Log inLove & Vice Dev Update – R18 Progress #2
Hey everyone! Sorry for not saying anything about L&V for a while. I wanted the next post to be about completing Fiona, which I’ve finally managed to do. This took way too long, so I’ll go over why, and what to expect going forward.
Fiona Progress
Quickly first, if all you’re interested in is progress, then I’ll just tell you that I’ve finished the writing portion of Fiona’s endings (assets included). Here’s a brief outline of what that entails:
• Finale story events for both routes, in which you meet up, make clear your future plans, and get up to the usual story event shenanigans.
• Multi-part ending slides for both routes, reacting to your choices, split into immediate/early happenings and later life.
• Additional slides for pregnancy, NTR, Jen, and job-related content (her webcam career)
Hope this gives you some idea of how much is going on here, and Fiona is one of the smaller girls in terms of how much I intend to put together. Once they’re all finished, I suspect R18 to be larger in totality than any previous release. You won’t be able to see everything in one go, so it’ll be up to you to decide how much you want to see by playing multiple saves.
Slow Progress
Now, on to why this took so long. Last time I talked about the planning stage, and how it had nearly all been finished. This turned out to be false. Upon moving to start writing the content, it became pretty clear that I needed to do further planning work to give the content a proper structure to follow.
Ultimately, this meant I spent more time translating my giant list of random ideas into some actual planning software, creating proper routes and branches. I’m glad I did this, as it revealed some glaring holes and gaps that needed filled in. Suffice to say, I have a new respect for people who make games with branching storylines and such, because it’s way more complicated than I thought.
On the plus side, based on Fiona, I now have a template I can apply to the other girls. So planning them out should be a lot faster now that it’s all worked out. I’m not saying it’ll be quick, but I’m hoping to turn around the other girls faster now that I actually know what I’m doing.
Up Next – Mel
The next girl to tackle is Mel. I think she’s roughly equivalent to Fiona in terms of how much needs doing, but I should be able to finish her faster. In fact, I’m trying to get her finished before the end of the year. I’ll be very worried if I don’t manage that.
Same deal for her in terms of the content outline, but with Mel specific stuff like the club etc. That’s what you can expect for all the other girls as well.
Conclusion
So again, my apologies for the long wait. I’m going to continue making these posts as each girl gets finished (and make them public). Between which, I’ll post small updates on discord or something.
Recently, I’ve managed to dedicate more regular time to L&V, something which I haven’t done for a long time. I hope that gives you some comfort that things are always moving forward, even if it takes a while to get through. There’s still a long road ahead to get this finished, especially with huge girls like Jen coming down the pipeline! Thanks for continuing to follow and support the project, and patiently indulging my need to make everything so damn complicated.
