Newlife 0.8.13

 Hello everyone!

So, Newlife 0.8.13 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.

Saves from old versions will probably still work in this one, but I haven't tested this and 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 doesn't have a particular focus. Rather, it adds various things requested by players, as well as some changes I came up with on my own.

Major changes & additions:

• Following a suggestion by Leviathan, added a new event that allows for a friendly end to your office rivalry and to start dating the rival without having to defeat her first. This requires you to have been intimate with her a few times.

• New small random event that can happen when you're in a relationship with an accountant.

• Updated the minidate exlover scene with a new version by Lost Trout.

Minor changes:

• Added some more trait-based flavour options for when a man comes up to you in the club.

• A PC with the maternal trait will now be more attracted to female NPCs if they are visibly pregnant or, to a lesser extent, if they have a baby.

• Updated some help sections to reflect changes in the game since they were written.

• Added some friendly interactions with the rival to the office party scene that are enabled by the new friendly end to the rivalry.

• Moved the missionary state-change actions (open legs, lift legs etc) to after the repeatable actions (move your hips, kiss his chest etc) in the action list.

• Added some variety to the text for the default breast-groping NPC makeout action.

• New “clutch his shoulders” action for the missionary sex scene.

• Added text variety to the “Masturbate him” action in the oral sex scene.

Changes for user-submitted content:

• Added WATCH_MF_COWGIRL and WATCH_MF_MO as a possible transition for custom scenes, as requested by Stochastic. These allow transitions to the scenes where you watch a female NPC and a male NPC together. See the docs for more information.

Bugfixes:

• Fixes to some text issues. Thanks to Saur for reporting some of these.

• Fixed an issue where some routes in the office rival scenes were not flagging you and her as having had sex, and therefore not unlocking relevant content in later scenes, notably the dating routes in the victory-over-the-rival scene.

• The scene where the PC is kept awake by sex sounds in the brothel will now only happen when she is actually living there.

• Fixed a bug reported by AnarChYsT where the PC was not being paid when the landlord pimps her out.

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

Newlife 0.8.12

Hello everyone!

 

The update has been delayed a while due to my health issues, including a brief but rather miserable period of hospitalisation. However, I'm at home now and it is ready to go!

 

So, Newlife 0.8.12 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 could run into issues here and may not work properly with the new version.

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 a new neighbourhood where you can get a super-cheap room above a brothel, along with a bunch of new scenes around living there and potentially making some money on the side.

Major changes & additions:

• Added a new 'bad' neighbourhood, a crummy flat in the redlight district in a building used for 'other purposes'. This is overseen by a new landlord (the “Pimp Landlord”) who is always the landlord for this home and only this one.

• Failing to pay your rent in the non-redlight homes will now have the PC evicted instead of going into debt. Failing to pay in the redlight area will still cause debt, although this may be changed later.

• The PC can, on moving into the redlight home, offer to do sex-work as a side-gig. This is handled by events and is not treated as a “day job”.

• Two new events for the redlight home, focusing on the impact living there can have on her work. Both of these are currently only available for working characters.

Minor changes:

• Increased the weight for the “interact with first baby” scene to make it more likely to fire during its restricted time window. Thanks to AnarChYsT for highlighting that this potential issue.

• Added an action to go back to the initial choices to the move-home scene, now that there are multiple available moves.

• Redlight neighbourhood has a slightly higher chance of mugging events (90 weight, compared to 80 for the starting home and 10 for the pleasant one).

• Added some stats and game-flags to track prostitution, both in the new redlight content and the existing hotel/street scenes by Secondarian.

• Rent modifier is now tracked on a per-landlord basis rather than a single value.

Changes for user-submitted content:

• PIMP_LANDLORD can be customised. Bear in mind that this NPC is always the landlord for the redlight district and only that – he cannot be given other landlord traits.

Bugfixes:

• Fixes to some text issues. Thanks to StuntCuffer for reporting some of these.

• Fixed an issue with text about changing landlords when moving back to a home you've previously lived in.

• Fixed an error reported by Gamecat007 where one of the childfree events was throwing an error when opening.

• Fixed a bug reported by StuntCuffer where the “dragged to bed by your hair” route in the scene where your husband demands you fulfill a breeding vow was still triggering for shaven-headed PCs.

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

Newlife 0.8.11

 

Hello everyone!

Newlife 0.8.11 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 focuses on content for characters in a relationship with a student NPC.

Major changes & additions:

• New content based around being in a relationship with a partner who is a university student. This includes a sizable new scene that includes some special routes for players in lesbian relationships, as well as an event where they can graduate with a tendency towards better outcomes if their studies were going more successfully and a brief one where a pregnant student struggles with her studies.

• Following some suggestions by Dunan Rayne, added a save/load tab to the wardrobe screen. This lets you save a character's wardrobe (all clothing & outfits) and then load it later in another game. Bear in mind though that loading a wardrobe will overwrite anything the character had already so it's probably best for new games.

Minor changes:

• New “academic” npc career where they work as a university lecturer.

Bugfixes:

• Fixes to some text issues. Thanks to Nameless for reporting some of these.

• Fixed an issue with some NPC careers not giving an advantage to DULL characters.

• Adjusted female NPC career choices such that character type has a stronger effect.

• Increased the bonus INNOCENT female NPCs get to their career rating for the librarian career.

• Rewrote a line in the “partner calls while you have sex with a jerk” content that didn't make sense with how the situation had been described earlier. Thanks to Dunan Rayne for reporting this!

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