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Version 0.3.1 - development news (updated 01. of October 2021)
🕑 Added 2021-06-04 16:36:14 +0000 UTCHi guys and gals, this post offers you a collection of news about the next version of Holiday Island (0.3.1).
The change log below is based on the release 0.3.0.0.
The next main release is 0.3.1 which will be an incremental update for Windows, Linux and Mac. It will include new features and some bug fixes as well.
As of right now, the update from 0.3.0.0 to 0.3.1.0 has:
592 additional renders, videos or sound files
81 updated renders
New features and content
- Yvette gets another appointment at the beach during sunset --> will be posponed to the next release (again, sorry Yvette)
- Desire gets an extended scene at the gym shower --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Desire gets an extended workout yoga scene --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Alice gets a naughty scene in her room wearing the red lingerie you got her --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Alice gets a web search with 6 images (shipendale lingerie) --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Yvette gets and event where she shows up at the beach bar --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Yumiko gets a posing scene at the beach bar --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Yumiko gets a flirting scene at the beach bar --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- The beach bar will be turned into a location you can visit --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Sara gets a long scene at the night bar (with two achievements), where she has a drink with the MC at the bar --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Yvette gets a pool pose scene with some action in her skimpy bikini --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Sara gets a scene at the night bar, where she has a drink with the MC at a table --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Sara gets a second appointment at the doctor's office as part of Miriam's quest --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Miriam gets a beach pose scene that is linked to a quest --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Sara gets an appointment at the doctor's office as part of Miriam's quest --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Miriam gets an extended walk on the beach scene --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Yvette gets an extended pool sunbed scene in webp format --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Yvette gets an extended event in her room, where she changes into her bikini --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Yvette gets an extended scene posing in her blue lingerie that can end with a round of poker --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Rainy days (before or after noon) will be added, where all activity is inside - so the girls will not use the pool or the beach during the rain --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- Heather gets an event in the MC's room, where she asks to use the MC's shower --> will be part of 0.3.1.0
- The new special action (pose butt) has been added for Desire, Faye, Jennifer and Yumiko --> will be part of 0.3.0.1
Minor improvements and changes
- On the achivements of type "special actions", "sextings" and "web search", the number of images seen and the total number is displayed on the image preview, in case you haven't uncovered all the images yet. --> will be added with version 0.3.1.0
- The possibility to add additional short sequences when you talk to a girl who's wearing a new outfit for the first time has been added. Sara will be the first to use it. --> will be added with version 0.3.1.0
- Sara gets character specific "talk about herself" chat lines --> will be added with version 0.3.1.0
- Yumiko's "guess who" game gets 10 additional images --> will be added with version 0.3.1.0
- Yumiko's sexting images have been upgraded to 2560x1440 --> will be added with version 0.3.1.0
- All the reception sprites have been replaced by high res versions --> will be added with version 0.3.1.0
- The first visit to Joy's office has been rewritten and rendered in high quality. There are 4 new images as well. --> will be added with version 0.3.1.0
- The girl selection screen (used when visiting or masturbating) can now display up to 23 girls and is auto sized to display 1, 2 or 3 rows --> will be added with version 0.3.1.0
- Hovering your mouse over the trophies will now display some details (number of interactions or wins) --> will be added with version 0.3.1.0
- Poker trophy will be available --> will be added with version 0.3.1.0
- The visit a girl screen will show the information if the girl is in her room or not, provided you have hacked her sub dermal implant to level 3 --> will be added with version 0.3.1.0
- Changed the balancing for the hotshots to make the MC undress more --> will be added with version 0.3.1.0
- Achievements can be displayed in full screen now --> will be added with version 0.3.1.0
