Update 3/29/17 (a continuation)

...as I was saying. So if the exhaustion is the limit for the spanking, what determines the success of the spanking? Well that is decided by the emotion of the spankee at the end of the scene, and the circumstances behind the spanking in the first place. They way I see it at the moment, is that 3 possible basic situations exist: punishment, fun, and erotic. The punishments work in a simple way, you want to move the spankee's emotion to a "punished" state. This means the spankee's emotion stat is either in teary, crying, or sobbing. Naturally, some circumstances require harsher punishments. The player will have to use context clues to determine how harsh the punishment should be, whether it's a response from the spankee to the dialogue prior (i.e. "Make sure you give them a harsh spanking" = sobbing). This actually isn't only determined by the amount of spanking done, scoldings and other actions taken can effect the spankees emotional state too! So if you have a soft spot for a character, you can talk them to a sorry-er state which will require less spanking. For some soft-hearted characters, just pulling out a heavy duty implement can shock them into tears. This is all handled through another handy self-variable which works as the spankee's "happiness stat", and changes after every action taken. You've probably guessed by now, but the new system is going to include more possible actions than before for the player. An early guess of what the new options will have: Spank, Bare, Change Implement (which you can do over and over again, no 1 implement spankings), Talk (which can break down into different types of dialogue, like teasing, scolding, etc.), Rub (for merciful players) and Finger/Fondle (needs a better name, for erotic spankings). I'm thinking about adding other things, like the ability to threaten the spankee with worse punishment, to further restrain them if they're getting fussy, and using other items during the spanking to worsen the experience. I'm glad I can do this much planning now, so when I do get to work again hopefully things will be sped up.

Tomorrow's post will be more about the other spanking types and how the stats work out there.

-Bagool