Ruin Me 0.25 Preview and 0.24 Behind the Scenes on Peril

Hi, perverts! I hope you've enjoyed the most recent release. More folks seem to be finding the game, and I'm glad that it's getting played. In this post I'll chat about some of my thoughts about peril in this past release, and what I'm planning for the upcoming one.

My Center of Attention patrons picked training priorities in the next poll, so it looks like the first Advanced Depravity training Theresa will be getting is in deep throating. There was a three-way tie for second place, so I'll choose what's next from that group of tasks. Meanwhile, most recently I'm asking folks about general development pace: whether I should be focusing on concluding the story or on fleshing out side stuff.

Erotic Peril

The Smoky Glasses, the in-progress expedition, plays with the idea of predicaments and deathtraps. The first part isn't particularly sexy except that you and the other prisoner are in chastity gear, while the second part is much more directly erotic.

I think that being in danger can be super hot, especially when it's fantasy. The tension and excitement of imagining a scary situation can easily bleed into more sexual excitement. I figure that's one reason why we see sexualization of scenes of peril in art (in addition to, y'know, it happening due to misogyny).

The third part is going to be much more like the first; there'll be sexiness there, but it'll mostly be a story of peril that would be much the same if it were totally un-erotic. Still, I find that there's a sexiness to being in a fantasy predicament in general, even if there's nothing overtly sexual going on.

Next Release

This one will probably be chiller than the last two. I'll be finishing up The Smoky Glasses, and probably doing some bugfixes and improvements from my backlog. I'd like to keep working on art; I haven't felt ready to redraw Theresa's kneeling POV pose yet, but I might be able to this week or next.

I've also finished the writing for the bonus CYOA image game to celebrate 50 patrons. I'll be doing the art and styling for that, which will include drawing some new stuff as warmup and practice for art in the main game. Wish me luck!

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