I've made some small changes to the game since the release of v0.53b, but I think most of you would rather hear that I've put in an order for new art!
Specifically I have ordered a new outfit and a whole new scene/sprite for Candace (who is definitely my most-requested character).
I'm excited to see the final result, which I should receive later this month. A big "thank you" to my Patrons. You're the only reason we're getting new art!
In the meantime, I'm taking a much-needed vacation: one that has been almost three years in the making. So I won't be available for most of May. I'll be back, fresh, relaxed, and recharged, in early June.
2019-05-03 21:20:23 +0000 UTC
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A slightly longer wait than usual, but v0.53b is here!
PC: DevilishBusiness-0.53b-PC
Mac: DevilishBusiness-0.53b-Mac
Android: DevilishBusiness-0.53-Android
Patch Notes:
- Added a new scene with Ashley that includes the purchasable SciFi costume.
- Added a new scene with Emma that includes the purchasable cheerleader costume.
- Added a Candace+Cassandra scene when you take them out for supper. Includes the purchasable toys.
- Added a scene with Candace that may occur before your first date with Emma.
- Added a new Main Menu screen that shows the progress you've made with each character. (thanks wibble)
- Added some hints that will help you navigate Candace's story without a walkthrough.
- Made gaining influence with Emma a little easier.
- Modified Emma's dinner date to be more nuanced on subsequent playthroughs.
- Fixed a bug that messed up single-girl, non-devilish endings. (thanks milaKonnichiwa)
- Fixed a bug during the winery tour that made Jessica talk about lewd stuff that didn't happen. (thanks The_Krypt_Angel)
- Fixed a bug in Ashley's scene that takes place in your room at night (thanks Karakes)
- Fixed a bug that occurs when doing paperwork for Jessica, while also having plans to go out for lunch with Ashley or Cassandra.
- Fixed a bug that could occur during your movie date with Ashley.
RL problems - including a major hardware failure on my computer - delayed this update, but I think I made some good progress. The scenes involving the purchasable toys and costumes (Go to your room > Spend some time on your computer > Surf the internet > Shop online) have finally been added. I know a lot of you have been asking for them.
Quite a few people have expressed how difficult getting Emma to join you in the end is, so I've made a few modifications. It should be a little easier now.
Other than that, I've spent some time on polish and bug fixes. Thanks everyone for the bug reports and suggestions!
And thanks again to all my Patrons! There'd be nothing without your support. I hope to have more art in the next update, so look forward to that!
2019-04-12 17:18:31 +0000 UTC
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Version 0.52b is complete!
PC: DevilishBusiness-0.52b-PC
Mac: DevilishBusiness-0.52b-Mac
Android: DevilishBusiness-0.52-Android
Art, gameplay-improvements, and bug-fixes galore in this update.
Patch notes:
- Added underwear art for Candace and Cassandra.
- Added a new scene with Candace before your date with Ashley.
- Added the ability to skip straight to the end (thanks rewyb).
- Added dialogue for further lunches with Jessica and Cassandra.
- Changed the day you can learn Corruption to day 19 as day 20 is a Saturday (thanks Isel). You still need more than 50 influence with him though.
- Added some GUI elements for the Android version that makes choices more visible.
- Removed some of the RNG factor from Nick's rumors (thanks Darthjake).
- Improved RNG factor for various other scenes.
- Increased chance of doing Devilish Business for Nick.
- Increased the influence gain with Nick to better keep up with the girls.
- Fixed a bug that made Jessica text you every night.
- Fixed a bug that prevented progress with Candace (thanks ShocLite12)
Candace and Cassandra now have underwear! That is to say, they can now take off their clothes! Thank you to all my patrons for your contributions; this is all thanks to you!
I also added code to make certain random events more likely to happen the longer they go without happening. It shouldn't be super obvious but you're a lot less likely to have a playthrough with a lot of missed scenes. Similarly, Nick's rumors will not repeat so much.
