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Update - Nobuko rides, Shizu watches
🕑 Added 2021-07-04 22:00:03 +0000 UTCtl;dr - I'm currently working on the Nobuko/Shizu threesome, I launched the PAL comic and the good news on the "now loading" bug means I might be able to keep going with PAT in the longer term.
Pivot to Nobuko/Shizu threesome
I've been talking about the Emi/Nobuko threesome as my next objective recently, I know, but this week I found myself switching over to working on the Nobuko/Shizu pairing instead, just because I had the dates more well planned out and so I wanted to create the structure for the system with something that I'd be ready to implement right away.
I think all the pairings are interesting, mind you, so it's no loss, but my method tends to involve moving the ball forward on all sorts of fronts all the time and eventually one of the features or scenes gets close enough to finished that I can draw it all together fairly quickly.
I might actually be able to finish the whole three-scene story for this combination for the upcoming update. I don't know about the voice acting; I'll have to see with that but it might be possible as I do have some lines for Nobuko already. If I can't get it all together then I can at least get a decent amount of content ready, and I'd like to do a nice big update around now.
The PAL comic is launched!
As you probably saw I launched the new comic series I'm making based on PAL. I've been quite happy so far with how it's going; I think the pictures are turning out nicely and it's fun to make. I should have plenty of content to work with, too, as I adapt a lot of different material that I made in the past just for fun.
The first four pages were mostly just to establish the mystery, but the following posts will start to get saucy very quickly...
"Now loading" bug update and future plans
I've been getting more feedback on the solution to the "now loading" freeze bug solution and it seems to be working, which is a pretty big deal for the game's development. Having that kind of bug, which made the game randomly unplayable for people, was kind of crippling for any intention of mine to keep expanding the scope of the project in the future.
Put simply, I did have plans to add a couple more characters, which I have vaguely teased before, but I didn't want to commit to doing that because the bug was so bad that I felt I might have to wrap up the game a bit earlier and move on to something else. If the damn thing is playable (and maybe could even go to Steam at some point, even if I don't expect it to be a big seller there), then I would be comfortable expanding the scope later.
That means yes, it's more likely that I might continue to add features to the game over time and needn't be in too much of a hurry to get it wrapped early and pivot to a new game for this Patreon.
The biggest feature I've been ambivalent about committing to is actually the addition of more members of the cast; particularly a couple more ladies for Shuji's harem. I suppose I might just be able to start talking about them a little more now, assuming I get the impression from the next public release that the fix has worked out.
Would you like to see any more ladies added to the cast? Do you have any guesses about who they would be? Also, what do you think about me making the Nobuko/Shizu threesome? Is that one you've been hoping for? Let me know in the comments below!
Comments
BBBen
With their jealousy at the moment the more natural interactions are a little harder to generate sometimes; plus there are some issues with loading times that I need to think about, but the threesome dates are kind of a means to do some of those interactions for now.
Hank Rillek
I agree, I prefer it when the other characters in a game interact with each other. Makes the world more immersive.
BBBen
I'd like to include more of those kind of scenes, too. I do like how they bring the characters to life.
BBBen
I wouldn't expect that to be a full dating system, but if I have ideas for scenes with them then yes, I would put them in.
Matthew Gillespie
maybe eventually down the line a threesome date with hirai and two of the girls
Hank Rillek
I'd like more interactions between the girls. Those small moments of interaction in PAL were great!
BBBen
Ah, interesting. Of course she kind of already did that, with the scene down by the pool; it's just that Kumi herself may not be quite as impressed with Shuji as Emi is.
Tom Jones
It would be interesting to see a Emi/Hirai route where she helps you steal Hirai's girl.
BBBen
Fair concern, but the current main characters are likely to stay the focus regardless. I think it helps for them to have other characters to bounce off, too.
Tom Jones
The only thing I'm worried about adding more girls to the harem is that the original girls stop getting updates.
BBBen
She is a rather sneaky little voyeur, isn't she?
Wild Bill
I really like it when a girl watches, Shizu is cute enough as she is but when you add that she likes to watch it makes her *really* hot.
BBBen
It's Nobuko's bedroom.
Vervalsen
This doesn't look like Shuji's apartment
