The Body Release - Version 0.30

It's finally time for the version 30 release!

The most notable aspect of this release will certainly be the portraits. We've got new SVG-based portraits for female NPCs and the player character. We went with a more realistic style, which I think you'll appreciate. We also added Koikatsu-based body portraits into the game, a long-awaited feature. There are currently 20,275,200‬‬ combinations possible with the body portrait system, with room to expand that over time. 

We also focused a good deal on improving the game's playability with bug fixes and mechanic balancing. We also added in a new feature tentatively called the status record to the character menu. It's a log of the last ten changes to a status variable such as health and happiness, which includes a basic description of the cause behind each change. This should make it much easier to find out what's affecting your character, which hasn't always been easy for some causes. It should also let us add more status effects for more obscure events, which we've been avoiding due to potential confusion.

We've also got some new content, of course, though this time it's more location-based rather than being focused on a specific job or path. We've also added in some minor mechanics and abilities that had been put on the back burner, such as being unemployed, tanning, and handling lactation at work and overnight. 

Overall I'm pretty happy with what we've got for this release, though I am a little disappointed by my experience with Koikatsu. Despite using a fairly comprehensive list of mods, it was still rather difficult to get the kind of effects I was hoping for to represent muscle and weight. We have a few limited texture overlays to represent more muscular or skinny characters, but it'll take some hand-drawing on my part to get the planned amount of physical body shape into the game. The Koikatsu character generator was also somewhat limited when it came to pregnancy, but I was able to craft some overlays for a standard pregnancy (I'm planning on more for larger bellies with larger pregnancies later on). On the plus side, I was able to get some decent definition for hips and breasts, and I've perfected the workflow to add more detail as I have time. Let me know what you think about the Koikatsu body, and what you'd like to see with it!

We hope you had a great new year and that you enjoy this release, thanks for all your support!

ThaumX

Change Log

Known Issues:

• Autosaves from older versions may still suffer from the passed-out bug, but autosaves in v30 should work fine. 
• There are still a couple Besty-Bugs where clicking the reply button on the text message screen (with only 1 dialog message) will cause an error message to appear. This won't hurt anything or hide any text, it's just annoying. 
• Some job application results job descriptions don't fit into the provided space in the prologue skip menu (cosmetic). 
• Invalid/bugged scheduled dates/hangouts brought forward from older versions will still be invalid/bugged.
• Occasionally the female portrait in the NPC interaction interface will be off placed with some meaningless text above it. 

Stats:

Words: 2,138,380

Characters: 12,802,602

Code Lines: 191,146

Body Portrait Combos: 20,275,200

Changes!

In no particular order, as usual...

