v0.5.1 Progress Report
Added 2022-08-01 10:20:28 +0000 UTC
Hey everyone,
it's the beginning of the next month and I'm so thankful for all of you who are still here once again. We have a record-breaking month behind us and I'm so grateful. I was expecting to never reach these amounts of income, so the stretch goals that we're seeing right now were jokes at some point, but I guess I have to refresh my multiplayer coding memory, since I promised to introduce a versus mode if we reach 11k. I never though that was possible, but we're not that far off now. Still don't expect to reach it though. I'm just dumbfounded, I guess. I did hire new freelancers to do stuff, so I promise the money is still put to good use.
Anyways... it's time to give you an overview of what's to come in v0.5.1! The next patch has the catchy title "Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie la bonne", which should translate to "The fabulous life of amelie the maid"... hopefully. ;)
I did actually have six years of french in school, but it's been 15 years since then, so I'm very rusty. Let's dive into the feature list.
1. The first Katelyn branch
Always wanted to become a sexy maid? Well, now is the perfect time. With the conclusion of the Katelyn maid quest from v0.5.0 we have the opportunity to start her first tf branch, and it is for the french maid.
This comes with a whole new branch of fun transformation time, reaching from maid to french things. Of course, a racial transformation can't occur without a bit of a language loss, so get ready for a silly french accent.
Shoutout for this goes to a website called PAYNEful (https://www.payneful.co.uk/projects/french-accent-translator/), which has a silly french javascript generator, that I looked at for inspiration, although when I programmed it myself I took it way further as you can maybe see in the GIF above. No disrespect to the French meant though. I hope you can get a laugh out of it. There are no jokes about eating frog legs, I promise!
2. New clothing category: Legwear
I think a huge part of BMO's appeal is the ability to self-express yourself in so many ways. Whenever I get a save by somebody else sent to me, I'm always astonished how different their characters look. So I think adding more ways to express yourself are never a waste of money. This month, we're adding all kinds of awesome legwear. Tights, Socks, and Overknees in all sorts of colors can now be found in the clothing shop. I think they make an awesome addition. We're getting closer to the time when we can hold transmog competitions on Discord. ;)
3. Marco Content
It was promised to you for v0.5.0 and it had to be scrapped both because of my covid infection, as well as the artist not sending all the art, but now I really do have all the graphics I need in order to introduce Marco to the house. He'll be taking over the gym a bit, and there will be several dialogs with him, although some of it will be added over time.
4. New Hallways
Finally, all room art was replaced in the last patch and we can now introduce new rooms! It's only the upper hallways for now, but there will be more soon. These are the connections to all the other contestant's bedrooms, as well as your own, of course. The door in the vending machine room, that previously led to the bedroom, will be repurposed soon as well. You'll hopefully see that in the next update already.
5. Room Standing positions
Maybe when looking at the new hallway GIF you already realized that something is different. With this update, I'm trying out new main character poses. Previously, it always took the right side of the screen, but maybe it feels better to always put your character directly into the scene, so that it looks like it's part of it. It's only experimental for now, but we'll see how it works. I'm leaving the option to reverse this open for now, but at first glance it does feel better to me.
6. Himari in the Kitchen
While we are ready to introduce new rooms, the contestant's graphics still haven't all been replaced. This month we're getting new Himari graphics for the kitchen. I wish we'd get this done faster, but it is what it is. More money won't help if the artist only has a certain amount of time each month. This is already our second artist, and finding more people to imitate the artstyle did prove difficult the last time already, so we'll just have to be a bit patient with this one.
7. CPU optimization
Last, but not least, I did get some reports of the game slowing down in v0.5.0 and I found several things that weren't optimal, that I fixed. Hopefully, that'll already reduce the problems some people reported a lot, but if not, I'll keep looking into it during the Alpha phase.
So... there it is. What do you think? Are you looking forward to the next patch? Much of the programming is done, but there's still a ton of dialog writing to go. That is the expected time schedule though, so I'm totally on track for the Alpha release in about two weeks. As always, if you want more progress reports, join the Discord for a lot more smaller news bites.
Again, thank you so much for supporting me and my work. I promise to keep giving it my best shot.
