Bordello Version 0.2

V0.2b links are now live. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Saved games from yesterdays V0.2 will be transferable. There was an issue with Clara, Tabitha & Naomis weekly earnings. Now there is not :)

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Here we are, V02. It took a little longer to put out than I expected but I think the little changes I made when holding it back have made everything a little more rounded. I'm aiming to add at least 3 new girls to every version on top of other game play elements and although the images are still placeholders you'll find most of the new girls have a bit more descriptive text to them, so any comments there are very welcome. Unfortunately you'll need to start a new game as OLD SAVES WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY due to the addition of the stress system and the new girls. I may work something out for the next version to allow you to use existing saves but don't hold me to that as I can't guarantee it.

There's a full changelog below but the main additions are 4 new girls. One of which(Naomi) is something of a hidden bonus, you'll only ever find one hint on her location and there's only a small chance that the NPC in question will give you this hint I plan to throw a few of these in over the course of development. Everyone likes an Easter egg or two right? ;)

I've added a few new areas too, the main ones being the pub/inn and the church in the town centre. There's also now an item shop in the market district although it doesn't sell anything yet you will need to go there for one of the girls story arcs. The pocket watch can now also be bought from the special item seller in the market. Expect him to have a few other interesting items for you in future versions but for now that's all he sells. You can also now upgrade your brothels appearance by speaking to Leanne. As of this moment in time there is no effect from this other than making things prettier but they will eventually increase your customer satisfaction. You should also keep an eye out for Terry the Tipster, he's a handy guy to speak to, if you've got some spare coin.

The observant among you may have noticed the Donate button at the top right of the blog. I'm really hoping to commission some excellent original art for the game but that doesn't come cheap and while the game is and will always be free to play any contribution you'd like to make would be greatly appreciated. So if you've got a couple of bucks spare and are feeling generous then feel free to use said button and remember to leave a name or contact email so I can say thanks :). Also, feel free to spread the word about the game, I've only really posted it to Hongfire so if you hang out anywhere else and think they might be interested then the more the merrier.

So anyway, here's the download links. As usual any questions, suggestions or comments are extremely welcome. Hope you all enjoy the game so far.

Rapidshare: http://rapidshare.com/share/02539092EEFCF6D6F1196DD52AE854E5
Mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/download/9dh1usq5397yclh/Bordello_V02b.exe

V0.2 Changelog

-Added new girl - Olivia
-Added new(hidden) girl - Naomi
-Added new girl - Tabitha
-Added new girl - Clara
-Added 'Terry the Tipster'. Will give the player hints, for a price.
-Added pocket watch. Can be bought from merchant in Market District.
-Added Town Centre pub/hotel
-Added Town Centre Church
-Added work option to players office, this advances time but adds a small amount of stress. (Should make getting to those night time specific quests a bit easier.)
-Added general store to market district - Nothing for sale as yet(except one quest object in a special event)
-Added first 2 brothel upgrades. Speak to Leanne for details. Purely cosmetic at the moment.
-Added a fame cap(for when the player still owns the original brothel)
-Changed character graphics for Nikki
-If the player is out later than 12 (e.g drinking) then they will not wake up until 10AM instead of always waking at 8AM.
-Implemented stress system - Still under development but the core mechanics are now in place.
-Leanne will now occasionaly point you in the direction of a girl who is not currently hired when you speak to her. She will also comment on the girls working for you. (She will only do this after the 1st week has passed. Before that she'll encourage you to explore the city on your own)
-Books in the Library now take 3 hours to read instead of 2.
-Playing cards in the Port bar now takes 2 hours instead of automatically ending the night.
-Tweaked starting stats for girls to allow for future additions. (You may notice a slight drop in earnings)
-Altered image positioning for placeholder images. Should all now display better. (Not all are the correct size to take up the full screen but they will be when it's the final images.)
-Tweaked code for hiring girls to make it a little easier for me when adding new girls to the game.
-Changed farm house starting area so that the player is not being marched around by a bunch of scripts all of the time.
-Added a few little bits to the farm house that the player can examine, just to make it a little more interesting.
-Fixed a bug that stopped you talking to 3 of the girls if they were in slot 4(lowest on the screen in brothel)
-Added church services 3 times a week, has a small random effect on various stats.
-Tweaked the events when a player has sex with an employed girl. Nothing major just made a couple of extra fade outs/in to stop customers warping in if the time changed to 12
-Populated a few more interiors, a lot of NPCs still to be put in yet though.
-Populated slums exterior with a few additional NPCs

Progress check.

Hey all,

Just thought it'd be nice to post a little piece about how things are progressing. Things are coming along quite well. So far I've added two new girls, one of which has a lot of eventing work involved around so she took me a little bit longer than I'd expected but if I'd cut back on what I had planned then I would just regret it later so I stuck with it and Olivia is now all set and ready to work in your brothel, if you can convince her of course.

I've also added the first "hidden" girl. I'm curious to see how long it'll be before anyone finds her and what people think of her. Her names Naomi and she is quite "well" endowed ;)

On top of adding the two new girls I've also added a couple of new features, one of which is the Pocket Watch which players can buy from a merchant in the Market District, with this nifty contraption you can check the time wherever you are(you'll never be late for the tea party again!). Other than that I've made a few tweaks to the game systems for hiring girls etc. Nothing really noticeable in play but just things that will make life a little easier for me in the long run.

Here's my full changelog for v0.2 so far. Depending on how things progress next week and how happy I am with everything I may release it net weekend but don't hold me to that. I only plan on releasing updates when I'm convinced there's enough new content to make it worth the players time.

As usual any comments or suggestions are more than welcome.

P.S. To be extremely clear: NEW VERSION IS NOT OUT YET so please don't ask me where the link is, V0.1 is currently the only public release.

- Obax

Current V0.2 Changelog

-Added new girl - Olivia
-Added new(hidden) girl - Naomi
-Added pocket watch. Can be bought from merchant in Market District.
-Added Town Centre pub/hotel
-Added work option to players office, this advances time but adds a small amount of stress. (Should make getting to those night time specific quests a bit easier.)
-Added general store to market district - Nothing for sale as yet(except one quest object in a special event)
-Added a fame cap(for when the player still owns the original brothel)
-Changed character graphics for Nikki
-If the player is out later than 12 (e.g drinking) then they will not wake up until 10AM instead of always waking at 8AM.
-Implemented stress system - Still under development but the core mechanics are now in place.
-Leanne will now occasionaly point you in the direction of a girl who is not currently hired when you speak to her. She will also comment on the girls working for you. (She will only do this after the 1st week has passed. Before that she'll encourage you to explore the city on your own)
-Books in the Library now take 3 hours to read instead of 2.
-Playing cards in the Port bar now takes 2 hours instead of automatically ending the night.
-Tweaked starting stats for girls to allow for future additions. (You may notice a slight drop in earnings)
-Altered image positioning for placeholder images. Should all now display better. (Not all are the correct size to take up the full screen but they will be when it's the final images.)
-Tweaked code for hiring girls to make it a little easier for me when adding new girls to the game.