splendidostrich

Update for July

Hi all!

For the end of last month I was mostly working on game two, unfortunately still on the UI which isn't exactly enjoyable work. I've made some significant improvements but it'll be a long time yet before there's anything to show people.

I've now shifted onto Newlife again, and for the next release I'm doing one of the main improvements for this major update: consequences for poor performance.

Specifically, I'm working on a scene where t...

Sales Tax

Hi all,

From July 1st, Patreon will be charging sales tax for people in certain countries, including the US. AFAIK EU patrons will not see any change because we've already been paying VAT on our pledges.

I've updated my tiers with benefit-types using a system that Patreon has set up, and they'll use these to figure out which ones are taxable in each country. This will depend on the country (and I think state, for US patrons).

I can't claim to be much of an expert on sales ta...

Newlife 0.6.4

Hi all, here's version 0.6.4 of Newlife. This is the start of the Work & Careers update, beginning with the splitting of the advanced Sales jobs into two paths alongside some improvements to how work skills are dealth with.

Have fun, and let me know if you find any bugs!

Changelog:

Major changes & additions:

Added a new branch to the sales career: sales manager. This has two jobs and branches off from the “Senior Saleswoman” job. Promo...

Development update

Hi all!

I'm starting the work & careers releases by adding a branch to the sales career: it'll now split into sales-manager and elite-saleswoman paths. Which promotion you're offered first will be random, but you can refuse a promotion to wait for the next one.

This means adding a new skill (management) so I've put in an event that unlocks training for it, as well as a small repeatable work scene that allows for some conflict with your boss - I may add mo...

Bugfix version

Hi all, here's an updated version of 0.6.3 with fixes to some bugs that were reported in the first release:

Fixes to text issues. Thanks to Saint Destiny for reporting some of these.

Fixed an issue reported by JulianR.Amazing where the HYPNOTIST trait could not be added to custom NPCs.

Fixed an error reported by Saint Destiny where the minidate scene was not starting correctly.

Fixed an error reported by Maliman where one of the minidate transitions was brok...

Newlife 0.6.3

Hi all! Here's Newlife 0.6.3, adding a new sex scene that's reached from the sitting makeout.

Changelog:

Major changes & additions:

Added a new sex scene: face-down on the sofa.

Updated the sitting makeout to support transitions to sofa sex as well as escalation to more intense makeout situations. This now goes from sitting side-by-side, to straddling the man with your back to him, to being face-down on the sofa. All of these have had appropri...

Release coming tomorrow

Hi all, 

Progress has been quite good on the new sex content this month, but there's still a few little things to finish off and I've got to the point in the night where I'm too tired to reliably finish it off without risking sleepiness-induced bugs. 

So, you can expect the update tomorrow. There's very little left - it's mostly just the final testing and a few places where I need to add some text but am having a hard time thinking up good lines. Not much, so you...

May update

Hi all!

I'm pleased to say that progress on the sitting sex scene seems to be going well so far. This will be a bit more challenging than a typical sex scene because I need to make broader changes to the makeout scene and some of my plans there are a bit ambitious. Still, I'm optimistic that it'll come out well without too much crunch at the end of the month.

An initial problem was that some possible sitting sex positions felt too similar to existing content: straddling...

0.7 Vote results

Hi all! 

I've checked the results of the last vote, and it turns out it actually was a tie between Homes & Money and Work & Career. As the tie-breaker, I'm counting a comment left by a voter who missed the deadline by 1 day which means the final victor is Work and Career.

I won't be starting on this from the next update - that needs to be a sex scene - but I'll be cracking on with it in the release after that.

For those of you who didn't see the original voting ...

Newlife 0.6.2

Hi all! Here's version 0.6.2. I'm spending these between-major-updates versions to do a few things that don't fit cleanly into any of the major updates. This one adds a sitting makeout option that will happen instead of the standing one if you're sitting down during a date at home.

This is a little limited at the moment because there's no sitting sex scene so it has to transition to another makeout for PIV sex. That's something I'll be remedying soon.

Changelog is below. Enjoy the...

Nearly done...

Hi all, the release is nearly ready: I delayed it a little because I wanted to do a few side changes like rewriting the male orgasm text in the makeout scene but it's still virtually there.

I still need to test things and look over online bug reports, but unless I get massively sidetracked you can expect it out quite soon.

I'll need to add a proper sex scene after this: at the moment the sitting makeout has to transition to another one before you can have PIV sex. I'm not sure exa...

What's next: sitting down

Hi all. Do you dream of sitting down, maybe on a sofa? Is your deepest, most erotic fantasy one that takes place with your feet up? Well, next release will be one for you!

Specifically, I'm going to add the third and final makeout scene: a seated one to go with the current standing and lying-down makeouts.

This will make use of some of the seated makeout-actions that are used in the porn-theatre date but there'll also be plenty of new stuff.

This update will only ...

Newlife 0.6.1 bugfix update

Hi all, here's an update to 0.6.1. I've also replaced the file in the original release post. This one should, I think, fix a problem with saves not loading in yesterday's release.

Newlife 0.6.1

Hello and remain indoors. I hope you're all staying healthy. I've been struggling with anxiety recently but I seem to have managed to steer clear of the coronavirus so far.

Here's the latest Newlife release - it could use some more testing but my head isn't in the right place at the moment so I'm putting it out and I'll pick up any bug reports and fix them as they come in.

Take care of yourselves and PM me if you're having financial problems due to the pandemic and need some pledg...

