[0.1.4 "4K" Extended Preview] Feature outline, stats tracking & transparency

Open the image, it's large.

So, this time I need it to release by July 22nd or 23rd. I can't have any mess ups here, it's very important not to miss this because it's the weekend.

Feature outline:

Next date with Jessica, she will continue to branch on the D/S path(already in production)

Next more elaborate date with Tiana (since I alluded there's a history there)

Titular character Soumya meeting and date

Undisclosed fantasy which I'll leave as a surprise (already in production)

Patreon exclusive date with Hong Yeo-bin | 홍 여빈 (already in production)

If there's time, I want to try to make an additional character who will be harder to get and will make you work for it over an update or two. Some of you have been asking for this, I want to try it out without damaging anyone who enjoys the core hook-up experience, so it'll be an extra if I manage to slot her in. If not, I'll release it a day or two later. You wanted hard to get + the chance of failure due to wrong choices, here it comes.

My plans for Soumya as the titular character

I don't want to give it all away, but beyond just the patron input, I'll be changing the way you meet her. You'll go to the coffee shop, she'll be sitting there and somehow strike up a conversation, you'll tell her about your app, she'll be curious. Then you'll be able to match with her on the app, chat, setup a date and we'll see where it goes from there.

Stats tracking, the lean-o-meter

As I've reiterated time and time again, 0.1.x is for fleshing out the mechanics and all kinds of stat tracking in the game, hence saves are incompatible (new state introduction). One of those in 0.1.4 will be the lean-o-meter determining how dominant or submissive MC is, middle being a switch. Now, unbeknownst to a childish user of F95 and other online places, being one or the other is not an indictment or affirmation of one's character. Thus, it will not have any color which an observer could construe as "good" or "bad". Not renegade, not paragon. Not light and dark.

I'm also reworking the icons to better indicate non-genderized leaning as the current set is a bit confusing and adding in a legend on game boot time.

As you go on dates and make choices, which dates you pick etc... It will give you an idea what you might be on that spectrum. For me, as the developer and self-proclaimed switch, every time I finish an update, I want the needle for my playthrough to sit somewhere around the middle (meaning content for everyone).

Transparency with development

Without you guys (and girls?) this game straight wouldn't exist. I knew it would be expensive, but not just how much. The preview image with Hong? All those assets that enable our release schedule? Over $100 for that "scene" alone. And that's with sales, hah. But it's worth it because a lot of it is reusable and I can redo materials.

I have a day job so I can reinvest everything into the game. Eventually, I'd love to focus on the game alone, but living in the US, we're ways off from not starving doing that. So the best way would be an eventual hardware upgrade so I can halve render times and do more with the same amount of time.