"Giving" Scene done, sneak peeks included! | Development Update #24 (Patreon)

Hello everyone!

Last week I promised some news regarding the new vagina-exclusive "Giving" scene, and today I've come to deliver. The scene is officially done! The only things that still need doing are the UI icons for it (which should take no time at all).

With this scene complete, the hardest part of the v0.9.0 update is finally behind me. Both vagina-exclusive scenes are in place and working, and I've already released an internal testing build to the group of playtesters that's been helping me break the game, so that I can fix everything before release.

There is still a significant number of tweaks and new features I'd like to add in this update, but I'm inclined to push a few of them to a v0.9.5 update that I'll release for paid members only before the big v0.10.0. I'll give the playtesters a few days to find bugs and fix them while I work on these features, but whenever I feel like the build is solid and safe for release, I'll probably just release it. I'd say you can expect v0.9.0 to drop around October 14th.

Anyway, let's get to the good stuff.

👀 Giving Scene Sneak Peeks

As I mentioned in the previous update, the Giving scene will have 4 sub-states at first: the foreplay state, two dildo states (one for anal, and one for vaginal), and the tribbing state.

Foreplay works exactly as you've come to expect from other scenes: you can choose between several off-hand actions to service Verity, and the focus is on pleasuring her. MC pleasure gain is minimal in this stage.

From here, you can choose to take Verity's dildo and use it on her (bringing us to an "idle" state of the dildo animation branch), or go to the tribbing state.

Both Vaginal and Anal dildo states have the option to turn Verity around, swapping her sprites between her Missionary and Doggystyle poses. A lot of the existing penis-exclusive animations were reused for these states, as you can probably tell.

And finally, the tribbing state, which uses brand-new animations developed from scratch. In this state, you're locked into the missionary pose, and the animations vary slightly depending on how fast you're going (the three slowest animation stages are slow, passionate, and deliberate, while the two fastest animation stages sport more "impactful", punchy animations).

As I mentioned in the other post, I still want to revisit this scene eventually to add strap-on penetration animations, but that will have to wait. I'm quite happy with how the scene shaped up, especially because I was able to reuse so many assets. It taught me a lot about how I should approach future love interests' sex sprites to optimize my workflow and minimize the amount of assets needed for each scene.

👣 Next Steps

The next few things on my v0.9.0 to-do list are all code-based tasks, which should be fairly straightforward and relatively quick to implement—at least compared to how hard the sex scenes were to make.

To name a few:

Intro & Character Customization tweaks: I want to consolidate the character customization process into a single screen where you can pick physical frame, breast size, genitalia, and skin color, all in the same screen. Currently these are handled by individual choice menus, which works but feels... clunky. Now that you can actually pick a vagina at character creation, I feel like it's a great time to rework the UI for this.

Fix a long-standing bug in the MC skin color system: The MC's skin color uses persistent variables. This means that if you create a green character, save your game, start a new game, and create a blue character, your old green character will turn blue. I always knew this was the case, but was unable to figure out a better way to do this in the past (this was one of the first features I ever implemented in the game). I believe I can do it much more cleanly now, in a way that localizes your MC's skin color to your save.

Create character presets for Alter Self: Now that you'll be able to essentially flow between different sets of genitals, I think it would be interesting if you could "save" a specific physical frame, breast size (or lack thereof), skin color, and nail polish color for when you have a penis, and a different set for when you have a vagina. That way, when you swap between genitals, you're basically switching between two presets automatically.

Create first-time events for when you use specific spells: Currently, Verity has nothing to say and doesn't bat an eye if you grow an extra pair of arms, or summon a clone to spitroast her. I want to introduce a set of dialogue sequences that play out the first time you use those spells in front of her during sex. I think it would be a fun and immersive addition.

Relationship Path Expansion: This one's been in the backlog for a while - I've talked about it multiple times in different development updates, but it never made the cut. Basically, I want to add different relationship dynamics for Verity, such as a platonic relationship (high affinity, low kink, basically the "just friends" route), or a "friends with benefits" dynamic (low affinity, high kink). A lot of these are just ideas floating in my head for now, and I'm not sure if they'll make it in this time. I'll try to put them on paper and assess their viability more objectively before making any promises.

Anal-Only Request: If you've somehow locked yourself out of the anal-only path, I want to add the ability to ask Verity to try an anal-only lifestyle. If she has high enough affinity and kink, she might accept, which would in turn change her dialogue during sex to the kinkier, more taboo-oriented dialogue that's already in place for the current implementation of the anal-only path. Also, I think I'll add a feature so that if Verity's on the anal-only path (either naturally, or by your request), she will straight up refuse vaginal sex and vaginal-related interactions until you ask her to drop the lifestyle, so to speak.

There are a few other minor tweaks that I'd like to get to before release, but I'm not going to get too much into the weeds because this post is long enough as it is.

If you've read this far, thank you for your patience and continued support, and I hope you have a great week.

Cheers,

Mr. Crowne.