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The New Dev Build is Here!
🕑 Added 2024-09-11 00:43:55 +0000 UTCIt's been a little more than a week since I said it would be out "this week," but hopefully you'll forgive me now that I have finally finished the long-awaited second dev build for the Morning After Update.
For those who are unfamiliar, a "dev build" is what I call a work-in-progress build that I share with Senior and Graduate patrons as a preview of the final release. This one in particular has taken a long, long time due a variety of factors I've covered at length in prior game status update posts.
This is a massive milestone since what's in this build was an incredibly complicated section to have written and coded. Now I can move on to finishing the remaining planned content, which will be much more linear and thus much easier and quicker to create. That means the final release will go into early access in the near future!
If you are a Graduate or Senior patron, or would like to become one, visit this post for the download links and for extensive info about the build.
Every single ending point in the current public release now continues, so you'll get to see some immediate results of your choices.
Rundown of the New Story Content
The first dev build introduced the continuation of ending your day at the frat house or Matt's apartment, as well as added a new way to stay at both locations. Those scenes now continue with you going back to your dorm room.
The following content has been added as of this new build:
Waking up at Griffin's apartment
Hooked up with Griffin
Watched a movie
Just went to sleep
Waking up in your room
Every other ending point continues here, key among them:
Hooked up with Marco
Jerked off with Marco
Allowed Marco to jerk off while you went to bed, waited for him outside, or made him go to the bathroom
Hooked up with Julian but did not accept Owen's help
Hooked up with Alex
Hooked up with Mafia & NC17
Watched Alex, Mafia, & NC17 hooking up
Ended your night by comforting/kissing/making out with Isaiah
Walked home by Asher
Got blackout drunk at the club
Had certain key experiences with other main characters like Riley and Dominic
Whether you wake up in your dorm room or return from another location, the story can continue in several fashions:
Outside of a few instances, you can talk to Marco about what occurred above
Alternatively, you can ponder those events on your own
If you had any other significant experiences with someone, you'll consider how you feel about them
If you hit a certain milestone with Dominic, a special scene unlocks after the ones above
To see the plans for the rest of the Morning After Update's content, check out Game Status Update #63.
Rundown of New & Revised Art
A total of 96 new and revised CGs have been implemented as of this build:
22 new CGs were added in the first Dev build featuring Evan, Julian, Matt, & Owen, plus Kash, Hugh, Parker, & Uriel
27 new CGs have been added in this build featuring Asher, Dominic, Griffin, & Marco, plus Andy & Connor's brother, Fane (as seen above)
44 existing CGs have been revised to add the newest models for Asher, Dominic, Isaiah, Leo, Mafia, NC17, & Tomas, plus Dominic's friend Ian (one Dominic CG is a placeholder)
3 upcoming CGs are included but cannot be unlocked featuring Riley, Tomas, & Will. You can see those CGs in this sneak peek post if you are of a patron level to view it, but there's currently no way to unlock them in each guy's respective gallery.
Various other art updates have been made that includes:
Backgrounds with colors changed to match CG backgrounds
New sprites for a variety of characters, though not all sprites for those characters have been updated yet
One small "Easter egg" in the content you've already played. Who will spot it first?
I've been working nonstop, long-hour days to try and get this build playable, so first thing I'm gonna do now is sleep.
But I will be monitoring comments as often as I can to make sure I address any big bugs people find, and I will also start working in earnest on what remains before the full release is done. The next game status update on the 16th will give a progress report.
Thank you so, so much for your continued support and unceasing patience!
This part of the game is heavily reactive to your choices, which has required an incredible amount of work for a solo, semi-amateur developer. I think ultimately it's been worth the time and effort to make the story feel like yours—and the plan now is to continue to do that, but with a little less time between releases 😉
Comments
Danny Nym
It's funny you should mention that because I actually just figured out how to fix that bald area when I made some adjustments to Connor's model when making his new sprites. That bald spot has been a problem since I started using that hair, and I usually fill the hair in when editing an image to hide it. Not sure how I missed it in that CG, but I can re-render it with the corrected hair.
