The Space Slut Release v1.20

 

So. 

I've got some good news, some bad news, and some more good news, and a dose of good news after that.

Let's get the bad news out of the way first, shall we? Basically... I totally jumped the shark this release. I got the space sluts idea stuck in my head, and couldn't get it out. When I started writing, the words just kept on flowing out, and the scope got much larger than I had initially thought. That means most of what I planned hucow-wise didn't get done. Not that it won't get done, of course, it'll just be out next month instead.

The first bit of good news is that jumping the shark led to some really cool content for AW. The item many of you will like the most is a big expansion to the wardrobe paper doll. Something like 30 new clothing items, most of them in "Appletree style", and some major improvement to the base bodies as well. It also led to the space sluts scenario, which (I think at least) is pretty fucking awesome. Something like 23,000 words of content spread over six possible routes of sci-fi shenanigans in AW style. To put that in context, the first Harry Potter book has about 77K words. Also one of the sweetest nice endings in the game (and five more of varying shades of grey).

Another bit of good news is that we've hired a new team member, to finally fill the hole left by Annen/Airell's sudden departure. We've worked with Kasami before, so we have high hopes. It will also mean that we can get more work done. And on that note, I really do need to say thank you. Without your support, there's no way I could afford to pay people to help expand our erotic vision. One of my commitments has always been to use everyone's financial support for creating, and not simply to collect a bigger paycheck. In fact, right now I'm hardly making anything myself at all; nearly everything is spent to pay people.

And last but not least... we think it's high time we fix the sex system in the game. I know we've offered it as an expansion in the past... but it's hard to hold back. The current system really isn't what we want, and the urge to do something about it has been growing and growing. I was too ambitious with the design, planning on modding and variable content. And while the total amount of content is huge... much of it is spread out over different kink variations for the same actions, and most importantly it just isn't fun after you've played a sex scene a few times and seen all the content you're interested in. 

That's why the first things Kasami is going to be working on (along with help from Besty and I) is the sex system. This month we've worked on a totally new design, and as we start building it we hope to be able to show you some (even if only in limited demo form) next month. As a whole our primary efforts are still going to be the hucow expansion, but having Kasami on the team to help implement our vision will let us do more in this direction. I'll hold back on sharing too many details for now, but I can say: 

• it's a radical departure from our current system
• it should be way more fun and replayable
• it makes better use of the kinks, mutations, and other things in game
• it uses some tried-and-true concepts in a new and unique way to do it. 

After we let you see it, we'll solicit feedback and do a poll to see what you think, and we'll be able to see where to go from there. I'm actually quite excited about it!

So after all that writing, I think that's enough words for now.😅 Thanks for taking the time to read it. Thanks again for all your support, it means the world to us.

ThaumX

Change Log

Words: 3,347,759 (22,777,918 characters)

Code: 165,485 lines of TypeScript
Portraits: 3,112

Known Issues:

Cowbux for hucow players aren't working right, real credits instead of cowbux are being subtracted in multiple situations, and sometimes Cowbux values are subtracted incorrectly. I just discovered this, won't prevent playing as a hucow, will fix in incremental.

Besty undid the fix that kept NPCs from showing up in your hucow dorm room. No impact except being silly.

Changes:

• Special thanks to Klorpa, who helped more with editing of text all over the place.
• Updated some mutation text details to the selection menu in character creation, particularly for the no-period mutation.
• Expanded UI status output to now account for player knowledge when choosing the text color for how risky a day is. It will now be colored appropriately if you have more accurate info.
• New estrus image in character description for characters experiencing estrus. We may add more images to this area (lactation, pregnant belly size, etc.) if people like it.
• Hucow Coop areas now have location description text for all the places you can visit.
• Location exploration images were added to many places in the Coop area.
• To see the exploration image for a location, click on the location image next to the map!
• Institute Employee Enrichment Center popup improved with more text.
• Space Sluts scenario added to the game!
• Visit the Employee Enrichment Center at the Institute to check out the Thornton Space Program volunteer display and possibly volunteer yourself.
• Hucows are restricted from entering the Enrichment Center.
• Pregnant players can not volunteer to go to space.
• After volunteering, you'll get to experience several things:
• a medical screening process.
• a fun quiz to find your ideal job in space.
• astronaut training and an oddly-revealing pressure suit.
• launch into space with some special fun to avoid getting bored on the launch pad.
• even more depending on which job you were assigned.
• About 23,000 words of new content altogether. It adds a nice sci-fi twist to the world of AW, and gives a little peek at other things the Institute is up to.
• Note: the enrichment center will be a major content center for the transformatives expansion if you guys choose it later.
• Six jobs can be discovered while taking the quiz.
• All jobs are reachable for all characters, but one job in particular will be easier to get if you take the test with large breasts.
• Six different endings based on the job you were assigned.
• One of the happiest or fluffiest endings in the game if you manage to unlock a job where you are a crewmember on a fusion fuel tanker.
• The jobs are generally pretty sexy all the way around, some are darker than others, while others are more light-hearted.
• The quiz reuses the same theme layout as the job quiz, but has entirely new text and questions matching the scenario.
• Tons of sexy images matching the content in numerous places, made with AI.
• Seriously, you should try it out.
• There are no content gates because I forgot about it until writing this right now.
• Actually added some descriptions to certain body modification options in the medical district.
• A few new hucow-specific furniture items added to the Tincow store.
• Currently only a table, couch, and a bed.
• Using the bed will give your hucow character better sleep.
• A bunch of fixes for text that Anenn wrote. Fixing his bugs and text issues seems like a never-ending task, but we'll keep chugging along.
• Main quest bad ends can no longer sneak in when playing as a hucow.
• For hucow npcs their address/location is now correct rather than assuming a location downtown.
• Check out the new season 6 of CyberDyke.
• Major improvement to the clothing paper doll.
• Numerous improvements to the female body base for all races.
• Skin edge artifacts fixed,
• Fixed the top of the breasts to be more natural.
• Smoothed the shading somewhat.
• Improved the vulva to look better/more realistic and be more of an "innie".
• Improved the definition of the toes and toe nails
• Fixed the belly button.
• Shaded the kneecaps.
• Added small portion of butt cheeks that are visible between the legs, which is more realistic for the pose.
• Added shading to the armpits
• Added collarbones.
• Improved the nipples.
• Added weak skin highlights for more depth.
• Created new pubic hair with a much more realistic appearance.
• Now has two versions, one that appears for shorter hair and another that shows for medium to long hair.
• Added 30 new clothing items that will display based on what clothing the player character is wearing.
• New items consist entirely of "top" items like shirts, and "bottoms" items like skirts and shorts.
• The new clothing items are done in the style typical for what women would wear when trying to look attractive.
• More prudish clothing (exposure 10 or less) will use pre-existing images of a less revealing nature.
• More typical clothing will show the new style.
• Nearly every top and bottom now has a unique image, with the exception of jeans.
• Clothing items were adjusted as needed to fit the new body tweaks.
• Besty has the files for the futa version, so he still has to update those bodies. Futas temporarily have the original body image.
• Clothing transparency has been toned down dramatically so that it only appears (at a lower transparency level) on the most revealing clothing.
• We don't have a lot to show for it yet in-game, but we did some design work on the new sex system. Besty really wanted me to mention that, because a good chunk of his work time this month got spent on it.
• He also had a vacation where he ate many mushrooms and frolicked in the forest.
• Also some medical issues, but we all get sick every once in a while. Nothing serious.
• Fem prolog has a little extra stuff related to the Thornton Space Program added to the career fair.
• A bunch of police batons were used on the NPC interaction setup to coerce compliance.
• There was a repopulation effort performed after the great NPC execution of 2042.
• This incidentally resulted in non-coop npcs showing up in the coop more frequently, and some npcs being visible while inside your dorm room. This is mostly because the NPC scheduling system was expanded to include the new areas, and Besty hasn't added an location-specific logic yet.
• For everyone that isn't a hucow, you'll see many more NPCs roving around and things will be less empty.
• New cheats were added to the cheat menu.
• Specifically some status items:
• Cure mental health/status with no negative effects.
• Full medical cure with no negative effects.
• Disable impotence from having a cock so big that it'd kill you.
• Fixes to some coop map events.
• Estrus breeding scene has been written.
• It is coded to use a random bull each time, but currently there is only one bull defined (Diesel) so that's who you get.
• Happens when the player roams around the coop with their vulva exposed, revealing that they are in estrus. 
• The player can choose to get fucked, inspect the bull's equipment (and then get fucked), or try to resist and turn the bull down.
• Hypersluts and those with too low autonomy can't attempt to resist.
• Successful resistance depends on a willpower check with your current effective willpower. Each result is described.
• Text for getting bred by the bull, and generally enjoying the hell out of it.
• Mega creampie because of course.
• Cumflation status appears because bulls are good at their job.
• Fertility Goddess characters will now have more accurate information about their fertility status in the phone display.
• Hucows are now milked by their hucow bed while they sleep.
• Estrus and (for hucows only: autonomy) are now part of the current willpower calculation.
• Some minor improvements to fertility stuff primarily related to female cycle.
• Plenty of bugs fixed.
• Characters with very small penises will no longer return max erection values that render them impotent.
• When volume gets small enough for a certain calculation to round down, it would result in a no cock = no erection result.
• Female NPC AI images are pretty much complete. Some bugs with file names and Anenn shit where he mixed together incompatible appearance values were fixed, so images are displaying nicely.