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V0.5d / Progress Report
🕑 Added 2024-08-23 21:04:59 +0000 UTC
Howdy! Here’s what’s up:
The new version adds a small repeatable harassment event where Kira gets stopped by a militia officer, another super short (not lewd) militia event for the sake of worldbuilding and the dialogue artwork for “militia” npcs. We primarily used existing art, but I did create a new animated cut-in.
This was not the main thing we worked on, but just a little side-update to make the wait between major updates more tolerable. As for the main update, we’re currently working on the addition of other pole events (the ones listed in the consent form), militia enforcement (in case Kira doesn’t show up for 7 days) and the “Gulag death” event (not lewd) that will free Kira from her obligations. The goal is to complete this part of the game entirely.
Note: Save Files work, just copy your entire “save” folder from the older version into the new one.
- ”Militia” Random NPC Dialogue art
- Animated cut-in (10 frames)
- Lewd Militia harassment event
- Not Lewd Militia harassment event
- Bugfixes
- Reduced the size of some game files (better/faster loading, optimization)
Conditions: The lewd event can happen at the very start of the game with a certain % probability every time you enter the Residential Area location. The non-lewd one requires the party quest to be completed, otherwise it has the same conditions.
On a more personal note, updates like this one should generally take about two weeks to make and the pole update could've been finished already, I just got bitten by Lana Del Ray.
Yes, don’t get fooled by her “I’m retired now, look how skinny I am” charade, she still goes to hunt every summer and I was an easy prey. She turned me into the Couch Mulan and it’s difficult to make anything when you're a couch. I stared at the blank page for hours and spent a week drawing a sleeve.
But, the invisible hand of capitalism isn’t sleeping either, and it pushed me out of my slumber. So, even though I’m still a couch, here’s a little update to hopefully make the wait for the bigger one a bit brighter.
Do not get me wrong. This is not all that we did during this summer. We worked on a new outfit for Kira, Olga character redesign, layering pole event, writing new pole events, alternative “AUGs shop” events, alternative “slut version” of latest Katya event, more dialogue art for npcs, more references to Kira’s lust/int stats in pole events, Red Kira art for times when she’s “in action” and more.
It just was more difficult than it should be because I’m currently a couch.
That said, we also have something new to show you (apart from the update itself):
I did not just write this one short harassment H-event, I wrote multiple ones with different characters, but they still need more time in the oven - since they’re not just regular events with a “yes or no” question. They need to have some “set-up” and ways for Kira to fight back.
For example, the one we currently implemented has 5 options - accept to be searched by militia, bribe the militia, go to prison, use charisma or let “Red Kira” take control (will disable the event permanently).
All 5 options have Lust/Int/Fetishes and stages (First & Second time viewings - since this event is repeatable). So, the lewd portion of this event is just another small part of the overall text, some of which can’t even be seen and most likely won’t be seen, given that the event can trigger even in the intro - but it has to be there, because it’s theoretically possible.
This opens up some interesting possibilities - Red Kira gets unlocked later in the story, you also get more charisma for completing the quest. So, it’s entirely possible for this to be a little “revenge story” of Kira going to prison because she refused to be searched, and then later coming back to use her newfound powers on her harasser. Or for Kira becoming too lewd - which ruins her harassers “power fantasy” in this particular case.
I want all our “harassment” events to follow a similar formula, - I want them to further emphasize the changes in Kira’s identity and showcase how Lustful/Powerful she’s becoming.
On the “Lust” side of things - some characters will enjoy seeing Kira acting like a slut, others will get disgusted (like this new militia guy) and the Kira herself might become indifferent to the harassments, just like you, the player, after seeing an event multiple times.
The novelty of seeing Kira touched or stripped will disappear for both her and you. So it all has to be implemented smartly - I don’t want you to become annoyed when another person stops Kira from moving to tell her she has “nice ass”, I want you to enjoy seeing Kira fight back or seeing how accustomed she’s got to the “slut life” (depends on how you play).
Another aspect of this is that the “slut life” isn’t easy to break out of. If your Kira was walking with her tits out and then suddenly decided to have some modesty - the characters will react, some will encourage her to reconsider, some will get angry, some will try to “help” her.
I really got carried away while writing this, but I pretty much only have the lewd text and I still need to write the other choices (red kira, charisma, plain “no”, etc.), otherwise we’d already implement this.
The “harassment” events I wrote have varied lengths, some are relatively big, while others have just a couple of lines to them (like catcalls). The idea is to have an overwhelming amount of them, and since they stop Kira from moving - they need a different kind of art, something without the background and relatively non-invasive.
