Newlife 0.7.0

 

 Hello everyone!

 
Newlife 0.7.0 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.

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.

This is the final release in the work & careers update, with some new content and also internal reworks. The next major update, chosen by voters on patreon, will be Lesbian Content. I'll be starting on that either next release or the one after.

 

Major changes & additions:

• Added a new path to the office party, intended to give the scene more variety for players with a non-sleazy boss. You need to be wearing underwear to the party to get this route.

• Extensively reworked how enjoy and relationship processing works internally. This probably won't be very visible to players, but it should solve the numerous issues involved with handling relationship-stat changes in multiple-NPC scenes.

• Added a new event for characters in the office career, especially those on the PA sub-path. This is the work trip, a scene requested by PrettyPenny which also allows the boss to become properly dateable.

Minor changes:

• Added some clarification to the user-created-npcs guide to highlight some changes made since it was written, notably that the number of NPCs can be modified in the options.

• Slightly improved one of the makeout action text sections that was a bit bare if none of the clauses were available.

• Increased the effects of likes-rough and low-self-esteem on the lowlife “freeze in panic” route. As long as there are no negative effects, having one of these will now be sufficient by itself for the route to end in sex.

• Added a new option at character creation: Underling. This dooms the PC to never receive any but the most basic of promotions. Specifically, underlings can get one promotion in a career, but no more.

Changes for user-submitted content:

• There are none. Enjoy is now properly linked to a specific NPC, but this has been something I've wanted to do for a while now and the custom scene methods were written to support the change without affecting custom scenes. I did get to remove the paragraph in the documentation referring to the enjoy system having “major internal flaws”, so I'm pleased about that!

Bugfixes:

• Fixes to text issues. Thanks to Joisub and Wakisha for reporting some of these.

• Fixed an issue reported by AnarChYsT where the game was mistakenly thinking you don't have a computer at home when faking nude pictures of your rival.

• Fixed a bug that would block an event where the PC reconsiders someone's bastard status.

• Fixed a bug reported by PhazonMario where the date scene could error if there were no suitable men for a threesome.

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

Newlife 0.6.12

 

Hello everyone!

 
Newlife 0.6.12 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. The public version's 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.

This version allows the PC to attend office parties. The next release is likely to be the final one in the work update, so there'll probably be a vote soon.

 

Major changes & additions:

• Added an office party event. Some paths require a sleazy boss.

Minor changes:

• Added some alternative lines for when your husband refuses to wear a condom on your wedding night, as the standard text felt a bit out of place there.

• Added some more detail to the dating app's description of the man, as requested by Brobort.

Bugfixes:

• Fixes to text issues. Thanks to Sync, Aetherial and AnarChYsT for reporting some of these.

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

Newlife 0.6.11

 Hello everyone!

 
Newlife 0.6.11 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. The public version's 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.

This version improves the PC's interactions with the office rival, giving the player opportunities to get the upper hand. 

I sitll have more ideas for the rival, but she has a lot of content now so I don't know if people want more or they'd rather I move onto other things. For the next release at least I'll be working on a more general office event where the rival may feature but she won't be the central focus.

 

Major changes & additions:

• Added a new scene that allows the PC to plot revenge on her office rival.

• Added a new scene where a seductive office rival attempts to further her career in a way the PC may be able to exploit.

• Added a short new scene where the office rival can disrupt office-politics.

Minor changes:

• The spitroast scene will no longer do NPC actions on turns where one of the men is having an orgasm.

• Improved spacing for spitroast orgasm actions.

• Lowlives can now start a threesome during the innocent-befriending route.

• Updated the “Freeze in panic” path with the lowlives to potentially lead to sex depending on the PC's traits.

• Following a suggestion by Brobort, the threesome-request action is now moved to the “important talk” section if the PC hasn't previously had a threesome with that particular man.

• The text when transitioning to a threesome at home now varies on style, with humiliating, using and rough getting alternative descriptions.

• Added some pregnancy musings in some situations when the husband caresses the PC's breasts during a wedding-consummation. This was based on a suggestion from Saur.

• Following a PM on patreon, relaxed the conditions to accidentally walk into the men's changing room at the gym. The request was to add a new trait to enable it for female-start characters, but instead I've decided to unlock it for any forgetful character who is not also perceptive. Non-forgetful gender-bent characters can still access the scene at low femininity, although perceptive will still prevent them from making the mistake.

