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[1.19] Slowed down by a tricky scene [147/248]

Hi guys! This episode has one major set piece sex scene. It’s a new scenario for Kate, and a big, big step towards becoming a bargirl, so it’s very important to get it right.

I was pleased with the basic structure of the scene – it’s so fucking hot 🥵 – but the execution needed some rew...

[1.19] Draft build (117/248)

Good morning guys! I’m currently building the storyboard in the game engine. This is the part where the visions and ideas become a working part of the game, so it’s really exciting to see it coming together.

There are 248 storyboard slides, and I wanted to get a significant chunk of that done last w...

[1.19] Storyboard complete!

Hey guys! Last week I completed the storyboard for the next episode. Weighing in at 248 slides, it’s the longest storyboard so far.

That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the longest episode to play, but it is the most thoroughly planned. Hopefully this means that production will be swift and easy, wi...

[1.19] The agony and the ecstasy

Hey guys! It’s a ‘bank holiday’ here in sunny England, but I’m not a fucking bank, so I’ve been working my ass off.

After two really good weeks on the storyboard – producing 68 slides in week 1, and 71 in week 2, I hit some challenges this week.

2023-05-29 16:27:45 +0000 UTC View Post

[1.19] Storyboard week 2

Hey guys!  Last week I continued working on the storyboard, adding another 71 slides.  

There's now enough story in the storyboard to ask for feedback, so I shared it with various contributors, who will help me improve it.

IMO, a certain scene that I thought would be a minor event on the...

[1.19] Storyboard started

Hi guys! Last week I started the storyboard for the new episode. This is where I convert the beat sheet into slides with description and dialogue, i.e. go from this:

To this:

2023-05-15 09:31:11 +0000 UTC View Post

[1.19] Random Bar Encounters test report

Hey guys! Yesterday we released a short beta test of a new feature, Random Bar Encounters, to Operators+.

Feedback is positive so far, with several good suggestions and critiques.

What it is
Right now, the heroine (referred to in internal docs as “Kate”)’s work shifts are scrip...

Random Encounters beta test!

Greetings, Operator!  Here's a short beta test of a new feature: random encounters at the bar.

Create a new character, then use the shortcut on the first story screen (where she's in her office at the start of the game).

Let me know if this has potential, or if we should stick to just scripti...

Super quick update

Hey guys!  Just a super quick note because Franatique correctly pointed out that I've gone quiet.

I've very nearly finished the test of the random bar encounters, and will release it to Operators+ either tomorrow or Thursday for testing and feedback.  I'll also write up a proper dev report. 2023-05-02 14:22:37 +0000 UTC View Post

[Ep 1.19] Beat sheet beat

Good morning guys!  Last week I finished the beat sheet for the whole episode.  It came out at 38 pages long, which I think is gonna make for a big episode! 

I shared it with some contributors and got some real...

[Ep 1.19] Beat sheets

Hey guys!  Last week I got to work making a beat sheet for the next episode.  It's currently 29 pages of planning, covering 18 new scenes (some in the club, and some introducing new locations in Bangkok).

2023-04-17 09:12:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Episode 1.18.1P available to everyone!

(This is the free version.  If you're a patron, get the enhanced version here.)

Hi guys!  Here's episode 1.18.1P, "Weekend Warrior".

This is a short episode.  For story pacing re...

Episode 1.18.1P available to Recruits+!

Greetings Recruit!  Here's episode 1.18.1P, "Weekend Warrior".

This is a short episode.  For story pacing reasons, we needed to send the heroine back into the club between Girls' Night Out and the next planned episode.

Please let me know what you like and what can be improved. &...

Happy Easter!

Hey guys, Happy Easter! Last week I started work on the next episode, White Russian.

The side quest itself is outlined, but around it we want a few more scenes in the club (so the main quest also advances). I planned out what all the scenes should be, and spent some time working out how to make them hot...

Episode 1.18 "Weekend Warrior" early access

Greetings Analysts+!  Attached is the early access version of episode 1.18, "Weekend Warrior".

This is a short episode.  For story pacing reasons, we needed to send the heroine back into the club between Girls' Night Out and the next planned episode.

Please let me know what you ...

[Ep 1.18] Release this week

Hey guys!  Just working on some finishing touches, it's very nearly ready!  Expect a release some time this week.

I wasn't even going to post a report because it's so close, but thought it was better to stay in comms even so.  Okay, gonna get straight back to it!  😓👌🏻

[Ep 1.18] Final tweaks

Hey guys!  Last week I rewrote the uncoöperative sex scene.  Stripping it down to the basics seemed to work.  (I was trying too hard to make it sexy in the original version.)  I also wrote a first draft of the 'coda' scene that a few contributors thought the episode needed.

I shared the new version ...

[Ep 1.18] Almost there...

Hey guys!  I was hoping to complete all the writing last week, but I wasn't able to do so.  😔  I've been having problems with a sex scene coming out a little flat and forced (and not in the hot way, forced as in it felt like none of the characters in the scene wanted to go through with it).

Fixing it w...

[Ep 1.18] Pre-release prep II

Hey guys! I spent last week polishing and improving the second half of the episode.

This is the explicitly sexy part of the episode, and I’m currently weaving in some hot new ideas (many suggested by Behbeh and xGrotesq – thanks guys) to make the experience sexier...

[Ep 1.18] Pre-release prep I

Hey guys! I had a really good, productive week. 🤓

I spent some time on Sunday night and Monday morning developing plans for the next three episodes – the side quests White Russian, Big Mac and Booth Babe. I shared some new outlines with the team, and got some great feedback from B...

[Ep 1.18] Storyboard conversion 212/212

Hey guys! This week I converted the remaining 78 storyboard slides into working game passages. 🥳

This means the episode is now playable start to finish in the engine! But there are some critical tasks before we can release:

• Our illustrator lovely Victoria also finished all the required av...
  2023-02-19 21:18:43 +0000 UTC View Post

[Ep 1.18] Storyboard conversion 134/212

Hey guys! This week I continued converting storyboard slides into working game passages.

Last week, I converted 76 slides; this week 58. I hit some difficulties with a nude scene, which kept coming out kind of flat and unsexy.

I was struggling with it, but last night I figured out why. I was stick...

[Ep 1.18] Storyboard conversion in progress

Hey guys!  This week I started converting the storyboard slides into working game "passages".  Basically, turning this:

into this:

2023-02-05 18:03:32 +0000 UTC View Post

[Ep 1.18] Storyboard complete!

“Visible ink.” This term refers to writing that is readily “seen” by the reader or the viewer, who often mistakes these words on the page as the only writing the storyteller is doing.

But how events in a story are ordered is also writing. What events should occur in a stor...

2023-01-30 23:04:02 +0000 UTC View Post