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Course of Temptation February Update Early Access (v0.7.6)

The early access period for the February update is here!
This update focuses mostly on the library basement storyline, adding a couple of new events to the set, and then as the storyline proceeds, converting it into an area you can visit anyti...
2026-01-31 20:20:11 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation Dev Diary #110

Hello friends! It's time for the weekly dev diary. I've been working on getting the February content update ready. Since it'll be in your hands tomorrow with the full changelog so far, and since I still have some things I want to finish up, I will p...
2026-01-30 20:10:09 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation Dev Diary #109

Greetings! It's dev diary day once again.
Since last week, I have shifted focus from 0.8, the NPC simulation update, to the February content update. In regards to 0.8, I continued work on pregnancy. I implemented a version of a morning after p...
2026-01-23 20:23:07 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation Dev Diary #108

Hello friends! It is dev diary time!
We are now on v0.7.5g with a new update out today. This one just contains a bunch of minor bugfixes. Unless there's some major "accidentally created a new bug while fixing an old bug" situation, this is lik...
2026-01-16 20:10:28 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation Dev Diary #107

Hello friends! Hope you're having a good Friday, or whatever day it is in your time zone of choice.
As of just now, we're on v0.7.5f. A bunch of bugs reported since Wednesday have been fixed in this one, and in addition, I may have fi...
2026-01-09 21:29:04 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation January Update (v0.7.5)

Hello friends! It's time for the January update.
This update continues our work on the priorities established in the recent development focus poll. Esports and swimming mechanics have been extended, gaining the subskill and practice routine sy...
2026-01-07 22:10:30 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation Dev Diary #106

Hello friends!
We're a few hours later than usual, but I wanted to finish up some things and get a new build out before I posted. We're on version 0.7.5a now, and this will be less of a dev diary and more of a "what's new in the early access b...
2026-01-03 02:23:01 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation January Update Early Access (v0.7.5)

The early access period for the January update is here!
This update continues to focus on the priorities established by the most recent development focus poll. We've expanded on esports and swimming by adding the sports subskills system to the...
2025-12-31 22:23:08 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation Dev Diary #105

Hello friends! Hope you all had a good Christmas, or you know, at least a decent Thursday.
We're currently on v0.7.4f, which came out last weekend after last week's dev diary. It contains a bunch of fixes, most significantly fixing some issues...
2025-12-26 20:39:23 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation Dev Diary #104

Hello friends! It is dev diary time once again!
This week I've been getting things done in two main areas.
First, the advice stuff I talked a bit about last week. I'd completed the part of it that queues a simulation event up as "pending...
2025-12-19 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation Dev Diary #103

Hello friends, and happy Friday to all. It is time... for another dev diary.
We are on version 0.7.4e, with a bugfix update freshly out just now. Unless some particularly annoying new bug shows its face, there's a decent chance this will be th...
2025-12-12 20:59:06 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation December Update (v0.7.4)

Hello friends! The December update is here.
In a recent poll, expanding the existing sports content came up as priority number one, and though everything I want to do will have to happen over more than one update, the work began this month. 2025-12-07 20:33:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Course of Temptation Dev Diary #102

Hello friends! It's time, once again, for one of those slightly awkward dev diaries taking place in the early access period, where everything I've been doing is pretty much in your hands already! In other words, this will just be a fairly quick summ...
2025-12-05 20:00:46 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation December Update Early Access (v0.7.4)

Hello friends! It is time to begin early access for the December update.
The main focus in this update has been extending sports, to align with the priorities established by the recent poll. I've created a fairly in-depth routine and practice ...
2025-11-30 22:02:53 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation Dev Diary #101

Hello friends! I realize many of you reading don't celebrate our silly American holidays, but if you do, I hope it was a good one!
I, for one, spent much of it frantically coding, but that's okay. Let's talk about what I've been up to this wee...
2025-11-28 21:12:36 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation Dev Diary #100 (and focus poll)

Hello friends! I have returned from vacation and I'm back to work this week.
It's always been my habit to keep up with bug reports even when I'm taking time off, which I mostly did this time as well, but it lapsed for the last few days... and ...
2025-11-21 22:19:43 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation November Update (v0.7.3)

Hello friends! It's time for the November update!
This update's main focus is the addition of a new seasonal event: No Goon Gourdtober, wherein some of the college students challenge themselves, and each other, to go the whole month without an...
2025-11-07 12:48:34 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation November Update Early Access (v0.7.3)

Hello friends! Early access for the November update is here.
This update's main focus is the addition of a new seasonal event: No Goon Gourdtober, wherein some of the college students challenge themselves, and each other, to go the whole month...
2025-10-31 19:31:17 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation Dev Diary #99

Hello again friends! It is time for another dev diary, where we're on the verge of triple digits!
Last week I said I would be working on the November update, and, well, that's exactly what I've been doing. My focus this month is adding a new s...
2025-10-24 19:01:25 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation Dev Diary #98

Happy Friday to all! It's time for a dev diary.
There's been one more bugfix update since last week, taking our current version to v0.7.2h. This is probably where it will stand until the November monthly update.
Work this week has been s...
2025-10-17 18:59:08 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation Dev Diary #97

Hello friends! It's that time again!
First of all, the current version is 0.7.2g, which has a bunch of bugs fixed since the release on Tuesday. Consider updating if you haven't since then!
The first part of my week was occupied by this r...
2025-10-10 17:51:18 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation October Update (v0.7.2)

Hello friends! The October update has arrived!
This update adds a new location, the observatory in the Hallowell cluster, which is of particular interest to intellectually-inclined PCs and NPCs. A new relaxation activity is here in the attache...
2025-10-07 19:20:48 +0000 UTC View PostCourse of Temptation Dev Diary #96

Hello friends! It's dev diary day once again.
We're currently on version 0.7.2d of early access, so make sure you're up to date! I've done a bunch of fixes and also added in some new stuff as we go.
This will probably be a short one, as ...
2025-10-03 19:06:38 +0000 UTC View Post