Update 30th Nov '25

After a couple of break days, this week I was back on HoHH.

To ease myself back (and remember what most of the code does), I'm currently tidying up the various Init passages that determine where data is initialised. In the original codebase, this was pretty much all done in the StoryInit passage and then again on the start of the new run. However, I now have harlot notebook data that persists across different runs, so I need to split the Init passages between data that is reset at the beginning of every new run, and data that needs to be preserved (and saved) across multiple runs.

Thankfully, I don't think it will be that scary to implement. It should also open up options to create other notebook sections on things like Charms. It should also make it easier if I want to create a one-off tutorial to better explain the mechanics on a player's first run.

It's mainly just to tidy up the code so it's a bit easier to see where things are initialised and also to remove some unneeded dependencies so it's easier to test the individual modules on their own.

I'd been getting a little sloppy with experimenting with new features and adding new notebook sections for harlots, so I think I'll use the next release to clean up the data initialisation and make sure nothing is blowing up.

There was the usual period of flailing around for a day or two while I tried to work out what new code I needed to write. During that time I also played around with generating new backgrounds for the harlots' bedrooms on Grok.

Currently, the harlot scenarios have a single background of a harlot's luxurious bedchamber. However, most of the harlots have more unusual rooms then that. As an experiment, I took the first couple of paragraphs describing the room from each scenario and plugged them into Grok. I got quite a few good background images from that, so I think I might try adding code to personalise the backgrounds for each harlot. I think this might enhance the scenarios more than if it's just the same bed image, and should also be very quick and easy to implement.

I've added a few pics to the post. See if you can guess which harlot's room they belong to.

While there is no end-of-month release today, keep an eye out over the next couple of weeks. After a stabilising release to straighten out the data initialisation, I'll probably make the next one include the new room backgrounds. If marwmellow has completed the current commission by then, there might also be a few pieces of H-scene art snuck in. ;)

Thanks for the support and interest.
- manyeyedhydra