Release Day + Poll Results

0.8.4 for Handlers+

0.8.3 for Dossier

A surprising little factoid - our poll was exactly 69 (nice) % / 31% on both platforms. We will be creating upper-body assets to match the new-to-be-added cup-size for Claire. We'll be posting a poll with two options in the coming week.

0.8.4

..*The Gymnast arc has been expanded and improved -- It's hard to be one. Can she make it?

..*Improvements to speech bubbles, dossier, and Pop-up notification UI!

..*'Bodycount' math has been readdressed. Numbers were occasionally broken and often unreasonably high.

..*The Tattoo parlor has been fixed in University.

..*A trait 'bonus' has been added to the Finishing School gap year for those that take all the options. Big downside, some upside!

..*Skills and traits are now capped in the Prologue. Hitting the cap will add 'xp' to the Act I bank, but won't increase stats during the character creation. (They were too high and variable)

..*Claire can now get breast augmentations if she wants at the end of High School. (There didn't seem to be a right timing for post-Gap Year or College, so we've left it as one opportunity).

Drumroll: The opening of the Prologue has been massively restructured. Claire's appearance is fully in your hands. The opening has been simplified and hopefully clarified.

This is a first step before implementing an 'RPG'-intro for those who don't want to move through the Prologue but also don't want to 'Quick-Start'. There will be three ways to 'build your Claire'.

What's up for 0.8.5?

..*Enhancing and Expanding the Backpacking Gap Year Arc. ..*Enhancing and Expanding High School dating. ..*A new breast size for Claire. ..*A tattoo parlor (and soon to be added piercing kiosk!) in Act I. This precedes us adding more of those assets to the game! ..*Enhancing and Expanding the 'family' aspect of the Prologue to give more character and specificity.

Release Day + Poll Results!

0.8.3 for Handlers +

0.8.2.1 for Origin!

Spy-Claire is nearing the end of her random-events and now has sight on a big event coming in the 0.9 arc which will be our first large step forward in the investigation!

Now Claire can check in with EROS and give a report on what she's uncovered so far. This will be the key to advancing those plot lines as well as potentially gaining credibility with the agency.

Unlimited saves are back! As always, the recommendation is to hard-save, because your browser may overwrite or delete. But they're back all the same.

Also with this release, we've opened up accessories for purchase in the Mall -- don't like the choker, try out some glasses!

There's a new high school arc: the Loser! A new outfit for her as well.

Hoodie and Flannels, Uggs to boot ;)

Besides all of this and numerous bugfixes, exactly how much new content is there?:

• Seven outfits for modeling Claires.

• New random 'bodies' for Loser Claire.

• Additional 55 HD-ified assets for the doll on top of the hundreds already in-game.

• Identifying features and more Dossier improvements

• All of the Pop-up GIFs Sex Skills/Traits/Skills have been added!

• Claire can choose to skip Prom (if she's not an Alpha chick)

• MORE passage art!

And those poll results, what will we be adding to the 0.9 dev cycle?

More Friend Content - 27 votes

Romance w/ Blue - 8 votes

Callum - 8 votes

Bona & Escorting - 81 votes

Casimir - 0 votes

Cornado - 0 votes

Nestor - 1 vote

Jacob Bautista - 1 vote

Nino - 0 votes

That Door - 16 votes

Release Day + Progress

0.8.2.1 has been released for Dossier tiers.

In the past week, I've built out a couple things for the upcoming 'big event' in Act I:

The selection of which employees at Club ZZYZX are going to be taking part of the upcoming event. This is (mostly) based on Claire's current success as an employee at the Club.

If she's not selected, there will be ways to nudge her way in that will be added piecemeal, but at least one will be included in 0.9 alongside the event.

Reporting in to EROS about Claire's accomplishments to date. This will open up avenues for continuation of spy paths, some with EROS support, some on her own.

Depending on how much she reports in, she'll gain standing within EROS which will be a factor in what EROS is willing to do for her in the future.

My focus is the Loser arc now. I'm aiming for the release of 0.8.3 next week.

As mentioned last time, there will be four new outfits; all accessories for purchase in the Act I Mall; all the skills and traits have GIFs that will appear in pop-ups when they are improved/used in the game.

Speaking of Act I, what would content would you like to see slated for 0.9?

Release Day + Progress!

0.8.2.1 has been released to Sudden Agent tiers and up.

