Weekly Recap | Update Special

Hi all. :)

Thank you for your continued support!

First of all, let's address what I'm sure most of you are itching to know.

UPDATE NEWS:

As of today, v0.1.4 is fully written, coded and ready to go. :)
I'm now waiting for the last scene to finish rendering, and once that's done, I'll be releasing the update the very same day.

I estimate that the images will finish rendering by Sunday.
Should it take longer than expected, I will make a public post here on Patron to keep you informed.

To get the latest news regarding the update's release, you can join the Duality Discord server, where I'll be opening a thread in which I'll be posting frequent status updates on the time left before release.

Thank you for your patience. <3

With that out of the way, let's take brief look at what was done this past week, and then we'll move on the the "Special" part of the recap.

For those who aren't aware, the "Special" edition of the recap replaces the standard version on the week of an update's release.
A poll was made to pick the contents that the "Special" should focus on, and an overwhelming majority voted in favor of taking a look at what's coming to the game after this next update, which is exactly what this recap will be exploring.

Work done this week:

• Written all the dialogues for v0.1.4.
• Written all the code for v0.1.4.
• Tweaked post-work for all scenes.

As anticipated, this week was all about writing dialogues and coding, as all the images had already been produced in the past weeks.

So, let's take a look at what the future holds.

*** Remember, this doesn't regard the update that's about to come out, but rather the one after that (v0.1.5)! ***

Also keep in mind that these are my current plans for v0.1.5, but things can always change during development.
And of course, the majority of the scenes to be developed will be voted on by patrons, like usual.

For a long while now, I've been planning to add a new system to game.
T4 patrons were polled to choose one of three possible system to be developed first, while the other two would be added at a later date.
And their pick was...

A new workplace and character.

The workplace will be a location within the game's world where, for three days of the week, MC will be able to work part-time and get paid.

Three main activities will take place while working, and what they'll involve will depend on the chosen workplace and character:
Minigames: These will be the main activity to earn money. They will be repeatable a number of times throughout a workday, and a good performance will net MC more cash.
These will be very simple and quite easy to complete, so they won't get annoying or frustrating.
Customer events: These scenes will involve the customers of whichever workplace is selected, and MC will get to interact with them in a variety of ways, depending on the job.
These scenes will trigger randomly, or when specific conditions are met.
*All customers are planned to be females.
Mentor scenes: These scenes will revolve around the mentor character. As MC completes minigames and customer events, the relationship with his mentor will be affected, eventually leading to these scenes.
Of course, the type of content for these scenes will heavily depend on which character is chosen.

Another poll was made to pick the workplace and mentor character, and currently these are the leading picks:
This poll is still open, so the picks may change.

Top pick for the workplace: The Tech Repair Shop:

Here MC would work as tech repair guy in an electronics shop.

Minigame: The minigame would be puzzle-based. Players would have to solve simple puzzles in order to repair a customer's device.

Customer events: The clients of the shop will sometimes bring in computers or phones with software issues, and they'll give MC full access to their device.
MC would be able to help the clients, which could make them overjoyed and prone to reward him, both with extra money or more intimate favors.
MC would also be able to snoop around the client's device, and find things such as dirty pictures/videos, passwords to their bank accounts, sensitive information, etc.
MC could even choose to use these info against a client, in order to persuade them to further compensate him.

At the workplace, MC will also be mentored by a new character.

This character will be MC's boss, and will be tasked with teaching MC the ropes of the job.
As MC works and interacts with customers, the relationship with this character will be affected, and new scenes for her will be unlocked.
Contrary to the other "standard" characters, the mentor won't have stats, and MC won't be able to actively court her.
Instead, it will be the mentor that will take the lead and pursue MC, although he will certainly have some agency on how the relationship evolves.

Top pick for the Mentor: The Hellion:
A mischievous and petty 19 year-old.
Her fit body is of average height, with two firm breasts protruding from the front and a toned, tight butt on her rear.
She's the daughter of a multi-millionaire entrepreneur, and has grown up very spoiled and sheltered.
Feeling smothered by her father's overbearing rules and expectations, she often acts out in an effort to spite him.
When she's not skipping work to ride her powerful sportbike, she will mostly taunt and poke fun at MC.
Under her hardass facade, she hides a severe lack of social skills, as her father never allowed her to make real friends, and certainly not boyfriends.
While working under her mentorship, her curiosity, and at times outright thirst for the other sex, will become increasingly apparent, eventually leading her to make weird, lewd demands of MC, who will be the only outlet for her sexual frustration.

"The Hellion" would be a painfully inexperienced yet extremely bossy young lady, who will try to turn MC into a personal test subject for her sexual experimentation.
To some extent, she will allow MC to guide her through her carnal discoveries, but alas her stubbornness will prevail should MC's ideas stray too far from her own.
She has a rich and powerful dad who would do anything for her, and she knows it. She will not let herself be crossed in the slightest.

The plan for v0.1.5 is to introduce the new workplace and character, while still leaving time for the other girls.

My goal is to create the location, the character, an intro scene for the new job & mentor, have a working minigame, and have a framework for the customer events.

All this should be achievable while still leaving enough time to develop 2-4 scenes for the girls from the "main" roster.
As always, these scenes (and girls) will be voted on by T2+ patrons.

Now that we've talked about the plans for v0.1.5, let's take a look at other planned features.

These are features that I'm planning to add at some point in the future.

Gifts:
MC will eventually be able to purchase an assortment of gifts for the girls, which they may like or dislike. Some gifts (such as alcohol and sex toys) could even unlock special scenes or outcomes.

Apology system:
With this, the girls would now be much less forgiving of MC's actions, and may hold a grudge against him should he do particularly heinous things to them.
MC would then need to apologize in order to restore a normal relationship with them.
The things required in order for the apology to be accepted would vary depending on the severity of MC's misbehavior, and could range from a simple verbal apology, to gifts, or even tasks that MC has to complete in order to regain their trust.

School:
Eventually, the school will become functional, and will house both the students and a teacher.
This system would mostly focus on the relationship between MC and the teacher, and would see their relationship grow in different ways depending on MC's grades.
For example, the teacher could give a lewd reward to MC for scoring well on a test, or encourage him in sexy ways if he's doing poorly.
Student girls (such as Angie, Jenny, Tiffany and more) would also get a "school" scene.

The telescope:
This system would be composed of many brief scenes which would be observable through a telescope placed in Ruca's apartment.
These scenes would mostly feature girls unknown to MC, going about their day inside their homes.
Of course, MC would catch all sorts of perverted activities they may engage in.

Those are the main features which I plan to add in the future. Of course I'm always open to suggestions and criticism, so feel free to share your opinion in the comments or on Discord, if you'd like. :)

There are also other features which I'm considering, such as pregnancies, but those are still far away in time, and will be discussed (and polled) once the game is more developed.

Anyway...
The new update is coming very soon.
Woohoo! :D

That's all for this special recap.

Thank you, have a great week! <3