Ok, so the order has changed again. I hit a block on the Twine game and went back to working on the Night Games update. I’ve completed everything that I feel like I need to have for the update. There are 3 new Opponents, a bunch of new skills, a bunch of new scenes, some new traits, a few new mechanics, and of course, bugfixes. I’m giving myself a week to test and try to squeeze in some last minute content, but I am committing to releasing the update a week from today. That’s the day before my first Final. Maybe I should have timed this better, but it’s probably best that I get it released before Finals week.

I should be releasing the Twine game shortly afterward, though it’s possible the 2nd girl may not make it into the initial release. The first girl is nearly complete, but the 2nd one is only about 60% written.

So after about three weeks with zero productivity, I finally have a new hard drive in my laptop and am able to develop again. I backed up all my work on Night Games and the Twine games, so I haven’t lost anything except time. Well, technically I forgot to back up some of my small games prototypes, but I wasn’t actively developing them anyway, so I’m probably better off with them gone. This way they aren’t consuming cycles in the back of my mind.

Now as much as I’d love to hit the ground running and get these releases done ASAP, but I am also rapidly approaching the last weeks of the semester. Now this is good timing for me personally, since I need my laptop now more than ever, but it also means I’ll need to devote more time to schoolwork for a bit. Hopefully I can at least make good use of the Thanksgiving weekend to finish up the Twine game.

I was considering dropping the Twine game temporarily to try to push out the Night Games update as fast as possible, but I think that’ll actually be counterproductive. I started the Twine game to clear up my Night Games  writers block and I’m not sure It’ll be effective until I either release the game or hit writers block on that. Probably being unable to switch my writing focus at will is a sign that I’m not a good writer, but that’s never been my forte anyway.

Once I release the Twine game, I’ll finish up the remaining scenes I need for the Night Games update. Hopefully it won’t take me too long. This update has been a long time coming. Looking at the changelog, there’s stuff here I did almost 6 months ago. I keep forget it’s not in the released game yet. The Enthralling Trap null pointer exception, for example. I wrote that fix ages ago, but it’s still probably crashing for people with the current version. Fuck me, I need to finish this release.

After needing a 14 hour disk repair to boot up, I’m now getting warnings about an imminent hard drive failure. Obviously, I’m backup up my work frequently, so I shouldn’t lose much, if any, progress. However, if the hard drive goes, I may be out of commission for awhile.

The side game I’m working on is about 70% complete and I’ve reached a point where I can playtest it. I’m unfortunately finding it less satisfying to play than I had hoped. Maybe I’ll spend some more time tweaking it before I make it available.

I haven’t posted on here in  a while, because I generally only post when I’m releasing a new update for Night Games. As you can see, there’s still no update. Instead of having extra time in the summer months, I ended up working full time through the summer and had less time for game development. This doesn’t mean I’ve been idle however. As I mentioned in the comments, I was experimenting with some other game ideas. The ones I mentioned are all currently shelved and I’ve been working on Night Games for the past few months.

I decided to take this long break to finish writing the scenes I had been putting off for several updates. My writing is a lot slower than my coding, so it’s taken a while, but I’m pretty close to a major update. Approximately 3 more scenes to hit the minimum target for the update, at which point I’ll announce a date for the update, then another week to test and try to squeeze in some extra content.

However, I am slightly sidetracked again. A couple days ago I was struck by an idea for a small new game. I’m writing it in twine and should be able to publish it directly to the blog. As you may be able to guess from the engine, it’s mechanically light and writing heavy. Since I’m much better at mechanics than writing, I’m not sure why I thought this would be a good idea. Fortunately, it’s small enough in scope that I should be able to have a playable version written within a week or so. If it takes too long, I promise I’ll jump back to Night Games. Right now, I won’t be able to concentrate on it. Either way, I’ll be back to finishing up the update pretty soon. If nothing else, It’ll at least be good writing practice.

It’ll try to have more news in a week or so, either that I’m pulling the trigger on the Night Games update or that the new game is ready for initial release.

Hi all,

Here’s a quick update to celebrate the fact that I actually have some time to work on Night Games. This isn’t a big update overall, but I wanted to get the art commissions into the game sooner rather than later. I have a bunch of small writing tasks coming up, which I haven’t done in awhile, so we’ll see how long it takes me to get up to speed.