- Quick access to tasks and appointment schedule --> will be added with version 0.3.1.0
Bug fixes
- When replaying Amy's and Jennifer's talk about arm wrestling event in the night bar, when Yumiko was on night bar duty, she was talking instead of Jennifer --> will be fixed with version 0.3.1.0
- Replaying Yvette's "Plane girl arrival event" was using Aly's event instead, so text and pictures didn't match --> will be fixed with version 0.3.1.0
- When a girl poses her butt at the gym, Jennifer suddenly appears in the picture, even at times she isn't there. --> will be fixed with version 0.3.1.0
- Missing scrollbar has been added for weekly trophies and scrollbar size has been fixed for total trophies --> will be fixed with version 0.3.1.0
- The size calculation in the "Open tasks and quests" app was bugged, so that it could happen that the last open task/quest wasn't shown fully or even wasn't shown at all. --> will be fixed with version 0.3.1.0
- Replaying Amy's event where she tells you she needs to leave the island made her also leave during the replay --> will be fixed with version 0.3.1.0
- Fixed a crash with "Sayer char.talk is not defined" when you talk with Yvette at her room when the towel slips --> will be fixed with version 0.3.1.0
- The cooldown at the lifeguard tower was also triggered when the lifeguard wasn't present --> will be fixed with version 0.3.0.1
- Severe stuttering and lags on some PCs on animations using the animation player. The reason is the added "game time" timer --> will be fixed with version 0.3.0.1
- File "game/actions.rpy", line 1967, in <module> NameError: name 'l_walk_image' is not defined --> will be fixed with version 0.3.0.1
- File "game/loc_pool.rpy", line 565, in <module> NameError: name 'l_inclination' is not defined --> will be fixed with version 0.3.0.1
- Fixed one use of i_char1 instead of i_char that lead to a crash --> will be fixed with version 0.3.0.1
- Corrected some minor things (mainly typos) --> will be fixed with version 0.3.0.1
Is the update going to break save games?:
0.3.1.0 --> Save games from 0.0.8 and later can still be used. Earlier saves are no longer supported.
Estimated release dates:
0.3.1.0 --> has been released on 01. of October: https://www.patreon.com/posts/holiday-island-0-56847185
Comments
Muneeb Asad
How do you get the Sara bar scene?
Darkhound
Yes, but there will also be a small update this weekend.
Mongo
Will the current companion mod work with 0.3.1?
Ted Cogley
lol have beta tested before its not fun, but can be rewarding
Darkhound
Right now you cannot. I have a selected few people that do the pre beta testing and no additonal ones are needed right now. It's not a means of getting the update a couple fo days earlier. Testing is more like work and the first day is often not much fun and very buggy.
Darkhound
I will do her scene first thing for the next update after the bug fixes are through :)
Darkhound
Thank you :)
Darkhound
Incremental? There will be an update for Android in October, but it will be based on version 0.3.1.1, so it will come a little later than teh PC and MAC versions.
Scott Guy
How does one become a beta tester? I have to admit I am most curious.
Brad Ritter
Incremental? Sorry, does that mean no update for Android in October? Thanks. Looking forward to the next update.
Kevin Ducharme
still waiting for a sex scene with Yumiko. with her hair style and body type, she reminds me of a japanese girl I went to high school with (that I ALWAYS wish I had the courage to ask out, she was so cute). otherwise, still REALLY loving this game.
Scott Guy
I had a feeling poor Yvette would be pushed back again, but honestly, who wouldn't want to do some pushing on Yvette? ;-)
JerseyBoy3100
What's not to like? : )
Darkhound
The lab story line will be continued in teh next version ,so it's not necessary right now imo. Except if you like to play the lab sequence again of course :)
JerseyBoy3100
So maybe just go back as far as stepping on the coconut?
Darkhound
It's up to you. Starting a new game won't be necessary to see the new content, because everything with major changes and new renders will get a reset when you load an old save game. This way you will see what you "have to" do again in order to see all the improved content.
JerseyBoy3100
With all the changes to the game, including previous artwork, do you suggest restarting a new game?
Darkhound
This won't work well having my quality standards in mind. There is a reason you can't see the girls' feet in the overlayed sprites. It's more or less impossible to make them not look like they are floating in the air when you show an overlay sprite on different backgrounds where you can see the area where the feet should touch the ground. There are all kinds of problems. Camera angle, missing/wrong shadows, etc.
Darkhound
No more things will be added. First one will even be postponed (again).
Monsieur X
3 items left, I can almost smell it if not more stuff is added from that first sniff :)
Puppet Master
Maybe another intimate action could let us sneak a peak at a girl's legs and feet. Or else, get a pan up of her from toe to head.
BooBallz
I seriously want to apply for a NSA fund and conduct psychological experiments that you design!
