The Company - Alpha 5.4.2 - Backer Release

super excited to see work on the next chapter!!!

I'm ready for the next chapter.

Is there any content around having a character be mad at you? Might be interesting for submissive stuff.

StiflingJESTER

Thanks, looking into it.

Westane

so the 4 day cooldown for events either doesnt work for Ava and Dakota or it doesnt work at all. I got the same "We're happy to have you home" event 3 times in 1 weekend

Saiaxs

MCS-X you get from a lab event

Saiaxs

I tried dosing Dakota and in the before I select ‘Use Serum’ it mentions me wanting to try out a new serum but after selecting ‘Use Serum’ it says cant dose her anymore cause I’ve done what I can with MCS? So what’s the new serum?

Connar Woodhead

That's where that route currently ends.

Westane

I followed the dominant path and after 4 doses it does not seem to go anywhere other than eating her off in the office.

Twister

try installing and using the megasync app

LonewolfCavalry

is there an alternative to MEGA? trying to download the 1.51gb image pack is crashing Chrome for me and then it tricks the browser into thinking im not connected to the internet

Saiaxs

This happens in the early afternoon, after lunch

Westane

does tasha still occasionly dom john in the mornings or was that removed?

LonewolfCavalry

I tried it myself too. I went down her submissive path but only the blowjob scene and strapon one if I was wearing a chastity comes up. Nothing else even tho I've dosed her 4 times.

Bruce Redames

nevermind, I forgot she asks you the question a little later. So just in 'general' sex scenes, like Dakota and Mom i'd like to see better submissive options I think?

Yllarius

Can we get more submissive options, especially for recurrent sex scenes? (A la mom and dakota) Also when the character is sufficiently submissive I feel like Diana should start her scene with her smothering you (Like the first time you trigger it) instead of her giving you a blowjob. At least to me, it actually feels like you have to work at being submissive, when it would seem like it should be the other way around. Or at least, once you reach into certain thresholds it should attempt to keep you in those areas, and make the player work to get out of them.

Yllarius

I'll look into it, but did you visit her in her office after dosing her?

Westane

Hi Westane, I tried following the submissive path with Sophie. I've dosed her four times, but the only scene i get is the blowjob scene. My character just had a dream about having sex with her so I think it just keeps firing the blowjob event instead of whatever else is supposed to come afterwords.

Lictor Magnus

The Sophie submissive path doen't progress past office blowjobs?

Dinges

Yes, this is making Sophie act more aggressive, which in turn makes her more dominant over you.

Westane

Hey, Apologies if this has be flagged already. I've gone completely down the Dom Ms Dee path but the last option 'Tell her to be more agressive', although it seems to be the Dom path, I chose that option but I l then lose Dom with her at that event and everytime I go to see her in her office since that.

Abaddon

it means that she is

Matias Avellanal

This kicks in once you've completed Chapter 2. I can't add it earlier as it would potentially break several events.

Westane

Would it be possible to implement a "Sleep the rest of the day" and "Slack off the rest of the day" options for the weekend and the weekdays respectively? I'd like to at least the other two paths for Sophie after completing my first playthrough of the content there already is, but it's kind of a hassle to have to go through every day and see that many events and transitional pages. I mean, it took me 6 hours to get through one run of the game once; it'd be nice to be able to just see the other paths without having to spend another 6 hours to get to them.

HaikenEdge

If anything, I prefer the more infrequent dosing opportunities Dakota has versus being able to dose other characters daily. Remember, this game is meant to stretch over 5 chapters or so. It's something I'll keep an eye on. I'll take a look at how that event's written, likely an order of operations issue. Being able to check yourself in the mirror at work is a good idea. I'll look into implementing at some point.

Westane

I kind of wish there are more chances to dose Dakota. Aside from Sophie, she's pretty much the only character you can't dose every single day; hell, you basically get to dose her twice a week, max, and some weeks fewer because there are scripted events during the weekend, so it'd be nice if she had a day or two of the week where, in the evening, you could dose her. I just have all these nights where I could be raising her lust after I've maxed out Ava's, and yet, it won't raise because it's been capped by how much she's been dosed. A bit of a bug report: if you encounter the event where Penny douses you with the chemical that causes you to grow breasts, the game detects you as still having flat breasts when you go to make Breast Degenerator. I mean, the chems still work fine, but the text keeps telling you that you've got flat breasts. Side note, it'd be nice if you could check yourself out in the workplace bathroom when Chanel's not there. Would save the hassle of having to wait until you got home to check. That's more of a quality of life thing, though.

HaikenEdge

I knew not everyone would like it, so that's why I made it optional ^_^ As for the slowness, it's definitely a processing issue. I believe I have it resolved, hopefully, so give 5.4a a spin!

Westane

Love the work you've done. The slower loading is kind of annoying; at first, I though it was because I had changed browsers (I used to use Chrome, but the save error I mentioned previously wasn't fixed even after I cleared the cache, so I decided to try changing browsers, or in the Lab in the evening), but if other people are experiencing it, then it's not a browser problem. However, I do know that some of the larger Twine games like Free Cities take a while to load between scenes while it's processing the game, so maybe it's a matter of the amount of content and the way the engine processes it? I might be in the minority, but I don't like the change in the backgrounds. By that, I mean I don't like how some of the backgrounds are a different color than the rest (like when the player is snooping around in Dakota's room); when it switches colors, it's visually jarring and kind of hurts my eyes.

HaikenEdge

I can confirm, that it is much slower for me too.

I'm investigating this. It doesn't seem related to the new backgrounds, rather an accumulative issue that's getting worse as the game progresses. I'll work on a fix hopefully today.

Westane

yes, game is slower than before.

The new content is great, though for some reason the game (or at least the loading times) has become much slower. I could breeze through a day in the previous edition but now I have to wait several seconds for the screen to change.

Alejandro

Does Sophie Submissive path mean that she's the submissive, or the player is?

ThatOtherGuy

I know most people won't care, but your background selection is fantastic. Well implemented. People are going to start to think you know what you're doing if you aren't careful.

Twisted Kidney

Have you given any thought to adding an exploration system to the Office at all, or even select rooms? Ms Dee's office for example? Could have mutating finds, for example if you go the route with her as a dom, perhaps some feminization materials?

Gifted-Monster

Can NOT wait to try this out. Too bad I'm at work, but still, can't wait for the evening! :D

Gaboris