Developer diary 14.

Hi everyone.

Sorry for not posting anything for so long. That’s on me.

So, we’re moving toward the next update. It will be relatively large, probably a little under 1,000 renders and two sex scenes. The Succubus Book will become available, though at the time the update is released, only the first and simplest task will be available. Tasks will be added alongside the main story.

In other words, we won’t add all the tasks to the book first and only then move the story forward. We’ll keep progressing the story while adding 1–2 tasks per update, and we’ll continue deciding which tasks get added through voting.

Obviously, the first of the added options will be related to Elizabeth, since she clearly won the previous vote. But this will only be the first step in developing the relationship with her. There will be several steps in total; the story should develop smoothly and as naturally as possible, with all the caveats about the unnatural nature of what’s happening in the plot :)

I also added something from the comments in the vote that didn’t end up winning by likes, but seemed like a good idea to me. So don’t hesitate to suggest your own options — the winner won’t necessarily be only the person with the most-liked idea, but also someone who gives a genuinely good idea that I hadn’t thought of before.

In the next vote, we’ll decide who will be the second character in the relationship development options.

When will the update be released?

Tentatively by August 30th.

Yes, I know that’s a long time, but that’s how it turned out... Some episodes turned out to be really difficult for me. For example, the scene in the hardware store:

I reworked the lighting twice (and I’m still not really happy with it), and each time I lost a full workday on it. I simply picked a bad asset for the scene from the start, and replacing it after around 50–100 renders have already been done would take even longer than redoing the lighting. And honestly, there are quite a few issues like that.

I’ll try to speed things up, but I can’t promise anything 🥲

I also found someone who will be handling marketing and social media for the game.

She’s new to game dev and still has a lot to figure out, so for now we’ll be keeping an eye on the results of her work.

But I expect that pretty soon we’ll have accounts on Twitter, Instagram, BlueSky, and all that.

We’re also preparing a couple of Steam bundles with the game How to lose one's virginity.

Once we release them, there will be separate announcements.

For now, I’ll say goodbye — I hope to share an update in a week on how things are going!