Puppet Master
Waiting for a girl's affection and love to drop because you ignore her can be a long process, but sometimes necessary to get certain achievements. Sending a girl off the island can get the same results but is costly. Maybe a gift could be added that all the girls hate, like diet pills or a mop. Giving it to them, they pretend to like it, but then their love and affection go down. Giving it to them a second time makes them stop pretending to like it, and their anger goes up, too.
Puppet Master
I found a problem with Joy's appointments. If you get all of the Wishes and Desires quests before you get the Blue Blazer outfit appointment, you will never be able to get that achievement because Joy will always take the pill and have sex with you. The way it happened for me was, I made the appointment with Joy when no girl on the island had a wish. Joy wore her blue blazer and had sex with me even though I hadn't finished all of the quests. Maybe the solution is to only have Joy take the pill when all quests are done or maybe only when all of Joy's outfits have been seen..
Puppet Master
Also, maybe the persistent save option could have an on/off toggle in the preferences menu. I guess I'd rather have a blank spot than an unearned achievement.
Darkhound
I can do one better :) I've added [images seen] / [images total] on the lower left of the preview image in case you haven't uncovered all the images yet. So it shows e.g. 5/9 This is supported for the special actions, sextings and web search achievements.
Puppet Master
Maybe there could be a sign in your phone that you have started an achievement, but not finished it yet. For instance, the girls' sexting or special achievements requires several steps, but sometimes you forget if it's done or not. Putting a "U" for unfinished in the phone thumbnail would let the player know there is more to do without opening the window to check.
Puppet Master
It's a lot easier to anger the girls than it is to lower their affection and love. Maybe having anger would be a better trigger for some of the bad events than having low scores in other stats. For instance, rather than not being horny, being angry at you might trigger Jessica to get more angry when you put suntan lotion on her side boobs or peep at her in the shower. Right now those events take a lot of planning to get if you don't get them at the beginning of the game. Not really a big deal, just something to think about.
Puppet Master
You could add 5 Wishes & Desires for Joy to give you. Joy tells you a Planegirl's wish is to ride on the private jet with you. Add a mini quest where the girl says, "I was told that I would take you to the island, but I never got the chance." If she was your planegirl, then she could say, "I wish we could recreate the magic of when we first met on the plane." You would then take her from the private island airport to fly around and back. Afterward, you could also get the planegirl arrival scene. Keep the idea on the back burner, since I'm fine with having a blank in the achievements area. This might allow you to expand the game with a minimum of effort, but it might also be boring for you.
Puppet Master
Since Yumiko's Guess Who game takes the longest time of any achievement to get through, It might be better to reverse what she offers first when you have a drink with her after hours at the night bar. Right now, the first time you don't get an erection, she tells you about her audition for Joy and sends pics, then the second time this happens, she offers to play Guess Who. Since it takes about 150 days to see all 52 images (and maybe more with the new update), it might be better to start the game as soon as possible.
Darkhound
Yes and no. The rendering is not the main bottleneck. When you look at the devleopment news, you can see that a lot of the new content has "renders are done" already. Creating the code, writing dialoge and thinking about how to hold it all together takes far longer than the renders. Also renders isn't machine time bottlenecked, but it's creator time setting up the scene that's the bottleneck (with some exceptions). Still having a faster card helps and makes rendering more fun. You will get more renders per scene in the future, having faster switches from one to the next. That will be the main difference between a 10 minute and a 3 minute render time. It also opens up the possibility to have animations with higher frame rates.
Puppet Master
Has the new, faster processer helped quicken the task?
Darkhound
Thanks. Fixed for the next update. I've also added a replay possibility for the scene where the MC steps on the coconut.
Scott Guy
I just noticed something Darkhound. I'm trying to replay when Miriam comes to visit me in the room while I'm in the lab it shows when she first takes me there instead. Might just be a glitch, but I thought you should be made aware of it.
Darkhound
No, sorry. New outfits need a ton of additional boring renders. All the hug/kiss etc. and the basic scenes at the bar.
Darkhound
You don't have to restart the game. The scene can be replayed using your phone and you can see the new renders and the updated conversation that way too.
Scott Guy
I'm curious about the first visit to Joy's office. Does this mean we have to restart the game? I'm well over Day 1600 at this point and would really hate to have to start again.
Puppet Master
An idea for a future update: you could have a different ending when walking on the beach with Lacey if you walk with her after Miriam goes away. Miriam wouldn't stop her from having sex with you and so you could have it end with a sex animation.