DC Burns
Hi Danny, I noticed something was up in a CG where Connor’s hair seemed to have a bald patch on the side of his head while making out on the bed with Marco.
Danny Nym
No, Trevor's Grind'm scenario will have its own update after this one is released.
Rodney Rieser
Is the Grind'em second guy, Trevor I think, available with this update? I don't seem to see it after downloading it
Danny Nym
No, I won't know a release dates until the update is about finished. Once I do have a release date for the first early access version, I'll be able to definitively say the dates for everyone. Juniors, Seniors, & Graduates will get it first, Sophomores will a week later, and everyone else three weeks after that.
J E
Is there a date set for full release, with dates for each patereon level?
Danny Nym
Haha, I thought I'd try to make those missing scenes a little bit fun to make up for them not being there 🙂 And thank you for pointing out the typo!
DC Burns
I noticed a typo. It’s on day 2 in Matt’s apartment when Connor is like “Man, with all that’s happened since last night, I almost forgot what Leo was like when we first me.” Also, I thought it was HILARIOUS when Connor got Thanos-snapped. AND my boyfriend and I eagerly await more Matt content. Asher and Griffin too :)
Danny Nym
Did Asher walk you home? If he didn't, that shouldn't happen, so it's a bug I'll need to fix.
Michael Byrd
Ok cuz I only spent time with Alex but he still shows in my dreams.
Danny Nym
He can walk in on you watching Alex, Mafia, and NC17 or on you yourself having a threesome with Mafia and NC17, so he gets commented on in relation to that. Other than that, he should only come up if you spent time with him, though I can't recall offhand if he still gets mentioned when talking about other guys. Except maybe when talking about the band playing.
Michael Byrd
So I noticed that Asher seems to come up a lot even if you do the club with anyone else.
Danny Nym
If it's any consolation, the full release may be out by the time you're back, so you could experience the whole thing at once 🙂
gtcbelisarius
I could cry. I'm not home for 5 weeks and therefore without access to my PC. But I wanna play it now 🥵
Danny Nym
Yeah, I really appreciated all the feedback I got, which was a tremendous help when it came to revising the model to its final version. I'm pretty happy with how he turned out.
Danny Nym
You're not at a patron level to have access to the post with the download links, so I'm not sure what version of the game you're playing. Is the main menu screen pink/orange with Connor lying on his stomach, and is there a line on the top right of that screen that says "dev-v.0.2.1.2 - The Morning After Update"? If you are indeed playing this new dev build, there aren't any new Matt CGs in it, but there are 8 CGs which were already added in the last dev build. I don't have any more than that planned, but if I have time I have a couple spots where I would like to add a few more for him and some other characters. If you aren't playing the new dev build and haven't played the prior one, those 8 CGs will be in the next release that everyone can play.
Daniel Aguilera
Is the any new Matt cgs? I can’t see any new ones for him
Jake
Yeah, I really like him. I agreed with others that the first version of his new model looked too old and more a fuck-boy (he had something arrogant in his face), but you genuinely did miracles with him in the end. Another huge plus is that his model and emoti-sprites truly match now. The first ones looked slightly different from each other, I can't tell how or why. Just a little bit, but noticeable for me.
Danny Nym
Glad you like the CG 🙂 I have galleries planned out already for the next few months, but I will definitely revisit the beach at some point. And thank you, I'm happy to hear you like the new version of Connor!
Jake
Great news! Can't wait. I also LOVE the picture! Please, make a "gallery" post with more pics from this beach for us normal mortals who are only juniors. :) Also, yesterday, I started to play the game again from the very beginning after quite a long time and the new emoti-sprites of Connor are beautiful. You did a really good job with the final version of his new model.
BJ
So exciting, as always job well done!
Kaiden Cearley
I'm so proud of you, Danny! You've come so far! Go get that well deserved sleep!🥳🥳
Sprinklers
Congratulations on another milestone! 🎊 Can't wait to play it!
