Hi, I hope you're all having a good weekend :)
I expect the release to be out later today. Time's got a bit away from me this month. I usually put in a normal working week for most of a month then work longer hours for the last week or half-week to get everything polished off - I'm not one of those workaholics who can dedicate themselves t...
2018-06-30 14:17:47 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
I'm working on the cunnilingus scene - it's going fairly well. My time at the computer is still limited but the extra thinking time partially compensates.
A quick question for you - what traits do you think would be appropriate for a more dominant lead-in to the cunnilingus scene? I'd rather not add a full "dominant" trait fo...
2018-06-10 18:54:54 +0000 UTC
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Hi all, as you probably know, I've been suffering from a trapped nerve - the best information I have on its cause is that it's from a bulging spinal disk, probably due to bad posture while using a computer.
This seems to be on the mend now, but I'm still not 100%. I've had a bit more pain over the last few days than I did last week - proba...
2018-05-28 01:52:14 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
Here's a copy of 0.4.19 that you can have an early look at. I'll put it out tomorrow or monday, after you (and scene writer Eulexia) have had a look at it. Let me know if you find any bugs!
This version has bugfixes and Eulexia's excellent shyness-cure scene. Cunnilingus is not ready yet.
In terms of my injur...
2018-05-26 16:00:57 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
I seem to be mending from my injury, perhaps thanks to a physiotherapist I've been seeing. The pain's abated to where I can get a proper night's sleep again. My desk-time is still quite limited (I had to take a break halfway through writing this post!), but it looks like I'm on the right road.
I *might* be able to ...
2018-05-11 21:17:34 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
I'm still suffering from my injury, but it seems to be getting a bit better. My new physiotherapist thinks it was caused by bad posture, so if you tend to slump forward at the computer, be warned - change your ways and don't end up like me!
I'm starting to return to light work, putting together the cunni...
2018-05-08 02:10:09 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
Some of you may remember that I suffered from a painful back/shoulder ailment late last year. While I never received a definite confirmation of its cause, a physiotherapist did suggest that it might be some kind of work-related RSI injury.
After a couple of long days finishing off the last release, I've ...
2018-04-06 15:12:46 +0000 UTC
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Hi all!
Here's Newlife 0.4.18. The changelog is on the blog:
https://splendidostrich.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/newlife-0418.html
This is one of those "little changes all over the place" updates, with more virginity stuff and the baby-...
2018-04-01 02:42:51 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
I'm finishing off the next version now - it should be out tomorrow.
After that, I've been feeling a bit burnt out on the wedding stuff so I'm going to take a break from all the marriage/relationships content.
I think the obvious choice is to write a new sex or makeout scene instead.
However, I don't think there's ...
2018-03-31 01:17:19 +0000 UTC
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Hi all!
Just a quick update - the stuff I was working on was stressing me out a bit so I've put it aside to polish off the baby-crazy content. I got a lot of useful comments on the last post, and I'll reply to them properly once I'm back onto virginity/family and have a clearer idea in my head about how that'll all fit together.
2018-03-16 16:33:15 +0000 UTC
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Hi all!
So, 0.4.18.
There's a few things planned for this release. Three in fact: telling men you'll stay a virgin until marriage, meeting the groom's family and the baby-crazy trait.
I've started with the first. As part of that, I'm adding a way to give NPCs limitations on what they can do. For now this will be limi...
2018-03-06 23:13:41 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
There were a few bugs in 0.4.17 - not as bad as the wedding release, but enough to put a patched version out.
That's attached to this post. Enjoy!
2018-03-01 18:18:14 +0000 UTC
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Hi all! I've attached Newlife 0.4.17. This has been a bit of a tricky one for me - I'm not sure why but I just had a really hard time wrapping my head around everything that needed to be done for the virginity changes.
Because of this I've left some of them for next release. You do get the virginity-knowledge update and the naked and publi...
2018-02-28 23:20:28 +0000 UTC
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Hi all!
So, for this update I'm mostly focusing on virginity. The wedding-related aspect is letting the PC tell her partner that she wants to stay a virgin until marriage. For that to work though the NPCs need to stop automatically knowing her virgin status.
So, I'm overhauling how that works with each NPC's knowledge trac...
2018-02-13 14:17:09 +0000 UTC
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Hi all!
This is a quick poll poll (ending 04/02) to see which of the upcoming wedding changes matter most to people.
It isn't a particularly binding one - just my way of figuring out where people want my efforts to be focused.
Most of the things here are planned in the fairly short-term, but this poll will give me an idea what ...
