Weekly News #81

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New WN. In general, what can be said about the work in this week and a half interval - a lot has been done, but, oddly enough, even more, uncritical bugs and flaws have been fixed... However, from now on, as always, in order. First, randomized NPCs. In the usual way, we report on working with them first and foremost... Everything is ambiguous with them at the moment. Of course, we made it possible to start a relationship with them, thought through many outcomes of these events, and generally took into account a lot of things, but there is still a lot of work to be done on this and the whole romantic part of the game: jealousy, romantic actions, dating and much more are still in development. We will continue to work on this, and now that the initial work and the vector are set, the development will go much faster. Well, about the very possibility of a relationship - this is a nice gameplay feature that will make it easier for you to have a relationship with the NPCs. If they agree to meet with you, you will immediately have a huge increase in the relationship, equating to 1200 units, which will allow you to do whatever you want with the NPC, and he will not be able to refuse... However, you can learn more about this feature in the game itself, and now we will proceed to other changes that relate to randomized NPCs.   

We did not ignore the 18+ blowjob scene. Realizing that the way it looks is not good, we modified its angle. The scene itself was moved a little higher so that the most necessary thing did not close the dialog box, and it was slightly updated both in terms of the emotions of the NPCs and in some other things. Even 4 and 5 hairstyles that were not displayed before, and a second hairstyle was displayed instead, began to be taken into account in the scene, which will get rid of some contradictory feelings that a potential player who has passed before this scene may experience... Now it looks even more complete, which, however, does not negate the fact that we still have a lot of work to bring it to the level that currently exists in the sex scene with randomized NPCs. 

Furthermore - a new quest. Undoubtedly, the quest for the extermination of hooligans had and has some problems. However, it's not about him now, right? A new quest that gives out a randomized NPC. All that can be said about it is that it is quite simple but gives the game new gameplay features. In particular, glasses with which you can see through the clothes of randomized NPCs. Quite a fun, relaxed, and positive quest, the outcome of which will always be positive - that's how can describe it all. However, no one cancels the fact that this may change in the future…  

Secondly, a new interface. In the previous WN, we didn't mention it for some reason, but this time the situation is a little different. We finalized it. Now, there are no bugs and flaws associated with this, so we can fully provide you with information about this. You may have noticed the dialog box just above this point, and we will re-attach the screenshots of the choice menu:  

What can we say about this? Extra information about energy now appears only when the player hovers the cursor or finger on the choice itself, which can be convenient and practical in terms of saving space, which was an urgent problem last version. Before that, it was possible to notice empty elections that exist to move the election menu, but now they are completely absent. The main reason is the scrollbar.  

It appears when more than 6 selections are provided by the game or manually by us. A useful thing for especially replayable moments on both phones and PCs: the scrollbar is large enough, the pressing area is not at all smaller, which will allow players even on android devices not to experience problems with it. Which, of course, cannot be said about the same dialog boxes... With them, it may be difficult on very small android devices: the buttons on them are small. However, swipes are specially created for them, so, as expected, this is not such a big problem. What is the main feature of this whole interface? Customizable font. By update 926, we will make it so that the player can adjust the font to the one he likes: increase its size, increase the distance between lines, adjust the stroke, color, and more - choose individual settings. This will be quite convenient and especially necessary for small devices that previously had some problems with reading the text in the dialog box. There is still a lot to say about the new interface, but for now, we will stop there. We have already tightened WN, which makes it especially boring to read... Therefore, we proceed to the next point! 

Thirdly, the plot. Finally, we have started another important innovation. And... we can only say that it is in the process. Initially, it was planned to insert a new branch from Meiko Tsukasa into the game, which assumes a slightly different course of plot development. If everything works out, the players will finally have the opportunity to win the girl's heart and not blackmail her. However, there should also be some development about the latter. We also do not forget about Ayano, so there is still a lot of work to be done, although more than 10,000 words have already been written during this time, and this does not include a new event with randomized NPCs and opportunities to meet. If you combine everything, you will get more than 17,000 words at all... We can only wait for the release of the 926 update, which is scheduled for January 27. 

Fourth, the technical part... Despite all that we have done, we have not forgotten about the technical part of the game: performance in some moments, a lot of fixed bugs... The list of bugs came out extremely large, which is good news - the game is getting more stable and better with each update. However, the list of changes to the 925b version will tell everyone about this best of all:

New content:  

— Added the ability to meet randomized NPCs! For this one opportunity, more than 4,000 words have been written for different characters, circumstances, and others, which will make it more interesting and replayable! In addition, with this feature, the requirements for any requests to randomized NPCs are reduced many times, which will make the relationship with them a useful gameplay feature.   