0.8.1.1 has been released to Origin tiers.

For 0.8.3, in the past week we've:

• Finished off the remaining skill and trait GIFs which will be added to pop-ups in 0.8.3
• Begun sketching out the plans for the first Act I (Main Game) event for you spies.
• Added in four new sets of clothing for our models (and of course, the Loser outfit).
• Offered different accessories for purchase in the Mall during the Main game for those who want to switch/swap/make a lewk.
• Begun sketching out the Loser arc for HS.

Speaking of which, what kind of goals would you like to see in the Loser arc? The Nerds have their Cosplay and TwitchCon competitions, the Jocks have their Varsity championships, the Alphas have their popularity contest and Prom...but what might define a successful/unsuccessful time as a Loser in HS? Put your comments, ideas and thoughts in the comments!

We're also in the first stages of planning the restructuring of character creation. No longer will you choose Claire's parental traits and have those decide Claire. Now there will be a character creation sheet at the beginning of the game where you will customize much of Claire and then dive into the prologue to define her history, skills and traits. That will be coming in 0.8.4!

We're also working on a couple infographics to help visualize release timelines and what's included/offered in supporter tiers as well as what is not included with the public releases.

Thank you again and enjoy!

Release Day!

0.8.2 is releasing for our Handler and Chiefs; 0.8.1.1 for Dossier tiers.

What's in 0.8.2? It's a big one.

• More interludes each morning in Home Base reflecting what Claire did the previous day.

• Each Club Arc has a choice for Claire to be passive or active in her investigation.

• Two of the three Club Arcs are nearing the end of the first 'phase'.

• Identifying features has been added to the Dossier -- and the Legendary tattoo is now reflected!

• Modeling in high school is no longer an arc, but a possible additional vignette path!

• New random 'bodies' for HS and College models.

• The opportunity for trying out modeling in College! -- four new outfits!!

(HD in future release)

• 85 more HD-ified assets for the doll on top of the hundreds already in-game.

• A toggle to turn off the 'hometown' accessory on the doll.

• 'Final Form' is fully new and improved. Better responsiveness, hovering over choices to see them reflected on the doll before choosing!

• Claire's measurements are now in the Dossier

• MORE passage art!

* Coding in significantly more speech bubbles for easier, better play

In other news, I got a little curious the other day and wanted to do a side-by-side comparison against...another...game in the space.

• This version of Blue Swallow has 188,600 more words.

• That's comparing our 0.8.2 against the other's 1.20.1.

• That's 26.7% more content.

• 1.5 years against SEVEN+ years.

• No reboots here. If things need to be changed/updated/improved, we do it during our dev cycles alongside additional content with every release.

• That's not counting sheer number of options, choices mattering, stats and skills being affected.

• And lots, lots more sex.

Thank //you// for being a part of this project. Thank you for being a part of the community and guiding its development.

What's up next for (0.8.3)?

• We're going to be shifting the character creator forward. That means picking many of the aesthetic and some of the skills/traits for Claire right out of the gate. Claire's parents will now be reflected in the choices you make for her rather than the other way around.

• Setting up the first big event for the Working Girl and Dancing arcs in Act I (Bargirl to catch up in 0.9)

• Creation of a new HS Arc -- the Loser Claire!and Loser Quick-Start Claire

• MORE HD Art!

• Even more new outfits!

0.8 Progress Report

I'm on the mend, which is great, so I've begun work on:

• Expanding the Dancer and Working Girl Mission arcs (and a little expansion of the Bargirl arc). Each of them is getting a moment where Claire can decide on being an active or more passive investigator at the Club.

• Claire's Modeling Arc in College (new!)

• Additional HS content /flavor with Claire's parents

Meanwhile the rest of the team:

• Has 150 more HD assets complete and more on the way!

• A toggle is being implemented for Claire's accessory -- don't like the cowboy hat or something? You no longer need to 'move' Claire. Just turn it off!

• The Final Form widget has been seriously improved with hover-implementations that should make choices in character creation more responsive and intuitive.

• We're beginning work on outfits being mix-and-match. This will allow for more customization in Claire's outfits in the main game. Like a certain top to go with a different bottom? It'll be up to you!

• In the background, we're continuing on a longer-term project where we're visualizing all the different versions of Claire's mom based on the choices you make in the Prologue (its a LOT of assets).

The above is what we're aiming to release with 0.8.2.

Thanks and have a great end of October!