Progress Report #48 - Background story insight & poll results
Hey lads!
So I'm done with overall programming of background story & trait system (achievements are still left to be done) and their corresponding UI, so, aside from some simple tweaks, I still need to add & script most of the background stories, traits and achievements.
There are 4-5 stories planned in total for v0.22 (Default, Slut, Sportswoman, Aristocrat and maybe one more). Backstory determines starting items, clothes, reputations, stats and provide some bonus dialogues and unique effects (Slut backstory prevents LW stat from ever falling below 50 and provides easier access into Kinky Nymph or for a hooker license etc.).
Currently we have a rough draft for around 40 traits (including positive and negative), but I won't have an actual number until I'm done with v0.22. Traits are really simple bonuses and penalties, like increase X or lower Y. I don't want to make anything overcomplicated with them for now, since there's a lot of work and I need to finish it still this month, but more sophisticated traits might appear in the future, we will see. You can choose up to 3 positive traits, but for every chosen positive trait you also have to choose a negative trait. Fully optional feature.
Similar to traits, we have a rough draft of 30 achievements. Most of them are simple bonuses because of the exactly same reasons as with the traits. You will unlock them as you play.
Choosing backstories & traits will require new game start, but you can keep playing on existing saves - you will get default story, achievements will work, while traits are fully optional and not required. As new updates will come out, the new backstories, traits and achievements will also appear.
Ok, now to the poll results. We had 2 polls.
Regarding poll about stat grinding, most votes went for lewdness & charm. I already did some tweaks in v0.21, so it should be much easier than in v0.20, but I'll give it a bit more love in v0.22.
Regarding poll about body sizes, thing is a bit more difficult, since votes were pretty even and I know this is a major feature of the game. So for now I'll leave it as experimental feature, so you can use it at your own risk, and I won't invest any time into it for now. I'll just increase amount of body size options from 7 to 100, but minimal and maximal body sizes will stay the same.
That's it for now.
Comments (8)
Bug report! She decided to share a room with Ben, but Rick moved in. And I have a question. If she refuses Rick when choosing a roommate, does Rick reappear later? For example, wouldn't he be able to move into Jane's neighborhood? Or Rick becomes friends with Ben and he often sleeps in Ben's room. (I think this would be a good idea for cheating content. When Ben falls asleep, Rick leaves Ben's room and breaks into Jane's room.)
Damn, you mean with a pay day, right? I have no idea how I overlooked this one, thanks! Currently, all tenant events trigger only, if you have them in your flat. In the future I want to put them somewhere else in the city, too, but it's a really far future.
And I ask you a few times, but please let her get off work early. I understand her low wage. But it's too much for her to leave work after 11 p.m. every day. As it is, she can't do anything else in the afternoon. And one more thing, she gets unclean so easily. It's not like she rolls around on a dirty floor at work or customers throw food and drinks at her, is it? Please make it hard for her to be unclean. Let her go into the bathroom and wash during her shift.
I'm reworking Kevin's Diner in v0.22, so it will work a bit differently. If you don't like how easily she gets dirty, you have traits and achievements coming to fix that.
Are there penalties for choosing traits? For example, if I choose a Positive trait A, I will have a Negative trait B in return. -If I choose the positive trait "huge tits", and I get the negative trait, "looks stupid". -If I choose the positive trait "nice girl", and I get the negative trait "pushover". -If I choose the positive trait "hair trigger", and I get the negative trait, "weak will". -If I choose the positive trait "super beauty", and I get the negative trait, "evil guy's prey". -If I choose the positive trait "romantic soul", and I get the negative trait, "affair and guilt". -If I choose the positive trait "slim figure", and I get the negative trait, "Weak resistance to attackers". I suggest to you that her body shape, breast size, beauty or ugly, and other appearance features should also be included as part of the trait system.
I explaining it in the Progress Report. You have 2 groups of traits, positive and negative. If you choose positive trait, you also have to choose negative. If you choose trait Lewd which makes lewdness farming easier, then you also have to choose negative trait, but it doesn't matter which one, so you choose bonuses and penalties on your own. Body customization options won't be connected with the trait system.
I am also a fan of the classic fallout series. Especially, I love Fallout 2. When I played as a female protagonist, "Sex Appeal" and "Kamasutra" were traits that I chose unconditionally. and then, Yeah! my PC would always become fuckable porn star of New Reno!!! In that sense, Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 were the worst for me. so.. Can you tell me the names of the "Traits" you are preparing?
I went for New Reno whore playthrough in FO2 only once :P I have no names for traits yet. I always script/code stuff first, then come up with naming as the last thing or through the development course.