Newlife: female-perspective lifesim text game

[Nobudi]

There's exhibitionist/public content in the concert and adult shop scenes from 0.3.14 and 0.3.15 respectively.

WOO

[splendidostrich]

Hello everyone.

The 0.3.16 version of Newlife has been released and can be downloaded from patreon by early-access patrons. The previous version has been made public and can be downloaded from the blog

The blog post with the changelog is here.

Have fun with the new version

[Ikorus]

any plans to implement custom clothes in later releases? perhaps just being able to specify certain combinations of properties, or even being able to add new properties altogether (such as creating a microskirt - even shorter than the miniskirt, short enough to completely expose your panties when it gets shifted up somewhat in the club)

or, maybe the ability to take more initiative in our "blowing off steam" activities? like instead of "letting him decide" and waiting for the rng to make the suggestion, you could make the suggestion yourself.

[Borkenone]

May I suggest add a simple image go alone with the clothes?
because half of the time I can't really tell what I'm buying, ex: most of the sub-categories of dresses.

[splendidostrich]

Hello everyone.

The 0.3.17 version of Newlife has been released and can be downloaded from patreon by early-access patrons. The previous version has been made public and can be downloaded from the blog

The blog post with the changelog is here.

Have fun with the new version

[splendidostrich]

any plans to implement custom clothes in later releases? perhaps just being able to specify certain combinations of properties, or even being able to add new properties altogether (such as creating a microskirt - even shorter than the miniskirt, short enough to completely expose your panties when it gets shifted up somewhat in the club)

I don't intend to have custom clothing in the game. I will be adding new clothes but for the most part they'll be ones that work in the existing system and don't require changes to current content.
You can make suggestions, but things like different treatment in the undressing code is a non-starter – it's already one of the more complicated and annoying to work with parts of the code. I'll eventually be adding t-shirt style tops and legwear, but that's probably about it for clothing that'll need to be treated differently.

or, maybe the ability to take more initiative in our "blowing off steam" activities? like instead of "letting him decide" and waiting for the rng to make the suggestion, you could make the suggestion yourself.

I like the idea of having npcs get different choices to the pc, as that encourages the player to let them decide, and this makes their personalities a bit more relevant and gives more variety to dating different types of guys. I'm willing to look at things on a case-by-case basis though if people bring up individual actions they think should be available to the player.

May I suggest add a simple image go alone with the clothes?
because half of the time I can't really tell what I'm buying, ex: most of the sub-categories of dresses.

I'm not opposed to the idea, but the problem would be getting a library of such images that cover the range of clothing and don't cause copyright issues. There'd need to be a lot of them too, even if we assume that colour doesn't need to be shown correctly in the image.

[Borkenone]

I'm not opposed to the idea, but the problem would be getting a library of such images that cover the range of clothing and don't cause copyright issues. There'd need to be a lot of them too, even if we assume that colour doesn't need to be shown correctly in the image.

What about asking someone to draw with copyright images only as reference? Would that be possible?

[Saika]

All I'd ask for clothing wise is for the store description of a top to include whether or not that top can be worn with a bra. That keeps catching me by surprise when I try to make an outfit and it says the top can't be worn with a bra.

[x3Darkie]

I'm not opposed to the idea, but the problem would be getting a library of such images that cover the range of clothing and don't cause copyright issues. There'd need to be a lot of them too, even if we assume that colour doesn't need to be shown correctly in the image.

What about asking someone to draw with copyright images only as reference? Would that be possible?

One way to go about it is to just simply make the images in silhouettes. You'd only need a couple to cover a wide range of clothing styles and unless there's oddly specific details in them you won't be infringing anyone's copyright.

[YelloMit]

Really enjoyed the game. Text-based games are severely underrated in my opinion.

Although, I would consider putting a few basic images here and there to help a bit more with the atmosphere or explaining certain things... like the guy said earlier about images for clothes would really help.

Anyway, can't wait to see more.

[splendidostrich]

Hello everyone.

The 0.3.18 version of Newlife has been released and can be downloaded from patreon by early-access patrons. The previous version has been made public and can be downloaded from the blog

The blog post with the changelog is here.

Have fun with the new version

[Bagashi]

After months i managed to re-play with this and... oh boy oh boy... that's the good stuff

[splendidostrich]

Hello everyone.

The 0.3.19 version of Newlife has been released and can be downloaded from patreon by early-access patrons. The previous version has been made public and can be downloaded from the blog

The blog post with the changelog is here.

Answers to your messages will come sometime, but not tonight because I really need to sleep.

Goodnight and have fun with the new version

[Nobudi]

Awesomestuff, Ostrich. Please continue the good work!

[Niara]

Quick question here that maybe some others can help me with. This concerns the sex shop sequence that can occur during dates.

Now, I know that this can show up as an option you you're behaving 'sexy' towards your date, and also that the date can take you there on their own (I think requires sleazy? I'm not sure). I'm doing a specific event play through trying to arrange things, but so far I cannot tell if it's possible or not: Is it possible for the boy to decide that you should look at lingerie, on his own?

