Tuesday 1 March 2016

Newlife 0.3.18

Hello everyone!

Version 0.3.18 of Newlife is finished and I've released it on Patreon. Early-access Patrons can find it in the creations section here. The changelog is below.


Version of 0.3.17 is now public. You can download it using the links on the right-hand side of the blog. The 0.3.17 changelog is here. From 0.3.17 Newlife is distributed as a zip file - see the changelog for details

As usual, saved files & templates from older versions probably won't work with newer ones. 

For new players - just use one of the links to the right to get a zipfile containing Newlife. Once unzipped, you'll see a folder containing .jar and .exe files. Either one of these will run the game. 

For either version you'll need to have Java installed. A lot of programs use Java so you might well already have it. If the jar shows up as an unrecognised file type, then you probably don't. In that case you can get it from http://www.java.com/
The exe should tell you if you don't have the right version on your computer, but you'll still need to install java to run the game.
There's a guide for new players here which includes some troubleshooting tips for installation & downloading.

This update is mostly internal changes to support female NPCs. They don't appear in the game yet so it isn't especially content-heavy, but you'll see the benefits next version once female NPCs are added to scenes.
However, there are some changes that I hope you'll enjoy. In particular, the game can now auto-create outfits for you - something which has been requested a lot and will make it much easier to have a large wardrobe.

Here's the full changelog:

Major changes & additions:
  • Lots of internal changes to support female NPCs, although there's still more work to be done before they'll be ready to appear in the game.
  • Extensive rework of how clothes are generated, although this is another internal change with few obvious effects for now – the main purpose is to allow NPC outfits to be created based on their preferred style.
  • Added a button on the Wardrobe screen that has the game automatically create outfits for you using the clothes in your wardrobe. See the in-game help for more details.
  • Rebalanced stat modifiers for clothing.

Minor changes & bugfixes:
  • Fixes to text and UI issues. Thanks to Cubano, Delargante and OrangeJuice for reporting problems they found.
  • Added tooltips to the Options screen, as suggested by Mugunghwa. These explain what the different options do. Hover the mouse over an option's name to see its tooltip.
  • As requested by Triangleman09, added an action to pull your underwear aside to the makeout scenes – this is largely the same as the one in the oral sex scene.
  • Fixed an issue reported by Aethar where pregnancy wasn't being checked when determining if the pc was thin enough to slip through a tiny hole in the wall.
  • Following a suggestion by Delargante, Horse's friend now has alternative dialogue if you're his girlfriend when he introduces you.
  • Added a new small npc action to the doggystyle scene.
  • Added a possibility where behaviour-based rejection of npcs trying to undress you can fail if you're drunk. This won't currently affect many scenes though as rejection responses don't appear very often.
  • Your starting casual clothes on the non-transformed female start will now be based more on your traits
  • Although yoga pants have base stats that lean towards casualness, this only applies for casual outfits - when worn in an athletic outfit their casualness/elegance is now 0.
  • Added short work skirts.
  • Added sports skirts.
  • Added a plain nightgown, for characters who prefer an understated traditional style.
  • Added slips as a more elegant option for sexy nightwear.
  • A couple of people on Patreon had reported that the default text was too large in the clothing description boxes. I've added a separate option to handle text for them.


Enjoy the new version, and let me know if you find any bugs! 

63 comments:

  1. Now that all downloads are done in folders, any chance you can just add the current NLCC.jar file, as to make it easier for those that make customs NPCs

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  2. "Added a possibility where behaviour-based rejection of npcs trying to undress you can fail if you're drunk. This won't currently affect many scenes though as rejection responses don't appear very often."

    Intriguing. How do we test this?

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    1. Probably with great difficulty... I was going to do more rejection failures, but then I realised that the situation will be incredibly rare in the game.

      The core problem is that auto-rejection requires behaviour, and behaviour isn't defined in the makeout scenes which is where most of those actions are called from. Instead, the makeout scene assumes you either accept or welcome your partner's advances, depending only on arousal level.

      Rejection only happens in a handful of scenes, and most of them don't involve either drinking or him removing your underwear... I'm actually not sure if it can even show up in the game at the moment. I'll need to think about ways to make it possible.



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  3. Tried to pay for pattreon with paypal no options, no support. Sorry.

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    1. Unfortunately this is something neither me nor Patreon have any control over. Paypal's management are strongly against adult content, and they won't accept their service being used for it.

      Quite a few small adult content creators have run into trouble with this - they set up paypal accounts to receive donations or payment but then when Paypal management finds out they freeze the accounts and lock away all the momey in them.

      As for Patreon, they used to allow Paypal for all patrons back in 2014 before I joined the site. Because of this, Paypal contacted them and threatened to cut all integration with their site, freezing the money in every creator's account - hundreds of thousands of dollars.
      To prevent this, Patreon had to make major changes, blocking paypal from being used to support NSFW creators and removing adult creators from their site's search functionality.

