Weekly News #66 (For Patreon) [eng] (Patreon)

A lot of things have happened this week: failures, integration of new content, preparation of the 920 version for release, and many other events. Our week turned out to be extremely eventful, although now there is no "us" as such. However, about everything in order.

The first thing we did was the promised computer. Some elements were completely removed in it, some were slightly redone, and some were made from scratch. Now it has five icons: an online store, a discord, the possibility of working as a freelancer, a gallery and, accordingly, a link to the patreon. If everything is clear with the discord and the patreon - these are just transitional links that open a page in the browser to our resources, then we have something to say about the remaining icons.

Let's start with a less recycled - freelance. We have adjusted the balance: changed the reward given out for freelancing, made more convenient indicators of skills after training/completing an order, and finally made an energy limit. Undoubtedly, this will still be a very profitable work, but now it will only be a good addition to the side job in grocery store, so somehow so.

Screenshots of how it looks can be seen below:

The second icon is an online store. Accordingly, new products appeared in it, which we discussed in the previous WN. In addition to them, items from grocery store were added there, which, to put it mildly, did not fit in a little on the subject: weapons and a first-aid kit. Description, methods of application - everything will seem to you before buying, so you will know the application of each item, which will be convenient, given the prices of some items in this store.

Screenshots of the online store can be viewed below:

And the most long thing is that we had to literally redo from scratch: delete old scripts, add new ones, change systems - gallery. You saw it in the previous WN, but there were some, let's say, changes in it, as well as features that distinguish it from the previous gallery. Among this: the division of CG into characters, and not piling everything and everything into a pile, information about all the CGS that are available for the character, as well... The gallery has become permanent. Regardless of what you do: load an old save, start a new game, or do something else - all the CGs in the gallery will be saved. There are many advantages to this, for example, it will finally be clear whether you have mastered all the content with the character or have forgotten something...

But the most expected opportunity for gallery - is a preview. Now it is enough to click on the image of interest once, and it will open to the full screen. You can hide it with the same click on it.

Screenshots of the gallery can be viewed below:

In addition, all these three tabs that open with the help of an icon have a nice feature - they can be moved as you like. All of them have a Drag-and-drop system, and it is already available on all devices.

The second thing we did was add new achievements. Now there are more than 50 of them, and to be more precise, 51 unit. For this purpose, the awards given for achievement were also changed: now they do not give attributes, more exclusive rewards are given for completing achievements.

Screenshots of each of them can be viewed below, as well as see new achievements:

So far, it is still not fully integrated, but it will be ready for use soon. Accordingly, in the 920 version, all this will work as it should. In addition, if you noticed, there were some changes in the achievements interface itself: the font, the positions of the achievement name and some other little things have changed...

The third thing that was done was the plot. We have prescribed new scenes that take place during the election of candidates for the post of student council. There are new 18+ scenes with Hitomi, so we will not spoiler... In addition, you can also use the vibrator in the online store for its intended purpose, so fans of 18+ are waiting for quite pleasant additions to the update...

So, we have finished with the innovations, let's talk about the failures that have often haunted us lately. Although, again, what kind of us, when at the moment the game has one developer? In general, to be brief, a lot has happened in the last two weeks - the departure of the person making the interface from the team at his own request, as well as the loss of the artist, which has already become habitual... All their work, as I think it is already clear, fell on me, which is why not all plans for this update can be fulfilled. We promised new NPCs for this update, but it just didn't work out, so somehow like this. However, this has its advantages: of course, I spent half of this week actively searching for a replacement for our former artist, which is why the availability of content made this week has suffered, but in general there are already candidates. In the near future, as soon as they complete the test task, it will go to the vote, which will be available to the patron subscribers of the Friend level ($5) and higher. Of course, I tried to choose those who have a good level of drawing, which is why the price is rather big, but thanks to the existing subscribers on patreon, this will not be such a strong problem. At least for a while. And so, if there is a desire, you always know how the development can be supported game...

As soon as the voting is released, please understand our policy: there will be no 3D sprites from us, especially those made in Daz Studio. We will avoid realism in the drawings and will stick only to the anime style that is currently in the game. This was done for many reasons, but these are, in fact, our principles, which we will not cross.

Well, as for the next WN - it will not be this month. Of course, the 26th is Monday, but still the release of the 920 update is planned on the 27th, so I think this is not such a problem... In general, wait for a new update. There will be a lot of interesting things there!