Hi Folks,
Slow and steady is probably the best way to describe this week's progress, I've now completed 9 scenes working on the next set of 3. These three are a little more involved though, so will take a little longer to put together. After they are done, I think another 6 more scenes will complete part one (the Summer Holidays) of Chapter 8. So I would say I'm at the halfway point right now of part one.
Still a little reluctant to put a time frame on the release, but if I can maintain the current rate of progress, then those scenes should be complete within a couple of weeks. I'm not overly happy right now with the script though, so I suspect the polishing up activities will take a little longer than normal for me. I will try to commit to something more solid in next week's update.
Early on in the development, I think I stated that I'm not a fan of "calling out" content that will happen. I'm still not, to me it breaks immersion and frankly I like my little surprises in the story line :) Having said that, I do want to acknowledge that one particular aspect may not be to everyone's taste and I have compromised my principles a little and will offer the player an opportunity to opt out of certain content.
I have added a little option to the intro to opt in or out of male characters sexual role. The default for male characters is "Verse", this is how the story is built, as I intended it and stays true to the characters personality and preferences. You can now however force all male characters in sexual encounters to be "Top only" however doing so will mean you are missing out on content, there is no alternative or additional content for the "Top only" role.
This option can be changed on the fly, so you don't have to restart the game, just go into the "Options" menu and toggle the switch here:
This will available from the Part One update but is not a call out to future content :)
I think that's it for now, Chapter 8 is getting there and has been somewhat challenging so far. Thanks as always for your fantastic support.
Fae
PS, forgive the "poke through" on 'Michael's shirt in the screenshot, I will fix that before the release.
Sheldon Hurd
2025-04-23 15:41:09 +0000 UTC