Devlog (Nov 16, 2024)

Hi, here's what I did since the last devlog:

I identified some problems to work on for 0.8.x, based on (1) having a friend play the game in front of me and (2) discord feedback:

• No main plot

• Related to the above, MC/Miran/Viola don't have clear motivations

• The game could be sexier

• It's not clear what to do sometimes w/o a guide

I plan to address these problems by doing these things:

• Determine the main plot and MC/Miran/Viola's motivations.

• Add a "quests" system. You'll be able to get a quest e.g. "Rescue adventurers on B4" at the pub, and go to the dungeon and do it. This should:

  • provide a vehicle for the main plot

  • provide a vehicle for MC/Miran/Viola's motivations (e.g. perhaps Viola will feel that she can provide value by rescuing adventurers)

  • make what to do next clearer (do all the quests)

  • encourage going back and forth between the town and dungeon multiple times, which is required for most routes (Miran/Viola/Torne)

• Add a "sleepover" system. You'll be able to sleepover in Paila/Miran/Viola's room at night. During sleepovers, you'll be able to do actions which you have unlocked, e.g. talking, holding hands, cuddling, foreplay, sex. This should:

  • provide a place for events about character motivations

  • provide a place for events which build romantic/sexual tension

  • provide a place for new sexy events (e.g. massage)

  • make it possible to do sexy things with the same character night after night

  • make what to do clearer (sleepover in a character's room to continue the route / get a hint on how to continue the route).

• Do a 2nd pass on the sounds in the sex scenes

So far, I've done these things:

• Programmed the quests system

• Programmed the sleepover system

• Migrated the current content into quests/sleepover events where applicable (e.g. Paila's dungeon events have been migrated into a quest)

• Added moan sounds for each character except Torne, who uses Paila's. Added slap sounds for the "harder" animations. This change has been backported to 0.7.x.

To finish 0.8.x, I have to do these things:

• Add new content (e.g. quest-related, sleepover-related) (both writing and art)

• "Massage" old content so it makes sense (some migrated content is clunky because the context has changed)

I also fixed some issues in 0.7.x. Here is the changelog.

Changelog 0.7.16-0.7.27

Art/Music/Sound

• Added moaning and slapping sfx to sex scenes

UI/UX

• Added read scroll of enchantment descriptions (e.g. "Damage: 5->7")

Fixes

• Companions didn't follow you past deep water in some situations

• Fire-immune monsters dodged flames/fireballs (the monsters shouln't bother)

• Starter B1 vaults appeared on Mondays (the vaults should appear on date=0)

• Axe's spin attack didn't remove trees

• During Paila's sex scene, $heroname makes comments which implied that he's a virgin, which isn't true if he had sex with another character first

• Chii said "Hold on... it was you who was making love to her all last night, right?" even if you had sex with Paila more than 1 day ago

• Before, Pila's "Paila is missing" dialogue repeated after meeting Paila in the dungeon

• Before, while bringing Paila home, if you talked to Pila w/o entering her house (e.g. if Pila is standing at the entrance) the "Paila is missing" dialogue was repeated; now it shows the correct dialogue.

• Nanako/Yuu's first conversation is required to advance the plot (before it was possible to skip the conversation by defeating them from a distance / while stealthed)

• Before, an invalid .save game caused an error; now it doesn't show in the save list

• Seri's section in the in-game guide went off the screen; now it's on the 2nd page

• Percent-based bonuses for regeneration, recharging, and evasion didn't stack properly

• Viola's gallery scene played her 2nd sex scene (it should play the 1st one)

• Miran's hard/finish animations didn't show in her 1st sex scene

The latest version can be downloaded here: https://ayumu98.itch.io/the-demon-lords-lover-patreon (password: eterna) (To be clear, the latest version does NOT have the quest/sleepover content, just the changes in the changelog)