splendidostrich

Newlife 0.6.9

Hi all! Here's version 0.6.9 of Newlife, along with the obvious addition. The next release will be the PMW one - I'll count up the votes once I've finished sorting out the release stuff.

Major changes & additions:

The PC and her lovers can now indulge in 69, a position which can be accessed by either partner starting from a lying-down makeout.

It is now theoretically possible for the PC to “defeat” the office rival by getting the upper han...

Voting extension

Hi all!

I'd said I'd count up the PMW votes today. However, it's currently a draw betwen being caught with the jerk friend or getting double-teamed by a pair of guys.

I believe that the rules for PMW are that when there's a draw I pick my favourite of the two, or just toss a coin if I'm unsure. However, the next release is maybe a day or two away - I want a little extra time to think up some more variety for action outputs.

So, I'm going to keep the vote open until then in c...

More art feedback

Hi all!

So, here's 5 versions of the same image. These are intended to be the "pleasured" closeup, shown when the character is reaching orgasm.

I liked the initial black-and-white sketch, but I feel that the various final versions could maybe use a bit of adjustment. 

I've given some feedback to the artist already, but I won't repeat it here so as not to influence your opinions. What do you think of these, and what changes (if any) would you suggest? 

2020-11-18 02:41:32 +0000 UTC View Post

PMW voting post

Hello everyone!

It's time for the next PMW vote. PMW is the "prove me wrong" milestone where you get to vote for something which I otherwise wouldn't consider a priority for the game.

I'll check the results on the 22nd and implement whatever wins for the release after the one currently in-progress.

Here are the voting options. You can vote for more than one if you're torn between a few options. 

Banged on a bus

Two men ...

The US Election

Hi all! I'll be running the PMW vote in a week, but for now just a quick post about a rather more obscure vote - the US elections.

I'm not an American so I don't have much to say about the election, but of course it's all over the news so I thought I'd share my 2p about one thing - it's important to vote if you can. 

Voting is how you have your say on how your country is run, and it's also how you show those in charge that you matter. If people like you don't vote then it sen...

PMW vote coming up

Hi all! A while ago, I promised someone over PM that I'd make a public post to let them know when the PMW kicking off, so here it is. 

0.6.9 will expand the rivals content, but 0.6.10 will be a PMW release where I implement a suggestion from one of the voters.

The suggestions post is already up for voter patrons, so if you're at that tier and have an idea you'd like to share then head on over there. 

You can put your thoughts here for discussion if you like, but ma...

PMW ideas post

Hi all!

It's time for the PMW release, which will be the one after the next release: 0.6.10 which will probably be out in December. PMW stands for "prove me wrong" and is when I run a vote about adding something that'd otherwise be low-priority or perhaps not in the game at all. 

This is the post where I gather suggestions to put in the voting list. I'll collect them and start the vote on Monday the 9th. so that's the deadline for when you can make a suggestion. 2020-10-28 11:09:46 +0000 UTC View Post

One more image

Hi all,

I've received a complete set of images from that first artist, the one drawing the picture of the mercenary.

They've made a number of improvements to the mercenary image based on your feedback and it certainly does look better than it did before. Nevertheless, I don't find it appealing enough to include in the game. They have asked if there are any changes that I'd like made, but ultimately I don't feel like tweaking those images will bring them over the line and I'm not g...

Art feedback: part two

Hi all! 

I mentioned in my earlier post that I had 2 artists doing trial commissions for game-two. As your feedback was so helpful for the mercenary image, I've asked the other artist if I can share their ongoing work. This is a bit of a larger commission, so there are 4 images here (1 incomplete) with a couple more still ongoing.

Last time, I posted with the aim of narrowing down what wasn't working in the image. This time, I have no such reservations and I'm inclined to acc...

Newlife 0.6.8

Hi all! 

Here's Newlife 0.6.8, introducing a new character: the office rival. 

I intend to add more rival content later on. This one has her introduction scene and a few events where she plays tricks on the pc. Later on I want to add content around the PC defeating her, and eventually a third path where she wins the rival over and they become friends.

