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v0.2 Sneak Peek

Alright, I've got a pair of screenshots that show off a bunch of new things for v0.2. Lets dive right in and see what interesting things are going on here!

First, we have the first look at the initial UI redesign. The old default Ren'py assets are in the process of being cleared out, and are going to be replaced by the blue and grey style above. This is going to be an iterative process, with elements being updated or improved as we go.

Second, we've got an example of the new facial expre...

v0.2 Progress Report - UI Improvment

Work on v0.2 is continuing and going well so far. I've spent tonight doing art for a number of UI elements. I've scrapped the blue-to-red gradient main menu from v0.1  (Because honestly, it was pretty ugly) and replaced the standard Ren'py start menu with a hexagonal button design. I've decided to standardise the UI around a grey and blue colour scheme and produced a number of UI images for them that are looking nice. I'm going for a design that feels slick and digital, as a contrast to LR1...

More LR2 Clothing and Patron Reward Information

Yesterday I put a batch of new clothing through the renderer and got them implemented in game. The goal was to provide a wider range of relatively normal clothes for constructing outfits. There are some clipping problems I'll have to take care of and re-render to fix in the future, but they're looking pretty good for now.

Speaking of rendering, I've just begun the rendering process for the first of the sex scene positions. That should be done in a day or two, at which point I can get the image...

Emotion Examples - Facial Feature Progress

The last few days have been spent working on the rendering and automation side of Lab Rats 2, designing and implementing the system that will let me create facial sets for all of the girls. That system is now completely in place and implemented. Best of all, the system is almost completely automated, all I have to do is design a facial expression in Daz, render it out, and it's ready for use in LR2.

Emotions in Lab Rats 2 are currently being used in two ways. First, they are used for a charact...

Progress Report: Adding Facial Expressions

Whew, it's been a long night tonight but I've made some really good progress on one of the main goals for v0.2: adding facial expressions to the characters.

I deliberated on how to add facial expressions for a while, but I finally settled on separating the head and body of each character into two separate images. That meant I had to do 2 things: Render each facial expression once for each skin tone and position (body type doesn't affect the head, so they could be reused across each body) and f...

Plans for v0.2

v0.1 is out and available to everyone now, which means it's time to start the next development cycle. While v0.1 was focused on getting a minimum amount of content out for the game, v0.2 is going to focus on refining that content and the way it's delivered. Here are some key things I'm going to tackle for v0.2:

* Facial expressions. A few tweaks to my rendering setup and a few hours of work should get this working from a technical side of things. Then it's just a matter of mapping different ex...

Lab Rats 2 v0.1.1 Release

Lab Rats 2 v0.1.1 is live for everyone!

Get it here: Lab Rats 2 v0.1.1 

Get the android version here: Lab Rats 2 v0.1.1-android 

This version of the game tidies up all of the bugs found during the patron beta, as well as adds a number of quality of life ...

Lab Rats 2 Bugfix Update - v0.1.0a

I've built a new version of LR2 with all of the current bugs and typos that were found fixed. Patrons can find the download link here. If you run into a bug don't hesitate to leave a comment here or send me a direct message.

While this new version is out for testing I'll be working on some improvements for the public release on Friday. The biggest change will be replacing the current menu based movement system with ...

v0.1.0 Debugging Progress

I'm hard at work right now debugging v0.1.0 of Lab Rats 2, and I wanted to give a huge thank you to everyone who's submitted a bug report to me. I've taken care of all of the big ones, and I'm currently hot on the trail of a few truly strange ones, if they turn out to be interesting I may do a full post picking apart exactly what was happening with them.

One of the major things that was caught was the fact that a newly added pose was missing images for ~15% of all of the possible body...

Lab Rats 2 v0.1.0 is live!

IMPORTANT: I've fixed the major bugs and recompiled a complete LR2 release, both PC and Android. Please report any bugs you run into in this new version.

Get it here: Lab Rats 2 v0.1.0a  

Try out the android version (Not guaranteed to work, test it for me!): Lab R...

Lab Rats 2 v0.1.0 Release Date!

