Course of Temptation Dev Diary #35 (Patreon)

Does everybody know what time it is? That's right, dev diary time!

We're on the verge of the public release of the April update. I thought perhaps this update ended up a touch light so I spent some days this week adding a few more things to it that didn't make it in before the end of the month early access deadline.

First of all... gardening! While it hasn't been a big winner in polls, the people who want to see some content for this particular secondary skill really want to see it. So it's now got a little bit of proper content.

The greenhouse that's long been planned to exist near Hallowell is now present, and if you go inside, you can claim a little community garden plot to grow some plants yourself.

This is basically just a relaxation boosting activity, but you will actually grow the plants over time, and at the end you can sell them for a small profit. Your yield depends on your gardening skill and how often you tend to them.

This is just a start, but I've built a framework that should be easy to add onto. In the long term, I'd like to have more content around this activity and integration with an expanded cooking system. As well as other types of plants, of course... I'm sure you can imagine some possibilities!

I also spent a good bit of time one day giving encounters some more polish. The indecisive position-swapping that NPCs tended to do should be far less prevalent now, and I also cleaned up some logic for multi-person encounters that made them flow less smoothly than couples encounters. Some too-restrictive position logic has also been addressed.

Issues with encounters tend to be highly dependent on specific circumstances, which can make them difficult to debug. If you see an issue, the best thing you can do is export your save and drop it into the Discord, or DM me here with a download link for it, along with a description of what's going wrong. Your help would be greatly appreciated!

I also implemented sheer clothing! Again, it's just a start, but there are already some fun options for it with fishnet tops and sheer blouses. The way it works is that sheer clothing doesn't count as being undressed in most contexts, so you can leave your residence hall in it, attend class, and so on. But you do need enough of an Exhibitionism level — for example, breast-havers need Exhibitionism 4 to wear a sheer top out, the same as they would need for flashing.

NPCs don't necessarily automatically notice this semi-exposed state, but any event where they check you out or you draw attention to your body will generate an exhibitionism memory just as if you'd flashed them. So be ready to gain a reputation pretty quickly if you decide to be this daring!

Myself and the contributors will keep expanding on sheer clothing options, and your clothing suggestions are more than welcome!

But with the April update release near, it's time to shift back to 0.5 and the relationships update! I need to write events for ongoing relationships of various types (because it would certainly be sad if the establishment of a relationship was the end of its content), and that'll probably occupy next week. I also need to revise and expand some character storylines, consider D/s mechanics, and some other tasks that go along with this update! I'm optimistic about being able to deliver this (or at least get it into a testing phase) relatively soon.

That's all for this week! The April update's public release is on Sunday, so you'll see a post from me then. Other than that, I'll be back next Friday with another progress report. Thanks for reading, and as always thanks for your support, it's really appreciated!