Just checking in (Patreon)

Hi all! I just wanted to check in and give a small update. I'm really trying to be better in this regard, although I'll surely get overwhelmed someday again and go back to silence. But enjoy them while they last :)

I've been working and the results are promising. I've been reshaping the back-end of the game, splitting it into more parts/files to keep things easy to work on for myself as it's soon going to grow very big when I start adding in lots of conversations and dates, which all consist of sometimes dozens of passages. A little bonus that I've been thinking of lately is that this will also greatly increase the game's mod-ability. When the game is in a 1.0 state, I'll be releasing the source files to Patrons and then people with basic coding knowledge will be easily able to add/change girls, conversations, places, events, businesses and pretty much anything they want. I've actually made the code quite structured this time, with comments even, unlike MAiH1.

Meanwhile, I'm rewriting the intro and main storyline into their final form. This is a combination of integrating the new character sheets (changing the story based on sister & best friend's characters), integrating new game mechanics (like the skill system) as well as just slowing down everything. It'll still be filled to the brim with sexual events, but you won't be fucking and/or impregnating the main characters within the first five minutes anymore. I'm also changing the overall pace of the business story by a lot, giving a better and more realistic feeling of progression without ever losing sight of the fun fantasy. It's still not gonna be realistic, just a little less "Welcome to LA, here's 25 girls to fuck and a fortune 500 company to run".

Whenever I don't feel like coding and have some time left, I try to either update girls to the new character sheets or add new items (cars, clothing etc) to add to the fun of day to day activities in the in-game world.

I've said it before but I feel like the game is now truly taking shape. You won't recognize any of it when this update drops. I'm slowly getting into a groove where I have one day a week where I put a good chunk of time in and try to find little 30 minute segments here and there for little work. It's not perfect, but we're getting somewhere.

Good things are happening. Thanks to whoever is here helping them happen :)