Which is why we were experimenting with the art of such events, I want some of them (the catcalls primarily) to just have a cut-in, no background, no anything:
In conclusion, the harassment events in our game should ideally meet the following conditions:
- they’re meant to support the rest of the story
- they stop Kira from moving, but shouldn’t feel annoying for the player
- they should be frequent and diverse
Harassment events will be added gradually with patreon polls and will not interfere with our “Grand plan” for the game. Everything I wrote might seem like another unfinished system, but it won’t become one. Every encounter will be its own thing - finished, but with a possibility of future expansion.
We were also testing how they should trigger and we currently want to mix all the tools that we have at our disposal. In some events the npc will run after Kira, in others there will be an exclamation point above their head and Kira will need to interact with them, and the “autorun” events that trigger when Kira enters a location.
And, it goes without saying, but the stripping/touching is pretty much stage 1 - We will add more stages when we’ll have more art from other important story events and side-quests.
Now, the current roster for fast updates looks like this (it didn’t change):
If you like what you’ve read above and you want to see it, then vote for the “harassment event” again, but we will release it after the next major (pole) update, which should happen relatively soon.
Overall, things are relatively fine. I knew it would be difficult to adapt to a new schedule and switch to work on different things at the same time, but we’re getting there. Albeit, not as fast and not as smooth as I hoped.
But, once this new schedule will be fully adapted - I firmly believe that we’ll finally get on the right track and keep everyone happy.
This update brings one random harassment event to the residential area - the previous winner of the content poll, the new poll is already up and you can cast your vote here (in case you missed the notification):
As for the major update - we’re currently layering the pole event, along with some new additions to it (like milk pumps, vaginal sex, double penetration).
Thank you all for your patience and support, the end is near!
Comments
Ethan
Thank you!
Fresh Mulan
Hi again! :) The city center location is not yet available because there’s no content there, same thing with the jobs I’m afraid - we only have the waitress job atm.
Ethan
Hullo, how do I gain access to the city center? Also how do I get more jobs?
Ethan
Tysm!!
Fresh Mulan
Glad to hear that helped :) As for the Jammers - they are implemented and fully functional, you can get them from “Rebel Wilson” in one of the buildings at the rebel base (sewer location), but you first have to unlock him through the main story (“rEVOLution” and then “Hippocrates Pledge” quests).
Ethan
Hi again, you were right, I needed to sleep before I went to the new you area. I have another question though, how do I acquire jammers? Or are they not implemented yet?
Fresh Mulan
Hi, there is an unofficial android port somewhere on the web, but we do intend to make our own android version at some point.
Fresh Mulan
Hi! The first thing that comes to mind is that maybe you have a “New You” Quest and it prohibits you from leaving, so you should either sleep there, or explore one of the rooms, or descend into a vault. If none of that helps, can you please send us your save via discord, email (freshmulan@gmail.com) or here - I’ll take a look and we’ll fix it. We need both your save file and the “global.save”, saves are located in defenestration\www\save folder.
Ethan
Hi, I’m stuck on the new you facility, I’ve done benevolence, darling, dream & the experimental serum but I can’t go back home. It says can’t go here right now
Woozi
Will you add the Android version to the game?
Joseph
Oh wow, I poured so many hours into it and didn't realize. I wonder if that's why I'm also missing content when I'm looking back through past updates. Because it's listed as being the V 0.5c, but I don't have any vivarium content from what I can tell. Thanks for clearing that up. I have a lot of catching up to do.
EngelsPringles
tbh, even though his face is blurred out, the random guy apart of harassment events kind of looks like Male V from Cyberpunk 2077
EngelsPringles
I believe the android version of this game is an unofficial port. Mulan likely has no involvement.
Joseph
I'm sorry, I bet this is already explained somewhere, but what's the best way to update the android game without losing save files? I'm struggling here.
Fresh Mulan
Yep, she will be able to proceed with Katya or any other character/quest - you don’t have to kill him if you don’t want to :)
Fresh Mulan
Thank you very much and happy independence day to you too:)
Karl Z
Hi Mulan, if Kira never opts to kill Gulag, will she not be able to proceed with Katya story?
Mahnaemisjeff
Good to know you're both alright, you'll do what must be done I believe in you.
Pavlo
Happy Independence Day, Mulan and Moana and thanks for the gorgeous game made by your efforts and talent) Love your game, played 0.5 after ~year from last playthrough, and maaan, it's so much deeper and immersive. I really liked the most recently added content as fetish system, event with mirror and new Swift/polegirl events (much more than Vivarium events😅. But. The last event on cult Velez is soo good, that I might change my opinion on Vivarium soon))) So, thanks for your combined efforts, you two are making a fascinating artifact (yeah, I'm waiting for Stalker 2 release too))) And I really hope that you will succeed! Happy Independence Day✨
Darth Najida
Great news and evento 😁👍
Jakov
Hi I just wanted to say that I absolutley love the game and cant wait to see where it goes, i can tell that youre making the game with passion and thank you for putting in all the hard work 🙏🙂↕️ truly the best ero game ive played
SpartaKus
it's good to see you !! ^^ good work <3
