Defending Lydia Collier is a new adult game created by White Phantom Games. I am the artist, writer and coder of the project and work independently to create the best and most interesting game I can.
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As I mentioned in the progress, this update focuses on the story-line and some Ellie content, other character's paths will be continued in future updates.
Defending Lydia Collier is entirely made at 1280x720p as originally this made it quicker to render. With this update the majority of the renders are rendered at either 2k or 4k and then downscaled to 1280p. This means they took significantly longer, however those that are downscaled should be a higher quality. Let me know if this is something I should continue, or revert to more renders but at 1280p.
I've also removed some renders from this update so that it ended at a more suitable story point, however these will be included with the next update.
I hope you enjoy the update and apologies again for the delay!
As many of you will know, a while back I set up and created whitephantomgames.co.uk as a place to host my games general releases and because well I wanted to create a website as it is something I'd never done before.
Several thousand people have visited it this year, up a few hundred percent on last year and I was wondering if there was anything new you'd like to see on there?
I'm not talking about anything currently on Subscribestar like change-logs, updates, download links, bug fixes etc, monthly polls and renders, that's what this site is for and nothing will be leaving here.
I'm more thinking of anything not currently available. For example character biographies, wallpapers, maps of the locations I've made up, things like that?
If there is anything new you'd like to see, it isn't going to affect development speeds because I can render and work on that at the same time, so don't worry about it slowing me down, but let me know!
So I've been working throughout the month and now I'm at the point that v.07 is nearly done.
This update will be roughly about 300 renders long and focuses on the game's story and some Ellie content and I should have it done in the next few days, I just need to do some coding, editing and a very more renders and it will be complete.
I'll set a release date of the 31st, but if it is done and tested beforehand I'll release it then.
Looking at the results of the poll across all the sites it ended up with the result that by a ratio of 2:1 people would like a Shadows over Manston update, so that is what I will do after the completion of v.08. August will be v.07, September will be v.08, and then October will be an update of Shadows over Manston. I think this will be a good idea for myself too as it is always good to work with different characters and environments and have some variety.
The next update will be Defending Lydia Collier v.07 which I am currently working on.
This update will be more linear than the previous update and will be about 300 renders long, however it won't be split in 3 different paths like Sunday was. This means whilst it is likely to be slightly smaller than v.07, it will have more content on a single playthrough.
This update will feature further storyline development considerably, along with progression with Ellie.
There are also some coding plans I'm going to try and look into, such as making the social media function work a bit better so rather than watching TV etc. you can instead check up on your favourite character and see what they are up to.
Thanks for all the continued support and hope you all enjoyed Defending Lydia Collier v.06.
Over 100 spelling and grammar changes from v.01 to v.06
A complete new day in the story, with 379 new renders added
Change log for v.06.1:
Fixed a bug where you could never kick Jenna out of your apartment
I hope you enjoy this update and please let me know any feedback, good or bad and if you encounter any errors so I can fix them. You can do this either here with a comment or at my website
A huge thanks to everybody supporting the game and everybody that has given me feedback to help me improve the game.
Just another update into how the development of the next update is going.
Currently I have completed 264 Renders for the next update, and given where I am in the day I expect to have about another 40 renders per character completed, meaning the total number of renders for the next update will be around the 400 mark.
Going by the current progress, the next update should be out in about a week or so, however I will post a more accurate date when I am down to the last 10-20 renders.
Thanks for all the continued support and thank you to anybody who has left feedback, errors or bugs they have found. I've made over 100 minor changes to spelling and grammar for the next update and a lot of this is due to player-feedback, so thank you!
I'll be putting the $10+ poll up shortly, and this months theme will be a lingerie photo-shoot theme and the voting for characters involved will run until the end of the month. (How polls will work across multiple sites is I will add the votes together and then post the winner)
I hope you all enjoyed the update of Shadows over Manston. I certainly found it interesting creating that update and it was nice to revisit the characters that I had created for it. It is likely there will be another update coming at some point in the next couple of months, however the upcoming update and the one after will definitely be Defending Lydia Collier as originally planned.