      It's to Patreon's credit that they allow adult content to the extent that they do. A lot of big tech companies are strongly against NSFW content, and Paypal are among the worst. Personally, I think this sort of thing is one of the reasons why the western adult game industry is so small compared to the Japanese one.

      Support for Newlife via paypal is simply never going to happen. If I tried to set up a paypal account then sooner or later it'd end up locked, with the money inside it inaccessible. There's nothing me or Patreon can do about it.

      Thanks for trying to support me though - I appreciate the fact that you tried, even if it didn't end up being possible.

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  4. Here are a list of things I would like to see.

    1. Chance to fail the ability to reject going into the restroom with a man.

    2. The ability to do nothing when on your knees which makes the npc pull his own junk out and auto grab your head.

    3. Add a transportation method option which each method cost different amounts of money. This will allow you to add a car option where you can purchase a car for like 1000, or walk everywhere, or take public transportation for a weekly fee. This will add the ability to add new options when walking, avoid the mugger with a car, or add grope scenes similar to the concert with the chickan style theme.

    4. There should be an option to visit the adult store on your own and go into a "video booth" or to on rare occasions, visit a public glory hole. There should be an added feature where if you are at the club or some place a certain amount of time, you eventually want to head to the restroom where a glory hole could be. It could be added to the Gym and Night Club.

    5. Cross dressers and lesbians should be added to the game in rare abundance though. Add a girlfriends and girls night out kind of thing where you can make friends with the girls from work and all go to a party which could turn into a sexual thing with male stripper ect. or all of them are secretly a cross dresser and tries to take advantage of you one day.

    6. Add a stalker that just stalks you, but, doesn't really rape you and randomly makes excuses to knock on your door sometimes or you will see him hiding in the alleyway or backyard and can confront him while might lead to you getting groped, but, you can threaten him that you will call the cops or you can leave at any time.

    7. Add new jobs, like a prison guard job, which each job is based after a different stat. Add the option to have sexual relations with one of the prisoners or something.

    8. Add a public exhibitionist that appears in public transits and you can choose to just stare at, look out the window, or sit next to him and he gropes you then you can touch him and suck him.

    Honestly there is a lot I wish you could add to the game. You might not but I'm sure there will be more games like this. It would be nice to see someone do it first.

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    1. I like the gloryhole and stripper ideas

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    2. "1. Chance to fail the ability to reject going into the restroom with a man."

      That's already in.

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  5. Sagan, you bring some interesting suggestions, but I really don't like your tone. Suggesting things like "you might not (add my suggestions) but I'm sure there will be more games like this" makes you sound like a dick and really doesn't help your case. If you really care about your opinions, consider donating $20 and joining the Inner Circle. Or sit back and do nothing, since you're sure there will be "other games like this" that will have what you're looking for. Lol.

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  6. ^This is what a troll looks like. He doesn't even message me with a reply so I can get a notification in my email.

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  7. The new athletic skirt makes me want to suggest that if you aren't wearing underwear and you do certain workouts at the gym that either you refuse or, if you're flirty, it says new things

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    1. Yes, I was just thinking that too. Especially with Yoga. That's the first thing I tried with the athletic skirts. Go to the gym with an athletic skirt and no panties. I was surprised she didn't get any descriptions about flashing onlookers. That would be fun.

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  8. I was wondering if it is intended that lactation stops right after birth. I don't think it works that way ;)
    So it should continue at least a few weeks after giving birth.

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    1. I just assume that postpartum lactation's out for reasons similar to the player not owning any furniture. The Unethical Experimentation Party is in bed with the formula manufacturers and has accordingly spiked the water supply with anti-lactation hormones to push new mothers towards the store shelves.

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    2. One day there'll be an improved implementation, but for now these sort of timing-based effects aren't supported.

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    3. Your explanation doesn't add to the game's lore at all.

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  9. What was the new gym scene? at least tell me how to get it? I still haven got it...

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    1. Which one? There's no new scenes in 0.3.18.

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    2. Believe he means the new scene added in 0.3.16 which you were rather vague about (I haven't found it yet either).

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    3. I think it's the one where Horse rescues you. Maybe?

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    4. http://new-life.wikia.com/wiki/Horse_Threesome_Event
      Under event description.

      Also if anyone reading this wants something added to the wiki and for some reason can't write it yourself, be it by lack of knowledge or just that you can't be arsed to do it; leave a comment here:
      http://new-life.wikia.com/wiki/Help_us_make_the_wiki_better

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  10. Could we have an option to continue after week 52?

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    2. The game just seems to go by so quickly. A simple ability to just continue on, or a way to disable the Ivy event during week 52 would be nice.

