I delayed this a day because I was waiting on a... surprise, which I've been able to add to the release. ;)
The last release had quite a few code changes, but (hopefully) didn't change a great deal for the player.
This is the opposite. It's a few minor code changes (including some bug fixes), but the player should see a big difference when playing it.
NEW BACKGROUND ART - HARLOT ROOMS
While I appreciate AI art is controversial, this is a good use for it. Rather than a single generic background, each harlot now has unique background art for their room. This should better reflect the harlots with more unusual rooms, such as Asphya.
NEW HARLOT H-SCENE ART
The "surprise". I received the new commissioned art last night from marwmellow, so I snuck it into this release. I'm not going to mention which ones, to keep it a pleasant surprise, but a few harlots now have some slightly more explicit art for when they're in "action" within their room. I'll continue to add more as I commission it.
I also should sort out and get that adopt-a-harlot scheme properly up and running, as this part of the project might get a little expensive for me.
NEW BACKGROUND ART - ALL LOCATIONS
As the quality of AI art is getting better, i thought I'd update all the other background art as well.
I'm a little mixed on it. While it is mostly an improvement on the old placeholders, there are some I like, and some that didn't turn out as good as I initially thought while playtesting. Getting stylistic conformity is one area where AI art is fairly weak, so I'll probably continue to refine the prompts and update the art until I'm happy with it.
MINOR BUG FIXES
- Removed the flicker on entering the room for harlots that don't display their pinup art right away (because they're hidden or disguising their true forms). All harlots show their full pinup art as default, which resulted in an annoying flicker on entering the room for some harlots which start off with no art or just their portrait.
- H-scene art should now have the same behaviour as the regular pinup harlot art in the mobile version of the display (tapping on the smaller picture brings up a full-screen version of the art).
- Fixed the bug in Bebi's scenario that briefly made her 100% fatal. Her reign of terror is now over and it should be possible to survive a visit to her.
I've update the houseofhellishharlots website with the new version. It can be found here by clicking the "Private Demo" button.
The password is unchanged: r1Bb0n
I've also attached the local version to this post as an attachment. Download, unzip the file, and double-click on the .html file to play it within your default internet browser. (Computer users only. Mobile device users will probably need to play it from the houseofhellishharlots website.)
I hope you enjoy the new version. Let me know what you think and also if you encounter any bugs in the comments below.