Hey, folks! Hope you're all doing well this week! Work continues, and right now I'm basically just doing the same stuff I was doing last week. I've been setting up scenes, shots, and costumes for Chapter 11, working on a scene that connects the new Chapter 1 with Chapter 2, and adjusting variables. 

The Chapter 11 stuff is mostly just getting my ducks in a row, so I can hit the ground running when I begin rendering Chapter 11. It'll save me a bunch of time later, when I don't need to set up lighting, sets, etc. That's where Business Babe Nicki came from, up above. Is that.. eyeshadow on our girl?! Dressed to impress, Nickidoodle..

The scene(s) that connect the new Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 features a little ero scene, which I have mapped out to be similar to Dash's scene from Chapter 10. Not going crazy with positions and options, just a little somethin', somethin' to show what our plucky protagonist was up to while Nicki was gone. I'm about 90 images into that, which is more than I anticipated doing. Story of my life!

The variable tweaking is all going pretty well. I've been playtesting as I go, and I haven't broken anything yet. So, I'll take that as a victory.

Finally, I've got a new text-based short story featuring Madison, which I'm in the process of editing. That'll be up this weekend for all paid supporters, and feature a few pieces of art showing Madison in her younger days. People really seemed to dig learning more about Isabella in the last story, so I'm hopeful that this one will strike a chord as well. But, the soft-hearted will be happy to know this one won't tug on your heartstrings quite as much as Glitter and Grit.

Alright, I think that's it for me! Hope you folks have a great week, and I'll be back on Friday and Saturday for the Sneak Peek and Wanton Weekends features. As always, take care of yourselves -- and thank you for your support!

Hey, folks! Hope you're all doing well this week!

I've been collecting feedback for Chapter 1's remake, and I've been pretty happy with the reactions so far. There's some stuff I'll miss from the original, and stuff I wish I could've worked into the new Chapter 1, but just couldn't find the space for. But, overall I'd call it a success. 

Moving on! I put out a short text story featuring Isabella Bellino, perhaps better known as "Brittani's mom," exploring her life some ten(ish) years prior to the beginning of our story. It's available to all subscribers, beginning at $2 -- but I'll be unlocking it and adding it to the main, sticky'd post in a month or so (longer if nobody reminds me..)

Finally, work is still ongoing to integrate the new Chapter 1 with the following Chapters 2-10. I'm working to untangle the mess that is Chapter 7 aka Ashe's Date, labeling things to make it easier to track her relationship, and attitude towards the player by the end of said date. So far so good, but.. Ugh. Tedious.

I'm also working to add a little bit of extra connective tissue between Chapters 1 and 2, which more clearly lays out Guy's journey from that fateful night with Nicki, to forming his charity, to becoming the more well-rounded and confident person he is when we meet him months later, at the start of Chapter 2. This adds a small scene (with some ero material) where we see Guy in Brazil -- an event previously alluded to in Chapter 4. Then, a small scene with Callie Chen of Chen's Convenience, which leads into the original opening of Chapter 2, where Guy meets Ashe.

After that, it's back to work on Chapter 11, targeting a release date for July.

That's all I've got for you today! As always, thanks for being here, take care of yourselves, and thank you for your support!

Hey, friends! Hope your week's off to a great start!

I don't have too much to report this week, as I've mostly been working on integrating the new Chapter 1 with the following chapters, and that's just not very sexy. It's mostly just meant doing script and code tweaks, along with the occasional render.

I have made and am making a few tweaks to Chapter 1's remake, based on feedback from folks who have played it. Not much I can really show here since it's mostly ero scene stuff. I'm going to try to have all that stuff in place for the new Beta release on Tuesday, which will be available to everyone at the $5/Friend from Work tier.

So, in lieu of my usual word salad, I'll just give you a few extra renders from Chapter 11. I suspect these may prompt some concerns, so just to preemptively set everyone's mind at ease:

Alright, that's it for me today! Hope everyone has a great week! I'll have a new Wanton Weekends text story up on Saturday, featuring Isabella and Brittani, so there's that to look forward to. Until then, take care of yourselves -- and thank you for your support!