Lab Rats 2 is at a stage now that I feel confident sharing it with the general public. This Friday night (Jan 12th) Lab Rats v0.1.0 will be released to $5 patrons for bug testing and general feedback. A week after (Jan 19th) the public version v0.1.1 will be released to everyone for free.

This version of the game will include:

1) The ability to create and name your business, run all the different jobs yourself, and hire girls to fill the roles within your company.

2) A dynamic outf...

Lab Rats 2 Patron Rewards

Now that Lab Rats 2 is approaching it's first official public release version I think it's time I laid out my plans for patron rewards.

First, I want to make my goals behind patron rewards clear. I don't want to use patron rewards to gate content, slow down non-patrons, or otherwise use Lab Rats to extort people who play the game. Lab Rats is, and always shall be, an open and free game available to anyone who wants it. 

On the other hand, Lab Rats wouldn't exist if it wasn'...

New Clothing Items and a Progress Update

I've been doing more work on Lab Rats 2 and got a few new clothing items added into the game. Above we have the new pink thong, suit pants, two piece dress, sweater, and sneakers. That'll help me round out a set of outfits for the first version of the game and make sure there's a good amount of randomization.

As for other progress: each character now has an expected daily wage that you pay if you hire them, and you pay a small fee for each potential hire you screen. When talking to characters ...

v0.1 Progress

Happy New Years everyone!

I've been making some good progress on v0.1 over the last couple of days and wanted to keep you guys updated on what's been done and what's still to go.

First, I've finished the sex descriptions for all 7 basic sex positions that are in the game right now. There's a decent amount of randomization and customization in each position so that each round of sex is different, but this will be one of the key areas to add content to going forward.

Second, serum tr...

New Character Poses

This is a collection of test images I put together to show off some of the progress I've made with LR2 over the last few days on the imaging side of the project. 

The first row has three different characters, but with  wearing the same outfit. There is variation in hair (style and colour), body type, breast size, and character height right now which makes them look significantly more unique than they did in the past. The next major thing I want to add for this is skin tone, which I d...

Back to Work and Looking at Rendering Times

Hey everyone, I'm officially back on the clock now and already hard at work on LR2 again. As I type this I'm rendering all of the images associated with a new character pose: a more seductive looking standing posture. Once that rendering is done and everything is in the game I'll put up some preview images for patrons to take a look at; expect to see that in a day or two. I was able to find some time over the holidays to get some writing done too, so three out of the current eight sex positions ...

On Christmas Break, Back Dec 27th

Hey everyone, this is just a quick update to let you know that I'll be taking a few days off to spend time with family and friends over Christmas. I'll try and check in a few times, and I'll almost certainly be doing some more work when I can fit it in (LR2 has a lot of fun features I want to get working!). I should be back to my normal schedule by December 27th.

Wherever you are and whatever you celebrate this time of year I hope you're having a great time. Happy Holidays!

Research and Clothing Management Progress

I've started working my way through the list of tasks I want to get done for the first real version Lab Rats 2, and I've had a couple of really solid nights of work. 

First, the research system now supports researching both serum traits and serum designs. Serum trait research also follows a tech tree now, with traits checking their prerequisites before they appear on your research list. This paves the way for me to start adding new serum traits and building up a true tech tree in the game...

Road to v0.1

Now that the tech demo for Lab Rats 2 is out I'm going to be turning my attention towards it's next major milestone: the first public release version of the game. v0.1 will be the first version of the game that is actually meant to be played and enjoyed Over the last few weeks and months I have been adding functionality and features, now it's time to add content for all of those features. Here's a list of the things I want to add:

1) New clothing items, and a new way to organize and select the...

Lab Rats 2 Tech Demo and v0.1 Release Plans

Whew, I've had a hectic couple of days but things are starting to calm down. That means I'll have some more time to push ahead with LR2. Getting different character heights working is next up on my list of things to do, which should be another solid step towards greater character customization.

Development of LR2 has come along far enough that I want to show it off to the awesome people who are supporting the project with their hard earned money. On Wednesday night/Thursday morning I will be r...

