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Release 0.4.0 Behind the Scenes

Added 2020-03-09 15:15:27 +0000 UTC

Hi, perverts! It's been a wild couple of weeks for me as I figure out to get this thing going. I've done two additional feature releases, which has been quicker than I expected to develop, and the free versions have been downloaded over 300 times. I'm still not sure how to make this project, like, sustainable for me to work on, but I've got some ideas for helping folks find out about it who would be interested.

Act Structure

0.4.0 introduced an ending to Act 1, which is exciting for me. I've got three acts planned, each of which escalates the level of supernatural shit. Act 1 has you dealing with stuff that you could maybe, sort of explain away, or at least don't have strong evidence for. Act 2 is where expeditions will start to involve undeniable supernatural beings and situations, but in a grounded setting. Act 3 is where I'll be putting truly cosmic horror.

This doesn't actually mean that the game is 33% done or anything! For one thing, there are certain planned features that will end up being accessible from any act, like play scenes between the PC and additional main NPCs. Additionally, future acts will probably have more elaborate story sequences, as I've got more for the player to do once you know roughly what's going on with Theresa's background.

Next Release

Currently, I'm pretty confident I'll have another release out around Thursday. 0.5.0 will probably have three chunks of stuff in it:

A new Act 2 expedition featuring a kind of undead being that I don't know I've seen show up much at all in fiction.
A new play scene with Theresa, building off of her recently-added Dirty Talking training.
New training for Theresa in simple BDSM (for Permissivity 2).

As usual, these are mostly text with some pieces of new background art. I'm interested in hearing feedback on the balance of drawn art vs. text in the game. I'm not hugely confident in my drawing skills, but I don't want the game to feel too sparse regarding art.

Let me know if you have thoughts or feedback on any of this in the comments!