Hello everyone!
Newlife 0.8.7 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.
Saves from old versions should keep working, but I can't make any promises.
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.
After thinking over how to handle other landlord types, I decided not to restrict the sleazy landlord to always being the starting one. For now he's the landlord for both properties but I eventually intend for some homes to have different ones, randomly determined when a game is started. As the sleazy landlord is definitely not then a placeholder for the pleasant neighborhood, he needed an actual scene there to replace the flat-inspection one, so that's what I've focused on this update.
Major changes & additions:
Added a new event for the sleazy landlord when you're living in the pleasant neighborhood.
Minor changes:
Updated the “asks you to be his girlfriend” npc action in homedate to have a range of possible lines based on your relationship, rather than just using the same basic text every time it happens. I think this is an action that was largely unaltered since Newlife's first ever version, back when the game lasted 26 weeks and becoming someone's girlfriend was the furthest a relationship could progress.
Added some alternative lesbian-club text for situations where an npc who with the likes_sexy trait comes to be with you after you've been acting in a provocative way.
Added an option to kick the landlord out when he tries to inspect your flat. This will stop the event reoccuring for some time, but he will raise your rent a bit as revenge.
Added a new option for sultry characters to hit on the landlord in a very forward way at the start of the flat inspection, assuming they're attracted to him.
As requested by Sluttycricket, made it easier to win your feud with the office rival by updating various scenes to increase the effect of victories over her.
Bugfixes:
Fixes to text issues. Thanks to for reporting some of these.
Fixed an issue reported by Helvette and Zab where the rent amounts for your current and new home were not being compared correctly, resulting in text indicating that the more expensive home was actually cheaper.
Improved handling of the office rival dominance stat so the minimum value should actually be enforced consistently.
