Snowdrift

I think this will be the last snow themed post... probably.

It's nearly time for us to start our coordinated effort on AW marriage We'll start prepping in February, and then the next few months will be dedicated to all things marriage: engagement, wedding ceremonies, and married life. I'd also like to see some expanded possibilities for infidelity in relationships, and more of Lily's unique behavior. Besty will be returning to work in February, so we should be able to ramp things up nicely. 

Until then, we're going to be working on filling out content in some common areas. First of course is sex scenes, we're improving the amount/variation of content further, because it's a pretty universal set of content that you see multiple times per playthrough. Over this month and next we're also going to be working on expanding content in the dating system (with more activities and events to keep things interesting) as well as skill school events. Finally, we want to work on expanding the nightlife content, to make going to clubs more interesting with expanded options for meeting people and having sexual encounters.

I've been struggling myself lately, but there's hope on the horizon in the form of some medication changes. Unfortunately these sorts of things take time, so there's nothing to do but struggle through. Thanks for your patience, I know I haven't been as prolific with dev blog updates lately.

We'll keep working on version 0.43, and as always, thanks for your support!

The Snow Angel Release - Version 0.42

 

Hello everyone, it's that time again! A new release with a bunch of sexy new content for you to enjoy :D

In particular, I'm pretty happy with the expansion of orgasm content in the sex scene system. Now, rather than a single description fitting the situation, there are a lot of variations based on your character's kinks, for both the PC and the NPC. Right now they are randomized in an order of precedence, so certain kinks are more likely to show up than others. Fans of the Risky/Pregnancy kinks will certainly be delighted, but the shame-fast, "rape", and "slut" kinks are also well represented. If you have a lot of these kinks in one character, it'll probably take you some time to see all the possibilities!

As you may already know, this has been a pretty rough month for two out of three of us in the main development team. Besty had a family emergency, along with a type of morass or burnout that is probably associated with the hardships of the pandemic. He's using his saved-up vacation time to relax and recuperate, and thankfully, it sounds like he's doing better already. Besty should be returning to work around the time we do the 0.43 release (he had a lot of vacation time saved up).

I've been dealing with worsening depression symptoms that have been tied in with my medication changes over the last year. Depression is something I've dealt with from a very young age (since I was six or seven years old), but I was lucky enough to find a combination of medications that let me experience "normal" for several years. Unfortunately, issues with my heart, combined with the natural tendency of antidepressants to stop working over time have meant that depression has been a bigger part of my life lately. This last month in particular has been pretty challenging.

Fortunately, I've learned some coping skills over the years so things aren't as bad as they could be. Due to the swelling of mental health issues during the pandemic, it took some time to get in as a new patient with a psychiatrist in my new location, but now that I'm being seen regularly again we'll be able to restart the process of finding a new set of medication that works for me. I know it's not an easy process to find something that works, but it's worth it. I'm looking forward to being able to enjoy life (and expanding AW) again!

Please take care of yourself, everyone! Things have been hard for everyone, and there is no shame in reaching out for help if you need it. And as always, thanks so much for your support. Having Accidental Woman and our little community of lewd people has made a huge difference for me.

Changes:

Words: 2,729,353  (16,630,247 characters)

Code Lines: 295,871

Body Portrait Combinations: 713,687,040 (female) 975,744 (male)

• Expansion of sex scene orgasm content for both the PC and NPC (15K words).
• New text is primarily kink-based and covers all the various orgasm situation combinations.
• New prostitution scenes are available (15K words).
• Scenes are distributed between working the street corner and working as an escort for The Oldest Profession.
• There is some new scene content for working as a cam girl.
• The largest scene is for high-level camwhores who don't mind playing with a man's best friend (apx 4K words).
• There are several new entries in the game encyclopedia.
• Entries on individual skills.
• Entries on Perversion, Energy, Fatigue, Anger, Death, Frustration, Injury, and Bimbo.
• Some more tentacle content in the club district.

Note: Some of Besty's content for new club actions and a new club downtown has been kept out of this release because it was very incomplete.

Here are some more Snow Angels for you, just because.

Out In The Cold

 

I've been going with a 'cold' or 'snow' theme for the last several images. It's winter and some of the images I've found are striking, amusing, or both. Unfortunately, I think this one would probably violate Patreon's terms because the woman is naked, even though there is no actual nudity displayed.

Patreon seems to be continuing its crusade against adult creators, though mostly for things like games and fiction rather than artists, possibly because artists generate a lot more revenue and their content is more ambiguous. Still, despite my hatred of censorship, I have to admit that they're the primary source of funds for Accidental Woman. With employees on the dev team to pay, and a desire to see this project through to the end, I want to avoid causing unnecessary problems.

Our content, while certainly inventive, seems to fall within their guidelines (though the language leaves a lot up to interpretation, so the wrong employee on a bad day could decide it doesn't). Should we run into an issue with Patreon, we'll decide what to do then. I feel that we could remove things easily enough, and our mod support in the game's code would make it a fairly simple matter to add such things back in.

Of course, this is all hypothetical. I haven't heard anything from Patreon or otherwise suggesting that there's a problem.

Anyway... enough of that stuff!

We're still on track for our next release on Saturday. There will be a solid amount of new content for you to enjoy, including expanded prostitution and more orgasm text for sex scenes. I wish there'd be even more, but the usual challenges of the holiday season, along with that 2020 mojo have made it a bad month for us. On the bright side, part of Besty's emergency has turned out better than we expected, and things seem to be getting better recently.

Hopefully, 2021 has been kind to you so far as well. 

As always, thank you so much for your support. Accidental Woman wouldn't be possible without you!

ThaumX

Happy New Year!

 

Everyone on the Accidental Woman Development Team would like to wish you a happy new year. May this new year suck less than the last!