Normally, you'll have the option of choosing where to browse (sex toys/lingerie), or to let him decide; so far whenever he picks, however he -always- picks sex toys.

What I'm playing at the moment is a very shy, nervous, virginal girl, and I'm trying to get the sequence to play in such a way that he goes for the adult shop, I'm too shy/nervous to stop him or do anything more than let him pick, have him decide to look at lingerie, and have the scene end in sex that I'm too timid/overwhelmed to do anything to stop. So far everything else seems to be in place - except that when we get to the shop, he always picks sex toys every time. Is it possible for the male to decide to look at lingerie at all?

[splendidostrich]

Hello everyone.

The 0.3.20 version of Newlife has been released and can be downloaded from patreon by early-access patrons. The previous version has been made public and can be downloaded from the blog

The blog post with the changelog is here.

Goodnight and have fun with the new version

[splendidostrich]

Hello everyone, it's been a while since I've properly answered people's posts, so here you go:

I'm not opposed to the idea, but the problem would be getting a library of such images that cover the range of clothing and don't cause copyright issues. There'd need to be a lot of them too, even if we assume that colour doesn't need to be shown correctly in the image.

What about asking someone to draw with copyright images only as reference? Would that be possible?

Custom art won't have copyright problems – I don't think there'd be an issue with a picture based on real clothing. The issue though is getting that art. To fit the purpose of showing the different clothing items, there'd need to be an image for each visually-distinct piece of clothing in the game, and it would have to be possible to get more when new items are added.
Ignoring colours, there are still a huge number of possible combinations of item type, skirt-length, top-type and visually-obvious traits such as low-cut. I haven't counted them, but I'd guess it's in the hundreds.
So, to do this a large number of decent-quality images would be needed. Paying someone to do it could get quite expensive, and I don't really have that much spare cash – my savings took a big hit while Newlife wasn't making much money, and I'm just starting to replenish them.
Of course if someone volunteered to do it for free then that would be great, but it'd be asking for an awful lot of free work from them. I'm not really comfortable posting to ask my players for such a large favour.

The easiest solution would be if there's a large resource of existing clothing images which cover all the required clothing types in a consistent way under an appropriate open-source license. I don't know of any such source though – a quick look online doesn't reveal anything with both the quality and variety that would be good enough.

All I'd ask for clothing wise is for the store description of a top to include whether or not that top can be worn with a bra. That keeps catching me by surprise when I try to make an outfit and it says the top can't be worn with a bra.

Strapless and halter-neck tops are the ones that don't allow bras. I'll put a line into the detail description to clarify it.

One way to go about it is to just simply make the images in silhouettes. You'd only need a couple to cover a wide range of clothing styles and unless there's oddly specific details in them you won't be infringing anyone's copyright.

I don't have the art skills to make any images myself. As for the number needed, if the purpose is to give the player an idea of how the different styles of dress and so on differ from each other then there'd be a large number needed even ignoring colour.
It's not technically impossible as long as we assume the character model used isn't expected to represent the player, but it's potentially a large job unless there's a very large open-source library I've missed.

After months i managed to re-play with this and... oh boy oh boy... that's the good stuff

Glad you're enjoying it!

Awesome stuff, Ostrich. Please continue the good work!

Thanks! Will do

Quick question here that maybe some others can help me with. This concerns the sex shop sequence that can occur during dates.

Now, I know that this can show up as an option you you're behaving 'sexy' towards your date, and also that the date can take you there on their own (I think requires sleazy? I'm not sure). I'm doing a specific event play through trying to arrange things, but so far I cannot tell if it's possible or not: Is it possible for the boy to decide that you should look at lingerie, on his own?

I've had a look in the code and it's based on behaviour. If he's using the Nice or Romantic behaviour then he'll choose sex toys because their purpose is to please you. If he's using the normal, cold or mean behaviours he'll choose lingerie because its purpose is to please him.

So, in the current version if you want the guy to choose lingerie you need to avoid charming men (they can 'fake' their behaviour to choose Romantic even if they don't like the pc) and choose a guy who's isn't so into the pc. Someone with the jerk or selfish personality would be best as they won't flip into being nice or romantic unless their relationship with you is very high.

I'll add a random element into the next version though, to give a bit more variety if you're repeatedly going to the shop with the same guy.

[Bagashi]

Hi Splendid!

Just a question about v 3.10: Why does the "Advanced" options from the character creation panel has been removed? That was a major update and feature that allowed us all to extend the gameplay and tweak the start to have a good story since the beginning. Why to remove such a wonderful feature?

[spoons312]

Is there a way to increase the game length so it lasts more than 52 weeks?

[porne]

To both above: I believe the premium version has those features. Occasionally, Splendid will release the premium version for free to those who don't pay. That's what gives the advanced options including things like 'psychic' and making it last more than 52 weeks.