Puppet Master
It seems like it takes too long to get Yvette's sauna achievements. I don't know if this will get harder or easier as more girls get sauna achievements. Still, it's a nice resource which I'd like to see more of. Perhaps Joy could give a quest to open the sauna to both sexes on Sun. Also, maybe the PC could use the sauna to get some benefit at least as good as relaxing in a sun lounger.
Puppet Master
The special action achievement includes Flash Grope and Pose Your Butt images. Can you add the Come Along images, too?
Puppet Master
Can we get one or two unique celebratory poses for when a girl wins the Butt & T-Shirt contests? Ideally, I'd like a close up of the PC squeezing her breasts and behind, but this might be too much work for the benefit. However, an old pose could be repurposed or even a fist pump would work. (If it's easier, maybe Jennifer could take the winner's picture and send you the image later as a sext.) The benefits would be to give every girl 2 more achievements and give every player a reason to choose each girl to win the each contest. Right now, I hardly ever choose Brenda.
Puppet Master
I love Faye's butt poses! Totally sexy and adds a new dimension to her body. However, I like the Pose Your Butt images in the phone better than when they actually occur since the phone images seem bigger. Of course, I'm no expert at judging relative sizes, but maybe this is caused by the zoom in you can get from the girl? I'd prefer to have the girl say, "Let me get closer," and have the image bigger like when you view it on the phone.
Scott Guy
Curious as to what the "cool down at the lifeguard tower" is? To what exactly is this a reference?
Darkhound
Nope :)
Puppet Master
I don't like the timer on the phone. Will we get an option to turn it off?
Darkhound
Depending on the number of girls shown, the selection screen now can have between 1 and 3 rows.
Darkhound
Third place is not stored, since it is not really determined. Only first and second place are stored. Since the overview screen is pretty much full already, I have added the info to the trophies when you hover the mouse over teh all the trophy for a girl.
Darkhound
It has always been bugged. I have fixed it now. Will be part of the next update. Also the slider will have the correct size now and they will only be visible when necessary,
Puppet Master
Can we get a stats area for the Butt & T-Shirt contest. I'd like to know how many times a girl has won, come in second or placed third. Maybe when you hover over the all time trophy for a contest, the stats could appear, or maybe a simple listing in her interactions would be better.
Puppet Master
Natasha's outfit she wears for poker is different from her super sexy dress. Could the poker outfit become her super sexy outfit? Then we could get a quest to buy her the other dress as a special outfit.
Puppet Master
Renee has too many spiders in her room! After the first time, maybe she could still show up to say she was using her new toothbrush and thought of how kind you were to help her. Then she shakes her butt and the scene finishes.
Puppet Master
I thought that the trophy display had 2 sliders: 1 on the top and 1 on the bottom which the player could use to see all of the trophies earned by each girl. The bottom one for weekly trophies seems to have disappeared. This is usually no problem, but when Amy needs 5 weekly trophies, it becomes difficult to see the last part of the row. Maybe I misremembered, and there never was a bottom slider, but it would be useful to have.
Puppet Master
With all of the girls sending such great sexts without repeats now, Faye repeating her sexts from the corridor grope really stands out. Maybe Faye should send them only once. Alternately, she could send just one, then the other when the event repeats. You could even add a couple more sexts for her to send when the event repeats. This may only be my problem since I rarely send Faye home.
Puppet Master
Adding 2 more girls to masturbate to makes it impossible to list all the girls on the island for the player to choose from. 9 regular girls plus Daniela, Jennifer, Joy, Mercedes, Miriam, Sara, and Yumiko makes 16 with 22 girls total. The list of girls to masturbate needs another row added to accommodate the greater number of girls. 2 rows of 8 and 1 of 7 would allow for 23 girls or all of the girls.
Puppet Master
Also, the Pose Your Butt action does nothing for a girl's stats. Maybe a small bump to lust would be good. Otherwise, the player has no reason to do the action more than once per outfit.
Puppet Master
Will the Pose Your Butt action be available at the restaurant & Reception?
Puppet Master
Idea: Allow the player to select images from his phone to make dream images for the girls. With some alteration, you might be able to use the same GUI that you use to make the picture frames display the images you want.
Scott Guy
Adding more Yumiko is ALWAYS a good thing!!
