Biweekly update #26 (Patreon)

Game Progress
- Added Caine's chapter 25

Writing progress
- Finished writing Caine's Passionate & Innocent endings
- Wrote a side story for Dimitri

(this is a test screenshot, not an official one)

Ralph is now completely coded into the game! His colours will reflect the MC's, so he feels like a real brother in James' route.

Didn't get much programming done these past two weeks, as I was busy writing Caine's endings, which I completed! His script is now at 125k words and I only need to write his epilogue and Caine's script is officially finished. Still, that's a lot accomplished! 20k words in a month is pretty impressive.

I also wrote a side story for Dimitri where you're playing a game with him. An otome game no less! Fluffy and smutty. Though it will have to wait until I've finished Caine's endings before I add it to the game.

Going out on dates
Then I did a little brainstorming... I have always wanted to add the option to be able to touch the guys, like a true dating sim.

Here's an example of the old Tailor Tales 'affection system':

So yeah, it's a concept I've been wanting to add for years. I hope I can make this system more intuitive by allowing the player to:

• Click (hand)
• Hold (kiss)
• Drag (lick)

And then click anywhere on the guy's sprite to get a reaction out of him. For example, simply clicking would usually mean you're using your hand. Click on his hand and you might hold his hand. Click on his hair and you might stroke his hair. If you click and hold however, you'll be using your mouth instead. Click and hold his lips and you can kiss him!

I want to divide it into two parts:

Dating & sex

The dating part will remain mostly fluffy (nothing 18+). You can then decide whether or not to spend the night with the guy, in which you proceed to the sex part. This opens up more places to touch him.

Going out on dates would most likely be unlocked once you've finished the guy's main route (and therefor, are an official couple). You can look at it as endgame content :) This is only for Plus users.

There's many places to go out on dates, as seen in this mock-up I created:

First you select the guy, then "date" and you're greeted by a map of the city, with locations to go to.

You simply select the location and have a cute and short scenario with your guy, all the while being able to touch him. At the end of the date, you can choose whether or not to continue to the 18+ part.

Of course, this still needs programming and I need my programmer's help, but he's currently still working for someone else, so it's on the back-burner. I can however, write the date scenarios in the meantime!

I hope this will be a fun way to feel closer to your favourite guy.