Lab Rats 2 Work Update

Just a quick update tonight to summarize some of the stuff I've been working on the last few nights. Here's a quick rundown of what's been done:

- Characters (you and the girls) now have an "arousal" stat that moves up and down while they're having sex, and both parties can climax. Different positions raise arousal by different amounts for each member (a blowjob has very one sided arousal gain, for example).

- A girls "Sluttiness" gain after having sex with her is also now related to how...

New LR2 Bodytype and Clothing Examples!

I finished off my automate-every-single-thing-I-possibly-can binge a few days ago and turned my attention to actually producing some test content for Lab Rats 2. Now that the entire render process requires next to zero input from me I've been able to switch to a more render-time intensive method of creating character sprites. This rework has made it possible to have much more exaggerated body type differences (each bodytype/breast combindation is now it's own image, instead of being two layered ...

Lab Rats Art Book Update

Now that Lab Rats 1 is finished the art book updates are going to slow down a little, but I'll still be commissioning a few pieces every month or two as a patreon reward. The image above is by Hmage and is one of four done as a set that have been added to the art book today. That brings the total image count to 26!

If you're a $10 patron you can find the download link here.

Lab Rats 2: Even More Automation!

If you've been following me here on Patreon for the last few months you'll know by now that I have a deep love of automation. I've spent a couple of my prototyping weeks in the past creating the automation that let me get Lab Rats 2 to it's current stage, and now that it's development has stepped up to full time I've had more time to improve things even further.

First, I should explain how character images for Lab Rats 2 were generated up until today. There are three base body types: average, ...

Lab Rats 2 Progress: Outfit Sluttiness Restrictions

I was able to sit down and devote a big chunk of time to working on Lab Rats 2 today and made some good progress. In particular I've finished the initial system for evaluating how "Slutty" a given outfit is, which in turn determines how high a girls sluttiness score needs to be before she'll wear it. The current system breaks down like this:

(Note: Girls sluttiness scores start at or near 0 and range up to 100)

First, we check to see if the outfit has anything at all on the top and botto...

Lab Rats v1.0 is Live!

Get it here! Lab Rats v1.0 

And get the android version here: Lab Rats v1.0-android

Lab Rats v1.0 tidies up much of the content developed in the previous versions of the game, and brings in two new minor scenes involving Lily and Mom. This version also adds a pair ...

Lab Rats 2 Girl Examples

A couple of days ago I posted an example render from Daz Studio showing off what a base character from Lab Rats 2 would look like. Since then I've gotten a small collection of test clothing implemented in the game and wanted to show off the kinds of variation that's possible with the system I've built.

The collection of images above show off 6 separate randomly generated characters. Each girl has one of three body types (skinny, average, or curvy), one of 10 breast sizes (They range from AA up...

Remembering Lab Rats 1

This Sunday (Nov 26th) Lab Rats v1.0 will be released to the general public and mark the official end of it's full time development on the game. About this time also marks the one year anniversary of development for Lab Rats, so I wanted to take a look back at how the game changed over time and went from idea to completion.

I got the idea to make Lab Rats about a year ago - I don't have any records of the exact day unfortunately - when I was looking through some of the various adult games that...

LR2 Sneak Peak: Comparing New versus Old

My automation script turned out the first batch of rendered images from my new rendering platform - Daz Studio - last night. I've got a set of clothing scenes I'll set to render tonight and will trim up tomorrow and get inserted into my working prototype so that I can show off the same models but dressed. Hair will receive the same treatment very soon, so I'll be able to replace all of the features that use to be rendered in HS with a Daz equivalent.

Seeing the results from Daz side by side wi...

Lab Rats 2 Progress

I've been working on image set generation for Lab Rats 2 over the last couple of days, specifically implementing a render automation script in Daz which should make my life a whole lot easier. That automation work is all finished up now, and I've finished tweaking the model I'm working with to produce the 3 different body types that will be used: Thin, Average, and Curvy, and 10 different breast sizes: AA through to FF. 

My current prototype for Lab Rats 2 has 10 or so clothing objects in...