Course of Temptation Dev Diary #12 (Patreon)

Hello again, friends!

Our current version is 0.3.8. Over the past week I've just been adding some polish to the project: a much better indication of where your next class is, more control over who you socialize with in dining halls, a similar socialization option at the park, and a few new events.

But the biggest change of all: your schedule now includes only two classes per day, freeing up time for you to do other things.

This is actually how it was in early pre-release versions, but at the time, the choice of activities was basically either classes or working at QuickieBurger, so the hours could get hard to fill. And so I went up to three classes a day, which made the days feel full with no spare time where you had no idea what to do. But I would say that isn't a problem anymore, and given that the game will only gain more things to do over time, having more free time each day is a good thing.

Poll results for 0.4

Polling elsewhere was tied between the first two options. "Sports and activities" had a big lead most of the week, but "interactions with professors" did just about catch up by the end. I had it in mind that I would try to scope 0.4 to include two of these options, so unless it looks like the update cycle will stretch too long, that's what I'll try to do.

My process for an update like this is going to be to first make a list of the tropes I want to include, whether they're college story tropes, porn tropes, or both. As I outline the update, I'll break down those tropes into specific plot arcs, characters, and events, and only then will I start to have an idea of how much work it'll really be and which things I should prioritize over others.

Between my own ideas and Discord discussion, I have these tropes in mind just for starters:

Sports:

• The rival team: competition, pranks, and sabotage
• Bully jocks (there's already a bit of this, but we'll need more, like getting stuffed in lockers!)
• Banging the whole team
• Slutty cheerleader
• Wild away game bus rides
• The handsy coach
• Post-game parties
• Getting "rewarded" by the cheerleaders following a victory
• The hapless water boy or ball girl

Professors:

• Doing anything for a better grade
• The creepy professor who takes too much interest in you
• The "cool" professor that every student wants to get into bed
• The sexy but loyally married professor who gets mercilessly seduced
• Punishments for getting a bad grade or not paying attention
• Assisting the professor outside of class
• Office hours, getting help with your grades

None of these lists are finalized and I'll probably change, extend, or drop some of these ideas as I start to actually outline event sets. Also, if you have any other ideas, definitely feel free to drop me a line here in the comments, DMs, or on the Discord.

Next week

For the next week, however, I've decided I'm going to continue to polish and extend existing things as I begin to outline the major update. As I've written here before, it's common for big projects to fall into the trap of constantly chasing the next major update and never making time to revise or extend existing things, and that's something I want to avoid. Your favorite characters deserve more content! And I still need to have NPCs react to you being a mess! That'll be my project for next week.

See you next Friday!