Chapter 9 principal production has wrapped!

Chapter 9 deals with lust, guilt, regret, revenge, and discovery. We get closer to solving Alex’s abduction; we learn more about Suzie, and the events leading up to the start of Alex’s transformation; and Alex, um, gets busy.

1,178 new renders!

31 new animations!

This release features the following:

• Added ability to turn off UI clicks
• Added visibility controls for quick menu. In addition to opacity controls settable in the preferences screen, the way that the quick menu is shown/hidden has been completely rewritten. On first run, it will always be shown. Subsequently, it should remember between loads/saves what the previous state was.
• Features additional new music
• Continued improvement of underlying code
• Continued image updates and UI refinement

The new UI refinements should be easy to spot, but include a relayout of the dialogue box to accomodate all sizes of screens and window sizes, some new flair for menu choices, and a host of other behind-the-scenes improvements for folks with older hardware.

It’s still going to be a couple of days of fine-tooth-combing the code. I’m currently working on updating the gallery to include the new images (I forgot!) as well as double-checking the Android version to be sure I haven’t broken anything in the meantime.

Chapter 9 Release Schedule

With that in mind, here is the release schedule for Chapter 9 to my Patreon and SubscribeStar supporters:

Beta testing: (currently on-going)

Top tier: 23 Aug 2024

Middle tier: 30 Aug 2024

Base tier: 6 Sep 2024

The itch.io (public) release for Chapter 9 is set for Friday the 13th (!), 2024

Personal news

Aside from a few aches and pains, I’m back to a normal development schedule. I can sit upright for hours at a time, but still need to take breaks a couple of times a day to lie down. I can’t say it often enough—thanks to everyone for your kind words of support and encouragement. After the public release next month, I’m finally going to take a few weeks off before digging into the Chapter 10 finale.

Back to business

September’s 4K renders will be of Sam and Becca and will be available to top-tier subscribers on Patreon and SubscribeStar on Sept 1st. Stay tuned!

I’m excited to greet all the new supporters who have joined me in the last two weeks! Your support is my backbone and propels me forward. If you haven’t already, please join me on our Discord and participate! There, you can find everything from lewd images, discussions about LGBTQ+ rights, reports on our daily progress, to programming tips for budding Ren’Py developers.

There will be a break in the posting of low-res renders for a few status report sessions while the Chapter 9 release is being handled. I don’t have help this time around, so I’m having to do everything myself. All of the new renders for the last two weeks have been animations, and I couldn’t post anything anyway since they’re NSFW and plot spoilers…