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Dev Update 03/10/2020

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Game design is often about compromises, while I want players to have full use of the rollback feature, it’s been brought to my attention that it can be (and is) used to basically brute force your way through the girls mood system. I want players to actually engage with this system as it’s kind of the meat of the whole “body language” thing this game is going for, so I disabled rollback for that segment as a compromise, I think it's worth the small inconvenience but ...

Dev Update 26/09/2020 Update time!

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So as you may have noticed, I released the second tech demo of Body Language yesterday to all patrons. I’ve gotten some feedback and bug reports back so I’ve spent most of my time focused on clearing them out. I’m still looking for more feedback, so if you’re interested in playing the game and providing feedback on it please send me a message and I’ll get you a copy.

Meanwhile I’ve been adding another batch of new background art to the gam...

Dev Update 20/09/2020

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This  week was mostly focused on smaller tasks, as most of my time went into  buying, assembling and configuring a new computer. No more potato dev machine! 

Meanwhile I also did some writing for the mood system for the  blonde girl. As well as got the background artists working on the last pieces needed for the next tech demo. Hopefully they’ll be done by next week so I’ll be able to get it out to patrons by the end of the month.  2020-09-19 22:41:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Dev Update 12/09/2020

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Most important stuff first: I'm gearing up for a second tech demo release in a few weeks. This time I'll be releasing it for all patrons. My goal is to start getting a lot more feedback on the state of the game as I get ready for a public release in a few months. If you happen to follow these updates and are not a patron but you still want to check out the demo, send me a message about it. The more people willing to try it and give feedback...

Dev Update 05/09/2020

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It's been a mixed week. The main feature I had planned to work on, scene replay, turned out slightly more complicated than I figured. So I had to put it on hold until I get the time to rethink it properly. I did manage to do most of the work on the "more games" page, but there's a bit more needed there to call it complete.

On the positive side, I integrated a bunch of new background art into the game, replacing old placeholders. As well as a system for choosing and un...

Dev Update 29/08/2020

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Since last week's update was dedicated to the background artist poll, we've got some catching up to do in this one.

Last week I released a bugfix version for Bell Master that fixed a bug that made it unplayable on some Android devices, as well as removing some long standing typos. Assuming you've played the game with no issue before, you can skip this version.

Since then I've been focused...

Background artist search, feedback wanted!

As you know, I've been looking to add a background artist on commission to the project. I've sent a commission to three different artists asking for a "messy hostel room". I have my own favorite among them but I'd love your opinion too. Which of these do you like?

A) by: https://www.deviantart.com/wyne219

B) by: <...

Dev Update 15/08/2020

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And another week goes by. Phoenix is still working on the mood system sprites. Her work schedule is still a bit wonky (to be expected with a newborn). In order to help speed things along, I've accelerated the background artist search. I've settled on 3 promising candidates that will receive their audition commissions later in the week. As has become the usual process, I will give all three the same commission, and choose the one that hands in the best work to continue with ...

Dev Update 08/08/2020

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It's nice ramping back up to a normal working pace. This week I've managed to (finally!) wrap up the writing on the first date with "ballet girl". I like the way it turned out quite a lot. There's still editing and implementation to do next week. But the initial writing is always the most time consuming for me so that being done is a load off. And of course there's a sexy reward if you play this date right, which is now fully written but can of course use a sexy image or tw...

Dev Update 01/08/2020

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Hey look it's August already, man that went by quick. As expected I still didn't have much time for the game this week. I did manage to squeeze in one task that pretty much every single player that tried out the tech demo asked for, roll forward. I'd thought it would pose a programming challenge so I put it off a bit until now, but last night I'd figured out a way to do it quickly that wasn't too hacky. So now Body Language supports rolling dialogue in all directions.

Dev Update 25/07/2020

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Let's start with the good news, Phoenix is back to work! She's already completed one of the commissions that were left unfinished before she gave birth. And I'm now figuring out the next set of commissions for her. I'm still hunting for a background artist to help speed things along.

Despite still taking July easy, I did manage to get some writing time in. I think I've managed to strike a good balance between character, exposition, fun and sexyness in the first date w...

Dev Update 18/07/2020

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As I've mentioned in my last update, I'm taking July slow. So I only did a few small things this week. In response to some insightful feedback I've added a short event for unlocking the dance instructor. I've also been informed by Revionbel that they revamped the music done for Body Language with some new equipment. So I've replaced the old music files with the newly revamped ones, and made a short demo scene for showing them, and the dynamic music system, off. Which you ca...

Dev Update 10/07/2020

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Yeah so this is going to be another one of those real talk updates. As you may have noticed, I paused the patreon for August. This is for two reasons. The first is that Phoenix isn't yet returning to work. I have no intention of rushing her (baby bonding time is more important than what is essentially my hobby, in case that wasn't obvious). So I'd rather pause the project for another month instead. The second reason is that I'm looking at some minor inconveniences in the ne...

Dev Update 04/07/2020

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This week went by fast! I'm a bit swamped at my day job lately and moving my brain into writing mode after that is proving difficult. The first date with each girl needs to serve as an introduction of sorts into the more interesting elements of their personalities. And while I have all the elements, arranging them into a dialogue that doesn't come off like endless exposition is challenging. Since pacing was an issue in Bell Master as well, I'm taking multiple passes at thes...

Dev Update 27/06/2020

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This week was a bit mixed. I had very little free time during the week, but the weekend turned out to be rather free and productive. While my main task is still writing, and it is (very) slowly progressing, I did manage to complete a lot of extra tasks this week. 

The girls detail screen is where you can check on your progress with each girl. It will also pop up with some fanfare when you strike up a conversation with a new girl. I had a lot of fun making it sinc...

Dev Update 20/06/2020

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The typo hunt continues! I've gotten feedback on the tech demo from more players and have been doing what I can to address the issues. I've also finally got the dialogue export-import system to where I could send AWolfe a full transcript of all the games dialogue. This should make finding and fixing typos and other text errors much simpler. I've also reedited some of the games intro according to several players' feedback. It's still a bit on the long side, but it should be ...

Dev Update 13/06/2020

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Since the Body Language tech demo release last week, I've gotten back a bunch of helpful feedback. In response I've been fixing bugs, editing dialogues and polishing up the UI all week. To help streamline the dialogue editing process (both for myself and for Awolfe) I've spent some more time on dialogue tooling. This will allow me to work with concise files containing just the dialogue text, removing all the effects and branching logic. I've now used this new tool to fix ma...

Dev Update 06/06/2020

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Holy shit, version 0.0.2 (tech demo) of Body Language is starting to roll out to those that expressed an interest in testing it! I've already gotten very helpful feedback from AWolfe (Thanks again man!) which is already incorporated into this build. I'm not publishing this build publicly since its still missing key features and content. It doesn't even have any sexual content in yet. I'll be using the feedback I get on this version as a "pulse check" to make sure the direct...

Dev Update 30/05/2020

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This week was spent on a variety of small tasks and bug fixes preparing for the tech demo release. I'm still fighting against one of the bugs, so that release will need to wait until next weekend, but hopefully no later than that. 

If you're interested in helping me test it out, please send me a message (through here, discord, 2020-05-30 20:23:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Dev Update 22/05/2020

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I had to be a bit vague in the last update for reasons that will become apparent shortly. As you know, I value transparency highly and keeping you all in the loop is important to me (which is why these weekly updates are always public).
So, the good news first, Phoenix has given birth! It wasn't a straightforward delivery (hence the vagueness) but everything has settled now and mother and baby are safe and healthy.

Naturally, this means Phoenix is going to ...