Progress Report #141 - March 2025

Hey lads!

• One devlog per month (around the end/start of each month).
• One UiTC2 test version mid-month (if possible) for patrons.
• UiTC2 Steam page set up in April/May.
• UiTC v44 in late May.
• UiTC v45 in July or August.
• UiTC2 public demo in October during Steam Next Fest.
• (Maybe) Early Access release of UiTC2 in December 2025 on Steam and itch, depending on demo feedback.’m more active on Discord and Twitter, where I post sneak peeks and updates. Feel free to join if you're interested (but please, don’t DM me directly unless necessary!).

Regarding work done since the last devlog:

• Jane talks to Kevin and says she wants to work (there will be a locker scene in the future, just like in UiTC). Kevin then mentions today’s "situation" - basically a mutator (positive or negative) that affects today’s shift (e.g., bigger tips, more cooking time, less picky clients, etc.). After that, the mini-game UI opens, where Jane prepares dishes based on the orders displayed on the right. The part where she personally takes orders from clients is skipped, since it felt more like a chore and didn’t add much to the gameplay flow.
• You earn an evaluation score by making dishes quickly, not wasting ingredients, and getting the orders right. Based on your score, there are 4 possible client outcomes (2 positive, 2 negative). Some of the score also contributes toward Jane getting promoted by Kevin, which increases difficulty & rewards over time. You can intentionally fail the mini-game to see alternative outcomes, but that leads to bad events & eventually getting fired, so it’s not recommended often. The mini-game is designed to encourage progress on average.
• There are 4 shifts, each lasting 2 in-game hours (you don’t have to work full-time, but it speeds up progression). Each shift includes: A cooking mini-game (2-4 dishes depending on order type). A client interaction at the table. A chance for a general event at the counter afterward. At the start of each cooking phase, there's also a chance for Kevin interaction to trigger.
• Once you press "Deliver" button, Jane takes the order to the table, starting the 2nd part of the mini-game - a dialogue with the client. Here, you can deliver the correct or wrong dish, as it depends on the points earned. Jane’s stats & skills play a role in how she handles the situation - whether she boosts tips, gains fame, or avoids getting fired by lying, relying on luck, or offering other solutions. Sometimes clients will simply make a bonus offer themselves.
• Between each shift there's a chance for a general event with client approaching Jane at the counter. There are 3 event types: Positive, resulting in always a good outcome. Neutral, with outcome being between good & bad. Negative, resulting in always a bad outcome. All events are choice based with Jane's skills taken into account, so based on them you are able to further increase their outcomes.
• Kevin’s & Jane’s stats influence whether Kevin appears behind Jane at the start of each shift to tease her during cooking mini-game, making it harder. It's still WIP, but Kevin will get bolder as his Lust builds up over time, while Jane will have it harder to resist as her Lust builds up, so it becomes "try not to cum" mini-game within a cooking mini-game, giving her various options to resist & stop him, before she finishes & delivers the order. His interactions and Jane’s options will expand as the game progresses. And as usual, you will have ways to make Kevin interaction either more or less frequent.
• The flow of whole mini-game depends on the client type, and so their stats & dialogues. Since NPCs have their own stats (which you can check at any time), you’ll have an idea of which choices might succeed or backfire, like prostitution would work better against thug, rather than a cop. Basically, if client leaves happy, then Kevin is also happy, so do whatever you can to make them both happy :)
• After finishing her work, Jane changes back into her regular clothes and then heads to Kevin’s office - where their storyline continues to progress.

The dirt stains now move along with the character’s facial expressions. And yes, cum stains on the entire body are also affected by animations, unlike in the old UiTC, where they were completely static. The sneakpeak video can be viewed in the provided Pixeldrain folder.

Here’s a physics test with a female character walking in side view. In UiTC2, breasts, hair, and skirts are all physics-based, and they also react to character animations.

