News 7/13/2020

Hello everyone, I hope that you've had an enjoyable weekend! With 0.9 finally on the horizon, I just want to give a quick overview of the plans for Friends of Mine as we get get close to 1.0.

First of all, I am trying to cram as much as I can into these coming updates and with 0.9, I've about finished Felix's story and, while my hope is to get Chloe's and  the PC Feminization all into this one update, it really depends on how long it takes to get them all done because I don't want it to take too long, but at the very least two of them will get done and the last one will just be in 0.9.1. Also in 0.9, Achievements will finally be added and will span across all save files allowing you to have special items at the beginning of new save files if you've unlocked them before (there are some caveats for how it works, but I will talk about that upon release). So my main focus so far has been getting the story done as well as finally getting in achievements which has been an interesting new technical challenge.

Besides just 0.9 though, I wanted to talk about the main plans going through all of the 0.9 updates to 1.0:

STORY

Obviously story is always a big focus, but right now my hope is to bring the current main stories to a solid resting point by 1.0's release. What I mean by that is, not that the story will come to an end by then, but rather each characters' 'chapter' will have some sort of resolution so you can play through the game and have some sort of conclusion and be finished if you wish. However, the story will continue and you will see new events develop with all these characters post 1.0, so don't worry, nothing is really ending!

JOBS

The jobs in-game have been in real need of serious updating, but don't worry I do have a plan for that! Along with another job to be added by 1.0, there will also be smaller self-employed jobs (like prostitution, camboy, etc.) as well as a final promotion for each job that will significantly change the gameplay from just clicking a button to actually needing to manage things. Again, I want the jobs to feel complete and like something you can actually focus on by 1.0's release.

HOUSING

Getting an apartment and things like that have been on my mind for a long time, I just haven't been totally sure how I want to implement it because I would like to have some customization to them. Regardless, I do still plan on adding customization to your bedroom, as well as the ability to purchase an apartment in Twonton so that you can stay there instead to Twonton story and job content easier to consistently access.

TRANSITIONING

This is obviously a big one for the game and I do plan on getting most, if not all of it done by 1.0 so that you can actually play as a male character, female character, or anything in between with appropriate scenes for each. This is quite a lot of work though which is why it has been slow, but it is something that is very important so I am going to do my best to get it finished by 1.0.

So clearly there aren't a lot of specifics here, but I hope that it gives you all a good idea of what all is to come as we head to finally getting out of beta. Thank you very much for taking the time to read this and I hope that I can continue making this game something that you enjoy!

Last but not least, I just want to give a shout out to a few people here real quick: First I want to thank Surfpup who has been very active lately in helping with bugs and suggestions, just generally being very involved in the game's continued development lately. Secondly, Queenofsmut18 who has been around for a while now and continues to be supportive despite having their own things to worry about as well. Finally, Advo-cat, who has been a silent supporter since almost day one and has been a continually remarkable financial supporter.

That being said, I hope you all know that I am incredibly appreciative of everyone here, it is downright amazing all the support that I have received and continue to receive. I honestly couldn't ask for more and I really hope that I can continue making games that are worth your time and attention. Thank you all so much and I look forward to delivering tons of content soon!