Progress so far for July:
Created and published $10 Poll Renders (Fiancee & Ellie, and Vanessa & Penelope)
Released a minor bug fix for v.2 of The Manifest: Shadows over Manston
Created and edited 135 renders for the next update of Defending Lydia Collier
What to expect this month:
Roughly 300 render long update for Defending Lydia Collier to conclude Sunday in the game's timeline, this update will continue the story and focus primarily on Stephanie, Vanessa and Jenna
So far I have completed 135 of these renders as previously mentioned, so I am roughly half way, however I will put up and exact release date when I am down to the last 20-30 renders so I am sure not to miss it.
Thank you for all the continued support, and please do let me know any feedback!
I am very happy to announce that the 3rd Installment of Shadows over Manston Retold will be released Sunday evening (June 28th)!* and will be several hundred renders long.
Regarding version numbers etc, Shadows over Manston was beforehand I believe v.18, and then became part two, going forward this update will be The Manifest: Shadows over Manston v.20, and updates will become v.21, v.22 etc.
This will enable a clear differentiation from the previous updates before the "Retold" changes which are not compatible with the retold version.
I encountered a bug I was unaware of in doing this update, in which some of the relationships, Penelope's in particular, were not tracking progress as I intended them to. I have fixed this and it should not break any saves, however it will not alter the progress if you're already past them which means you may not see certain scenes without a restart for these paths.
*unless I finish it before then, in which case I'll release it right away
Here is just another post regarding the ongoing development of the next release of The Manifest: Shadows Over Manston.
Currently I have completed over 200 renders (at around the 230 mark) of this update, and have completed the majority of the day with the evening scenes remaining.
This day has two distinctive paths to play through during the day, and a variety of endings.
Currently I am planning to round the update up at about the 400 render mark, and with the current progress that should mean the release is due early Week 4 of July. I will post a more precise release date when I am down to the last 30 renders.
The next update after this will continue Defending Lydia Collier's story and be the complete Day 6 update.
Following the completion of the Defending Lydia Collier v.05.31, I have begun working on the next big release.
As I mentioned beforehand, the next update that will be released will be The Manifest: Shadows over Manston Retold Update 3.
This update will add a brand new complete day to the story, and focuses on the relationships between characters and the MC rather than the ongoing bigger story.
The three primary paths that will be expanded in this update are:
Submissive Fiancee
Hannah
Penelope
with two lesser paths featuring:
Mercedes
Dominant Fiancee
Currently I have completed just over 100 renders for the update, and the total number of renders will be at around the 200-250 mark.
All of these renders are back to 1920x1080p as opposed to the 1280-720p resolution Defending Lydia Collier uses, so each render does take slightly longer.
I am aiming for a mid to late June release of this update, and will give a more precise date when I am in the last 20-30 renders.
A huge thank you for all the continued support, and I have everybody is staying safe during these troubling times.
Adds over 100 new renders exclusively to Vanessa's path and completes her path for the day.
Change-log from v.05.2 to v.05.25:
Adds in side images for the majority of characters to more clearly identify which character is currently speaking
Known Bugs:
"dci_name" not defined.
Due to some requests you can now rename DCI Cavendish to "Vanessa" if on her romance path. This required changing her name type to dynamic, due to this a game start is required and will fix the bug. Use tab to quickly browse through any content you have already seen.
The next update will be Defending Lydia Collier v.05.3 which will add Lydia's evening and complete the v.05 update (providing no bug fixes are required)
IMPORTANT: If you get an error about "dci_name" you need to start from the beginning. This is because I give you the option to change her name to either DCI Cavendish or Vanessa as some people complained about it but to give you the choice you need to start from the beginning. Sorry, dynamic naming is something new I've just figured out and this is the only way I know to do it! Press tab and you can skip anything you've already seen.
As previously mentioned, here is the second part of the v.05 update, this time completing the evening with Vanessa.
Download Links:
Please see Defending Lydia Collier v.05.25
This is slightly smaller update (106 renders) and will be followed soon by another update focusing on Lydia and completing the v.05 update.
Hope you're all enjoying the game and if on the Vanessa path enjoy this update.
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