Dev Update 8/31/2022: Intro and What's Next

Hello everyone!

Thank you for all your support and feedback, I finally feel motivated to continue working on this project and I wanted to share what I'm working on and my plans for the next build as well as a general roadmap.

The POC build is obviously very barebones and so I'm currently working on writing/scripting the introduction to the story and characters to help fill in the gap leading up to where the POC started. That being said, there likely won't be a lot of adult content in the introduction and some of the scenes from the POC won't occur until later in the story when they would make more sense to occur. I want this game to have a cohesive storyline to it instead of just a sandbox of scenes (though I plan on adding a Gallery).

Writing/scripting comes easy to me, which I am grateful for, but I still will have to conjure up all the images and video clips for all the scenes that I am writing, which is going to take some time. Koikatsu is a fairly simple program for characters/renders which at times makes it easy to use and at other times makes it frustratingly difficult to get the shots the way I want. That's the biggest reason I can't give an accurate ETA for the next build, but I will say I expect to finish the next build no later than the end of this year (3 months or so).

Here is a brief summary of plans/ideas I have for new characters (some I have already created) as well as some gameplay features I'd like to implement:

New Character Ideas:

Porn Couple and Porn Star Male

Older librarian male/female

Surfer/Beach Couple

Random Beachgoers (background for exhibition scenes)

New Gameplay Features:

Color coded names (High priority)

Gallery (High priority)

Harem path (For a broader audience)

Better music

Time cycle? (No time limits for events though)

Map with Fast Travel?

Stat progression? (Love, Sluttyness, Exhibitionism, etc. to unlock extra scenes?)

Different character perspectives (limited by choices for mystery?)

This is just the tip of the iceberg though, the more I work on this project the more ideas come to mind and the more motivated I feel. Once this build is completed, I will upload it to a new itch.io page to distinguish it from the POC build, and I plan on starting a Patreon to help support further development. If I get enough support on Patreon, I will be able to focus more on the game and put out builds on a more regular basis, and if I'm really lucky I may be able to afford doing this full-time. We will see.

Anyways, thank you again for your support! A special thank you to itch user Abyssal Voice for all the feedback and support, you got me motivated enough to start working on this again lol.