Dev Log - October 2022

The current general version is v0.8.3. v0.8 in general was big because I had managed to accomplish a really big desired feature for the game: to be able to have different expansion themes and stories. All players now have the ability to select in the beginning of the story whether the source of expansion is weight gain or through pregnancy, depending on the players preference.

Doing so brought in a lot of bugs, mainly in the formed of moments where the separate game mechanics and story elements weren’t properly setup, or placeholders were put in. That means that v0.8 does have a lot of bugs, mainly for the pregnancy side, that prevents completing the game, or some parts of the story. That’s where v0.9’s focus comes in. Supporters are getting early access to efforts to fill in story and dialog gaps, fixes to puzzles, and most importantly hints and other ways to be able to continue on with the story with some explanations or help.

That’s my main development focus now; getting back to story and dialog. Which is fun, because I get to do things that I feel offer some help with quality. The only challenge is trying to convey the value of every change that occurs. Because it’s a lot of little things, and definitely not in the same places. Some places are rewriting a single line of dialog, or even beginning to color code keywords in the current dialog, to help players get clear objectives and expectations of the story. Even fixing bugs in “theme gating” - what I’m calling those switches that gives different dialog or mechanics depending on the current theme, are not always clear from the player perspective.

That’s where I’m at right now, and I hope that players from here get some benefit from the insight into the development process. As always, I’ve organized the Discord to be a center for feedback and bug reporting. But if you see something, even (especially) if it is some moment in the story where you as a player are unsure on what to do, I’m really enjoying your insight so I can make my game better. And if you are enjoying the game, even as a work in progress, feel free to post some comments here and give the game a rating. 

Thanks, players!