Hey there, nudies! Short progress report today, still just trucking along. We got a fun little quality of life element going, which is... keyboard controls! Originally, we only had mouse controls implemented, but now you can directly control Amber's nudie cutie self with the WASD or arrow keys! We're aiming to keep the control scheme very simple for this game, so the entire thing can be playable with just a keyboard, just a mouse, or both! It's all doable with just one hand, so let that other hand enjoy its newfound freedom however you see fit!

Speaking of which, we're hard at work on the prequel comic for this month! We're a bit behind schedule on it, and currently it looks like this.

Which, you know, still looks fantastic, but expect to see a slightly more detailed version soon!

With my uh, scheduling adjustment I mentioned a few updates ago, I've been able to put in some MNL time just about every day of the week since! I'm cranking it harder than ever on this writing, and we're making good time! I don't want to jinx it, but we may actually be able to lock down a release window soon if we keep this up... Mostly me. Everybody else has been doing fantastic, I'm the one who's gotta keep this up. AND I WILL.

But that's all for today! Thank you all so much for the support, and see you next week with another report!

Hey there, nudies! Back with a weekend progress report! Got a good amount of visuals to go for this one! This week, I got in and finalized the opening cutscene of the game, adding title cards, illustrations, transitions, sound effects, music... basically everyone on the team has SOMETHING in this 6 minute long intro to the game! It required a ton of rewrites and work since it needed to establish so much in as natural of a way as possible, but I'm really happy with how it came out. In fact, let's see what the reviews of the opening are saying!

"This feels like an Animal Crossing opening in the best ways." - Bear Festival, 3D modeler.

"dude we have something so fucking special on our hands right now. i'm just beaming watching this whole thing" - Anne, 2D art director.

Wow! Incredibly high praise from the crew! But yeah, it took me FOREVER to finish this cutscene, but I'm so happy with how it came out. And hopefully, you all will get to see it (relatively) soon! We're definitely trying to get it out to you as soon as we can!

Next up on the agenda is getting this cafe area populated and the rest of these cutscenes going. Which thankfully, won't be quite as rewrite-intensive as the opening cutscene was, but has its own unique set of problems.

The rigs for our characters have been edited to better utilize a pool of animations across everyone, but our big boy Freddie here has a much more unique model, making other animations look a bit... weird on him. He's going to need some quick custom animations!

Thankfully, Invertex has whipped up a great animation preview for us, which will be extremely useful for immediately seeing at a glance how each character will look with a specific animation.

Work that runway, Freddie!

But yeah, gotta get Freddie some animations, plop in the other NPCs, add a couple more props, and then set up a couple more, mercifully shorter cutscenes, and then this cafe zone is DONE. That doesn't mean the entire opening is done, but this is by far the biggest, most complicated thing. So worth it, though. So, so happy with it!

That's all for today, though! Thank you so much for the support, and see you next week with more!

PS. Expect the return of the prequel comic early next month!

Hey there, nudies! I'm so, so sorry about the delay in progress report. Unfortunately, things just haven't been great for me these last few weeks, with the biggest thing that's been eating up my time being... well, the loss of one of my comic jobs. I won't go too deep into it, but basically I've had to spend the last few weeks helping wind down the SFW division of the company I work for. Since a lot of people's livelihoods were on the line, this had to be top priority. Unfortunately, this job is also how I primarily fund the development of MNL, and while I'm not completely out of work, my pay's been cut fairly substantially.

The good news is that I'll definitely have more time to work on the game now! But uh... If you could recommend this Patreon to your friends or share it with others who might be interested in a nudie cutie game like this, I would highly appreciate it. 

But game development continues! The beach zone is now 99% complete! We're just adding a couple more textures and props to really beach it up, but it should be done within the next day or so. I seriously can't wait to get Amber in there!

We've also finished up 3 new scenes in-game, including the one you're seeing up there! Anne had a blast drawing SEVERAL new illustrations with a lot of different variants. For those that wanted a bit more E (embarrassment) with your NF (nudie friend), this is going to be right up your alley!

Invertex has also done a great job on some back-end stuff, making it a lot easier to add illustrations and action panels to scenes straight from the dialogue script, so it will be way easier for me to make scenes with my newfound free time! Invertex has also been working on a better way for characters to share animations, which previously wasn't possible. There's been several hiccups around that which has prevented the continuation of building our little demo scene, but we're just on the cusp of figuring it out. I think by next update, we'll have something! And hopefully, we should be back on regular updates again!

Again, my biggest apologies for taking so long. It's been quite an ordeal and I'm so sad it shook out the way it did, but it's over now and I'm excited to get back to work on the thing I love most... cute characters running around with no clothes on!

That's all for today, though! See you next week with more!

Hey there, nudies! Another busy week for us, with some very fun progress. But first, hope you like this new art from Anne because I personally LOVE it. These COLORSSSS

We've been chugging away in the background, trying to improve our process to make things a bit faster! One of these was Invertex implementing a drop-down selection for animations! Before, if I wanted Amber to emote during a particular line of dialogue, I'd have to go in and write in Amber_Idle_Excited. Not a particularly difficult task, mind you, but once you get into hundreds of lines of dialogue, it gets pretty mind-numbing AND is fairly difficult to keep track of. But now, everything's organized in a nice little drop-down box!

 

Notice that "set wearable" option? That's another thing Invertex added as well. Now, we have an easier way to enable or disable clothes and accessories on characters!

(NOTE - not a real scene)

While Amber loses her clothes pretty definitively and permanently, this is still an easy way for us to enable her shoes, bag, or any other accessories. It can work on other characters too, so expect some fun clothing mix-and-matching!

 

As far as story progression goes, one of our major NPCs for the opening needed some extra work. Freddy, the cafe owner, was one of Bear's first rigging jobs (even before Amber!). It was great practice, but now needs some revising to better fit the rest of the gang. Bear's been hard at work re-rigging Freddy for new animations and is just about done. Since he's a heavier character than the others, special consideration was given to how he moves around, like where his bigger belly rests when he sits down.

 

Couldn't just have his stomach clip through his waist, so it sits a bit more naturally on his lap when he sits! Bear's a real one for figuring that out.

Not only that, but we felt the cafe area park was a bit empty. We decided to add one new piece of equipment to make it feel a bit busier...

A rock-climbing wall! Bear knocked this one out pretty fast. Why a rock-climbing wall specifically? Well, beyond just filling out the park more, we also wanted to slightly expand on the opening a little bit more and realized we had an opportunity! Anne's hard at work now on some new illustrations for a couple more scenes with Amber in these early moments of the game. Here's a sneak peek at a very rough WIP Anne's cooking up...

 

Poor Amber! She wouldn't have these problems if she just ditched the pants...

And that's all for today! Thank you so much for the support, and see you next week with more!