This next feature was highly requested, but sadly impossible to implement in the old UiTC. Now, it’s a core part of UiTC2 due to the Exhibitionism & Seduction skills (though it’s still a work-in-progress). Whenever Jane undresses or flashes, whether through the wardrobe or during an event, she’ll play a proper animation. Many clothing items (shirts, pants, skirts) will have rolled-up or pulled-down variants, allowing for sex scenes with partially removed clothes or even walking around with a rolled-up shirt. Most of this will likely be limited to the front view, though, as the feature is already quite time-consuming and we have our hands full.

We’re remaking the entire UI from scratch in UiTC2, so here’s a glimpse of a very early version of the character creation screen. Once again, the male is not a playable character, but in the future, you’ll be able to use the character creator to design custom NPCs and set limits for random NPC generation (e.g., allowed skin colors, face parts, limb length, etc.) to see how they come together.

Currently, we’re not focusing on polishing the game but rather on refining the overall concept & feel. We're experimenting with various elements and adjusting our workflow to avoid wasting time on content development later. Please bear with us as we strive to deliver something of much higher quality than the current UiTC you all know. Groping scenes with clients depend on multiple factors, including NPC class (commoner, hobo, etc.), their Disposition stat (which is influenced by various factors), the player's dialogue choices, and other hidden or unique conditions based on the scene. Additionally, front groping scenes will play if the NPC is positioned at the front, and so on. A quick example: To trigger a groping scene, either the client needs to be annoyed/horny, or Jane needs to be highly attractive. For prostitution, it's either the 2nd stage after groping, or Jane can initiate it with a successful skill check (considering the cumulative stats and skills of both Jane and the NPC). To receive a tip, the client needs to be satisfied, while thugs tend to be more gropy, gang members are more inclined to pay for prostitution, and elites are more generous with tips, etc. P.S. Making these animations work & seamlessly transition from a client sitting to a 2P groping scene was much harder than you’d think... But we managed, and that’s what counts. The sneakpeak video can be viewed in the provided Pixeldrain folder.

Two main differences between UiTC and UiTC2 when it comes to roaming the city streets are the lack of passive time flow and the reduced number of random world events. I'm still considering whether time should slowly advance while Jane is walking (undecided for now), but any interaction with the world will progress time as usual, and there will be plenty of spots to interact with. Since random events no longer trigger automatically when Jane enters a location, and with no passive time flow, players won’t be forced to advance time, making time management overall much easier & less annoying. However, these changes can make the world feel less dynamic and more static. To counter that, I'm adding roaming NPCs who have a chance to grope Jane if she gets too close, based on both her stats and theirs. Don’t worry though, as busy city streets are relatively safe, especially if she’s dressed appropriately. But if you want to provoke gropers, or avoid them entirely - you can.

Okay, the last one is a bit weird, so treat it more as experimental idea. I just wanted to show it to you and get some feedback, since I find the overall concept really interesting. We’re still thinking about it, so nothing is set in stone yet. It would've made a great April Fool’s joke, I know. The idea of changing the perspective from side view to isometric has come up many, many times across the development, mainly because it simply works better for open-world games and gives us much more flexibility, especially with our plans for UiTC2. But at the same time, it feels like the game might lose a bit of its soul, as it strays from its original idea, and it also brings some complications. That said, switching perspectives could offer a lot of benefits. Entire locations could be visible on screen, you'd be able to explore full rooms, interact more deeply with the environment (like furniture), and mini-games such as exhibitionism (or locations like the beach) would make much more sense. Fortunately, the way UiTC2 is being built would actually allow us to implement new perspective relatively easily, especially now, when not many locations have been finalized yet. However, most of the background art would need to be completely redone, which means a ton of extra work for the background artist. The biggest issue, though, is that switching to a full isometric view would make the characters not fit perfectly. On the other hand, using unconventional camera angles might just end up feeling... weird, and not always work as great as we’d like. Just to clarify - we’re not touching the character art here, only backgrounds. And we’re not switching to 3D. These are just quick AI generated locations & 3D renders used for testing different perspectives and prototyping more quickly. All final background art will remain fully 2D, and no AI-generated art is used in the game.

Okay, that was a pretty damn long (and chaotic) devlog, but if you made it all the way to the end - thanks a lot for reading!