Hey, folks! Hope you're all doing well this week! Today's going to be a quick update, since I really only have one thing to talk about. That being that Chapter 1's remake is now 99% finished, and currently available to $15+ supporters in its Alpha form. So far, no major bugs, typos, etc. have been reported, so I'm really just tidying it up a bit, and looking at ways I could punch it up before its final release.

Release Schedule:

Besides that, now begins the somewhat tedious work of re-integrating the following chapters with the new Chapter 1. Most of the script really isn't too bad.. I just need to tag more stuff, and do a find + replace for some stuff, while searching for "menu" items and adding more variables to the choices. But, I want to roll the chapters out in chunks of 2-3 at a time to supporters, so people can thoroughly test them, and make sure I didn't break anything.

Then, if all goes well, I'll be back here sometime in late June (or July, if my past ability to keep to a schedule is any indicator..) with the release of Chapter 11, which officially kicks off Friends in Need: Season Two!

Finally - I added a pinned post to the blog which features all the current links for chapter updates, mini-sodes, short stories, etc. along with convenient links. I still need to work on formatting the short stories into some prettier file format, but that'll be a task for later.

I'll leave you with that for today, but as always: take care of yourselves, and thank you for your support!

 Hey, hey! Hope you folks are doing well this week! The sun's finally shining in my little part of the world, which is a welcome respite from the endless crummy weather that marked March. Just as a quick little FYI, this morning I put up a new Wanton Weekends set featuring Viola, comprised of 26 images. As always, it's available to everyone at the $2+ level.

Moving on! Chapter 1's remake is over 800 images now, and I think I can set the release date for the Alpha, for Sunday 4/19. Knowing me, it'll likely be in the evening, as I tweak and adjust things up to the last minute. This build will add onto the previous teaser for Chapter 1, and contains the corruption path for Nicki. In this route, we we explore a more transactional version of her relationship with our irascible protagonist. As much as I'm a fan of writing the super romantic stuff (seriously, your dude is a huge fan of romcoms..) I really, really love this dynamic where I get to have Nicki and Guy snipe at each other in the way only friends can.

I'm thrilled to finally be rounding the bases on this thing. As much fun as it's been to revisit the past, I'm ready to get back to the present and formally introduce everyone to Cassie.

I'll leave you with that today! But as always, take care of yourselves and thank you for your support!

Hey folks, hope your week's off to a great start! I've been ducking tornadoes and floods all week, and dealing with intermittent power outages. Challenges abound! But, Mother Nature's finally chilled out, and it seems like I'll have clear skies for the next week.

Despite the nonsense, I've been picking away at the update when I can. I had to re-render some stuff for the sake of visual clarity -- which is a nice way of saying the scene was too poorly lit to adequately show the sexy stuff. But, I'll be ready to start rolling out the finished Chapter 1 builds to patrons this month. Thanks for hanging in there.

I've previously mentioned that I already wrote much of Chapter 11, which has left the writing part of my schedule a bit vacant. I've outlined Chapter 12, but I'm holding off on committing too much to the actual script, just in case I add anything to Chapter 11 that I might want to follow up on. That's left me with a little bit of free writing time. So, I decided to do a couple more prose/text short stories. One continues the short story I did for Madison, some months ago. The other spotlights Isabella Bellino, Brittani's mom. We'll be seeing more of her in Chapter 12, so I thought I'd explore her past a bit, and see what makes her tick before then.

I'm always hesitant about creating too much story content outside the main game—I don't want any critical narrative information to exist outside the game itself. Yet if these text short stories aren't meaningful, they feel like empty fluff. It's a difficult balance to strike. I think these Madison and Isabella stories thread that needle pretty well, though. They each take place 10+ years ago, featuring material I'd likely never highlight in-game, while still providing valuable character background. Plus? Sexy renders of Madison and Isabella. I'll be posting those later this month as part of the Wanton Weekends feature. I slacked off on that in March, so I'd like to make up for it.

Alright, that's all for me today! As always, take care of yourselves -- and thank you for your support!