Research Blog

Slowly getting more systems in place for chapter 6.  This build contains:

• Roughing out several NPCs for chapter 6, namely Swick & Hanako.  No dialogue for them yet though (expect lots of “COULD NOT LOAD TEXT” messages!).
• Added a warning not to overwrite save games from stable builds with save games from WIP builds.
• The beginnings of the ‘Ride an NPC’ system:
  • You can now mount & dismount our main Dinoian NPC, Hanako.  Head to the north of Haven and talk with Swick, then you’ll be able to mount Hanako in the room next door.
  • You can ride her in any of the Underworld areas, but not in overworld areas like Mulberry.
  • Still needs flavor text, as well as all the planned actions / scenes Hanako will do as you travel together.
  • It does not work with the save system yet.
• Standing on the hot sand of the desert areas will now damage you unless you’re either riding Hanako or are a Dinoian yourself.
• 64 character password support.
• Fix for room tags not being loaded during load from save file — this manifested as sometimes respawning in the wrong place after loading from a save file (a fresh start worked okay).

If you backed at the WIP backer level for the July 1 Patreon cycle, head to the employee intranet to download your copy.

I just posted a community vote over on Patreon.  The primary focus of current development is on chapter six content, but I’ll try to get one extra feature done.  What should it be?

• Rework intro so you can choose your reaction (affects initial acceptance rate).
• Shop where you can sell loot.
• Succubus class or status or item: Gain HP via sex, but not via health items or rest.
• Click on minimap for larger map.
• Catgirl voice for chapter 5.
• Frog TF.

If you’re a patron, vote here before August 1.  There’s only six patrons currently, so you have good odds on getting to choose the next feature!

If you saved during chapter 5 and are encountering a problem loading the game, try the new r20.01 build.  This is otherwise the same build as r20 but with a fix for this savegame issue.

Available now in the Employee Intranet in SWF & APK.

Build r20.3 is now uploaded to the employee intranet for WIP patrons.  It includes:

• Dinoian TF, UI/DPI Scaling and Multiple Map / Large Map Support.
• A new settings page, where you can adjust the scale of UI elements vs size of text, and toggle on/off touch controls.
• A bug fix for an issue where save files in chapter 5 could become unloadable.

Because the load bug is particularly irksome and chapter 6 still has a ways to go, I’m going to see if I can backport the fix back to the existing private build this week.