werewolf game public release + gamedev notes

this is the public release of last month's game demo! this is basically a tech demo for the most basic game mechanics + infrastructure, with one 'case' being completeable.

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this month's work (that is to say, the stuff in the private subscriber-only release) was mostly a lot of infrastructure stuff-- savegames, additional changes to the map code (now there are locked exits and secret doors!), changing up the dialog system, adding more ways to procedurally generate map rooms, outlining out new zones-- and only a little new content: there's now substantial branching for the bestial dockworker's sex scene, and a top/bottom branch for the night watchman sex scene. also the end of the beast-masked hunter case has been tweaked slightly.

i started sketching out how to write the next sex scenes for several of the characters and realized... oh yeah, the night watchman's "next encounter" is for when he's not on the job, which means adding time of day stuff. the young factoryworker is outlined to have a whole separate path (where the pc is more "dominant") that involves talking to him when he's alone, which also requires time-of-day stuff, an npc schedule, and also adding in the new rooms he'd hang out in during those days, plus ways to get there. these are kind of the limitations of starting to flesh out a demo: there are still a lot of fundamental systems that aren't really in place, that i'd need to add in before i can really start putting in content

something that i also found myself thinking about, was that i really need to properly outline and design the other early-game cases. i have vague outlines (primary character, archetypes of supporting characters, rough description of the zone, general case problem and outcomes), but i really need to get everything totally figured out down to the specific scenes before i get much further into development, so that when it comes time to actually put them into the game i can do that easily and without planning as i write. so the major thing i'll be working on in august will be proper implementation guides for the five-or-six 'act 1' cases, which i'll be posting at the $4 tier in case people are interested in hearing about that (these will contain spoilers). in terms of actual game content, this month's poll is about a selection of minor characters to add in to the existing game areas, to make it less empty-- each one will have some dialog and maybe a character scene or two, and then probably a sex scene also. further details in the actual poll post, once i post it.