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    3. or maybe they could turn week selections into daily selections instead and give the character a certain amount of energy points to use on what they will do each day, allowing for more opportunities to occur each week and letting the game still only last 52.

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    4. Why can't it just be optional whether or not it's unlimited?

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    5. Because people get old friend...

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    8. That isn't an excuse...this is a game.

      An option for infinite mode, and story mode would be nice. There's so little time to develop relationships, unlock new items, and get the events. This will be even more challenging as more are added to the game.

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    9. The patreon version has the option to set the game length in the cheat menu.

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  11. Needs pantyhose/thigh-highs/stockings and shoooeesss

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    1. Tights are out I'm afraid. The clothing system is already too complicated and so I don't want to add items that'd cover multiple slots.

      Shoes are also out for similar complexity reasons.

      Stockings and thigh-highs will come at some point for the legwear slot. That'll definitely be in for the Relationship major update as it'll be essential for a wedding outfit, but it might also go in before then. That won't be in the 0.3.x updates though as I want to focus purely on finishing this core update.

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  12. Is the Character Creator going to be updated ?

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    1. You mean the custom npc system? I'll be adding female npcs to it at some point, but not straight away. It's on the shortlist of must-do tasks before 0.4 though.

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  13. Are there plans for anal scenes in the game? If there are there already I apologize, haven't gotten too far quite yet. Fantastic game though and easily one of my favorites!

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    1. Glad you're enjoying it :) There's no plans for anal though - sorry.

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  14. Are there plans for a shemale/futanari PC? Because I would really enjoy that.

    Some NPCs wouldn't like it, some would be indifferent and always on top, and some would like it and be willing to be bottom.

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    1. No. The rewrites needed to support something like that would be so extensive that it'd be pretty much like writing an entire new game.

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  15. First of all I really enjoy this game and the direction it's taking. The only suggestion/request I have is that I would like to see more clothing options added to the game. Particularly I'd like to see shoes get added as there's a large variety of options that could be used and fit within the clothing stats that are currently in-game. Keep up the good work.

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    1. The clothing system is already excessively complicated, so the only major changes I'm planning are t-shirt style tops and legwear. There'll also be some new outfit types (formal dresses, for instance) but they'll work within the existing functionality.

      At the moment writing actions that involve touching through clothes or undressing is a massive pain, and this will be doubly bad when lesbian content starts getting added and both characters use female clothing.
      In short - I don't intend to add footwear.

      This is something I might rethink if I get to the end of development and I feel there's still space for some bonus content, but that'll be years away so it isn't something to plan for now.

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  16. Shoe... we need shoe already...

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  17. http://www.xvideos.com/video649916/silvina_escudero_strip_dance

    Would you consider adding something like this to the dance competition?

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    1. That is really cool.

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    2. No. The dance competition isn't a strip club thing. It's a big public event and you wouldn't get away with taking your clothes off there.

      There is a striptease option at your home, although it's one of the actions from 0.1.0, so it probably has a shorter description than more recently-written ones.

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    3. Actually it is from a dance competition aired live and with a studio audience. But no problem. Just had to ask.

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  18. Hiya, I think I've found a strange bug with 3.17- Whenever I played it, for some reason, it would activate the cheat (where every NPC has your number), and I couldn't figure out how to turn it off. It would happen every time. After some fiddling around with things, I realized that it was because I was using my old character templates from 3.16 (I merged the folders together when I downloaded 3.17 because I didn't wanna lose any templates/custom NPCs). Making a totally new character fixed it.

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    1. I realize that we're probably not supposed to use older templates, but I thought I'd report this anyway, 'cause it seemed odd.

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    2. Custom npcs should work across versions but templates/saves aren't supported. Behaviour with older templates/saves is unpredictable, so this sort of thing is probably not unusual.

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  19. Is my system supposed to be detecting a trojan virus when I download the file because I don't think so

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    1. I've taken the latest public version off Mega and checked it with multiple virus scanners. It comes up clean.
      If you provide more details (e.g. exactly which scanner, what it claims to detect etc) then I can investigate and see if there's a false positive.

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    2. Just as a quick update with some more detail - I ran the file through virustotal.com as well as the scanners I have on my machine, and it comes up clean on all 54 of their scanners, which I think includes all the big ones.

      It seems most likely that you've picked something up somewhere else and it just happened to be detected when you downloaded Newlife - either that or there's something iffy with your scanner. I know some viruses masquerade as fake virus scanners.

      Incidentally, I believe that Mega & Mediafire are clean - they are big high-profile companies who'd have a lot to lose if they were associated with malware. However, I use an adblocker and so I wouldn't know if they had a bad advert.
      I recommend that anyone who doesn't already gets an ad blocker like Adblock Plus, especially if you're browsing porn. They're free and porn sites that have ads are especially prone to dodgy ones - I even had an alert once on Hongfire when I was browsing with a mobile that didn't have adblock.

