Next steps to game 2 (Patreon)

Hi all!

I've been cracking on with the latest Newlife update, working to convert the playable porn-shoot scene into output that I can pipe into the porn-theater you can visit on dates.

Today though, I've taken a bit of time off from Newlife to finally take that key next step towards getting game2 under serious production.

Game Two will make heavy use of artwork - that's essential to let me easily share the load of content-creation with other people as it'd be flat-out impossible for me to work on two text-based games at once. Actually hiring those artists is kind of a big deal though - I don't want to be relying on just one person so I need a small team of people.

So, since yesterday evening, I've been writing up my exact requirements, figuring out how much I can afford to pay per-image and talking to some artists who've contacted me about it. I'll be posting a full job ad this weekend and hopefully in a few weeks time I'll have the artists' payments in escrow and they'll be working on the game2 content.

That will really commit me to getting the game public - the art costs will eat up a massive chunk of my savings so once terms are agreed with the artists there'll be no going back: the game will have to be released.

It's still far too early for me to make serious predictions, but if things go well it might be possible to get an initial release by the end of the year. Even if there are delays I'd hope to be able to share screenshots and talk in more detail about the game by then.

I feel that I've learnt some lessons over my time working on Newlife and I hope that Game 2 will benefit from them and be a really great game for the people whose interests it matches.

Of course game 2 won't be for everyone - some Newlife players will certainly be fans but some others might find it isn't their cup of tea.

After all, Newlife is text-based, but game2 will be image-heavy. Newlife is set in the real(ish) world while game-2 is a game of fantasy adventure. Newlife focuses on sex with humans while sex in game 2 is between female adventurers and male monsters with a focus on impregnation risk... okay that last part is in both games.

You'll even be able to play as a male PC in game 2, although there'll be no shagging for you in the initial release unless you *somehow* get transformed into a woman. But what are the odds of that??

Well, that's all I have to say about that game for now. Next post I'll probably be back to talking about Newlife.

Tomorrow I'm going to continue my break from porn by really digging into the cooking class. I want to add a bunch of alternative paths for when the PC cooks with a male partner - I've done some basic outlining and written some content but it all needs to be properly integrated into the yml/vm format. The current cooking-class path will be restricted, probably on the sleazy trait, and I'll be adding some less directly-sexual choices that'll let you take more romantic or friendly paths.