• Reworked how the party-girl-impregnation-dare contest worked as the logic had some major issues. The player will now usually win if she challenges the party-girl to one of the more daring dares as soon as possible. Cunning removes the small chance of failure in this situation. However, a player who dawdles by challenging multiple less-intense dares will lose the contest regardless of traits.

• Made some small rewrites of the party-girl befriending intro so that she isn't described as hungover when pregnant. Thanks to JJRider for reporting this.

Changes for user-submitted content:

• Updated the Velocity config to allow macros to replace currently-defined ones.

Bugfixes:

• Fixes to text issues. Thanks to Sync, Hubswing, AnarChYsT, Wakisha and dotSEA for reporting some of these.

• Fixed a bug reported by Vandana.Ghost where your boyfriend could consider it cheating for you to have sex with another man during a threesome that he took part in.

• Fixed a bug where the action to request a threesome wasn't checking for the partner having had an orgasm already.

• Fixed a bug reported by Lashon Tov where your date could invite a copy of himself over to have a threesome with you.

• Fixed a bug reported by JJRider where the game wasn't checking for NPC pregnancy when deciding whether the woman you catch your partner cheating with is drunk.

• Fixed an issue reported by Elseone where talking to the cooking instructor was not updating relationship levels.

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

Newlife 0.6.10

 

Happy New Year everyone!

 
Newlife 0.6.10 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.

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.

This is the PMW release that adds a threesome scene. It's been a challenging one for me, but I hope you find it satisfying. Or, at least that the men double-teaming you find it satisfying.

Major changes & additions:

• Added a threesome scene that can be accessed from dates at home or when meeting horse and his friend at the gym.

Minor changes:

• Added a new character-creation option suggested by “Just a Quickie”: Max Friends. This is found in the customisation section and allows you to have the maximum number of friends (3) regardless of your traits. I may revisit friend limits later on with a more in-depth approach that'll require some UI updates, but this should give players a bit more flexibility in the meantime.

Changes for user-submitted content:

• Custom scenes can transition to the new threesome scene: see the yml syntax guide for details.

Bugfixes:

• Fixes to text issues. Thanks to Saur, Sci, Leekspinning, AnarChYsT and TaeTae for reporting some of these.

• Updated some text in the makeout scene to better handle some clothing situations, following a bug report by Sci.

• Added a new section to the party-girl-charm-training section of the relevant scene for when both characters are pregnant. Thanks to jjrider for pointing out this omission.

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

Happy Xmas!

Hello everyone! I hope you're all having a happy Xmas and a good holiday... or just a good day in general for those of you who are working!

 

The next Newlife release will be coming at the end of the month - I made a Patreon post where I talk a little about what's coming up, but of course you'll get a proper changelog in a week's time. 

Best wishes, and take good care of yourselves.

Newlife 0.6.9

 Hello everyone,

 
Newlife 0.6.9 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.

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.

This release makes the obvious addition. Next will be PMW, and then the rival will return in 0.6.11.

Major changes & additions:

• The PC and her lovers can now indulge in 69, a position which can be accessed by either partner starting from a lying-down makeout.

• It is now theoretically possible for the PC to “defeat” the office rival by getting the upper hand across multiple events. However, because adding the 69 scene distracted me from rival content, there isn't much support for this. After the PMW release I'll be adding events that give the PC straightforward options to turn the tables but right now it's only something you'll see in fairly niche situations. Notably, you get a lot of defeat points if she gets pregnant, so following that (extremely obscure) path in the coffee-spill event will be the main way you'll see this. I don't really recommend going out of your way to see this right now: there'll be more scenes to support it in a few releases time.

Minor changes:

• Removed “Darcey” as a female name because it's too similar to “Darcie”. Added a few extra names (Libby, Lois and Nicole).

• Slightly increased the arousal gain from the PC touching herself during oral when she has the clever hands trait.

• Halved liking loss from negative enjoyment during sex, which should make relationships with inept lovers a bit easier to build.

• Added some content requested by Gatekeeper to the impregnator-friend socialisation scene where a baby-crazy PC can end up in bed with him.

• Added a randomise button to the female character creation screen, as requested in a blog comment. This can be found on the right-hand side of the screen, above the load/save template buttons. This re-rolls character creation. Male-start characters use the same male character as a basis and keep the same randomisation level (tweaked, physical-only, chaos etc). Female-start characters use chaos level of randomisation.

Changes for user-submitted content:

• Added LIKES_COOKING to the enum documentation. Thanks to Stochastic for reporting this omission.

• Fixed a documentation issue reported by Stochastic where PILLS_SABOTAGED was listed as a male-only trait when it's actually female-only.

• Updated the code to automatically stop the PC taking the pill if she's baby-crazy when a temporary trait is assigned. Previously this was done manually in the charm-training scene which was the only place in the main game that temp traits are currently used, but wouldn't have affected custom scenes using them. If you want to have text that checks for the PC having previously been on the pill then you need to call it before you actually assign the temp trait.

• New potential scene transition for custom scenes: SIXTY_NINE.

Bugfixes:

• Fixes to text issues. Thanks to Saint Destiny, AnarChYsT and Customescenes for reporting some of these.

• Pregnant characters will no longer get the “you want a baby” choice when they notice a broken condom. Thanks to customescenes for reporting this.

• Fixed a bug where breaking up with your bf would stop the PC using the pill. This may be related to an issue reported by AnarChYsT where the PC was unexpectedly being taken off the pill.

• Fixed an issue reported by Newface where the tasty_sperm trait might be incorrectly added to an NPC.

• Fixed an issue reported by Newface where talented-tongue and magic-fingers were not checking for inept-lover when they were added, potentially leading to an NPC having conflicting traits.

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

Newlife 0.6.8

Hello everyone,

 
Newlife 0.6.8 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. The public version's 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.

This release adds a new NPC to the office career: the office rival. Because I'm sure after canoodling with the office hunk you've been aching to be screwed over by a malicious harpy.
 

Major changes & additions:

• A new NPC: the office rival. The rival has three events for now, and I intend to add more in upcoming releases. Office rivals have one of 7 subtypes that's chosen based on why they dislike the PC. For example, an ambitious PC might have a lazy rival who resents her for making the rival look bad, or a sultry PC could have a seductive rival who sees her as a threat to her position as the office hottie. While all rivals have the same scenes, there are variations in text and sometimes in routes through the scenes depending on subtype.

Minor changes:

• Added some new reactions from Ivy in the malestart intro to certain names the PC can choose.

• Added a “purity ring” that the PC can buy, inspired by this webcomic: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2009-07-02. This immediately restores the PC's virginity, including anal virginity, as an immediate effect that can be repeated by buying more rings later on. This allows for multiple men to be your “first” and could potentially lead to somewhat odd descriptions in some scenes.

• The office work background now gives 20 points of starting paperwork skill. Thanks to Jacob N for flagging up this ommission.

• The forgetful trait now has a stronger effect at high stress, as suggested by fumanchu. It now has a 10% chance of taking effect (as before) at low stress, increasing up to 25% at maximum stress.

• As suggested by Saur, characters with the “likes older men” trait now have a stronger variant of the yes answer when asked about it in a job interview.

• Updated the malestart intro so that Ivy no longer refers to the PC's new body as being around 21 years old before the player chooses a physical age: this was a holdover from early versions where the PC's age was fixed at early-twenties. She'll now comment on age changes after the female character-creation screen.

• Slightly updated the requirements for kicking your boss in the nuts.

• Male NPCs can now be bald or have shaven heads, as requested by DR on patreon. I've tried to track down and update references to male NPC hair, but it's possible some remain so please let me know if you see a scene mention a bald or shaven NPC's hair.

• Updated the thigh-job sitting makeout action so it no longer refers to the PC getting pre-cum on her skin when her partner is wearing a condom.

Changes for user-submitted content:

• Added CHAUVINISTIC_PARTNER back to the custom NPC guide – it was removed by mistake despite still being in-game. Thanks to Rigel for pointing this out.

• Note that the Purity Ring is not implemented as a Stuff object but as a repeatable, immediate, one-off effect. As such, it isn't possible to check in later scenes whether the PC has made use of such items.

• The BALD and SHAVEN_HEADED traits are available for male custom characters, and OFFICE_RIVAL is available for female ones. The rival's sub-type is assigned at game start because it's chosen based on the PC's traits and it therefore cannot be directly chosen for a custom NPC.

Bugfixes:

• Fixes to text issues. Thanks to Saint Destiny, Saur, AnarChYsT and Ammut for reporting some of these.

• Fixed a bug reported by Ulo Nimbus where the game would error with the “blank event screen” problem if the PC's boyfriend decides to propose marriage, he's a “treasure hunter” character, and the treasure-hunting-rival has not been encountered.

• Fixed an issue where the bringHome scene wasn't opening the NPC's trousers, leading to a sex scene without his cock exposed.

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