— A new quest has been added, telling about glasses which let you see through clothes. It is issued by a randomized NPC on the beach, and you can meet him after a game week from the start of the game. For this quest, a new item was added to the player's inventory - "Strange Glasses", with which you can see through the clothes of randomized female NPCs.  

 — The angle of the blowjob scene has been changed. Now the dialog box does not cover half of the scene as before, but it has been moved slightly up. In addition, the last two hairstyles, which were previously replaced with the second hairstyle during the narrative, are now taken into account in this scene.   

— In some places, the text, the elections have been slightly altered, as well as the emotions of randomized NPCs in events and interactions with them have been modified.   

— The code was refactored in some places and functions, which made the performance of the game a little better.   

— The text outline in the dialog box has been modified: now the text has become even more readable. In addition, the font has also been increased by several units, and if there is a narrative, instead of an empty box with a name, the word "Narrator" will be displayed in it.   

— Now, if you don't have enough attribute points for all the options on a date with Yuki Oota, and the workaround for this event is closed, you will have the opportunity to close this very event with any of the available choices, regardless of their requirements.    

— The guide started to reappear in the dialog box during the training.   

Fixed bugs:  

— Fixed a bug where, after restarting the game/session, the font and color of the characters' names in the dialog box could get lost.  

— Fixed a bug where, if training is enabled, during the first event with Ayano, Yeshida could be thrown into a fight with a randomized NPC.   

— Fixed a bug where underwear on the body of a randomized NPC could be missing altogether, which led to some problems with the interaction of "Show panties", as well as when editing a standardized school uniform.   

— Fixed a flaw in which, if the NPC was wearing tight clothes, flaps of skin could appear under it.   

— Fixed a bug where an NPC with a "Perverted" character trait could be spawned, having a vulgarity score below 90 units..   

— Fixed a bug where the hair length value in the randomized NPC editor could be higher than three with some manipulations.   

— Fixed a flaw in which, in the presence of a purchased piggy bank from an online store, the button with it could be considered the same as the alarm clock, which made both stand out when hovering over them. In addition, all problems that arise after the purchase of this item with the list of activities have been fixed.   

— Fixed a flaw in which the indentation in some categories of the diary could go beyond the interface lines.   

— Fixed all errors, bugs and flaws related to the new interface: problems with fonts, margins and everything that somehow related to this detail.   

— Fixed a flaw in which the location lists, if the character is in a school classroom, could go beyond the boundaries of the area.   

— Fixed a bug where if you choose an option that requires eloquence on a date with Yuki Oota, the bully did not disappear after you leave the scene.   

— Fixed a bug where if you invite an NPC with the "Independent" perk when playing in English, an exception could come out.   

— Fixed a bug where after working as a freelancer on a PC, the background of the computer could overlap on top of everything for a while.  

— Typos have been corrected, as well as punctuation and spelling errors in some places of the text in the Russian translation, as well as in English..   — Fixed a bug where the second position of the hands when they appeared on a randomized NPC had a white line.   

— Fixed a bug where time did not go at all during a phone call.   

— Fixed a bug where an exception could come out if you get into some group activities with randomized NPCs.   

— Fixed a bug that could cause completely naked randomized female NPCs to be on the beach.   

— Fixed a flaw in which, during some interactions with randomized NPCs, a sprite might not be shown if you are given a gift.   

— Fixed a flaw in which a dialog box could also be displayed in the election menu.   

— Fixed a flaw in which, in the presence of a purchased piggy bank from an online store, the button with it could be considered the same as the alarm clock, which made both stand out when hovering over them. In addition, all problems that arise after the purchase of this item with the list of activities have been fixed.   

— The entire existing translation of the game, which was lost when creating the 925a version, has been restored.

Well, that's where we'll end our WN. It came out voluminous and tried to touch on many stages of our work, although, of course, not all. We have told only about the most interesting and significant. The 925a version can already be tested by subscribers of the Best Friend tier ($10) and 925b version by subscribers of the Super Best Friend tier ($25)... Play, watch and, of course, wait for the update. Most likely, this is the last WN this month - we need to focus on writing the plot, but we can say one thing now - most likely this update, 926, will be even more global than 925. And by one and a half times. From this, you can even notice some trend... With each update, content are getting bigger and bigger, which, of course, cannot but please.