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[1.19] Storyboard 100%, now polishing

Hi guys! Last week, we completed the construction of the episode in the game engine. It’s now playable start to finish! 🥳

I’m now hard at work on the final phase, which is polishing and editing the scenes, dialogue and descriptions.

I know that some people are eager for me to r...

[1.19] Storyboard 89% done [220/248]

Hey guys! I had a solid week and was able to convert 73 storyboard slides into working game passages. It’s coming together!

This is a club-heavy episode, with a couple of important plot points.  The set piece sex scene is so hot. 🥵

I’ll aim to wrap up this...

[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...

[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 signifi...

[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 product...

[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 t...

[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...

[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:

[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...

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 w...

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 wr...

[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 ...

[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...

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 epis...

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 li...

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 wo...

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.

[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. 2023-03-20 09:07:53 +0000 UTC View Post

[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 throu...

[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)...

[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 ...

[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 als...
  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 ...

[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...

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