0.3 progress report

June 5th is very close, but we still have a lot to do. So many things to work on, so little time. It pains me to spend my time on writing posts instead of making the game, but we can't be completely silent, can't we.

So, here's our current progress report:

• Over 40 new dialogs. Some of them are story-related, some character defining. Some will help you find jobs in future versions of the game.
• A series of events for the first day of college. Meeting students and teachers, introductions, some story setups... We've decided to put first college day on rails because it's basically intro for college. Later in the game, when we add more content to lessons, you'll have more freedom in college. 
• A series of events for the second day in college will setup new events for 0.4: Julia will start working on Kate's shyness. Also, in 0.4 we'll add new neighbor Maria, mother of Peter (pervert who spies on Kate and Julia in their backyard). Maybe we'll add Peter too. But let's get back to 0.3: 
• New series of events and dialogs related to fixing up the basement.
• Kate can now watch TV in the living room.
• The game autosaves when Kate goes to sleep till morning.
• Main menu with ability to load saves.
• Patreon authorization. 
• In a couple of days after 0.3 release we'll patch in more dialogs and events, related to watching erotica on TV and events in the bathroom. We won't be able to finish them for 0.3 release, but automatic update system gives us opportunity to add new content into the game without any problems. As usual, the game will update itself automatically, you don't have to manually download anything. 
• Characters' profiles menu. It's almost ready, but we're still working on it. We might need a couple of days to work out the kinks. 

Some content will be available for everyone on the 5th. Some content will be available for $5+ Patrons, some for $40, then it will become available for $20 Patrons and so for... There was a post describing the system 

Small update: now $10 patrons will get content of 16th of every month.

We've done a lot of work in last month. Unfortunately, big chunk of it is server-related and is invisible. Different mechanics, event handlers, optimization and many other things we can't show off with a pretty image.

We still have a lot of mechanics to do (inventory, stores, college lessons, crafting, date sim, fitness-club management, minigames, and many, many more), but we've decided we now have enough foundation to start adding content. From now on we'll work half of the month on adding new features to the game's engine, and other half of the month we'll work on new events and dialogs. This way we'll be able to show something besides promises of things to come.

Oh, and another news. Soon we'll add sound effects into the game. Background city noise outside, nature sounds in the park and so for. Sometimes the game will have sound effects: doorbell, running water in the shower. Obviously, all of this is optional in the sound settings. We'll add music in the future, too. We want to make the game more alive and immersive.

But that's in the future. For now, we're working on 0.3. Basic content for everyone on 5th, bonus content on 5th for $40+, on 12th for $20+, on 16th for $10+, on 19th for $5+ and two months later for everyone else.