Newlife 0.4.13

Hello everyone!

Newlife 0.4.13 has been released. Early-access Patrons can find it in the creations section here. The changelog is below.

The previous version is now public. You can download it using the links on the right-hand side of the blog. The public version's changelog is here.

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 is the first of two PMW releases. There were two joint winners for the vote and I've had some issues with work this month due to an injury so I decided to just have 2 separate releases instead of trying to get it all into one.

This one is focused on manipulative content for the cunning trait. The largest chunk of new content is probably the lowlife changes: choose "throw her under the bus" to access this path. The next release will implement the other PMW winner, which was content related to a jerk friend of the PC's boyfriend.

This release also marks the first user-written scene to be included into Newlife - great timing considering I'd been having a bad month until Rigel swooped in to save the day!

Changelog:

Major changes & additions:

• Added new content based around the cunning trait. Some of this is not available for Nice characters. This includes:
  • Cheating at the card game
  • Convincing your innocent friend to get involved with the lowlives.
  • Getting the innocent colleague to sort out the boss' problem during a presentation at work (innocent NPCs really are getting the short end of the stick in this release)
  • Cheating at the partner dance contest. Some of the existing solo cheating options are also now available for non-bitchy cunning characters but players still need the bitchy trait to access the crueller paths.
  • Accessing the “helping an impregnator” friendship event. I'm not convinced this shockingly evil scheme makes much sense for a non-evil character but I've had a lot of requests to slacken the requirements and it is relevant for cunning characters.
• Included a new scene that was written by Rigel. In this scene you run into the lowlives again when on a day out with your friend. Anyone interested in Velocity should definitely check out Rigel's work. Their skill with Velocity certainly exceeds mine so we can all learn from them!

Minor changes & bugfixes:

• Fixes to text issues. Thanks to Death25, OrangeJuice, Megh, Pgiac6 and Thomas123 for reporting some of these.
• Fixed an error reported by Antage in the blackmail scene when you use the “friends don't blackmail” action.
• Fixed a bug where “addFlag” was being called instead of “hasFlag” in one of the blackmail scene conditions.
• The cunning trait now gives +10 to starting charm.
• As requested by FutureSight, the “shop for your flat” action now shows your money when the scene starts and in the describe-scene text and window-shopping action.
• Modified NPC preference scoring so that impregnators should be better disposed towards the “have 3 kids” vow request unless they don't like children.
• Added a new male orgasm text for the first time you sleep with your boss, as long as it's in the missionary position and without a condom.
• The game will now generate 4 lowlives, as there's a chance that the new path can block one from being available for the befriending scene so there needs to be a replacement. The scene itself still only uses 3, chosen randomly from the available ones.

Changes for user-submitted content:

• Yaml files can now include an optional characterDescriptionTextId entry to override the default character descriptions: see the yml syntax guide for details. If you want to use the default functionality then you should leave this entry out completely.
• The haveOrgasm method is now also available for male NPCs: you can thank Rigel for pointing out this omission in their scene submission.

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