Dev Diary #20 - 0.2.0 Progress

Hey Patrons,

I feel guilty that we're approaching the end of the month and I haven't done much "content" for you guys. All of my time and energy is currently being used on working on the revamp of Scarlet Law, which is... about 25-40% complete of where I want to end on.

I believe I said in my prior Dev Diary (#18) that I would have a beta up for early next month. Unfortunately, I highly doubt that it'll be ready by then. I just finished the prologue a few days ago (the part where you purchase Silvia's contract). And when I got that done, I realized how much extra code/assets I need before I get started on other scenes. There is a lot more behind-the-scenes coding that still needs to be done and it's taking a lot more time than I thought it would. Obviously, there is also a lot of room for bugs that have already popped up. Luckily for me, they weren't too difficult to fix.

The question right now is, "How much content do I need before a release?"

I've been debating that for a while and decided that a good stopping point would be when Estelle's contract is bought. That's still a long way to go before I get there, so here's hoping I can finish this around the middle of next month.

Also, please note that I'm not just copying and pasting from the previous script. I'm actually taking the time to re-read dialog and editing each scene. There will be some lore changes, some mechanic changes, some dialog changes from what you remember. Hopefully, it will be as interesting as before. From what I have so far, I'm really proud of what I'm able to accomplish. The game looks REALLY good (IMO) and will have a lot more options with the girls than before.

Right now, I'm currently only focusing on Silvia's assets/scenes. I'm thinking about making the game more "sand-boxy" in that you're able to select which girl you'd prefer to focus on rather than having me (the dev) dictate which girls you're allowed to work on first. What this would mean is that basically, each month would be devoted to one girl that we'll probably vote on. For instance, if Silvia won a poll, she'll get like 3-4 scenes (1 being lewd) for next month. I believe a lot of games do this (I need to research more adult games) but I'm not entirely sure. I also think there's a big difference between a game like this and other sand-box games because Scarlet Law is very lore-based. 

I'm still on the fence about this but we'll see...

Some other features that I'm HOPING to implement:

• The ability to sleep with different girls (no lewdness) each night for affection
• Multiple ways of making money other than just working
• An item system

That about sums up this Dev Diary. Hopefully, things continue to run smoothly as it already has been (not too many bugs). There will be a poll later to discuss how scenes should be handled. Thank you so much for your continued support. My passion for this project comes from the support of you all. And apologies again for the fact that I'm totally rebooting the game.