Plans for 0.8200 Release

Greetings, all!  We are already working hard the next release, so I thought I’d share with you some of our plans.

The team is taking this month to focus on doing some work on the game engine.  As such, the amount of visible changes will probably be less than the past two months, but these changes will make things a lot easier for us to add new content to the game in the future and will hopefully create a better play experience for you guys.  This will likely start being a pattern for us, a couple of content-focused releases followed by a gameplay-focused release.

The changes:

• Inventory system changes - This is the big project for this month.  Our old system doesn’t fit our use cases any more.  Specifically, it doesn’t handle the different variants of items well.  We’re going to try to make the variants more distinct and apply different attributes to them, which will help us make things more varied inside of item types (for example, we can start ascribing colors to specific pairs of shoes).  This is really for future proofing as we want to start adding more clothing soon.
• Mall interface - We’re adding a couple new stores to the mall: a menswear store, and an accessories shop.  We’ll also be adding a category of latex items to the adult store. This will mean some regrouping of items.  We’ll also be adjusting what is “School appropriate” and breaking those out into their own item sets to make it a little clearer what can be worn to school.  We may also add some new stores in the future like a sportswear store and a cosmetics shop.
• Fetish system rework - With the addition of the fetish survey, it made less sense to have the hypnosis sessions determine whether fetish content was unlocked.  In particular, it didn’t allow for the world to be kinky around the main character, even if he didn’t actively enjoy the kink himself.  The new system will allow the world around main character to be kinky after a kink is selected on the survey, while accepting a hypnosis session will cause the main character to react positively to that fetish.  This should allow us to better handle players who like to play a resistant main character.
• Difficulty options and other economy fixes - Players will be allowed to select difficulty options that will determine the teacher’s starting bribe requirement and how quickly it escalates, as well as how much money is earned through chores.  This will also affect the ease of winning against opponents in the arcade.  We will also be looking at the cost of items in relation to money earned by the PC and how quickly the bribe escalates due to forced trips to the clinic.
• Phone UI (time dependent) - This one will really just come down to how long it takes to deal with the other four.  If we have free time, we will try to finish the phone functionality in the game, though it may be a bit light on its usage immediately.  It will allow PC to message with NPCs, as well as receive phone calls from them, and keep his tasks and other commitments straight with a day planner.

New content:

• The club basement - What sexy secrets hide behind the hidden door to the club basement?  This will be a new area of the game designed for non-canon “what if” scenarios and will be a place to live out fantasies not available due to the restrictions of the game’s storyline.  Patrons may find this place particularly interesting, but more information on that will come soon.
• Several incidental scenes - We will be adding several small scenes to the game to make the story flow a little smoother.  These will be scattered throughout the game like easter eggs, so have fun hunting them down.

Plus, we will be doing the usual bug fixing and text fixes, several of which are already in the game.

We are also taking this month to do some planning and writing for future content.

Currently writing:

• Cheerleaders - Two more episodes + two side events with Ashley + one side event with your friend from the cheer squad
• Friend - Helping with teacher tasks and other scenes
• School slut route - New updates to this route to help it lead into our teacher finale

Currently planning:

• Arcade tournament - Visiting the arcade on weekends will now feature a tournament in which you can face a number of opponents for cash.  Of course, if you’re having trouble winning, you can always try cheating by distracting your opponent with a little flirting.
• Teacher endings - In this final chapter, Teacher would be giving the main character specific “job training” in a number of professions.  Each of these professions would have a few after-school scenes and accompanying tasks.  Upon completing the “training program” laid out by teacher, the main character would be given a choice to “graduate” from the teacher’s instruction and reach an ending or continue his education with a new job training sequence.  Based on our patreon poll, our first endings will be:
  • Teacher’s pet
  • Trophy wife

I once again want to thank all our fans, and especially our patreon supporters for making our work on this game possible.  We hope you’ve been enjoying all the new additions to the game and look forward to the surprises we have in store for you.

~X~