The future is in the sewers

Sewers won't make it into the next update, but it is something I'm now working on. Next update mostly focuses on filling in more gaps in scenes and providing more locations for Catherine to relieve tension when she gets too worked up.

I'm also working on more parts of the defiance system and starting to build some small branching paths for different game over scenes. 

A bit about the sewers. I've always been on the fence about adding in a sewer area or just leaving it as the mystifying place that chuds come from. After a bit of brainstorming I've started to see a lot of opportunities in the sewers. A sewer exploration outfit for Catherine. Lots of different defiance route opportunities could present themselves. I don't know if I'll build a full Chudtown down there yet, but I could see a lot of good scenes presenting themselves if I did.

On the topic of a constantly evolving game and a dev who randomly says, "what if I just went and did this side thing now!" I don't want to make anyone worried that I'm going to get lost in the weeds. The sewers will likely be about as big as the rooftop is and won't have so much content that it takes away from the rest of the development plans. I've just been looking for a way to flesh out the defiance route and this provides a great way to add some small puzzles and options I couldn't easily make on the current maps. 

I'll be honest, I never expected the game to get as much support as it is. It doesn't mean I'm looking for excuses to add in additional content. I've always had two plans for the game. One was to make a very straight forward corruption game that ticks all the boxes I want in a game. The other is to make a really full blown project that can spend resources adding in art for side characters, giving even some of the less sexy scenes art, and really fleshing out to game to be something more polished. With the support the game is getting I can really dig into all this fun side content that I wanted to do, but never thought I would be able to.

This could honestly lead into a whole rant I have about adult games in that they always seem to cover the basics and then call it a day. Often they have poorly thought out mechanics that seem abandoned part way through the game. Or they have all these empty buildings that look like content was planned, but no art was ever added. In a nutshell I think people deserve more. More art, more thought out design, respect for the player's time, meaningful writing, believable characters, and something that seems like it was made from someone who is a fan of the genre, and not a game that is clearly trying to cash in. When this game is done it might not be exactly the game you want it to be, but it will be exactly the game I want it to be without cutting any corners or leaving a feeling of "what could have been". 

Oh shit, I went off today. If you're still here I got two words for you: Voice Acting. I'm taking serious steps to give Catherine a voice. More to come on that...