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    3. Windows Defender quarantines the jar cache when I run version 3.16 or earlier (patron or regular). It stopped happening for me in 3.17 and 3.18.

      Windows 10 Professional, latest stable, fully updated Windows Defender.

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    4. Bizarre. I'd have expected it to get more suspicious after 0.3.17 when options were added.

      I can understand why heuristics might consider it a dangerous file - Newlife is an executable from an unknown developer (I haven't gone to the trouble & expense of getting & using a signed security certificate) which can create other files - it creates the savegame folders and a properties file for game options.

      The properties file was added in 0.3.17 though, so I'd have thought there'd be a higher risk of false-positives from malware detectors after that, not a lower one.

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  20. Now that we are getting closer to female NPCs, I'd like to repeat a question I asked a few months back, before said NPCs became a priority: Can there be virginal female NPCs that the PC may be able to deflower with a dildo/strap-on, or will the PC be the only female with a confirmed hymen?

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    1. Lesbians won't be getting added this major release. I won't be doing detailed planning of what'll go into lesbian content until they win a backer vote to be the next major update. Next vote will be around when the 0.4.0 version comes out.

      However, I don't like blood in a sexual context, so there won't be any "virgins bleeding" content ever.

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    2. It's your game, and your decision, but I do have some ideas for how that type of content could play out.

      It's not about blood and pain (Most text based games that I've seen with virgin content don't tend to focus on that aspect much anyway, if at all), but rather about trust. There (arguably) isn't any hard rape in this game, so I imagine a lot of content in this proposed category could follow a mostly "vanilla" route, (which there sadly just isn't enough of in this AO format where raping and taking advantage of sexually inexperienced and naïve female characters are commonplace).

      Of course, I can easily see it deviating quite a bit from how the game currently plays, particularly how most male NPCs want to engage intercourse almost immediately, and this scenario could possibly require the formula to be reversed, and the PC could have to initiate most possible sex scenes themselves, which the female NPC could reject if they feel they don't trust the PC enough. I could imagine that courting a virgin could probably require a lot more talking and dates before they open up enough to allow the PC to have sex with them. Possibly, there could be a date or anniversary event where the female NPC would tell the PC that they're ready to let them take her virginity.

      I'm totally on board for stuff like that. It's your game though, and no doubt it would take a lot more coding for such scenarios. This is still an addicting game without that content.

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  21. Sorry for finding it out now ( I usually use Male start), but appreciate the Mac Guffin reference :3

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  22. Is there a way to test the paternity of a baby after birth?

    It never actually occurred to me to have it tested while I was pregnant, and my boyfriend never asked.

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  23. 2 weaknesses of the outfit auto-creator:

    1. It doesn't like to create outfits without a top (athletic outfits with only a sports bra, for example)

    2. It doesn't consider "bare" options. For example, say you only own "cute" panties. The generator will always use some version of those panties, even when creating naughty-themed outfits.

    But it's a fantastic help, and only requires a tiny bit of tweaking after it's done its thing resulting in much less work than creating everything from scratch. Great job!

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  24. Here's an idea for a trait. Teetotaler/Straight Edge! It would make the character refuse any alcohol. The player can choose to avoid alcohol for the most part, at the moment, but there are a few scenes that have the player character drink without a choice from the player (such as being taken to a cocktail bar on a date). This trait could basically treat the character as if they were always pregnant, as it pertains to drinking. It could also be an NPC trait, to prevent NPCs from getting boozed up.

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  25. A few bugs I've noticed. This is from 0.3.18 so some of them have likely been fixed.

    --Character creation

    "As a woman, you have these now." - perhaps rephrase so that it applies equally to the female start

    --Bathroom sex scene

    "You feel pleasure mounting in your lower belly, and you realise that you're about to have your first orgasm from sex as a woman right here up against this graffitied toilet wall."

    "Panting with effort you ride the wave of pleasure, sweat beading your face, as you enjoy your first climax from sex as a woman."

    Despite
    a) using the female start (so the "as a woman" seems out of place)
    b) not being a virgin (so the "first orgasm/climax" seems out of place)

    --Gym shower sex scene

    "You proudly give the other guys an eyefull of your sensual tanned body as you change, and then stride out proudly."

    Reads a bit oddly due to "proudly" being repeated.

    --Horse threesome scene

    "I'vefound astunner who's up for some fun." - should be "I've found a stunner who's up for some fun."

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    1. Thanks! I've fixed all of those, except for the last one which was reported earlier on Patreon and is already dealt with.

      Are you the Deus ExLibris from Over-Analysing AIF? If so then I think your blog is great! It's really interesting to read about AIF games, and I enjoy seeing what you have to say even when I don't have the time to actually play the game itself.

      Btw, for anyone reading this who wants to check it out, overanalysing AIF is :http://overanalysingaif.blogspot.co.uk

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