February 2022 Total Progress Report (Patreon)

With Damsels of Vice out on itch and DLSite, with an approved release date for February 11th (next Friday) on Steam, I had some breathing room to work a little bit more on Lustfall and the content that will be featured in Update 9, the planned penultimate update! As much as I wish I could steamroll into writing and programming the final chapter, I'll have to wait for now. Such is the cost of producing a free game right now as I turn my attention to Hanaja's Body starting next week.

Lustfall

As you can see, the chapter of the Golden Sands featuring the dungeon "The Tomb of the Collector" is complete (aside from a complete test run which I am saving for after HB/VB3 in order to give myself a refresher of the story beats). After trudging through the desert and waiting out a storm, the heroines find themselves in a tomb that holds the final crystal that needs to be purified! Unfortunately, there is someone else there who isn't very happy about intruders...

Just why did this spirit show herself to Gwendolyn? Could there be some sort of connection between the two? Just one of many mysteries to unearth as the story ramps up even more and these last two chapters (U9 and U10) revealing just what is going on with Gwen and who she really is.

Oh, but what is that you've noticed? The other gals seem rather... shiny? Yes, the desert sand is just one of the goldifying hazards in this dungeon and it doesn't stop once you enter the pyramid either. Some enemies will goldify a party member for the rest of the battle under certain conditions. For example, these nasty scarabs will take advantage of any heroine that's been Encased and coat them in a glob of gold.

As long as you can take out the buggers quickly, it shouldn't be too much of an issue but if you're careless then you'll be in a bad situation before you realize it. In situations like that, it's best to just cut and run!

Oh my, goldification in what appears to be a boss fight?! Well, that's going to be extra tough since there is no in-battle cure! Fortunately, in this battle, there is a trick to getting the heroines back in their non-golden, fight ready forms. I won't spoil it here, but the battle itself makes it pretty apparent.

OH SNAP! ARE THOSE NEW ICONS?! Heck yea! I've been starting to work the icons from the upgraded battle card templates (Milestone #2 bonus!) into the game slowly! Everything should be updated for Update 7 coming sometime around Spring/Summer. It's actually a lot more work than I thought it would be, but BaconPanties' work is so incredible it's worth every second of it. It should make a lot of accessory and armor effects MUCH more clear and readable too!

Hanaja's Body (VB3)

Now that I am in a good place with Lustfall, I can focus on making some sexy decisions with Hanaja's Body! I am happy to report that I can adjust the resolution of the RPG Maker builds without issue so this next game should run at a sweet 1280x720 resolution (assuming no surprise complications)! This gives me a lot more screen real estate to work with and as dorky as it sounds, I am really excited about that fact!

As for the transformations, while these are subject to change, I have a good idea of the ones I want (at least before those milestone bonuses):

• Demon - Hanaja's default form
• Cyber Bee - Bee Girl + H*pnosis (Hi-tech theme)
• Escape Bunny - Bunny Girl + Bondage (Magician's assistant/escape artist theme)
• Flan Cat - Cat Girl + Food (Maid Cafe theme)
• Gimp Fox - Fox Girl + Living Suit (Gimp theme)

Aside from that, the story is going to be centered around someone or something only known as "V" who has trapped Hanaja in some sort of space that weakens her powers to punish her. She'll have to begrudgingly work with the four spirits that are trying to possess her/take over her body in order to free herself and put this "V" in their place.

Other Stuff

Tax season draws near and as an independent business owner I am going to get super rammed up the pooper with taxes! Once I am sure I have all of my tax forms, I will get in touch with my tax guy and see what I can do, but I think no matter what happens I will be paying a large chuck of dough in taxes which will slow down the commissions for Lustfall Update 7 a little bit. (It it turns out to not be so bad, then it's commission train full steam ahead!)

More news that sucks: I'm (not technically but practically) getting kicked out of my apartment in early Spring so I am going to have to find someplace new to live because apparently raising rent OVER 20% per month is legal and acceptable for some fucking reason. 

I still have some time before I can even start looking but it sucks knowing that you are going to downgrade your comfort of living. Plus, there is going to be a week or so in the middle of heavy Hanaja's Body development that I am just moving and changing my address on everything so that's going to delay things a bit. Nothing too much to worry about for anyone else yet, I just wanted to rant a bit about it to get it out of my system.

With that, I want to thank everyone for your continued support and I hope you are as excited as I am about the upcoming projects and updates. Hanaja's Body is going to be a ton of fun to work on and if we're lucky, I'll be implementing some of those bonus transformations into the story as well. ;)

Stay safe and stay kinky (and Happy Lunar New Year)!