5.4 - Let's Talk About Sophie! (Patreon)
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Greetings everyone!
Well, this has been a long time coming and I'm super excited to finally be able to get started on this update! For those not in the know, the 5.4 update cycle will be focusing entirely on the boss lady, Ms. Dee. In today's devblog, I'll be going over what you all can expect from her.
The Usual Suspects
Sophie will be receiving a handful of new conversation topics, as well as a variety of random events. What this means is that you should expect to see more of her around the office in general. Don't expect to get too chummy with her, we're still in the first half of the story after all, but you can definitely look forward to seeing more of her... in every capacity.
Dosing Sophie Works Differently
While other characters in the game all follow a similar system when it comes to administering serums, Sophie will function quite differently. Your first opportunity to dose your boss will remain in place, and as the story progresses you'll have fixed opportunities to dose her (or not dose her) again. These events are all story related and, for the most part, will not be able to be missed. Additionally, you wont need to prepare for them before hand, as you'll always "conveniently" have the needed serum on you.
Each of these events will present you with 2-3 different commands you can issue her should you choose to dose her, and how you go about interactive with Ms. Dee in this way will have one of the largest impacts on the ending you receive once you've completed the main story. The choices you're presented with during these events will be determined by past serum choices, as well as some options that will appear no matter what.
Over the course of the game's first two chapters, you'll have about four opportunities to dose Ms. Dee, including the first event currently in the game. Depending on how you decide to take advantage of these opportunities, you'll almost certainly see yourself engaging in a much more intimate relationship the woman, and depending on what path you take, you'll see that relationship develop in different ways. You may end up being her pet, or her master, or perhaps even build a mutual relationship!
You'll get even more of these scenes over the course of the story, and the events being added to Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 are only a preview of the system.
Maintenance Updates
You all should know by now that I can't just release a content update and be happy about. Nope, gotta find something to dick around with!
The good news is that the mechanic being addressed this time won't be particularly time consuming, as all the content for it is already there. Of course I'm talking about the dream system. Currently, it functions exactly like the notebook system in that fixed entries are added and referenced and, as a result, sometimes things can get weird. In 5.4 I'll be updating the system to function in the same way as random events and conversations, and as a result you'll not only see them update with your character, but you'll also start getting various effects from them. Dreaming of John dominating Penny may result in a hit to submission, dreaming of sexy time with Diana might increase your arousal or, hell, you may even orgasm in your sleep. It's a relatively simple change that adds a lot of freedom to this particular system.
Additionally, I'll be adding artwork to the early parts of the game. Players will have the choice of playing with the 2D artwork on and, if chosen, will get to see it in action for the first few days. This will give people a chance to preview the new art system and see it in action. Naturally, this is completely optional.
That wraps up this week. I'm happy to report that last week, Raoul and I wrapped up all the artwork for the main cast of characters and have officially moved into working on the dynamically generated naughty bits! As such, expect some art previews in the coming weeks.
As always, thank you all for your continued feedback and support. There's no way The Company would be what it is today without it.
Until next week!