I hope you enjoy the update; thanks again to all my supporters!
2019-03-04 07:49:50 +0000 UTC
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Thanks to some amazing feedback, I am releasing a patch to fix a few bugs.
PC: DevilishBusiness-0.51.1b-PC
Mac: DevilishBusiness-0.51.1b-Mac
Android: DevilishBusiness-0.51.1-Android
Patch notes:
- Fixed a bug that caused you to skip to lunch with Cassandra when flirting with her. - Thanks TRMxFALCON and KaiserKei
- Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the game to go haywire just before the ending. - Thanks Blueboy69
- Fixed a bug that could make you miss important conversation options with Ashley.
- Fixed a bug that could cause Candace's storyline to derail if you masturbated too much.
Thanks everyone for the bug reports! Keep 'em coming.
2019-02-13 08:18:23 +0000 UTC
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Here comes version 0.51b!
PC: DevilishBusiness-0.51b-PC
Mac: DevilishBusiness-0.51b-Mac
Android: DevilishBusiness-0.51-Android
This update adds nude art for Candace and Cassandra as well as a number of sexy new scenes.
Patch notes:
- Added nudes for Candace and Cassandra.
- Added a Cassandra + Jessica threesome scene.
- Added a Cassandra + Candace threesome scene.
- Added a Cassandra/Candace + Ashley threesome scene.
- Added a new scene with Candace.
- Enabled more nudes in the ending scenes.
- Changed the day you learn Corruption to day 20.
- Changed the requirements for getting Candace and Cassandra to join you in the end.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented Candace and/or Cassandra from joining you in the end.
- Fixed a bug that happened when buying costumes (thanks firetemplar415).
As promised, this update is heavy on Candace and Cassandra content. Not coincidentally, Nick will no longer say "Future Content" sometimes when you ask him for gossip and rumors; he has a few more interesting things to say now. Make sure you talk to him.
I enabled the girls' nudes in a lot of the ending scenes. They may not always match up with the text descriptions, but they're good enough for now.
As I mentioned in my last progress update, I changed the day that you can learn Corruption from day 30 to day 20. I think this will speed up some elements while giving players a little bit of breathing room to make mistakes and explore story-lines. There's definitely enough content that you can miss things even if you're trying for a specific outcome.
Like the other girls, Candace and Cassandra now have requirements beyond high influence before they will join you in the end. Be careful you don't miss their character development scenes, and make sure you treat them nicely.
Have fun, and thanks for all your support!
2019-02-01 07:37:45 +0000 UTC
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Just a quick update to fix a bug that made it into v0.50b that prevented Cassandra from joining you at the end. Thanks to TRMxFALCON at the f95zone forums for putting me on its trail.
This update should not affect saves from v0.50b, so don't feel the need to restart the game.
PC: DevilishBusiness-0.50.1b-PC
Mac: DevilishBusiness-0.50.1b-Mac
Android: DevilishBusiness-0.50.1-Android
2019-01-06 08:31:03 +0000 UTC
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My Christmas present to you: Devilish Business v0.50b
PC: DevilishBusiness-0.50b-PC
Mac: DevilishBusiness-0.50b-Mac
Android: DevilishBusiness-0.50-Android
This update includes a bunch of new content for Cassandra and a bit of new (lewd) art for Ashley!
Patch notes:
- Added about 15,000 words of content for Cassandra.
- Added some new art for one of Ashley's lewd scenes.
- Added an indicator that the Lewd Patch is active.
- Filled in some of the endings with existing art.
- Fixed some awkward wording and minor bugs (thanks HeavyEavy!)
It's late - as usual - but I think I've added some good content.
Cassandra ended up being a lot sluttier than I initially envisioned, but I don't think anyone is going to complain about that!
And I hope you all enjoy the added art for Ashley (hint: treat her to a nice lunch). It's not much, but it's something.