Release delayed

Hi all, I'm afraid the release isn't really in a fit state to be put out just yet. I expect it'll be delayed by a few days. My apologies, but I don't want to release content that isn't good enough.

I hope the extra time will let me polish up some content you'll really enjoy though and I hope you're all having a good end to the month and can have fun with it when it's out.

Major update vote for 0.7

Hello everyone!


It's time to vote on the next major update. This will be the 0.6.x updates, finishing with version 0.7.0.
The options are the same as last time, except that I'm adding a new "UI rework" option:


Lesbian Content:

- Lesbian variants of the club, town-date, home-date, sleep-together and next-morning scenes.
- Lesbian lying and standing makeout scenes
- Two (or possibly more) lesbian sex scenes: I'll probably run further votes...

PMW Vote results

Hi all,

I've just counted up the results for the "prove me wrong" vote that ran last month.

After adding the extra votes for patrons at the "super-voter" tier, the winner was option 4: "Your private video is leaked on the internet!". This beat the runner-up ("Seduced on your wedding day!") by 3 votes.

I'll be working on this for the next release - this will involve a man filming you during sex and it showing up online. In the longer term, this may serve as a way f...

Newlife 0.6.0

Hi all! Here's Newlife 0.6.0, the final update in the improved pregnancy release. 

I found a lot of bugs in testing so optimistically that might mean there aren't many left... less optimistically it's possible that this is just a buggy release in general. We'll see!

The next update will be PMW - I'll count up the votes tomorrow and post the results.

Have fun everybody!

Changelog:

Major changes & additions:

Added a n...

PMW Vote

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 at the end of the month and implement whatever wins in February.

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

Interrupted by your boyfriend!

This will add content where your partn...

PMW Ideas Post

Hi all!

As you may have noticed, I'm late for the PMW release for 2019, so there'll need to be 2 this year with the next one in February. 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 20th. so that's the deadline for when you can make a suggestion.

To put...

Happy new year!

Happy New Year to you! I hope you're doing well. I've been celebrating the new year by filling in my tax return. Such a thrill.

The next release of Newlife will contain a scene where one of your female friends visits and you play with your baby together. The idea is that this will spark an interest in having children in her - it's intended as another path to getting your friend knocked up that's more suited to non-evil player-characters.

I'd also like to address the "tr...

Newlife 0.5.7

Hi all, and a happy new year if you're reading this after midnight!

Here's version 0.5.7 of Newlife. I was preparing a 2nd scene for this release, but it isn't ready yet - you'll get it in the next version along with some other baby-making content I'd like to get into the game.

I expect the next release to be the final one in this major update. I'll run a PMW vote in January, and then the next major-update vote the month after while I'm working on the PMW release.

I hope you...

Happy Holidays!

Hi all! I hope you're all having a great holiday, regardless of whether it's a Christian Christmas, another religious holiday, or a thoroughly atheistic celebration. And, for those of you in countries that don't have holidays at this time, I hope you're having a very merry Wednesday.

I'm still beavering away at the next release, although I might take a half day today. I was planning that this would be the last one in this major update, but I've had a few more thoughts while I...

Bugfix release

Hi all, here's an updated version of 0.5.6 with fixes for a few issues, notably the error when using the sexy-talk action

Newlife 0.5.6

Hi all, here's Newlife 0.5.6 aka the milky update.

Major changes & additions:

Improvements to lactation: See the Minor Changes section for details.

Minor changes:

The PC will now continue lactating for a while after giving birth.

New trait: Milky. This makes the PC lactate all the time, regardless of pregnancies.

Lactation can be disabled in the options screen.

New stat: facials received.

Mid-november update

Hi all,

I've been struck down with a chest infection so progress has been slow so far this month - my doctor's prescribed me some antibiotics and hopefully they'll clear things up soon and I'll be back on form for the end of the month.

I've been working on lactation content - focusing for now on adding new actions to the sex scenes. Let me know if there's any specific milky stuff you want to see in the next release.

Newlife 0.5.5b

Hi all! Here's an updated version with some bug fixes:

Minor changes:

Doubled the cooldowns between refusing a promotion and it being offered again.

Added a “not now” choice to the initial street prostitution random event. This is similar to “refuse” but it allows the event to fire again later in the game.

Bugfixes:

Fixes to text issues. Thanks to Saint Destiny and Silne Veras for reporting some of these.

Fixed a bug reported by Br...

Newlife 0.5.5

Hi all, here's version 0.5.5 of Newlife.

Major changes & additions:

New party-girl path to the events added in the last release, with a new final scene where you convince her to get bred by challenging her to dares.

Added the street-prostitution scenes written by Secondarian. The first will appear as a once-per-game free-time random event which is more likely if you're dressed provocatively. If you choose to prostitute yourself in this scene then a new weekend...

Slight delay

Hi all, there'll be a short delay in the next release. I think I can get it out tomorrow but it doesn't feel realistic tonight.

Overall this has been a hard month and a lot comes down to stress. I think I need a bit of a change in how I'm doing development because I'm struggling to make any progress on game-two and if something causes me to fall behind on my work on Newlife it causes me a lot of stress, which makes it hard for me to write, which stresses me out even more - I ...

Newlife 0.5.4

Hi all, here's the newest version of Newlife. This one focuses on a four-scene chain where you help a friend or boyfriend impregnate another woman.

I have some thoughts on how to extend this further so you can expect more next release - in particular the current scene only works for Innocent NPCs, but I want to try out an alternative final scene for other characters..

To access the scene you need one of the baby-crazy, cunning or bitchy traits. You also need a friend or partner wi...