2018-01-31 14:27:38 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
The changes I made for the 0.4.16b release introduced a bug that makes the noisy-baby event fail when the PC is single. I've fixed that for this version.
I've also been investigating an issue some people have had with the relationship browser. At this point I'm fairly confident it isn't a 'pure' Newlife issue but is at least ...
2018-01-31 14:07:46 +0000 UTC
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Hi all!
There were some bugs in yesterday's release including a fairly severe one that blocked access to one of the new scenes.
I've attached a new version that should have all of them fixed.
Changelog:
Minor changes:
- The biggest dick question from your bf's jerk friend can now be asked of any PC, n...
2018-01-29 22:12:33 +0000 UTC
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Hi all!
Newlife 0.4.16 is ready for release and I've attached it to this post. This one lets you actually get married. The changelog is on the blog:
http://splendidostrich.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/newlife-0416-do-you-h...
2018-01-28 19:59:45 +0000 UTC
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Hi all!
I've been having a tough few days for non-newlife reasons, so progress has been a bit slow. However, by the cunning ploy of staying up late enough that I'll only be getting about four hours sleep, I've put together a dev version for you to try out.
Well, don't mind my complaining. Just been one of those weeks.
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2018-01-22 01:30:44 +0000 UTC
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Hi all, I hope you're having a good start to the year.
Writing for the wedding scene's been slow going over the past week, but I'm getting there bit by bit. The current system with the promises is that the wedding 'vows' scene where you make promises to each other now ends with a decision to make them public or not.
If the...
2018-01-12 12:10:47 +0000 UTC
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Happy new year!
I've actually got quite a bit of work done over the "holidays". Sad, I know.
I had an idea for a new random event that I thought would be fun so I've written and added it I wanted to get it done while it was still fresh in my mind. Short of testing it should now be entirely complete. This is o...
2018-01-01 16:50:47 +0000 UTC
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Happy Christmas everyone! Whether this is a special holiday for you or just another Monday I hope you're having a fantastic day :)
2017-12-25 18:21:24 +0000 UTC
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Hi all, I hope you're having a happy xmas or, if it isn't a holiday where you are, an enjoyable Monday.
For the next release I'm starting on the wedding scene. Weddings are a huge event full of iconic moments, so it will certainly need to be expanded on over several releases. Of course I need to draw the line somewhere: it'd probably be po...
2017-12-25 12:09:26 +0000 UTC
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Hi all, here's Newlife version 0.4.15. The changelog is on the blog:
https://splendidostrich.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/newlife-0415.html
This one adds more harassment from the jerk friend, but also lets you get a terrible revenge upo...
2017-12-21 19:58:53 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
The update's progressing well. The transformation scene's essentially finished. The main task remaining is the post-transformation one - I've done a bit of writing but there's plenty left.
Aside from that it'll just be a few of the short seduction attempts and some edge cases like what to do if the PC dumps her bf after decid...
2017-12-12 16:13:40 +0000 UTC
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Hi all!
For the next release I'm working on an event chain where your partner's friend makes further attempts to seduce you.
The actual seduction attempts are a series of very short scenes similar to the repeatable sex scene: the jerk shows up with some reason why you should sleep with him and the PC accepts or rejects him.
The...
2017-12-07 05:13:39 +0000 UTC
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Hi all, here's the proper version of 0.4.14. Changelog:
https://splendidostrich.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/newlife-0414.html
For the next release I'll be looking into some ideas I had for a fun spin-off with the new NPC where you wrea...
2017-12-03 01:56:48 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
This is a first pass at 0.4.14. It has all the new content but is barely tested. I'll pick up bug reports tomorrow and spend the day doing fixes along with my own testing and probably a few small tweaks/additions. Then I'll do the official release that evening.
If you want a fully-tested version then you're best waiting to to...
2017-12-02 04:37:55 +0000 UTC
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Hi all, I was aiming to get the next version out tonight, but I feel like there's too much left to do and I've got to a point where I'm too tired to write decent content or reliably track down bugs.
I was perhaps too optimistic to attempt to squeeze in four scenes in one release, even though none of them is individually massive. I've also ...
2017-12-01 03:46:25 +0000 UTC
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Hi all!
I'm working on the "boyfriend's jerk friend" section of the PMW releases.
There's a lot of potential content, but I've narrowed it down to 4 core scenes and I've been making progress filling them in. There's still a lot to be done, and I'll be quite busy for the next week!
- An introduction scene where the bf introduces...
2017-11-26 02:09:46 +0000 UTC
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