Hello everyone, welcome to the 103rd progress report!

I've been working on the big Sheila sex scene for the past 10 days, and so far I've made 23 renders. It's pretty far from my record amount that I've ever produced in 10 days, but it's not that bad. I knew in advance that this scene would take a lot of effort and I allocated 2 dev cycles to it before I even started working on it. To be fair, I've been delayed by a few production issues, like texture bugs, and performance issues. The most notable one was a texture bug on the genitals I wanted to use on Sheila, where I wasted time trying to make them work, only to fall back on her default genitals, and then waste time trying to make *those* work. But that's part of the game, and now that I'm well into the sex part, I'm hopeful that I've ran into every issue I could run into, and it's going to be smooth sailing until the scene is fully rendered. Fingers crossed.

Yesterday evening I went on stream where I made this. Well technically not *exactly* this. I fully sculpted the boobies on stream, only to notice the hand wasn't posed properly, and when you convert a figure into a 3D object (to sculpt it), you can't pose it anymore. So I had to pose it, and re-sculpt it again before re-importing it. It happens.

Once I'm done with this and the short FRP scene (which serves as more of an introduction, or a tutorial than anything), I'll implement everything, test everything again, and put together a build for the testers. I hoped to do that before March ends, but I might spill over to April a little. We'll see. 

Anyway. There is an other problem I have to discuss. Since basically all the renders I've made this past 10 days have included some amount of nudity, and I have no other renders to share, I'll have to share some of the nudy renders here. Problem is, some of you probably don't want to get spoiled, and want to enjoy your share of nipples when the right time comes. I understand. So I'll still share the nude renders, but I'll use a secret technique known as censorship. If you want the uncensored version, send me a DM on Discord (provided you have the manager role linked to your Discord account at least) and I'll send it to you. I'll work on censoring the renders after I posted this, so you'll have to wait a little.

That's about it for this progress report. See you on April 1st!

Hello everyone, welcome to the 102nd progress report!

I don't know if you remember, but last time I said that I was going to take a weekend break, take the occasion to do some code, and then work on art again the next Monday. Well, that's not what happened.
Since I made some good progress on the code that same weekend, I decided that I'd keep working on the code until all the quests are implemented. Basically, the goal was to be able to play through the entire update (the main quests at least) without issues.
Thankfully the workload wasn't that bad since the events are already implemented in code, but programming the quest flow, making the buttons, programming the schedule... Those have been a pain in the ass. Everything works and most of it has been tested, so all is good at least.

Additionally, I made some small modifications I think you guys will like...

Here's the new dialogue box, isn't it beautiful?
I've been planning this for a couple weeks actually. I definitely put an accent to art in my game, so having this ominous dark square hiding part of the renders was always a shame. I've modified it several times over the years, making it smaller and less opaque, but this time I decided to go "fuck it" and remove it entirely, and honestly, I'm loving the result. The many new renders of 0.5 will now be enjoyed in their full potential!
Oh, and I'll probably color the name label with a different color for each character, but it's one of those small modifications I'll do at the very end.

An other small modification is that the small "Quest updated" window that slides from the right when you finish a task now only shows the title of the quest you updated, and not the entire label of the task. That's because the task label is usually too big to fit in the window, and that sometimes causes an ugly text overflow. This is useless anyway (I think), since people usually know which task they're about to tackle. And the quick quest log is there to confirm that anyway.

And lastly, the errands are now a 100% optional part of the game. At the end of the very first quest, you're supposed to go to the market with Eve. Now she'll tell you she doesn't mind making herself useful and that she'll go to the market every morning, and you only need to provide the money. 20 bucks a day for now, but that's an amount I came up with on the fly. I might change that number by the time the update comes out after some more testing.
You can still go to the market with her by the way, but it's not mandatory to finish the quest anymore. And Eve will tell you it's a great occasion to buy the milk for your dear sister :).

And one last thing, now some quests will tell you exactly what changes from completing them.

This not only prevents the player from spending too much time finding scenes instead of simply playing them, but it also makes it more pleasant to complete quests, I think.

That's about it for improvements. Now I'm back into art mode, and I hope to finish everything in a timely manner. See you guys in 10 days!