Progress Update - March 16th, 2022

Hey everyone! Halftilt here with another progress update!

First of all, I wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone that donated to Hestrir or pledged to their Patreon -- it's been a huge help and they really appreciate it!

On that note, the NSFW Hero is coming along nicely -- they've been really pouring themselves into their work despite the current situation. Hopefully the geopolitical situation calms down in the future, but from the looks of things I'm honestly quite nervous. Unfortunately, there's not a lot that can be done other than keep the victims of this situation at the forefront by volunteering or donating to some causes.

Either way, I'm sure that any support that you can offer is much appreciated by anyone affected by this crisis.

Onto less somber news...

I've written a draft of a design document for the Darkest Dungeon Sex Framework -- think I'll need to come up with a name and logo to differentiate it from Lustiest Lair at some point -- but if you want to check it out the draft, you can view it here: Darkest Dungeon Sex Framework

There's still some missing sections (like setting up Modes which would be persistent animations) or setting up the .art file for custom heroes.

Also, much of the art you see as "Sprite Examples" are WIP and being edited to fit into the Framework as a "default" sex animation for the vanilla heroes.

The plan is still to release the Framework to the modding public along with The Jade as an integrated hero and some optional animations that can be added to the vanilla heroes which will allow this hero and the vanilla roster to have some sex animations play when they're triggered by any monster in Lustiest Lair or any vanilla monsters that are patched by the Framework.

Essentially, the release of the Sex Framework is going to be broken up into three mods. One for The Framework itself for vanilla monsters. Second, The Jade as a fully integrated sex hero. Third, optional animations you can add to the vanilla game's heroes that integrate with the Framework for vanilla monsters (and Lustiest Lair monsters).

For modders...

If you're a modder and want to start preparing your monsters or heroes, there should be enough in the guide to get started; then once the heroes and frameworks are released, should be ready to go -- or you could just start creating your own interactions as well since it's pretty simple from a modding perspective.

Next Release

I plan on releasing the next version of Lustiest Lair in the next few days as well -- got caught up with some stuff at work that delayed me a bit; so hopefully I can get the new version with some of those fixes out before Friday at least.

And that's about it! Thanks again for all of your support! It's super appreciated and nothing here would be possible without it!

Stay tuned for more updates!