Clown Control

RESULTS: We're Building A Bar!

Added 2025-10-24 18:11:01 +0000 UTC

the votes are IN and we can finally stop tearing our hair out over whether it would end up tied. you guys did not make it easy for us. 109 responses and a difference of three votes decided it. 40-43! (with 26 for outfits) we really did not think it would be this close.

SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!

it means we're gonna be working on the bar! the bar will (ultimately) be the main hub for character and story progression, featuring longer conversations between joker and the gamblers to discover their backstories and reasons for being at the casino. it'll be how you unlock new scenes and dialogue for the table, and how you access and acquire new drink abilities. and whatever other sexy things we attach to it.

so there's a lot of work to do! it's going to require designing and modeling an entire new location within the casino, a lot of additional programming, and a handful of art assets. most of it is stuff leo's in charge of, so i'm getting off pretty easy compared to the other two poll options... of course, i'll be keeping busy writing more game dialogue and further developing boys and outfits :]

OH THANK GOD WE'LL STILL GET BOYS?

you will still get boys! you were always going to get boys. the boys will be the next update after the bar. outfits will be placed on the backburner for now, but they're also the sort of thing i can just Do here and there, so when the time comes for the programming, the art could potentially be done. noriko's first alt outfit already exists, for example.

but yeah! boys! they're real! they're out there! they're coming!

WHEN'S THE DIALOGUE UPDATE COMING OUT?

dunno! we're taking our time! as you'll recall leo started a new Real Job around the time we finished meredith and announced our intentions, and balancing that and joker's trip development is a lot! getting the dialogue studio into a state where i could easily use it took a few more weeks than we thought, but it's functional and in my hands and i've been hacking away at my Quests.

(less than half of what i've been assigned)

so things are moving! slowly, but they're moving, and i think you'll really like a lot of the new lines and jokes. we're having fun and so will you :]

that's all! we'll keep you informed on where we're at and what we're up to. in all likelihood we'll be working on this and the bar concurrently so we'll still have regular devlogs for you.