People have been asking me for the ability to put yourself into a submissive position for months now, and I finally decided to make a dedicated skill tree for it. My plan is to make it not completely useless, but still probably underpowered compared to the other skills. You can grab the first level in the XXX Store after level 5. I’ll put an actual NPC there soon.

https://mega.co.nz/#!3Y5Xjb5K!3n1EIPBAQ3kP4rKbEnlE6LGIVOFC5gm0JDTPMRKQ_ls

http://depositfiles.com/files/5ps6o4v6d

Changelog:

Fixed an issue where Reyka’s dominant portrait caused the game to crash
Fixed an issue where the potions menu wasn’t cleared, causing it to fill with duplicate buttons
Advanced training cost now increases by $500 per level instead of $1000
Fixed an issue where the Workshop wasn’t charging Mara the full price
Bolded a lot of encounter text to make it more noticeable
Cleared text when evaluating fight or flight to make it more readable
Added image for Blowjob, drawn by Phanaxial
Added image for Footjob, drawn by Sky Relyks
Added image for Dissolving Solution by Sky Relyks
Mood decay rate is now exponential outside of combat
Fixed an issue where the game would get stuck if they player had all available feats
Dissolving Solution’s status now lasts another turn
New Science skill: Fabricator
New Fetish skill: Bondage Straps
New Arcane skill: Mage Armor
New Feat: Fast Learner
New Advanced Attribute: Submissive
Placeholder for Submissive trainer in XXX Store after level 5
New Submissive skill: Dive
New Submissive skill: Cowardice
New Submissive skill: Stumble
Reduced NPC Attribute growth

Time for a new update.

I received some new portraits from a member of the community that include the unlockable characters and vary by mood. These were donated, rather than commissioned. I’ve set those to the default portraits, but you can still access the old portraits in the options menu.

No new scenes in this update, but it has some good stuff. There are a lot of balance fixes, major changes in the mood AI, and an overhaul of how items are handled. I’ve made it much easier to add consumables that buff or debuff. I’m looking for ways to improve how other types of items are handled, but that may not be possible.

https://mega.co.nz/#!KAYxHB5I!8m5rRgSxqmTWdMdX0U9b8Lf8ozrDrp8xK7PszC778II

http://depositfiles.com/files/rs4dnu0wz

Changelog:

Fixed an issue where images caused crashes during ambushes
Fixed an issue where handicap bonuses went to the winning character instead of the player
NPCs no longer buy strapons before their Seduction is high enough to use them
Fixed some weirdness in the text encoding in Aisha’s scenes
Added error checking to prevent rng crashing when given range of 0
Fixed an issue where temptation damage could lower arousal if it was maxed
Recategorized sensitivity potion to debuff
Fixed issue where Shred message appears when using Tear Clothes on stunned opponents
It appears changes in mood were not being checked, corrected that.
New portraits provided by Nergantre which include seperate portraits based on mood
The old portraits by B.R. Chen are still available in the options menu
Fixed a possible issue where multiple images could appear at once
Item caches that spawn are now more appropriate to character level
Moods are now visible to characters with at least Perception 5
Anal challenges will no longer be offered to characters without enough Seduction to use Ass Fuck
Escape now requires 12 Cunning and has more similar success chance to Struggle
Escape can no longer be used to get out of submissive sex positions
Fixed Seduction requirement for Strip Tease and gave it a nerf
Instead of fixed sets of rewards, item caches now create random rewards based on item value and level
Rebalanced some emotion values and changed how moods are calculated
Split items into multiple subclasses. It’s just a pain in the ass now, but it should eventually make it easier to add more
Consumable items thrown at enemies (lubricant, aphrodisiac, etc…) have been moved to a new Flask class
Aphrodisiac now inflicts Horny status, causing arousal over time
The succubus’ free aphrodisiac ability is currently not implemented
Dissolving Solution now inflicts a status causing clothing destruction over time
Sedative now inflicts a status causing stamina loss over time
Flasks now have a seperate page on the the command bar, accessible by hitting the Throw button
Consumable items that buff the player (beer, energy drink) have been moved to a new Potion class
Added Fox Potion, which temporarily buffs Cunning
Added Nymph Potion, which temporarily buffs Seduction
Added Bull Potion, which temporarily buffs Power
Added Cat Potion, which temporarily buffs Speed
Color coded noncombat actions

Welcome to the new site!

I know it looks a lot like the old site, but now I’m paying for hosting. This means I get a proper domain name and that I can install plugins. Specifically, I installed a Stripe Plugin so I can accept and process donations. I’ve verified it’s working, but if you run into any issues with the donation form, please let me know. I can refund donations using my Stripe account if necessary.

If you’ve played a recent version of Night Games, you’ve seen that I’ve commissioned a couple images for the game. I have two more commissions in progress that I’m paying for out of pocket, but for additional images, I’m counting on donations. Each time I reach enough donations to pay for a commission ($20-$40 depending on the image content), I’ll reach out to an artist to have another image drawn.

The donation form includes a field for what image you’d like to see added next. You can suggest a specific skill, a character, or you can just say you don’t care. I can’t guarantee I’ll be able to accommodate everyone, but I’ll try to take donor requests into account whenever possible. The weight I give requests will be based on the amount donated rather than the number of donations, so 5 donations of $1 won’t get any more weight than a single donation of $5 (It would actually count for less, since Stripe charges a fee for each transaction).

If you’re not interested or able to donate, don’t worry. Night Games will remain free and available to everyone.