The next update should primarily include some Candace+Cassandra content, so look forward to that.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
2018-12-20 23:27:18 +0000 UTC
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It has been far too long since I updated everyone on the status of Devilish Business.
Progress on v0.50b continues, albeit a bit slowly. I've had a lot of delays due to my job and other RL stuff, so I've only completed about 10% of the Cassandra content planned for the next update. That said, I expect to have 2+ hours per day this week to work on it. I should be able to complete her content in that amount of time. Then there are just a few small things to clean up and the update should be ready. That puts the ETA on v0.50b on the week of Dec. 10, if all goes according to plan.
In other news: one of the reasons for the delay was that I was without my Devilish Business master files for a few days, but this turned into something of a blessing in disguise. In my boredom I downloaded Twine to fool around with and ended up starting production on a new game, a spin-off of Devilish Business. The game takes place in the same universe as Devilish Business, but is more like A Spell for All, Fresh Start or Adam and Gaia in its play-style and look. Because I'll be using photographs for the lewd scenes, the only cost of production will be my time, which means Patreon funds will continue to go 100% to art for Devilish Business.
This is a pretty timely development as I only have concrete plans for one or two more updates worth of written content for Devilish Business after v0.50b. 300,000+ words of dialogue and narration is pretty solid (it even got a 1-star review on F95 for too much writing!) so future updates beyond those currently planned will be exclusively art updates, as funds allow.
So, that's it for now. Thanks again for all your support!
2018-11-27 00:43:48 +0000 UTC
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v0.49b has arrived! A day later than planned, but better late than never!
PC: Devilish Business 0.49b-PC
Mac: Devilish Business 0.49b-Mac
Android: Devilish Business 0.49b-Android
This update includes a bunch of new content for Candace!
Patch notes:
- Added about 35,000 words of content for Candace.
- Added a number of new backgrounds.
- Streamlined a lot of the ending scenes code.
- Removed all code for images not currently present in the game.
- Allowed "rollback" in some places where it was previously disabled.
- Made the player go back to the club after completing work for Nick.
- Adjusted various values for better balance.
I'm pretty happy with this update. I still have some work to do on the endings to take the new content into account, but it works pretty well.
Players likely wont see the streamlining of the endings, but I have made it a lot easier for me to edit and work around.
I had originally put in code for images that I had planned but that didn't exist yet as a way of showing what the future held, but it was just causing confusion so that has been removed.
I've also made a few basic changes that should improve realism and make it more entertaining.
As for the future: I currently expect v0.50b to contain the first true lewd images! No ETA on that yet, but look forward to it!
2018-10-26 01:56:27 +0000 UTC
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Last week I was able to get quite a bit done. I wrote quite a bit of content for Candace; she probably has about 2/3 as much as the other girls have now, though it is much more linear. I think it will be an interesting and fun "challenge" for players to follow the path.
I also put in some work on the endings, writing content that makes more use of Candace as well as streamlining a lot of redundant code.
I was also able to put in an order for some more art. It might not be ready for the next update, but it will likely be in the following one. It's not a lot, but it's some progress.
I've had less time to work on things this week though, and there are a couple of things I'd like to get sorted out before I release the next version. I'm currently planning for it to be out to Patrons next Wednesday.
2018-10-18 00:57:31 +0000 UTC
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I've had a couple of hours each day this week to work on Devilish Business. Many of you will be happy to hear that I've been working on building your relationship with Candace.
Her content is going to be much more structured than that of the other girls, with specific steps that need to be carried out to make progress in the relationship. I'm trying to keep it as logical and realistic as I can, so it's taking a bit more time to write, but I'm making good progress.
As for art, I've gotten a quote for the next pieces I'd like to commission. I'm hoping to be able to put in the order soon.
2018-10-05 11:39:42 +0000 UTC
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v0.48b has arrived, and it brings some new art with it!
