Sooo! Another month, another devlog. I did promise I would do one on the first of every month, and I want to keep to it. Fair warning, however, I have had very little free time this month due to work commitments, and there isn't that much to announce just yet.

Obviously, in the earliest phase of a new chapter, there are perhaps fewer exciting things to talk about anyway. Last month, I talked in broad terms about the different branches of the story that we'll go along, and what I want to do with Chapter 4. Some of it will be familiar characters making a return, some of it discovering new places, people and creatures. I have also decided, in the interest of keeping my workload manageable, to just give players a choice between the 3 girls form the academy to accompany them to the new continent. The boys will make an appearance elsewhere, but it would have been too much work to plan alternate routes for 6 characters when basically all the feedback I've had was about the gals. So that's one thing decided, thanks to those who reached out! The plan is that you'll get to choose 2 out of the 3, so that most of the work is actually seen by most players, haha!

On another topic. one of the joys I have with this game it to slowly integrate all the possible archetypical monsters that I grew up reading about or playing against. We've done skeletons, goblins and ghosts, rat-men, vampires, werewolves, elementals, lizard people, etc... So I want to keep adding more 'classic' monsters. The jungle setting of the Orc lands is a great opportunity for some cool things I want to do, but if you think that something in particular would make for an awesome spanking scene, please let me know! In the end, it is all about spanked butts, and I make no secret of that ^^

So for a bit of spoilers, I think Nagas are cool as heck, so I definitely want to do that (maybe with two pairs of arms?), anthro-leopards are definitely a must, maybe snakes for some bondage action? Variety is good...

Speaking of variety, I've talked before about wanting to integrate more diverse fetishes into the game, and I really hope to have the time and opportunity to do it with this Chapter. Spanking-adjacent things like wedgies and mouth-soaping should definitely already be in there! One person suggested that wedgies could be an options in the spankings like pulling the panties down, and that is a very easy thing to add with the way the pictures are done now (essentially swapping a layer with a panties down pic for one with them wedgied up, I could even add it to past spankings with minimal effort). There have been a few whippings here and there too, but I know you feet lovers and furries out there are an underserved audience in this little project, so keep your eyes peeled, there will be a few more options coming your way. 

In terms of new game mechanics, if you can call it that, I have now finished coding the class system for the Main Character, and it should be fun to be able to swap around to being a rogue with daggers, to a mage casting spells, or just keep on with the ever reliable fighter. It doesn't really change much in terms of the story and all, but diversity and choice is always cool, I think, and the more you can roleplay your character, the better.

On the writing front, a lot of the Chapter is still in various notebooks (I am pretty old-school), but the game overall is now sitting at 85,160 words — which, given that it's all dialogue, really, is not too shabby. About a thousand words of this is actually Chapter 4, so there is a while to go, but the writing is not what takes the longest! I'm hoping to add about 3000 words this month — I'll keep you updated on that! Once more of it is written, I'll have a good idea of how many spanking scenes I want to do, and that'll give us a nice schedule to follow for future updates. The plan is to have between 50 and 60 new spankings, more or less like previous chapters.

I am also very excited to get to work on 2 new characters from supporters (you could be the third, hehehe). Theses collabs have brought some of the most memorable characters to the game so far, and it wouldn't be half as good without the ideas that people have given me over the years, so thank you!

Overall then, not much has happened in a month, but it has been a busy one IRL, and sometimes, it is what it is! Howeverm,I hope that letting you know that is also good, rather than giving you radio silence until I have big things so say.

As always, art tax: