Newlife 0.3.22

Hello everyone!

 
Version 0.3.22 of Newlife is finished and I've released it on Patreon. Early-access Patrons can find it in the creations section here. The changelog is below.

Version of 0.3.21 is now public. You can download it using the links on the right-hand side of the blog. The 0.3.21 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.

Here's the full changelog for 0.3.22:

Major changes & additions:

• Added a new weekend activity: spend time with friends. This will reduce stress and slowly increase your relationships with your friends. There isn't a guaranteed scene based on this, but instead some special events are added to the normal list. The stress reduction from this action is based on your highest friendship status, with additional bonuses & penalties for each friend at Close or Bad status. This means that having more friends can benefit you, but only if you're close with all of them.
• Added three new events for the above activity. One of these incorporates suggestions from Novus Operandi, sid67, cubano, Erica Heathrow, Derp and probably a few other patrons I've forgotten to name here – thanks for your help!

Minor changes & bugfixes:

• Fixes to text issues. Thanks to Fiery Dog Poop and Baby J for reporting problems they found.
• As requested by Chris on patreon, added a line to the character screen showing who you lost your virginity to. This will only appear if your character isn't a virgin, and only if her first time was with a man from the game.
• Fixed a bug where summer dresses weren't being created pink for the player (due to a typo, purple had a double chance of being chosen instead).
• Fixed a bug “reported” by cubano where the rare virgin party-girl npcs never lost their virginity when going home with men on nights out. There's now a 2/3 chance of this happening.
• Fixed a bug reported by NotYou where you could enter the gym a second time without a membership if you had a fine to pay from your free visit. You now get prompted to buy a membership after paying the fine, and need to pay for both to use the gym.
• Fixed a bug reported by NotYou where work experience from the male character wasn't being transferred to the female one.
• Added an option to disable custom NPCs, as requested by NotYou and Saur. This only affects new games – changing the value won't add or remove NPCs from saved games.
• Added a new dialogue action to the bar-with-friend scene, as suggested by cubano.

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

Newlife 0.3.21

Hello everyone!

 
Version 0.3.21 of Newlife is finished and I've released it on Patreon. Early-access Patrons can find it in the creations section here. The changelog is below.

Version of 0.3.20 is now public. You can download it using the links on the right-hand side of the blog. The 0.3.20 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.

Here's the full changelog for 0.3.21:

Major changes & additions:

• Added a new random event that can occur if you have an innocent female friend. Well, technically two events, but the second is just a small follow-up from the first.

Minor changes & bugfixes:

• Fixes to text issues. Thanks to Novus Operandi, Cubano, Saur, Death25 and Kayla for reporting problems they found.
• Fixed an issue reported by Shadow Valentine with party-girls in the club acting like the pc is pregnant when she isn't, and vice-versa.
• Added a line to tops and dresses detailed description to highlight when they can't be work with bras – change requested by Saika on LoK.
• Following a post from Niara, added a random element when letting your date decide what to do in the adult shop along with some additional descriptive text.
• Previously, chaos mode female-start characters were never virgins. Not really an issue before Secret mode because the player could just change it in chargen, but it meant that secret-mode starts would always have experience. This has now been changed so creating a secret-chaos female-start character has a chance of being a virgin based on her traits (highest for cute + shy, lowest for sultry + flirty, 50% if you have none of these traits). Male-start characters are still always virgins at the start as they obviously won't have had a chance to have sex in their female body. Thanks to OrangeJuice for reporting this issue.
• Added a short alternative orgasm that can show up in cowgirl position when the pc is heavily pregnant.
• Added a new stat: acts of evil. This doesn't include cheating, which has its own counter. Just in case I've forgotten something, if you're evil and it doesn't increase this stat then let me know and I'll update the action. Also, shame on you.
• The gym jerk now only has a 2/3 probability of being automatically added to the gym scene (although he gets a second chance as part of normal NPC selection). This is to address issues with a lack of variety to the accidental changing room scene. Note that the jerk's bonus chance of appearing is completely eliminated if you agree with Horse to stop having changing room encounters with him and the jerk.
• Added actions to the bar scene that let you leave before the evening ends, at the cost of annoying your companion if they're a party-girl (which, for now, they are). This glaring omission from the last version was pointed out by Cubano.
• Female NPCs now have their virginity tracked, although this is almost always unused in scenes. The chance of an npc being a virgin is based on her age and character type. This information will be displayed in the character browser with high enough knowledge: 30, to be precise.
• Added a few lines to the “watch friend have sex” path in the taxi scene for the extremely unlikely situation that your party-girl friend turns out to be a virgin. This is such a rare situation that I don't recommend people go out of their way to get it in this release – wait for custom female npcs to go in.
• Added some extra lines of text for the player discovering she's pregnant when she was on the pill, as can happen with e.g. the forgetful trait. Thanks to NotYou for reporting the lack of suitable text there.
• Added a “criticise your lover” action for bitchy characters, as (sort-of) suggested by Malik P. Well, they suggested dominant dialogue for the player, but this might be more insulting than dominant. Conditions: male-dominant sex scene, bitchy, didn't ask the man to be rough, hasn't had an orgasm, not in love, not shy, low arousal (threshold is based on liking).

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