News desk 1.00

Hey everyone!

You read that right!  The complete News desk build is here!  I scoured the game back and forth and made many tweaks, improvements, additions and subtractions.  I do believe that it is better than it was.  I also think that I could do some more work on it but I will always feel that way so it’s time to say goodbye.

News desk was a great game to work on.  I enjoy pushing things with each new game I make and I did feel like I grew from working on it.  ^_^  I liked writing all the characters, playing with the cards’ balance and having to think about more complex events.

I also want to give a big thank you to:

My lovely wife (art, editing and looking over me)

MUPLUR (https://www.patreon.com/muplur) (art)

Pale horse (art)

As a programmer, I work with artists often but all 3 named here were aces at providing great content at a really good pace.  It was an honor to work with them.

Now, all that said, do tell me if you spot any bugs.  Like I said, I touched a lot of things so even though I searched for them, it’s very possible that I missed a bug here and there.  If anything of note is reported, I’ll do a 1.01 version at some point.  If a game breaking bug is reported, I’ll fix it immediately.

1 posts down for the cheat passwords.

2 posts down for News desk 1.00.

3 posts down for BtP 0.06 build links.

Look in the OP for the free News desk 0.26 build links.

The deets:

(News desk)

• Fixed bugs.
• Added new town graphics.
• Added allies art.
• When meeting an ally for the first time, added a message that says they have been added to the visit tab.
• Bubble++ needed to have a bigger energy cost.  She gives 100 energy and then just costs 80.
• Did some debugging of the ally panel.
• Karen sabotage event needed a bit more randomness.
• The first time that you get a special event, added an explanation of what those are.
• When you win a special event, the blurb now reminds you of the prizes.
• Added a hotkey to hide the text box (space bar).
• Added space button graphic for talk box.
• After a point in the game, Cassandra will now count as a whore to key off whore cards.
• Added a Whore graphic for Cassandra.
• Added some risk reward to buying whores for energy.  Might lose glory but get more energy.
• Changed “act like a bimbo” card.  It now removes some of her influence and gives you work.
• Later on in the game, your hand draw goes down to 4 cards, then 3 as Cassandra works against you.
• If you have Chad in town, I removed the "look around carefully" button to remove confusion.
• Restructured some things in the town events.  The schmoozing event was getting called about 4 times more often than other events.
• When winning a fight, I added a message that says how much glory you get.
• I pumped up the “rumors” card.  It was way too weak.  It now helps push the sexual keyword.
• Angering Chad subevent didn’t consume energy.  Fixed it.
• Added basic town BGs so that I don’t have to always use the Cassandra one.
• Added CG (Cass/Tiff: *ss fuck)
• Added CG (Cass/Tiff: Tiffany's turn)
• Added CG (Cass/Tiff: Both)
• Added CG (Ending Loss 3)
• Added CG (Ending Win 3)
• Added CG (Ending Max)
• Added clothes change from the “appearance” card to Cassandra puppet.
• Added clothes change from the “appearance” card to Cassandra game bust.
• Added clothes change from the “appearance” card to win/lose screen.

Man…  Looking at that list, I really busted my ass.  Lol.  No wonder I’m so tired.  I’m going to take a day or two of rest and then plunge into Breaking the princess.  I’m looking forward to adding all the new graphics that my lovely wife made.  The game is going to look so good.  ^_^  I’m then going to work on the gameplay some more before maybe doing some writing.

Thank you all so much for being part of News desk’s development and have a great week!