There'll also need to be a release based around office events that aren't specific to a certain NPC. For example, a...

Art feedback

Hi all, no release post just yet, though there's just tests and bugfixing left for the next version so you can expect it soon.

Instead, I'd like to get some feedback on a piece of art I've commissioned for Game Two, my unreleased fantasy project that I'm slowly making progress on.

This is part of a trial commission - I've commissioned three images from this artist to decide whether they should be involved further. This means that this image may or may not end up in the ...

Coming next... the rival!

Hi all, hope you're doing well!

I'm currently working on the next, and possibly final, NPC for the office career: the office rival.

This is a female NPC who takes a dislike to you and will do what she can to drive you out of the company. It was a tricky one to write at first because the PC's personality can vary so much that it's hard to pin down a single reason for her to be hated that would always apply.

So, the rival comes in a bunch of different variants with their own r...

Bugfix version

Hi all, here's a slight update with a fix for a bug Brobort reported with the last release that caused one of the new scenes to error when taking an action available for shy characters.

Newlife 0.6.7

Hi all! Here's version 0.6.7 of Newlife. This one centers on a new NPC for the office career. 

Let me know if you find any bugs. I spent longer than usual on testing this time so I'm hoping it'll be fine, but there were definitely a bunch of issues to iron out during the tests so it's always possible something's slipped through. Fingers crossed!

Major changes & additions:

Added a new set of events (4 in total) regarding a new NPC that can be encountered o...

Update on 0.6.7

Hi all!

So, looking over the code as it stands it seems that the main content for the next release is done, aside from a bunch of "balance this thing, rewrite that thing" sort of comments.

This is all around a new NPC, the "office hunk" who's a friendly, handsome guy the PC can have a romance with.

The main limitation is that there's currently no scene where he asks her out - there's one where they first meet, repeatable scenes for both admin and PA paths and a scene where t...

Plans for 0.6.7

Hi all, hope you're doing well!

I have a whole bunch of ideas for office career events, but I think the first step has to be adding new NPCs. That way I'll be able to reference them appropriately even in scenes that aren't specifically about them.

My current plan for the office career is to have maybe 3 or 4 work characters. The boss is one, of course, and I'll be giving him and his chauvinistic old-boys-club of managers more content later on.

The second NPC will be a friend...

Newlife 0.6.6b: bugfix version

Hi all, here's an updated version of yesterday's release with a fix for a bug that stopped transitions from the baby-crazy scene:

Fixed a bug reported by Saint Destiny and Jon G where transitions were not working for the new baby-crazy scene.

Following a suggestion from Secondarian, added some new stats (WEEKS_SINCE_SEX, WEEKS_SINCE_ANAL, WEEKS_SINCE_ORGASM) and un-hid the WEEKS_SINCE_INSEMINATION one. 

Fixed a test issue reported by Orange Juice 2020-08-19 12:12:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Newlife 0.6.6

Hi all! Here's version 0.6.6 of Newlife

This is a bit of an unusal release in that it adds a new career to the game. The new office-work career has more content than sales did at initial release, but it's far behind the amount that sales has now after years of incremental development.

I'll be adding to the office career over the next bunch of releases (aside from PMW, which I'll need to do soonish as well). I have some ideas for events already, and I'll also be adding a branching ...

Happy August!

Hi all, hope you're doing well.

Progress has been a bit slow lately - we're having a heatwave here in the uk and I've been struggling to work well in the heat. I work in a little room without air conditioning (which is rare in UK homes), and it's absolutely stifling in here.

Still, the next release is almost done. It'll add a new career track, although of course it'll take a bunch of releases to get the new office career on-par with the sales one and its content built up over year...

Newlife 0.6.5

Hi all, here's version 0.6.5 of Newlife. For this release I've been working on consequences for poor performance at work, including the possibility of sacking or demotion.

I've also added an "office politics" game mechanic that lets you gain points towards promotion without improving your underlying skills: choose the office-politics activity for your work timeslot to access this, although it isn't available for relaxed characters. This lets you gain promotions faster, but relying on yo...