Mini-update Retrospective

Hi everyone. Thank you for joining me for this week's public post. Spoilers ahead for the mini-update, so if you haven't played it yet, the poll below will be running all week.

The mini-update has now been in the wild for a week, and unfortunately, there were a few bugs that somehow slipped through. Apologies if you've encountered one of these, but most are now blammed, and if you haven't got the latest version, 0.8.7, you can get it from my itch.io page for free.

The bugs are generally being caused by old code. One of my ongoing projects is to bring the early quests up to scratch on the coding side, but since the only way this affects you is through fewer bugs, it's not as high priority as, say, creating new content. Nevertheless, during the next development cycle, The Bad Girl's Bitch and Down With the Bad Girls will be getting this treatment. It's my hope that this will finally stop problems from occurring with Abbie's house. 

The other big bit of news on the technical side is that I have now perfected a new compression technique which will effectively freeze the file size bloat and even shrink it over the next several updates as I retroactively apply it. It's already started in fact, as 0.8 was 3.2GB while the mini-update was just over 3.

It takes image sizes down by up to 95% with no visible loss and may even put a mobile version back on the table at some point. The really good news here is that it also massively cuts down on time spent chopping up and creating composite images for the sake of efficiency, meaning I can make more stuff more quickly. (If my life ever slows down at least...)

Anyway, on with the retrospective!

We have now met our school's terrifying, but alluring headmistress Miss Gloria Whorle. And as you saw in that assembly scene, she's not one for taking prisoners. In the coming updates, you'll get to see more of this ultra-strict disciplinarian now that she's been unleashed on an unsuspecting school cohort. She may be patrolling the halls, performing random uniform inspections on passing girls or even teaching your class! If you end up in her clutches, you'd better make sure you're on your best behaviour, and I hope you put white panties on that morning...

The changes to the school's rules will also become more apparent as time progresses. A new uniform inspection scene, updated for the new policy of inspecting inside your undies is on the horizon, as are new scenes for the prefects who can now take a look down there at will themselves. Events with tie-up outcomes, expanded use of the punishment outfit and much more is also coming down the pipes. Our poor girls will be even more traumatised!

This update also introduced Emma's new story progression. I've been enjoying reading your theories/hopes about where this is going, but I am quite confident that you won't see what I have planned coming! We've got lots more fun doing her chores planned, and we'll also be meeting her older sister Dana and natal mother Callie, as well as seeing more of her super-hot progenitor mother Jenna, whom we met in this scene.

As you may have noticed, this first event contained options for both subby and dominant players, with the player given the choice between meekly accepting the humiliation your former friend metes out or soaking her and getting her naked as well. This will be a running theme as we move ahead, and the next quest Slave to Love will come with an option for those who really aren't interested in Missy submission scenes to skip them entirely, (though choosing this does more or less skip the entire quest. I'm happy to accommodate players who don't want to see any Missy submission, but since that's most of the game, it does mean you will get a much shorter experience.) Nonetheless, from here on in, I'll be looking to make sure everyone is in some way looked after, (which is going to make for a major headache at the end of Act 2, as there will be another multi-chapter epic story,) and may even eventually go back and re-write parts of Reign of Jess to make most of the submission skippable. If I can figure out a way to make that make sense.

Anyway, instead of the usual customer satisfaction survey, I've opted to find out your thoughts on both the mini-update and these plans for the future. Enjoy, and see you all next time!

Trinian