• Fixed the Teat Enhancement treatment so that it doesn't cause breast enlargement.
• A green checkmark will now appear in the dating status window when your relationship is eligible to advance.
• Players will now milk themselves while at work.
• The amount of canisters filled is reported on the job results page.
• Added the e-vie overnight breast pump to the game
• Players will now leak milk overnight (losing it) if they overproduce while sleeping.
• If owned, the amount of milk/canisters collected will be reported on the sleep screen.
• Updated the Items Cheats!
• New improved display for cheat adding items to your inventory.
• More game items are now included in the cheats.
• Added a 'furniture starter pack' with mostly high-quality furniture.
• Fixed a bug where Besty duplicated the item key for a home item (liquor cabinet).
• There are now dreams in the sleep display!
• 6 standard dreams, which are mostly quirky and fairly unique.
• 2 dreams for unsatisfied characters
• 2 dreams for pregnant characters
• 1 additional dream for late-stage pregnancy.
• Lactation fixes and tweaks to improve the experience.
• Higher capacity and lower production speed for higher lactation ability so that milking isn't required so frequently.
• The overproduction bug has been fixed.
• Milk will no longer accumulate while pumping breasts, will be pumped instead.
• Added a status change recording function, called the Status Record
• Records are can be accessed from the status page of the character menu.
• Records include a brief description of the cause of the change.
• Records include an estimated change value and are color-coded for positive and negative changes.
• The included status items are happiness, stress, companionship, vigor, satisfaction, and health.
• Hundreds of status changes are now categorized this way :D
• Fixed a bug preventing ovulation (and thus pregnancy), and also caused an incorrect "days till ovulation" reading.
• Created AW_Fixer.ps1, a patching script for already released game versions.
• It should be much easier to release fixes for minor bugs now, rather than doing an entire re-release.
• Fixed the StartNap() function to properly display output and apply nap effects.
• Description of the nap and effects are now properly displayed in a dialog.
• Added a new "napping" image for this display.
• Hucow transformatives breast growth balanced.
• Mammarex growth now less extreme.
• Lactamax growth is still based on initial size and number of previous doses, but growth overall is less dramatic.
• Bovinex will now increase breast size to a minimum of 1750cc (up to 2000cc) if the player has breasts smaller than this when treated.
• Bovinex breast growth for already-large breasts now ranges from 350 to 500cc only.
• Hucow ears and tail now properly display in the character description.
• Balanced the overnight health regeneration.
• Standard regeneration has been slightly increased.
• Negative health effects of addiction are milder and have higher required thresholds to be applied.
• Still debating if cum and creampie addictions should have health effects removed for non-withdrawal addiction.
• Changes to the overnight environmental status effects.
• Some minor balance tweaks, increasing the importance of cleanliness and reducing the importance of furniture.
• Environmental effects will now stay within certain thresholds and will not cause suicide or other negative outcomes by themselves.
• Note that having very low happiness due to these effects will still make it easier for other game events to 'push you over the edge'.
• Jobbing system improvements.
• Players can now actually be fired for poor job performance.
• Players can now quit their job voluntarily.
• Quitting or being fired will mark you as being unemployed, and therefore unsuitable for continued residence in Appletree.
• Players can obtain a "self-employment" visa so that they may remain in Appletree even without a traditional job.
• This will let you live as a prostitute, hucow, brood mother, etc. without having to hold down a job.
• Players who are unemployed without a visa will eventually be repurposed (bad end). 
• Players will receive notifications from the Appletree government about their unemployed status before they are repurposed.
• Added a Visa Office to the town hall building downtown.
• Players may go there to obtain a self-employment visa.
• There are various possibilities that can occur based on your stated form of self-employment and whether you meet minimum requirements for being self-employed.
• You can give a blowjob to get around any of these requirements.
• Added several guns to the game that are available for purchase.
• The guns each have their own characteristics, but there are not currently used in the game.
• Intended for more complex combat in specimen-escape and other fun events that haven't been written yet.
• Guns can be used for the random rape/assault events to defend yourself.
• Some guns are considered illegal, but nobody is going to bother to check.
• Added the Pump & Dump Guns & Pawn store to the game.
• Located in northeast downtown.
• Special scene added to convince the shop clerk that you can be trusted to browse the illegal firearms.
• A new "read something" item added to the player's living room.
• Body portraits are now a thing.
• Currently, there are 20,275,200‬‬ combinations, though this number is much bigger than it feels in-game.
• The body portrait is capable of displaying female NPC bodies, but this is not currently enabled.
• The player's body portrait can be viewed on the right side of the character menu.
• Clicking on the portrait will pop up a dialog displaying a larger view of the portrait.
• The portrait displays all 8 hip sizes, and the four smallest shoulder sizes. 
• 31 breast sizes can be displayed, ranging from AAA to ΩB cup.
• Large areolas can be displayed.
• Large and inverted nipples can also be displayed.
• The Fertility Seal medical tattoo is displayed and changes slightly while pregnant.
• Ten variations of pubic hair are available, in addition to the default shaved/hairless look.
• Four different labia appearances based on labia size.
• Pregnancy is displayed in 4 stages based on fundal height.
• Currently only displays up to a single full-term pregnancy. Larger pregnancy bellies are planned (pregnancy bellies have to all be drawn by hand).
• Your groin will become messy if you've had a creampie and/or have cum on your genitals/groin.
• There are some limited chest/belly textures for characters that are buff, very skinny, or have low muscle mass and low weight.
• Eventually want to improve muscle and fat display, but this must be hand-drawn.
• Fixed Fertili-Tea to properly apply a fertility boost.
• Fixed the issue causing autosaves to immediately jump into a passed-out scene.
• A lot of minor bug fixes and little improvements that I didn't bother to write down and thus don't remember!

Besty's Changes!

I keep telling him to do a better job with his change log... We'll get there eventually.

• Manual images now appears once the system they are about is triggered. 
• Thaum Translation: some of the tutorial images now properly display when using a game system such as jobbing or dating the first time.
• Tan was added, now sunbathing will temporary change your skin color.
• Thaum Translation:
• You can now sunbathe in the residential recreation area.
• Tanning temporarily makes your skin color darker, the tan fades over time.
• Tanning does not affect the skin color of your children.
• Bring total number of base cookable dishes up to at least 20 (19, oh come on I can't do it anymore)
• Thaum Translation: There are now 19 cookable dishes in the game, they are all pretty unique and/or Russian.
• Cooking Lich Meat will curse your game.
• NPC and PC portraits for female characters are now here!
• Thaum Translation: New SVG system similar to system in use for males to generate face/head portraits for female NPCs and the player character.
• Existing NPCs from saved games will maintain their existing portrait.
• Tried a different look from the existing male SVG portraits.
• New lesbian sex scene in the recreation area (1500 words)
• Thaum Note: I think you can find this in the tanning area. It's fun.
• Changed fixed the order of the stuff on the main screen. Now weather goes first.
• Fixed all the stuff you have reported this month. (And more stuff you have not but we fixed it anyway lol)