Newlife 0.7.4

Hello everyone!

It turns out that my medical issues are due to a chronic condition, but while this doesn't have an outright cure it is possible to treat my symptoms. I've been given a pile of prescription medicines that are working very well which means that I'm pretty much back to normal now and I've been able to release a new version of Newlife. So, on to my usual mostly-copy-pasted release post!

 
Newlife 0.7.4 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.

I think that this version will be compatible with saves from the previous version, but I haven't tested it so I may be mistaken.

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 release adds a first lesbian makeout scene that can be accessed from a lesbian date at home (which in turn is accessed from the lesbian club weekend-evening action).

 

Major changes & additions:

• Added a lesbian makeout scene, which functions as a sort of hybrid makeout/sex scene. This can be accessed from dates at home with another woman.

• Added a new type of makeout action: KISS_BODY where the PC's partner kisses her breasts or stomach.

Minor changes:

• Added some more variety to the titfuck action in the oral scene for when it's chosen repeatedly.

• New LESBIAN_ORGASMS stat.

• Female-start characters can now select whether or not they've previously had lesbian experiences at character creation.

Changes for user-submitted content:

• Added the “lesbian virgin” field to female custom characters. If this is missing then the game will fill it in using the usual logic. As such, old templates from before this release should still work fine.

• Moved causePlayerOrgasm and its no-cheating variant from the male-npc object to the general npc one, meaning it will now work for female npcs as well.

• Please let me know if you notice any other methods that should be moved to all-npcs now that FF makeout content is in the game. I do seem to remember moving up some other methods at some point when I was quite ill, but I seem to have forgotten to note them in the changelog and I can't remember what they were now.

• LESBIAN_LYING_MAKEOUT is now a valid scene transition.

• Added a performMakeoutAction method to female NPCs. Note that this uses a slightly different method signature to the male equivalent so simply copy-pasting code for male NPCs will not work: the “rough” parameter is removed and a new “dominant” one is added.

• Updated the HOME_DATE transition and lesbian equivalent to automatically populate the Pc's behaviour towards the NPC if it had been set before.

Bugfixes:

• Fixes to text issues. Thanks to Sync and Tomboyfriend for reporting some of these.

• Replaced the copy-pasted date-end text that had been left in by mistake with some proper lines. Thanks to Sync for pointing out this problem.

• Fixed a bug reported by Modus0 where the PC would not get dressed on returning from the porn-theatre back-alley, resulting in her potentially being naked for the rest of her date.

• Fixed an issue reported by Brobort where socks were no longer allowed with business outfits even when relax-outfit-restrictions was set. Socks are now allowed in business outfits if the option is set.

• Fixed an issue with some npc stripping actions where they could dishevel the PC's clothing even when it was previously at further state of undress.

• Female-start characters were missing a default hairstyle, meaning the character-creator screen was getting a null haircut which prevented the game from starting unless one was chosen. This has now been fixed. Thanks to Tomthehand for reporting this.

• Fixed an issue reported by Silne Veras where a man in the club would treat the PC like a porn star even if her only porn work was a video he himself leaked to the internet. This action now requires the porn-star flag (from actual porn work) or for a video to have been leaked by someone else.

• Fixed a bug reported by AnarChYsT where the charm-training scene could end up duplication actions.

• Fixed an issue with the positioning for one of the sitting makeout's subpositions not working with the text for one of the standard makeout actions.

• Fixed an issue where the PC wasn't gaining enjoy at one point where she has an orgasm in the blackjack scene.

• Removed some duplicate text reported by Sync in the lesbian date that referred to your date as a “he”.

• Fixed a bug reported by Brobort where you could get into a neverending threesome in the office party.

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