Version 0.3.8.0 - development news (updated 22 of Mai 2023)

Hi guys and gals,

this post offers you a collection of news about the next version of Holiday Island (0.3.8.0).

You can see the main focus and side areas for the next update in the above image.

The change log below is based on the release 0.3.7.0.

As of right now, the update from 0.3.7.0 to 0.3.8.0 has:
421 additional renders, videos or sound files
13 new backgrounds for the phone
928 updated renders

New features, major improvements and new content

• Brenda gets a new poker appointment that will replace her existing one --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Ivy's workout pullups scene will be remade with four achievements and  using her new model --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• All girls that were still missing them get high res sprites for everything --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Faye's and Aly's breats compare event at the beach gets rerendered in 2560x1440 and some new images are added --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Ivy's workout pecs training scene will be remade using her new model --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Delizia gets a poker reward scene --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Delizia gets a much improved poker appointment with additional renders --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Aly gets a remake to her poker appointment with very much improved dialogue and a lot of new images --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Ivy gets an improved weigth lifting scene with her new self that has 4 achievements --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Alice gets a posing scene as a poker reward --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Alice gets a much improved poker appointment with additional renders --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Desire's poker lapdance reward has been AI upgraded to 2560x1440 resolution --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Amy gets a new event at the beach bar with two achievements --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Yvette gets an update to her beach walk scene --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Deliza gets an update to her beach walk scene --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Faye gets a new pool sunbed scene with several additional renders --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Faye gets a rerendered arrival event with a lot of additional images --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Brenda gets a rerendered room service event with a lot of additional images and two achievements --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• All sexting images that were still in jpg format have been rerendered or AI upgraded to 2560x1440 webp format --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Brenda gets a rerendered arrival event with a lot of additional images and two achievements --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• The phone gets a new app to display an overview of all trophies and girls --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Eva gets a much improved poker appointment with additional renders --> will be part of 0.3.8.0

Minor improvements and changes (inlcuding AI upgrades)

• Aly's posing scene in Jennifer's swimsuit has been AI upgraded --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Amy's posing scene images in her blue lingerie has been AI upgraded --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Aly's entrance scene before she poses in Jennifer's swimsuit has been partially rerendered and AI upscaled --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Eva's reward appointment where she's wearing a black dress gets an AI image upgrade to 2560x1440 webp format and a text revison --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Eva's poker lapdance scene gets an AI image upgrade to 2560x1440 webp format and a text revison --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Heather's erotic massage scene gets an AI image upgrade to 2560x1440 webp format and a text revison --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Eva's elevator scene gets an AI image upgrade to 2560x1440 webp format and a text revison --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• The Ren'Py engine will be upgraded from 7.4.4 (which was unfrotunately a buggy release) to the current 7.5.3. Hopefully this solves more problems and doesn't create new ones. --> will be removed from 0.3.8 due to too many problems
  So the Ren'Py version will stay 7.4.4 for now.
• All dream images have been AI upscaled to twice the fomer resolution and the image format has been changed to webp --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Joy's poker images have been rerendered and post worked again in 2560x1440 resolution --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Jennifers appointment where she's wearing the net stockings has been rendererd again in 2560x1440 and some more imags have been added --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• All posing images have been upgraded to at least 2560x1440 resolution --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• The .rpyc file have been reorganized helping with faster development and making it easier to find stuff in the future. --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• A couple of new phone backgrounds, phone character pictures and sextings for different girls have been added --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• A couple of new love, friendship and sexual messages have been added --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Some basic location and event renders have been AI upgraded to 2560x1440 webp format --> will be part of 0.3.8.0
• Amy gets new pool jump in and pool exit renders in 2560x1440 resolution --> will be part of 0.3.8.0

Bug fixes

• The poker interface did only support a maximum number of 6 items to undress, although 7 were needed --> will be fixed with 0.3.8.0
• The poker interface had lost all the mouse hover quick texts --> will be fixed with 0.3.8.0
• Wrong image links in some achievements resulting in the display of one or more black images --> will be fixed with 0.3.8.0
• The icon to add images to your favoriteshas disappeared --> will be fixed with 0.3.8.0
• Heather's sun lotion event could trigger even though she wasn't wearing her skimpy bikini --> will be fixed with 0.3.8.0

Is the update going to break save games?
0.3.8.0 --> No

Estimated release dates:
0.3.8.0 --> pre beta testing is done, game upload started (22 of Mai)