Release Day + Progress Report

0.9.4 for Sudden Agents+

A big week for art: 11 added pieces of passage art and Five sexy bits of passage art in Act I (getting taken home as a bartender, the virgin, the first encounter with Callum, the office with Nino and the divan encounter). I'll tease what one of them looks like next week. Finally, we've added a new headshot for a certain someone that can be met while at the party with Nate.

Of course we're doing some bug fixes in the background -- and we have our first official playtester! That should help us surface these issues sooner and address them before you run into them. They'll also help me out with flow and opportunities for art.

Content-wise, I've been building out the intro for Claire's attending the Big Event and the initial encounters at the estate.

On a sad note, I think my laptop (where I do all my writing) is telling me it's time to move on. Black lines of death are slowly growing in number and creeping up the bottom of my screen so that might be a transition in the coming few weeks.

Anyway! Back to writing while I still have a screen to work with!

Release Day!

0.9.4 for Handler+

0.9.3 for Origin+

Our dear, talented Fictionary pointed out to me the other day that while we had planned this to be a 'hotfix' and 0.9.3.1, given how much content was in it we should really consider it a full release. Hence 0.9.4.

So what's all in it?

-Fixes for issues players were having with the 'Bodies' list.

-Fixes for some headshots not appearing correctly.

-Fixes to the Acting HSV so it connects properly.

-Adding in new tattoos for selection! An additional set or two will be added in future releases.

-Names now with Headshots! Should add clarity and help players know who people are.

-Hint added to Character Creation to highlight the Settings for HD art, dark mode, and other features.

-New passage art!

-And the content: Something like 10-20k lines that comprises Claire's infiltration with Nate at the party or with Angelo in the Club (and the ability to infiltrate the Club for 'That Door' even outside of the Big Event!). Multiple paths and results in both arcs that allow for Claires not working at the club to get something out of the Big Event. [Oh and there's an infiltration outfit for the Angelo arc].

What's next? 0.9.5

-More sexy art from Noice!

-The last Quick-Start Claire's to round out the options.

-More piercing options.

-The remaining Big Event content for all three working-Claires as well as content for Claires who aren't working the Big Event.

Then we'll close out the 0.9 arc, do a Public release and move into 0.10.

Release Day + Progress Report

0.9.3 for Dossier+

I've just wrapped the writing of the club infiltration and what's behind 'That Door'. It was a lot of fun to write, with some sexy moments on either end and a lot of tension in the middle. I was drawing inspiration from those do-or-die moments in Mission Impossible films.

It was also a lot of coding. Way more than I had originally expected. I had to keep track and code in variations based on Claire's appearance and abilities, but also choices that had been made prior to the segment, AND choices made during the infiltration. They all had their own bearing on the results and success (and potentially repercussions). Hopefully it will be as fun to play through as it was for me to write.

It's a path that can happen if Claire isn't selected for the Big Event, it's also possible to open the path based on activities while working at the Club. So I've opened up both paths for potential access!

Will you have to infiltrate the Club this way? No. The information there will likely be (mostly) available on other paths and arcs, but I'm purposefully keeping nuggets of intel different in these early investigative paths. I want there to be as much fun in discovery and as little rehashing as possible. Later, it will be more important to have a full knowledge of as many puzzle-pieces so that's when some cross-pollination would be beneficial.

Also in the past week we've added another batch of passage art, and the two new sets of (non-HD) doll tattoos for selection at Character Creation or in any of the 'Tattoo Parlors' in game.

Additionally, I've done some other proofing and UX improvements to sections of the game and a couple of bug fixes -- one of which may have prevented some players from being selected for the Big Event at all!

This weekend, I'll spend a lot of time digging in and writing as much of the Big Event as possible, probably starting with the party infiltration with Nate (007 party-inspired) before turning to the versions of the event when Claire's selected.

Whatever content is ready to go for early next week will be released as a 0.9.3.1 and when all the content is ready to go, we'll release 0.9.4. That will come close to the end of content for the 0.9 development cycle, but we still have some items in the hopper:

-More content on the Escort path with Bona

-More content with Claire's potential friends in Manila

Thanks again and see you all next week!