Inner Circle update

Hi all,

So, I'm working on the PMW release right now and it should be out fairly soon. This has been a challenging one because of its scope: it requires multiple separate scenes, none of which is entirely trivial.

As such, the initial release will be limited in some ways - there'd otherwise be too much for one release. Ideally there'd be 2 large, detailed sex scenes (for first-person and female NPC as the porn star), plus the 2 smaller setup scenes, plus impacts elsewhere in the code. That's just not realistic for me in one update.

So, I'm focusing on putting together a minimal version this release. Initially this means just the 3 key scenes with any 3rd-person shagging taking place off-screen if it's a female friend as the porn-star- I'd prefer to give the female friend her own scene but I'm not sure if that'll be feasible.

The idea is to get something that's ready for release but a bit bare-bones and then add to it piece-by-piece until I reach my end-of-month deadline. I think this is a better plan than what I usually do, which is to plan something overambitious, have a frantic rush when the deadline starts looming and often end up with something that doesn't match up to what I'd been planning.

There was some talk of making a whole new career out of making porn. This isn't realistic to implement in one release, especially as the framework for multiple jobs isn't really there. I might look at it further when the Careers major update adds that framework though.

As for game2, I've been procrastinating a bit there - I've still been doing some coding and I've started writing up character and monster backgrounds and implementing non-test character classes. However, the main next step isn't any of that but rather putting together a team of artists and commissioning the artwork for the game.

That's kind of a big deal for me - not only is that sort of "project-manager" role new to me but it'll involve the investment of a lot of my savings; I'll be feeling a lot of pressure to ensure it'll be a financial success and so I've been dragging my feet a little. Well, I'll bite the bullet next month and make sure I keep moving forward.

Anyway, next Newlife release will be on the 31st. Have a good end to the month everyone!