Character and quest autonomy (Patreon)

This was something I thought I wouldn't be tackling for a while, but part of Cass's storyline with the bullies meant I needed to implement some of it for now. The part I needed to implement is NPC actions happening without player input, namely, sex.

Everyone is living their own life. In one case, one of the girls is a secret highway prostitute and in another, someone is using her body to pay the rent. How do we know any of this? Well, we don't. There are hints that a keen eyed observer might notice, but otherwise it is not something we would really find out. 

But when we are talking about girls living in a world where birth control is forbidden, well, eventually someone will become pregnant. 

SPOILERS AHEAD

Such will be the case for Mira, who's quest will only trigger once she has reached a certain stage in her pregnancy. She will start the game not pregnant and visit the highway each night to earn money. When she gets pregnant is based on chance so it wont always trigger at the same time. Once that happens you have until she gives birth to complete the storyline or it fails. 

But that is a future storyline, why do it now? Well because of Cass.

She will play a very important part in the Mira storyline, but in the mean time she has a smaller role to play. If the soccer boys scare the bullies off for you, then they look to Cass for their fun. Since I needed to update her art and draw CGs for her anyway, I decided to do it all properly and use Cass as a testbed for NPC autonomy features. It is now possible for Shane or Marcus to get Cass pregnant regardless of if you witness the act or not.

Later such things will be much more expanded. For those who have played it, think Fallout1. For those who haven't, there are stories that happen regardless of player input and you can either ignore it, witness it's natural course or guide it's direction in a good or bad way. Since Sammy is not a ultimate hero but just an everyday person, most of the world altering storylines will be like this and will not wait for her to trigger them. 

And finally since I couldn't post last week, here is a spit roast scene I was working on for the bullies and soccer boys. I did have more to say about it, but this post is already quite long so I will save it for another time.