Hello everyone!
Newlife 0.8.8 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.
This update adds the silver spoon landlord who, unless set otherwise (via a custom sleazy landlord with the PLEASANT_HOME_LANDLORD trait) will be the landlord for the pleasant neighborhood.
This does unfortunately mean that the recently added garden scene for the sleazy landlord becomes unavailable, but this is only a temporary measure. I intend to add content for the silver-spoon landlord in the cheap neighborhood, and then randomly assign them at game-start.
Major changes & additions:
Added the Silver Spoon landlord, along with an introductory event where you first meet him.
A random event for the Silver Spoon landlord that can happen when you're in the pleasant neighborhood and he's your landlord. Because he has content for the pleasant neighborhood and not the cheap one, Silver-spoon will always be assigned to this neighborhood in the current version unless you use a custom character to override it.
Updates to the “behind on rent” scene to support the new landlord
Minor changes:
Moved rent details to the 'home' section of the character screen.
As suggested by BereavedPoet, pushy men might ask to spend the night at the end of a date in your home.
Improved the spacing in the spitroast scene. Thanks to Ammut for highlighting this issue.
Following a request by Stochastic, added a relationship duration check for your partner asking you to get pregnant so he won't do this when you've just started dating.
Added some variants to the kiss-through-clothing part of the cunnilingus scene leadin.
It's now possible to meet another woman while changing in the gym, with an initial introduction/flirtation for strangers, and the possibility of swapping numbers as a followup.
Improved enjoy handling in the house party.
Made some house party NPC actions a bit more responsive to what the PC is doing.
Gave sleazy dates something they can do in the cinema that isn't holding hands.
Landlord NPCs now have their own NPC career.
Changes for user-submitted content:
Added SILVER_SPOON_LANDLORD to custom characters.
Added PLEASANT_HOME_LANDLORD as a trait that can be added to custom characters, though it is only meaningful on the SLEAZY_LANDLORD at the moment. If added to him, it makes him the landlord for both properties (as in previous versions). Otherwise the silver spoon landlord will be the landlord for the pleasant neighbourhood and Sleazy will only be the landlord for the starting home.
Bugfixes:
Fixes to text issues. Thanks to Ammut and Schwachflotte for reporting some of these.
Fixed a bug reported by Villain where the landlord garden scene could error.
Fixed an issue reported by Ammut where part of the wedding-dress scene was showing lesbian text for a straight engagement.
Updated the conditions for an impregnator compliment so it shouldn't appear when conflicting with the doesnt-want-kids trait. Thanks to Ammut for reporting this!
Fixed a bug reported by Zab where the nighttime inspection scene would sometimes not correctly remove the PC's underwear.
