Devlog #23 - .1E Pre-Release (Patreon)

So it's that time of the week to update you on where we are at and what's happening. I'm stoked to provide you this Devlog since there's so much in the build I JUST sent to beta testers.

New Content/Release Updates:

- Major backend update was performed. The entirety of the game size wise was reduced by 240%. 2GB is now less than 700mb!

- Emily Gets the Following Scenes: HJ, BJ, Missionary, Cowgirl and 3some all in the new animation system which looks amazing. I'm very pleased how those animations turned out and this will be the standard moving forward. Lots of scenes and animation combinations to enjoy in this new release.

- .1E_partial will release tomorrow to $25 patreons. It doesn't contain all .1E planned content but has the vast majority. All the routes, including new routes, and dialogs have been redone. This was a massive backend update that needed to happen to allow the gallery to work properly. The gallery is not implemented yet but I'm working on it. This update was required to get to the point of implementing a viable gallery system. Until then, each chapter still has its summary which got a huge face lift from the original. Links attached to show the new chapter summaries. Sneak peak to everyone for what's in .1E.

- .1E Full is on track to release around Christmas. It will include 1 major new scene (H-scene) and 1 minor new scene (not H-scene) not in .1E_partial. This will be available to ALL tiers since it's a main story update.

- .1E with "Meet the Robinson's" will release to $10 Side Story tier Patreons around the Christmas weekend. That is fully on track. It only contains the darker routes for Part1, Part2 the more romantic routes go into work in January 2023.

- .1E standard will release to $5 Patreons next week as well.

- Hundreds of new renders. At this point I've lost track but here we go. This update has 227 images while the whole of .1a - .1d had 241 images plus a few animations. This will roughly double the content available.

- There is a new path for submission that doesn't require rp. You can now engage April in new ways at the beginning to ease into certain roles. These make more sense.

- There has been massive changes in the dialog of many routes from .1 which sometimes didn't make sense. This restructuring of the code and dialog was needed not just for continuity but for the gallery. It is done. Previously there was about 1200 lines of dialog in all of Chapter 1. Now there is 4,450+ lines of dialog in just Chapter 1. Chapter 2 alone adds roughly 1750 lines. This was massive.

- The new status system is fully working and gives you more real time feedback on your relationship with each girl and their view on each other. This was a major improvement in the storyline context and is now fully implemented. It is working and being double check by beta testers now.

Planned Content for .1E Full (All Tiers):

-  Save Game Save Names is in work. It is not working or complete. It is intended to be in .1E however unlikely to be in .1E_partial releasing tomorrow. Just being honest. I wasn't able to make it work for the .1E_partial that was just sent to the BETA team. Trying to get it done before .1E_full

- A big time rp scene similar to the one in .1 with sound effects, etc.

- Another non-H-scene to complete .1E.

 - First official Android release.

Combat System Updates:

- Some people had issues with the darkness of the combat system test scene. Before there was 2 options (Play or Skip). Now there are three. You can play the original version, play a new version that is much more bright and easier to see, or watch it as a spectator.

Future Releases:

 - .1F will no longer be referred to as .1F. It is now going to be called .2 since I am now 100% confident I can finish all intended content for this release.

 - .2 will end where .1F was intended with the group of people getting their new apartment. There won't be as much H-content in .2 over .1E but it'll have some including somethings that wouldn't work until .1E existed.

 - .2a will be the first release of "There's something about Mary" which will be the first installment of .3. This is planned sometime at the end of January.

 - The next side story is "Meet the Robinson's" part 2 which goes into work after the Christmas/New Year holiday. No release dates planned but it won't be too long.

 - The deflowering scene in .1 will be redone along with many other .1 scenes to use the new animation system completed in .1E. This will be slowly rolled out as time allows.

THANK YOU for your support. This game wouldn't be possible without that and I deeply appreciate your support!