PC: Devilish Business 0.48b-PC
Mac: Devilish Business 0.48b-Mac
Android: Devilish Business 0.48b-Android
The girls now have underwear! More importantly, I have arranged for all of their clothing to be in separate layers that I can individually manipulate. This opens up a world of possibilities.
Patch notes:
- New art!
- Added some new backgrounds.
- Fixed a bug that was preventing endings from triggering.
- Fixed a conflict with Emma's and Jessica's "dates".
- Fixed some bugs in Jessica's BDSM scene.
- Fixed some bugs in Ashley's video game scene.
- Streamlined a conversation option with Mom.
- Cleared up some minor "to-dos".
Hopefully this new art, such as it is, tides people over for a while. The next art update will definitely be more explicit!
2018-09-26 07:17:46 +0000 UTC
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v0.47b is here!
PC: Devilish Business v0.47b-PC
Mac: Devilish Business v0.47b-Mac
Android: Devilish Business v0.47b-Android
All 65 currently planned endings are now available!
Patch notes:
- Completed writing all endings.
- Added background music track.
- Fixed a bug in the Ashley/Jessica threesome (thanks HeavyEavy)
- Fixed some spelling errors.
- Updated the credits.
Let me know what you think!
2018-09-13 20:21:01 +0000 UTC
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Hi all!
Firstly, I'd like to thank all of my Patrons for their support. Thanks to your contributions I've been able to put in an order for some more art. I'll post an update as to its progress as it happens.
Secondly, I want to apologize for the lack of progress updates in the last two weeks. I've had some real life issues to deal with, and was away from my computer for about a week.
That said, I was still able to make some progress. I used what little free time I had to listen to some music assets that I could add into Devilish Business as background tracks. I have an amazing idea for a bespoke background track, but I'd rather spend money on art, so for now I have to go with free tracks. There are some great Anttis Instrumentals that will work. Here are two of my favorites to match the tone of the game. Let me know what you think:
From Prison to Freedom
Unresolved
Feel free to recommend others too!
Besides the music, I was able to get some other development done in the last couple of days. In the next update you can expect to see all of the "Devilish" endings to be complete, and I'm currently working on the non-Devil endings, so some, if not all, will be included as well.
Thanks again for the support!
2018-09-06 01:21:39 +0000 UTC
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v0.45b is here!
PC: Devilish Business v0.45b-PC
Mac: Devilish Business v0.45b-Mac
Android: Devilish Business v0.45b-Android
This update brings the first lewd pics. Nothing too crazy at the moment, but it's a start.
Patch notes:
- Added nudes!
- Finished writing the "Devilish" 4-girl and 3-girl endings.
- Fixed some awkward scene transitions.
- Fixed bug that made Ashley/Jessica threesome impossible.
- Updated credits.
Let me know what you think!
2018-08-13 22:16:49 +0000 UTC
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Almost immediately after I "launched" Devilish Business I had some family issues pop up which kept me away from development for a few days.
Today I picked it back up and completed writing two endings and an FFM scene, as well as fixing a few bugs that had been pointed out to me by some awesome testers.
Tomorrow I will have 2-3 hours to work on it. I plan to complete another two endings or so.
Hopefully that trend will continue; 2-3 hours per day with ~2 completed scenes per day. At that rate I think I will have most, if not all, endings in the game by the release of the next version, which I hope to have out for Patrons next Monday (with release for the public the following Monday).
That's all I've got for now. Thanks to everyone who has given me feedback on the game so far!
2018-08-08 03:51:55 +0000 UTC
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Devilish Business is finally in a state I'm ready to release to the public.
I'm calling it v0.4b. It's light on artwork but, with over 100,000 words of dialogue, it's heavy on story.
Give it a try; I'd love to hear what you think!
Windows: Devilish Business v0.4b
Mac: Devilish Business v0.4b Mac
Android: Devilish Business v0.4b Android
2018-07-30 20:59:14 +0000 UTC
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