19:47:05 +0000 UTCHey there! Here's what I've been working on lately:
- A Daylight Alien Desert Background which you can see in the attachments. It might not yet be fully finished because light is tricky, but I'm doing my best.
- Fix to the Terminator issue. You can no longer walk around with 0 Energy and/or 0 Health. As soon as you can access any kind of map (Village, City, or Ship), if your Energy and/or Health levels are below or equal to 5, your character will head over to her room, where she might either take care of some needs (depending on her Lust Levels) or head to sleep right away. With this occasion, more dream content is going to get built, with an emphasis on recent changes she made that revealed some kinks or made her more corrupted.
- An UI Overhaul is in the works. The idea behind this overhaul is to make the screen friendlier to smaller devices, with the bonus addition of making gameplay a nicer experience on all sorts of devices. Since this version brings in new content that marks the end of a chapter and a smartwatch menu, it's best if these things are done now so that the first proper release of the open-world component gets a view as nice as it can get.
- An Updated Quests Menu. Same with recent menus, this one can be accessed through the smartwatch menu. All active quests are shown here in a more compact way and just as before, you can click their title to focus them. Check out the gif from below!
Also, about the potential changes to the builds of the game. I talked with people on our Discord and it seems that the censored images aren't that well regarded even by higher tier Patrons, so after some debate (and some helpful input from FalloutBabe), this is a possible change to the current system:
- Censorship gets cut down completely and the number of available uncensored images might be available in the same way to all builds, except that Patron Builds get higher resolution images.
- Public builds don't get a Back Button (similar to Female Agent). The images shown in the Public build version will have 33% the size of the original image.
- Supporter ($1) builds get access to a Back Button, higher resolution images (which might either be 66% of the original image or simply the full original image).
- Explorer ($5) and Scientist ($10) builds get access to all the other benefits from above, including any animations currently in the works and to be added to the next version(s) and full-resolution images.
So one solution, which would probably not disappoint too many who subscribed mostly for the benefits, is to reach a compromise from the next 2 options:
- Either the Supporter Tier ($1) gets access to 66% of the original images AND access to animations
- Either the Supporter Tier ($1) gets access to the original resolution images without access to animations.
Of course, making 2 separate builds and resizing them is more work for me, but I think this option is best for those who prefer their benefits and would feel let down if those aren't so exclusive anymore.
We'll see at the end of this development cycle what the best option will be. One thing is certain, censorship isn't going to happen anymore, because it doesn't really work. Public build players can feel "teased" in a bad way by the censored images, which could make them less likely to continue the game (and to potentially support it after). $1 Patrons also can feel "teased" in the same bad way by the censorship, which isn't what I'm going for since anyone who supports me in any way is very well appreciated.
Thank you and I wish you a great ending to the weekend.
