July 30th Update

The preview for the next date, Amy, is now online. Here are some details for those interested.

This will be the next free game, not for the offsite.

This game will also work a little differently, as I want to experiment with a few different gameplay aspects for this one. The first big difference is that this time, you will be playing as the date, Amy. You will control her actions throughout her evening and hopefully give her a happy ending. This is mainly to introduce some new challenges to the gameplay. Similar scenarios may occur, but since you are the woman, you will have to solve them in different ways.

Also note that, although you play as her, any interactions with a male (you), are still in first person. Also, since you control her choices, you can do things like focus on women more, maybe ditching the guy altogether, maybe even trying to get two women to come back to your house if you want to.

The format is designed as an experiment, so not all future games will be like this, although that depends on popularity of course.

On a last note, this game will also use an engine similar to the Latricia date (and the arianeb game before it), rather than the cookies based one. The last time around that I tried it, I got very frustrated with the way you have to implement the instructions, but I've altered the way I assemble everything now, so it's not so bad.

Final words :

- This week I will be reuploading the games to a different filehost. If you want to read the info about my current trouble with rapidshare, see the blog post from a little while ago. I will also be uploading some games translated into French from a very helpful fan.

July 6th 2010

The Nelena date is now on the offsite for anyone who wants to play it.

June 28th Update

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! :

Rapidshare, who I use to host my games, are changing their policies from tomorrow. There will be a new system in place based on a points system and bandwidth usage which will limit how many people can download unless I pay for it. Based on Rachel having around 10000 downloads in the first few weeks, by my math it would cost me around $400 a month for a new game to be hosted (plus only a limited amount could download per day, and keep in mind that people will be downloading other files from my site/account as well). Read more here if you're interested : http://www.rapidshare.com/news.html

I will therefore be moving everything to Megaupload and 4SHARED. Hopefully this won't delay the release of the new offsite game, but we'll have to see.

June 18th 2010

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ! : From Saturday June 19th to the 27th, I am on Holiday. If you send me any emails etc be prepared to wait until Sunday 28th to get a reply.

June 8th 2010

Just another quick update to say what's going on-

- A slightly expanded version of the Rachel date has now been uploaded to the offsite.

- A preview of the next game has been added to the coming soon section.

May 27th Update

Mainly a note for the offsite members today. The extended version of the Rachel date should be avaliable for you to download this weekend. There will be two extra endings and you will have access to the nightclub, the sex shop, and your boss's office.

May 12th Update

What I believe will be the final Rachel date for just now is now the downloadable and online playable versions. If your still having problems playing, make sure you have the latest release.

A big thanks to everyone who helped in reporting the bugs. It turned out to be a very useful way of finding errors to the point where I'm considering releasing betas for any future games.

Just as a note for any online players ; sometimes the yahoo error page displays if too many people are visiting the one page (even happens with the site's index page sometimes), so if you come to a dead end, just trying again may solve your problem.

I will be uploading the Leilani part of the game when I have the time and can get it working, and the extra bonus stuff for the offsite members (including the nightclub, sex shop and extra endings) will probably be up next week.

I know some offsite members who got their access blocked have tried to contact me recently, however I think their emails may have gotten lost amongst the bug reports. If you've sent me an email requesting your membership be extended, please resend it and I'll have your profile altered.

On a last note, it is finally time for me to move house this coming weekend, so if I disappear for a little while, don't worry, I'm just busy with that.