See you in two weeks,
Rel
Comments
Hmm. I will try. Thank you :D
Michel
2022-09-03 10:59:00 +0000 UTCAre you on the latest build? The new content is indeed behind the „succeed“ option. It will only lead to the content if you don‘t have allies or not enough fitness. It will lead to not only the new new challenges but French transformations every second night. What you’re describing is the incomplete branch on failure.
Rel
2022-09-03 10:00:59 +0000 UTCHey. I might be stupid, but I can't for the life of me acces the new content. I tried both failing the clean up thing, saying no to helping with clean up and succeeding the clean up. The only one that seems to progress is the succeed one. But it only leads to some extra clean up challenges. And i have to ware glasses at some point, which makes it difficult. Again, It might be me being stupid, but i just don't know what to do 😅
Michel
2022-09-03 09:53:10 +0000 UTCMost of it is in her date events already that you get by becoming her ally. But I will of course try to make those points more clear over time.
Rel
2022-08-14 07:09:53 +0000 UTCOkay, thank you for letting me know! Looking forward to see what you have planned!! <3
Ariados
2022-08-13 14:59:52 +0000 UTCYea i get what you mean. It does make sense when you explain it like this to me. Hope to see more of her "lore" in the game as it progresses, to get more context if you will
Felixfalck
2022-08-12 12:58:11 +0000 UTCi don't think those two are the same thing really. you can want to break free from an oppressive relationship and still enjoy one that is based on consent. her submission is based on choosing to do it herself only.
Rel
2022-08-12 10:16:36 +0000 UTCFair! Didn't know she was supposed to be that submissive. Given how she wanted to break away from her family's grasp i was under the impression that she wanted to do something for herself and not submit to what her family wanted for her
Felixfalck
2022-08-12 08:13:23 +0000 UTCThe rich family is not what she‘s really about though. She may come from that background but when you get to her dates you‘ll see that that‘s not her defining factor but that she likes the idea of being submissive, so that‘s why her job should be something dominant. In the end this is all about highlighting that tf and humiliation kinks are more effective if the people doing it to you know what you really want deep inside so this is about doing the opposite of what she‘d like deep down.
Rel
2022-08-12 05:18:55 +0000 UTCHonestly just a prostitute to be honest. Her nature is that she's from a rich family and is probably used to being at the top in her circles, right? If you want to go completelu opposite she'd be the bottom feeder whore of some pimp or madam. She'd also be cheap instead of rich and have no class whatsoever. Should be reflected in her looks and dialogue.
Felixfalck
2022-08-11 22:45:57 +0000 UTCThe other contestants will always get the same choices. The idea is that you are the only thing that‘s changing from playthrough to playthrough because you have been sent back in time again. But also it would be a lot of work to add more categories. I like that like this they can be a bit themed. I agree with the final Himari show being a bit off-theme but the theme is not so much „homeless“ and more „what goes completely against their nature“. Just out of curiosity, what would you think would fit better?
Rel
2022-08-11 18:15:01 +0000 UTCHi! Just became your patron a few days ago and boy have I played the ever living hell out of this game. I've tried to get any and all endings and transformations. Still a little way to go, though! I do have some questions though. After going through quite a lot of endings I've noticed that the wheel of fortune at the end of the week only ever gives the other contestants the same things every time, probably by design. Have you got any plans in the future to add to their options here as well? I'm quite fond of Himari's journey, but at the penultimate round when a profession is decided I can't help but feel a little disappointed. All through the game she was set up to become this corrupt streetwalking whore, yet she gained a "promotion" of sorts by becoming a "madam". I'm not really convinced by this, given she'll be living in an actual tent for the remainder of her life. Surely a madam would at least live in the comfort of a brothel or something. That's just me though. I'm sure you've brainstormed every option quite a lot before committing to it, just wanted to get it out there. Again, really love the game and can't wait for the next iteration! Any chanceI could get you to spill the tea regarding the potential categories that are yet to be implemented at the end of the weeks?:P
Felixfalck
2022-08-11 12:18:32 +0000 UTCI'm also sad because you can become pretty much every kind of bimbo in this game except a futanari bimbo, in which you have a fully functioning penis and vagina, and from what I've heard, it's very likely that will always be the case. But c'est la vie I suppose.
