Development Update 75 (Patreon)

Version 0.18 is starting to take shape. I am still mostly in the writing and storyboarding phase of the development cycle. However, I switched directions for a few weeks recently to focus on capturing final renders and I posted the first batch of image previews last week. The scenes that I am currently working on include the next whole class punishment; Alice’s class and office punishments; Ruth’s exam; a follow up to the Dungeons and Dragons event; plus some scenes of Miss Potts' class being punished.

After posting previews of Miss Potts’ class being punished, some people had the misconception that these images showed new characters. I would like to point out that this is not the case. All the models in Miss Potts’ class have been in the game for years now at this point. I am not suddenly opening up the game to a bunch of new students with their own storylines. A few of them might speak and reveal their names (e.g. Tia), however, I’ve been very clear from the beginning that the “other students” are primarily just eye candy to make the school feel more populated. That said, I don’t want to be in a situation where a sizable portion of the girls at the school have no experience with the headmaster’s disciplinary methods. So, as part of the staff training storyline we will see Claire and Debbie punishing these girls. That way all the girls in the school can keep pace with the headmaster’s class in terms of their disciplinary training.

Regarding the Dungeons and Dragons follow up; we will see the girls in Priti’s room working on some more revealing costumes to impress the headmaster. Just to manage people’s expectations I am not planning anything too long or complicated for this storyline currently. I think it would make sense for the girls to only wear their new costumes in the privacy of Priti’s room for now, only revealing them publicly in Chapter 3 (after the events of Maxine's fundraiser) when attitudes to public nudity are a little more relaxed.

Also in the preview pictures were some shots of the girls showering after volleyball (with the twins surreptitiously masturbating). These were taken from a two minute experimental video I made using a bunch of new motion capture animations, plus a customised DLSS-5 filter to improve the texture and lighting. The experiment turned out well so I posted that video as custom art to the Head of Department tier. I can’t preview the shower images here as Patreon seems to have a hair trigger auto-moderation for NSFW content these days. However, here is a side by side shot of the nurse with the filter on and off, plus the toned down custom version I created by playing around with the settings. Based on the limited amount of testing I’ve done so far I’d say the technology has some clear potential. The raw filter definitely isn’t suitable as it changes the art style too much. The custom version looks nice with some subtle improvements, however, it might be more hassle than it’s worth right now as it makes the software quite unstable. In any case it’s an interesting technological development for me to keep an eye on.

In other news, we have a new website and a web player for the game in the works thanks to an enterprising web developer by the name of Hyliax. Hopefully this will provide a better way for people to play on their phones, both on Android and iOS. It will also provide a better home for the games walkthrough and our library of custom art. That’s all coming together nicely and I should be making a big announcement about it soon.

So things are ticking along well. I know a lot of people are already asking when the next update will be coming. I’m afraid I still don’t have a decent answer for that. In theory I could wrap up all the stuff I am currently working on for the end of the year. However, I would much rather expand the pool of content I am actively working on to include the Chapter 2 ending and all that will entail. In which case, we are looking at a more realistic release date sometime Q1 or possibly even Q2 next year. I don’t want to start taking options off the table at this point so I really just don’t know. Creativity and punctuality do not make for good bedfellows. Rest assured though the longer the wait the more content there will eventually be.

Altos

P.S. It did not escape my attention that the top most liked comment from my last development requested that I add a free action of sex with Rachel. I promise to keep that in mind.