Dev Log #84 - July side story release details + expected content!

Hi all! Let's get right into the weekly dev log!

July side story status
The side story's release is just a few days out from release as I will be wrapping things up shortly on its development. The release schedule for this will be across three days, meaning that higher tiers (i.e. Head of Family and Big Horse Energy) will have it as soon as the side story releases, with First-Rate on the following day, and for everyone else, it will be the day after.

This three-day window is factoring in the fact that this story is much, much shorter but at the same time, I do still want to give a degree of benefits for the higher tiers! I do seek everyone's understanding on this!

Content of side story
To keep everyone well-informed, this side story contains nearly 300 new renders all focused on the winning side story focused on Suyin and is centered around her as a pregnant predator!

For more details about the specific tags of this story, do skip to the end of this post to see them (this is done to prevent spoiling anyone who wants to go in blind, and because I can't spoiler-tag anything... still...).

Episode 3 test release status
The test release development is still in progress as I am still continuing to integrate the renders and dialogue into the game itself, coupling it with the new game mechanics that will be introduced and presented as an episode-unique 'gameplay loop'. It is still in the works as I smooth it out and it will be my full focus going forward after the side story's release!

For these few weeks (until the test release) I will not be writing up the usual episode progress breakdown as I think it's not a good indicator of when the test release will be ready.

---------------------------------------- E3 TEST RELEASE BREAKDOWN** --------------------------
Story: 100% done.

Renders: 80% done. The 20% remaining is for several scenes that are not yet complete.

Dialogue: 70% done. Re-iteration is ongoing as I jump between renders and dialogue.

Game Playability: 60% done. Most mini-games complete with the main gameplay mechanic introduced in this episode still awaiting refinement and tuning.

--------------------------------------------- END OF BREAKDOWN ------------------------------------------

**Instead, the progress breakdown above is for the Episode 3 Test Release which encompasses a fully playable opening section, one free-roam, and a few scenes that come after! The breakdown above is NOT indicative of the entire episode's development progress, and this original breakdown will be used once the test release milestone is reached.

Phew, there sure are a lot of things going on! I do apologize if some areas are worded confusingly! For now, though, I will leave to get things wrapped up for a side-story release in a few days!

See all of you there! Stay safe and healthy!

 


*********** SPOILERS BELOW OF UPCOMING SIDE STORY CONTENT ***************
'Suyin's pregnancy cravings' include the following tags:
- Pregnant Predator
- Oral Vore (this is the only vore available here)
- Multiple Prey (two humans)
  - One unaware + one surprised/unwilling
- Bones in Scat (optional)
- Weight Gain
- Lactation
- Betrayal

Note: There are no see-through/internal renders due to the setup's complexity. This was also a call on my end to not go over the scope of the side story, which has already exceeded the initial 100-150 render count and reached nearly 300.