Monday transparency report

Hey guys, hope you are all well.  I have been working non-stop on Female Agent 🤪

sneak peek of my work from last week

I finished my writing task, so I now know exactly what scenes are in the next release, how many more art assets are required, etc.  Here is a list of things that still need to be done:

Scene editing (Crush)
Some of the scenes need some punching up/dialogue tightening.

Unwritten small scene (Crush)
One scene isn’t written at all yet (it’s just “placeholdered” so I know we need avatar art for it).  It’s an option for a different way to resolve the possible quest outcome where Kate leaves nudes on Max’s phone – in the previous version she’s kind of railroaded into just ignoring it and hoping it goes away, but I want to add an option for her to reach out to the local station chief, Wheeler (who gave her the mission) and fess up/attempt to get on top of the narrative.

This is the kind of thing that’s basically been added to Malaysia, a little more player agency and a little less of Kate being led around by the nose.

Remaining art specifications (Crush)
Kate’s wardrobe tells more of the story now.  It’s subtle, but you’ll see a visual change between her “real” self as an intelligence officer (repressed female sexuality) and her “fake” identity as a backpacker/wannabe topless barmaid in Bangkok.  (But which is the real her, and which is the construction?  Are either of her identities truly “real”?  What happens when you put an overeducated, underfucked girl in a brothel? 🫢)

Anyway, I need to spec out some remaining outfits and send them to our illustrator, lovely Victoria.

Avatar artwork (Victoria)
Then, of course, lovely Victoria needs to hand draw them all (with 3-6 different body shape variations for each top 🤪).  She’s already done 12 different outfits just for this episode, but we need about 8 more.

Fix the hair and skin glitch (Crush)
We’ve got a display problem with the new hair and skin colour overlays (they don’t position correctly on some common devices).  All the testers have been ignoring it but it looks horrible, it needs to be fixed before we can release.

Implement some placeholder code (Crush)
A couple of tables and logic choices aren’t fully implemented in the test code.  (For example, there are a couple of dialogue sections where the player is supposed to be able to go through in any order and skip some parts if desired, but in the test code you have to click through everything in a certain order.)  This is part of an aim to make the game feel a little bit less like a slideshow.

Polish skill checks and add XP (Crush)
This episode has a few more skill checks than we’re used to.  They need to be polished slightly (they’re currently calling from a test character’s skills, not the heroine’s real skills on her character sheet) and XP awards need to be added in for each skill check.

Add quest log updates (Crush)
The character sheet has a new quest log to help you keep track of your mission objectives.  This needs to be populated so it updates correctly through the episode.  (For example: the heroine now has two options of how to infiltrate the Hard Cock Cafe: she can walk in, like before, or go a more complex “dangle” route to get there, involving getting “talent spotted” at a wet t-shirt contest.  The game remembers what you chose, but the quest log is how you’ll remember what the fuck she’s doing and why 😂)

As you can see, there’s a lot of work that goes into making Female Agent, especially now that we’re trying to make it more polished, with more choices and gameplay elements.

Which is why I can’t have any days off until it’s done, I just have to crunch, because I know everybody is already sick of waiting so long for it. 😭 But it’s fine, I love the game and I love you guys and anyway, no peace for the wicked.  I’m gonna get on the art specs next, because V needs those so she can work concurrently.  Okay, end of report, I have a lot to do so I’ve gotta get back to it.  🦀❤️‍🔥