Andrew Kutis
2022-08-11 03:21:23 +0000 UTCI didn't go into detail about him, but you cannot inject him, no.
Rel
2022-08-10 14:26:45 +0000 UTCI haven’t experimented much since they expanded the latex content but before it was basically submit until you lose your penis or get kicked out of the house. I don’t mind or complain bc the game is a work in progress and Rel is always adding and modifying stuff so….. lost my train of thought lol but you get the gist.
Scott
2022-08-05 22:19:25 +0000 UTCLove the planned future content and glad your recovering from your infection! Just wondering as I think I've missed it, what's the plans with Marco? Has that been revealed yet or is it going to be a surprise? Are you going to be able to inject him or something else (again if you plan a surprise don't feel the need to say :) ). Also love your work and how you interact with your community on the regular <3
Ariados
2022-08-05 09:53:55 +0000 UTCSorry but you are doing something wrong. I had many playthrougs, some with chastity some without. I never lost my Penis.
2022-08-05 07:51:31 +0000 UTC@Scott, exactly. I don't know what the point of chastity is if it all ends the same way, into a vagina.
Ronin
2022-08-03 20:44:10 +0000 UTCI think his main complaint/question is if you get locked in chastity, the more submissive you become the more your penis shrinks (naturally) until it’s completely gone, but it’s basically impossible to keep your penis. It would be nice (and keep with the character) if she turned you into a sissy and not submit your way into a vagina.
Scott
2022-08-03 20:42:52 +0000 UTCi see.. well that's the point of the game right now. it wouldn't make sense from a story perspective to have the show producers allow anything else to be honest. but, as mentioned before, the true ending is different in that regard.
Rel
2022-08-03 06:36:55 +0000 UTCThey are different but they are different flavors of the same thing to me, every game you basically can start female or male, get transformed into a female somehow or more feminized, then become some variation of a female slut/bimbo. It's like the early game you have a lot of customization but it all funnels down into the same thing, pick an original sex--get transformed into a female or further feminized (regardless of your choice of sex)--inflict some changes on the other contestants while having yourself get inflicted with changes--commit to one route--get transformed into some variation of a bimbo and/or slut.
Ronin
2022-08-03 06:25:46 +0000 UTCIt‘s difficult for me to grasp because the endings seem vastly different to me.
Rel
2022-08-03 06:22:26 +0000 UTCYeah I get that, it just kind of disappoints me how it all funnels down to one kind of ending regardless of which gender or route you choose. Still a great game, I suppose it's just something I'll have to deal with.
Ronin
2022-08-03 06:12:09 +0000 UTCi mean.. there are ton of different tf routes, but the show is about making bimbos. the true ending will give you more control and i think it'll also do what you want. it'll still take a bit to be completed though.
Rel
2022-08-03 05:55:37 +0000 UTCYes and I get that but if you don't want to be anything besides a bimbo you HAVE to cheat to get the money to buy enough syringes. I'm not saying that I don't understand this is a TF game, but try keeping your penis for more than 10 minutes in the game if you want to go down a sub route, it's impossible. Will there be any routes where they don't transform you into essentially just another bimbo? Maybe have anything to do with a feminization yet not complete gender change TF route?
Ronin
2022-08-03 05:47:52 +0000 UTCNo, there will be no filters. You can work against it with the vials and syringes in the vending machine already. Also, if you don’t transform the other contestants, you can choose what tfs you‘re getting a lot of the time.
Rel
2022-08-02 05:43:02 +0000 UTCDo you ever plan on adding something like a lock on changing genitals? It's nearly impossible to experience the sissy content with the mistress because the game is forcibly trying to make you a big-titted bimbo and nothing else. It's really frustrating because I can see there is content beyond being a bimbo, but there's absolutely nothing you can do to see that without cheating.
Ronin
2022-08-01 23:19:15 +0000 UTCall sounds pretty great
Vysirez
2022-08-01 11:53:13 +0000 UTClegwear is huge lets goooooo
Dusk
2022-08-01 10:45:51 +0000 UTC
