Lab Rats 2 v0.5.1 Public Release!
Added 2018-05-28 08:45:48 +0000 UTCLab Rats 2 v0.5.1 is out and available to everyone! Get it here!
PC (Windows and Linux): Lab Rats 2 v0.5.1-PC
Android: Lab Rats 2 v0.5.1-Android
This update includes a massive overhaul to the "Suggestability" mechanic of the game, which controls how quickly and to what extent a girl can be corrupted. Suggestability now controls how high a girls sluttiness can be raised while under the effects of a dose of serum as well as how fast this temporary sluttiness will be made permanent. A number of related changes have been made: Obedience is no longer effected by suggestability and all crisis events have been edited to directly affect sluttiness or obedience.
There have also been a ton of smaller changes and additions made throughout the game. Your business now has multiple production lines, letting you create specialised serums for internal use. Serums are now produced in batches of 5 to 10 doses for the same amount of production as before. Serums now begin with a default duration of 3 time chunks instead of 1. The serum design, selection, and inventory screens have all been changed to make them more attractive, intuitive, and descriptive. The end of day screen has been updated to include more useful information.
Finally, there have been a number of additions to the graphics system of the game. Thirteen new clothing items have been added, including a number of high heel options and a proper lab coat. Images for the blowjob sex position have been added, along with blowjob-specific facial poses.
I hope you enjoy the current version of the game, check out the changelog below for a full list of what has been added/updated:
Changelog (v0.4.1 to v0.5.1):
* CHANGES AND ADDITIONS *
* Base serum duration is now 3 time chunks instead of 1.
* Suggestability system completly rehauled. Suggestion is now max of all serums, not additive.
* "Core" sluttiness added - the base value that the girl tends to return to without serum influence.
* Temporary sluttiness that is bled off is turned into core sluttiness with a 1% chance per point suggestability per time chunk.
* Temporary sluttiness has a cap of core sluttiness + suggestability + 10. Sluttiness gained above this cap bleeds off quickly.
* Obedience is no longer modified by suggestability.
* Seducing a girl now only gives 1/10th as much sluttiness as before (but is no longer modified by suggestability).
* Your business now has multiple serum production lines, starting with two. This lets you manufacture multiple serums at once.
* Each serum production line can be set to recieve a percentage of the total production points created by you and your staff.
* Serum production selection, production line weight, and production line auto-sell thresholds have all been combined into one screen
* Added "Long Hair" hairstyle
* Added "Boot Heels" shoes
* Added "High Heels" shoes
* Added "Heels" shoes
* Added "Sandal Heels" shoes
* Added "Plain Panties" underwear
* Added "Pencil Skirt" skirt
* Added "Lace Crop Top" shirt
* Added "Nightgown" dress/underwear
* Added "Belted Top" shirt
* Added "Camisole" shirt
* Added "Dress Shirt" shirt
* Added "Lab Coat" shirt
* Upper body clothing items can be marked as "tucked" when defined so they are drawn under rather than over lower body items on the same layer.
* Serums are now produced in batches rather than individually. Default batch size is 5. Value has been adjusted to remain proportional, production is now 5x easier.
* Added three new policies for increasing batch size.
* Added two new policies to unlock additional production lines.
* Added scroll bars to long choice screens, guaranteeing access to all options.
* Added # of serums sold and # of serums waiting to be sold to end of day screen.
* Improved Research Selection screen.
* Improved Serum Design screen.
* Added May Patron names, outfits, and character designs.
* Added additional default outfits.
* Added ability to export outfits into a text file for easy sharing.
* Relabeled some actions to be more descriptive.
* "Spilled Water" crisis grants smaller situational bonus to sluttiness than before.
* Improved View Serum Inventory screen.
* Modified sluttiness values of many clothing items.
* Added "blowjob" sex pose as well as variant blowjob facial poses for all emotions.
* Moved confirmation button for character creation to right side to read more naturally.
* Updated blowjob sex scene to switch between blowjob and talking facial poses when appropriate.
* BUG FIXES *
* Disabled autosaving - General program responsiveness should have improved.
* Giving a bonus now comes out of the player's personal cash, not business cash.
* Fixed twin ponytail hair style using low res image set.
* Increased default image cache size by x3, should result in faster, smoother games across most systems.
* Fixed improper function call while stripping in "office flirt" crisis.
* Selling serum action no longer attempts to sell non-integer amounts of serum.
Comments
This update is way, WAY better than the last couple. Playable. Bug lite. More fun. Still needs some story elements built into the sim, outside of the sandbox to really make it work. Really, for me, for LR I the erotic/pervy storytelling is the home run. The underlying engine is the base hit. After playing a MANY games that are too text heavy I'd never think I'd say this, but "write more, code a touch less, keep the renders coming."
Blackhalo
2018-06-02 11:27:21 +0000 UTCI must have missed something obvious. How can you use a serum from your inventory on a girl?
Apollo
2018-06-01 02:38:03 +0000 UTCand if pregnancy is possible maybe add fertility increase/decrease and gestation speed (9 months to 9 days) to the options in the serums
Pantyhoselover
2018-05-30 15:29:39 +0000 UTCNot intentional, but enough is being changed version to version that old versions of the game simply don't work any more. Any time old saves break it's because something fundamental about the game (such as what variables are stored by characters) has been changed.
Vren
2018-05-30 06:26:32 +0000 UTCHmm, the slow down seems to be affecting everyone (android users especially). I'm going to spend a few days and try and track down what's causing the performance issues.
Vren
2018-05-30 06:25:13 +0000 UTCAgreed, a change to that system will make it into one of the updates (not sure if it will be v0.6 though).
Vren
2018-05-30 05:57:07 +0000 UTCYou cannot, you'll have to start a new game for all of the new sex position stuff to be properly initialized.
Vren
2018-05-30 05:56:41 +0000 UTCgreat game, i have a suggestion by the way, we should be able to send girl in seminar more often or send them on training.
2018-05-29 23:40:59 +0000 UTCCan you use 5.0 saves? I am getting errors then tiny heads for the blow job scenes.
2018-05-29 19:01:18 +0000 UTCThe recent changes seem a marked improvement, particularly as far as making you have to work a lot more at making incremental changes. All in all it's a lot of fun so far. And as soon as we can start talking girls off the pill-- beauty. Then the real fun begins. Excellent work.
Mr. L
2018-05-29 18:06:31 +0000 UTCYou click the location to select it and when you hit return you'll be there... It's not the most user friendly at the moment. The entire game could do with a UI upgrade at some point but I think Vren is just getting groundwork laid right now.
TheMGA
2018-05-29 14:27:08 +0000 UTCSoo how do you move on the map, i keep pressing but it does nothing.
Leveler All
2018-05-29 05:46:31 +0000 UTCcan we add in getting girls pregnant again
Matt
2018-05-29 01:08:36 +0000 UTCgame seems to run a bit slower since last update not sure why tough
Pantyhoselover
2018-05-28 18:40:15 +0000 UTCIs it intentional that with each update you have to start all over again ?
James Do
2018-05-28 16:10:47 +0000 UTC
