Haldane
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Progress report
🕑 Added 2025-01-03 13:21:58 +0000 UTCHappy New Year, everyone!
Over the holidays, I've focused heavily on renders and animations, and I'd estimate I'm around 70% done in that area. Update v0.9 will be big in terms of visuals, both for quantity and quality. The teaser image I've included may not be the flashiest, but everything else is a bit too spoilery!
I've also written most of the planned scenes, and already implemented about 40% of them, which has been fun, as there is plenty of good stuff coming. Indeed, this update will be very impactful in terms of story, and those who have followed along can maybe guess some of the reasons for why this is the case.
Update contents (vague and minor spoilers!):
This update will be less focused on mission mechanics than the previous couple updates, and will instead be more narratively driven. That will be a trend going forward, as well, although missions will still play a role. This has always been the planned direction for the game. So, although this and future updates will include changes to missions, some of those changes will be mainly retroactive.
I've addressed feedback about mission difficulty. To tackle this, among other things, I've introduced two optional in-game items—one for Eva and one for Jon. These items, when used, significantly ease the effort needed to get through Alpha and Beta missions (for Eva) and Beta missions (for Jon). The idea has been to minimize frustration while preserving:
1. Associated narrative content,
2. A fair experience for players who complete missions in default ways, and
3. Immersion in the game.
These items will be available earlier in the game and won't directly affect the newest update, as it starts after a Beta mission. As always, these mechanics are subject to change, and there are additional options on the table to address other concerns about missions.
Finally, I've made several refinements to overall game mechanics and utilities. Most notable is the replacement of the 'Directives' menu button with 'Memories'. Directives can still be accessed in the world using 'Z' as before. This new 'Memories' window is a browsable list of all directives, renders, and animations you've encountered so far, making it easy to revisit something you've seen or track your progress. You can also filter to only show visuals, turning it into a gallery. I'm curious to hear what you think of this addition.
Thanks for reading these ramblings, and as always, your support is greatly appreciated. I'm aiming to release the update in about two weeks. Until then, take care!
Best,
Haldane
Comments
Haldane Works
Thanks for the feedback!
Pete
Hey man, been following for a while now, just wanted to give some thoughts on your game. I love the set up, the character development, the relationship and build up between the male MC and the female MC - perfect for an intense NTR scenario. I do think the game is much too heavy on the mini-games. I would really prefer a no-mini-games mode. Its just exhausting and breaks immersion and well... other things. Other then that I see a lot of potential. There are not too many side characters - just the right amount. The graphics, language, story telling and what I mentioned before are all great. My personal preference really would be 1:1 pairings (no whoring around) and I do hope that you only use the audience to push the female MCs and SCs limits. But after all I would love to see one antagonist per female MC or SC. Maybe one female SC having multiple for variety reasons. I do hope to see a lot of groping and harassing at due time also in front of the male MC and overall a lot of slow juicy corruption build up. So dont stress but do make a lot of small progression groping scenes. That would be my advice. Other then that I can only say: Great work so far, keep it up and good luck! Cheers!
Haldane Works
They'll be fairly straightforward to use, but an explanation will be added in the changelog for the update.
tumult1499
Nice to hear. I wonder how these cheat items will work
Hard
We're waiting!
Redhatter
Awesome I am looking forward to it.
