Sprint 006 dev test (Patreon)

Hey Operator+!  Thanks for supporting Female Agent.  Here's a dev test of the scene I worked on in Sprint 6.

As always...it's less than I hoped.  😔  I wanted to finish the whole Max scene, but this dev test only adds part of the balcony branch.  In fact, it feels like it ends just as it gets interesting.

I experimented with a new writing style in this sprint.  You'll find lots of dead paths in this version – they're marked TBD (meaning "To Be Done").  This was an experiment to try and write in a more joined up way.

Although not much was added to the word count, I did make a few important structural changes, based on Operator feedback:

• Notifications now only report changes to Carla's condition.  This makes them more important.  I experimented with letting them take on some of the narrative load.
• Foreplay.  Previous designs & iterations of this scene artificially limited the number of times an NPC could attempt foreplay on Kate.  (This was because Kate only has three arousal states, and I didn't want every NPC getting a rampant Kate in his bed because he had lots more dice rolls than she had arousal states.  I redesigned this system, so NPCs who overperform in this area are rewarded differently.)  Foreplay opportunities are now spread throughout the scene, so Kate can be turned on way before her clothes start coming off.
• Sex scene structure.  I reworked the structure so that dice rolls are more important, and decision points are more impactful.  Sex scenes require less writing because the logic is more streamlined.
• More tailored sex scenes.  Because the decision points are spaced further apart, I was able to write slightly longer, hopefully sexier scenes.  Someone on F95 advised me that, since the game is mostly text, I should be writing absolute filth during the sex scenes.  I tried to push myself outside my comfort zone in this version – anybody notice a change, good or bad?

Okay, it's nearly 0300, I need to sleep.  As always please let me know your thots here, in DM, or in Discord.