Hey, everyone! I'm back with an update on the game's current status.
Today's cover image isn't from the game but from the Bonus Gallery for this year's Pride Guy Gallery. The winners of the poll were Leo, Marco, and Owen, so they're going to be having a sensual threesome under the setting sun.
This gallery is partially finished, as is one for Halloween. Partway through creating both galleries, I realized I was taking too long and needed to revert my focus back to the game. That's the constant tug of war - trying to get fun content on here but not at the expense of the patron benefit you're actually here for: early access to a new update.
I'll probably end up posting several galleries in a row after I finish the first dev build for the next update. The Halloween gallery and the one for December were themes I wanted out last year, so I'm determined to get them done some point soon even though the seasons will have passed!
One benefit I did fit in was finishing up the Relationship Guide. If you missed the update email I sent out, I added the final few guides that were originally missing. Marco, Julian, Tomas, Mafia, and NC17 are now included. You can download it here.
That was one dangling task that I wanted to tie up so my focus is less split. Outside of the above deviations, I've been steadily working on the game. Honestly, this month has felt especially exhausting and has absolutely flown by. I still completed a fair bit, though.
I don't really have much commentary this time, so let's get right to the to-do list.
TO-DO LIST
For anyone new, I no longer guess at release dates since I'm notoriously bad at guesstimating. Rather, I share my to-do list in these posts so you can follow along with development in another way.Anything updated or added since I shared the list in Status Update #87 is denoted with an asterisk and bolded. To keep the focus on the opening scenes, I'm not listing other work I've done that'll come in the second dev build and final release. I am, however, listing general tasks like code work that I do during downtime while making CGs.
General Work
Relationship Guide (done)
Creation of the new Patreon-exclusive guide.
* Written (18/18 sections)
* Layout designed (18/18 completed)
* Section covers (17/17 completed)
* Final edit (18/18 sections completed)
Sprite Code Conversion
Coding changes to simplify how sprites are displayed.
Connor (partially done)
* Main Characters (6/16 characters)
* Side Characters (9/45 characters)
Revised Art
CGs and sprites updated to use the most visibly changed character models; not a top priority.
Alex CGs (3/32)
Leo CGs (5/50)
Marco CGs (1/3)
Duke sprites (5/5, completed)
Restored Content
Scenes that were missed when making the Morning After Update.
Revised Evan pondering scene
Marco pondering scene post-Julian hookup
New CGs/Writing
"Nice to have" fantasies to go along with Connor's Morning After shower; not a top priority.
Morning After tease CGs (8/36)
Morning After tease inner monologue (1/36)
Getting to Know You Part 1, Dev Build 1
Before the final update is ready for release, I'll be sharing early, in-progress dev builds with Senior & Graduate patrons that also act as content milestones. This to-do list is for the first of these builds and doesn't contain all the work required for the final version of the update.
WRITING
"Variants" are different versions of scenes to account for choices; there are many choice-reactive dialogue changes in these scenes that are not included in the count.
Opening (7/7 variants, completed)
Playtime (4/4 variants, completed)
Playtime ending (6/6 variants, completed)
* Marco scenes (8/8 variants, completed)
* Afternoon convos (36/38 variants)
Matt convo (6/6 variants, completed)
* Transition scenes (4/4 variants, completed)
CODING
* Transition variables (partially done/ongoing)
Opening (7/7 variants, completed)
Playtime (4/4 variants, completed)
Playtime ending (6/6 variants, completed)
* Marco scenes (8/8 variants, completed)
* Afternoon convos (36/38 variants)
Matt convo (6/6 variants, completed)
* Transition scenes (4/4 variants, completed)
ART
Sprites
Connor sprites (16/16, completed)
* Dominic sprites (5/?)
* Marco sprites (15/?)
* Riley sprites (6/?)
Antonio sprites (4/4, completed)
Xavier sprites (2/2, completed)
CGs
Opening CGs (8/8, completed)
* Playtime CGs (72/75)
* Transition CGs (9/10)
Backgrounds (done)
Dorm room, clean (2/2, completed)
Character Models (done)
Lacy (new, done)
Connor (tweaks, done)
Matt (tweaks, done)
Marco (tweaks, done)
Riley (tweaks, done)
Character Design (done)
* Dominic, week 1a outfit (done)
Lacy, week 1a outfit (done)
Marco, week 1a outfit (done)
Matt, gym (done)
* Riley, week 1a outfit (done)
Xavier, week 1a outfit (done)
Props (done)
Fleshlight (completed)
Dildos, realistic (3/3, completed)
Dildos, colorful (3/3, completed)
Anal trainers (3/3, completed)
Carrying case (5/5, completed)
Sets (done)
Dorm room, shaders & prop adjustments for days passing (completed)
That's it for today!