This document contains all Patreon Posts made by Sprinting Cucumbers in the year of 2021. All posts below that contain actual content are available to any Patron at the $1.00 or above subscription levels.

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December 2, 2021

Fun with SoftBodies 2 (liquid Physics)

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November 18, 2021

Fun with Soft Bodies

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October 28, 2021

Devlog #20 Exploration and excessive dialog

Ok, this is a quick update on game progress and an explanation of the new exploration system that will be implemented in version 0.2.9.

First off, exploration: This is a means to explore and fight outside of the guild quest system ("I don't want Lani to meet Miri, better not take her to the guild" or "I want to go directly to the orcs without having to get a quest first"). Exploration allows the player to search for items and events in locations, discover new locations (once discovered, always known), and look very impressive to someone who has never seen anyone discover every hidden item in a forest by clicking a single button (once you uncover every secret in an area, future lives will know where everything is).

Since exploration will cost you food, this update also includes a cooking system and an upgrade option for the tent (buy tent, buy cooking set, collect necessary items via exploration, pay to combine those items into a new and improved tent). There will likely only be one event exclusive to the exploration content at launch because I am already working on so very many events, but more are certainly planned.

And then we get to the other events. This coming release will be jam-packed with new content involving Lani and Marla together. Sneaking, lore, 'whatever happened to that', sexy times; I got the entire spectrum covered with this one. This includes but is not limited to: discussions about what the player did that day, discussions about clothes, discussions about Lani's status as a sexual predator, talk about chickens, 'oh you look cute in that outfit',   and other things. There is also a continuation of previous storylines for Lani and Marla both, and a quite long chain of escalating interactions that culminates in some sexy times.

Right now, I'm having a hard time judging exactly when this will all be finished. I have a few more scenes with Lani and Marla together, one more with Liam, Lani, and Marla, a few scenes with and without Lani for the cooking content, and the above-mentioned one exploration scene. So there's still a good amount that is not finished, but the coding for exploration is done, and I've been managing between 2 and 3 scenes a week, so I'm hoping that this will be ready for you in another 10 to 15 days.

Cheers.

September 22, 2021

Version 0.2.8 (Asset Upgrades + Lani)

This is an update that's long overdue, huh? I'm both happy with this release and profoundly unhappy with how long it took to get it finished. If you've been on the Discord lately, then you know that I've been having a ton of trouble with one of the scenes in this one that really pushed back the release timeline.

But enough bitching, this is a visual upgrade for the player's bedroom, as well as new sprite images for both Mom and Dad that I mentioned in the previous development log. Also, this includes a (small) continuation for both Lani's actual story, as well as a remaking and continuation of the massage scenes.

My own problems that have contributed to production delays seem to be getting better, so I'm actually pretty hopeful that I'll be getting back into a regular release pattern.

Version 0.2.8 Changelog:

- Image asset upgrades for Father, Mother, Player bedroom.

- New story content for Lani.

- Lani Massage scenes remade and expanded.

- 'Flag' content has been added to the player's bedroom, giving some additional buffs.

- Lani now earns stat points with every level up.

- Mirror menu has been enhanced. Now includes general play stats, monster kill lists, full access to character sprite poses and their clothing options.

*Lani massage scenes are no longer triggered by sparring with Lani. They are now unlocked after the third tent scene (15% chance while at home in the evening).

New scenes should be compatible with old save files.

July 14, 2021

Devlog #19 Visual improvements

I'm back again with another status update. This next game version is going to be a relatively large-scale revamp of various visuals that have been a sore spot for me for a while, as well as a remake of the mirror screens and some additional achievement content. I've finished with a total remake of both Horace and Luna's character sprites and models to better match the game's current quality standards, Liam's bedroom has been remodeled, the nighttime massage scene with Lani has been remade into an evening massage scene in the new room environment (and also expanded)... anyway, it's a long list of stuff that's finished and an equally long list of stuff that's not finished quite yet. I have the full breakdown below.

To-Do:

Dad Sprites (finished)

Mom Sprites (finished)

Bess Sprites Corrections (0%)

Liam Bedroom Remake (finished)

Achievement Buffs (Bedroom Flags) (finished)

Mirror Screen Corrections and Improvements (finished)

Lani Massage Scene Remake (finished)

Lani Massage Scene Expansion (25% complete)

Kitchen Environment Modeling (0%)

Miri/Mom Kitchen Discussion (0%)

Marla/Lani Bedroom Discussion (0%)

Marla/Lani Bedroom Scene (0%)

The only thing on the list that will actually suck up a considerable amount of my time is the creation of the kitchen environment, I think... I'll look around for some pre-made assets to speed up the process, but I have some specific things I want in there for lore purposes, so I may need to model them myself. Other than that, it's a lot of posing and rendering. The discussion scenes on the list are unlocks based on sneak level and previous life activities, so they will change, expand, or be blocked from the player based on where you are in the game.

(The Lani massage scenes are intended to be the same, with various changes based on Lani's interactions with Miri in the guild (whether she knows about herself yet or not), the progression of your camping relationship, and your relationship with Marla, but those changes are not planned to be implemented in this coming version. Instead, Lani will act as though she has not yet met Miri. The variations will be implemented once more of Lani's and Marla's actual story has been added into the game.)

June 17, 2021

Version 0.2.7.1 (Lani, Marla, Chicken)

As I mentioned in the most recent devlog, this is an update that's centered around Marla, with a small helping of additional content for Lani's camp scenes. I'm also apparently giving the chicken a pretty good overhaul, and there are a few new scenes for Kermit.

Let's see, other things of note... I've reworked a lot of the daily interactions and attempted to balance out rewards to ensure that no characters or interactions are a waste of player time (for example, Marla used to give no rewards for most interactions). 

I do have some notes of caution on this one, though. I've consolidated a lot of code related to how the game handles the at-home interactions (wake up, mirror, study, practice, etc), so if you have a previous game saved at home in your bedroom, you may encounter an error when you load up this newest version. As always, attempt to either ignore or back up, and it should spit you back out either at night or on the morning of your current day. If you can't seem to get out of the error loop, then let me know either here or on Discord and we'll get you fixed up.

Other than that, this is just an update with a lot of renders... not on the order of some other games that put in thousands or anything, but I've increased the total render count by about 40%, which comes out to something like 220 additional scene renders.

Version 0.2.7 Changelog

Additions:

- Two additional Lani camp scenes.

- Marla content has been entirely replaced. New content includes new sprite character assets, two new rendered story scenes, one rerendered story scene, additional spoken dialogue, and nighttime sneak content.

- Chicken content prior to day 30 has been finished. You can now speak to your father regarding chickens, chicken scenes with Marla are remade, and the chicken can be killed prior to the battle (for much greater rewards).

- Soul Box can now be leveled up to 4.

*** Chicken route (unavailable after day 30 due to chicken mutation) = 30% chance to hunt hens in the evening with Marla starting on Day 1. After 4 hunts, a rooster hunt will be available, but can only be completed if the player has achieved Chicken Immunity. This is a story-based kill, so level/stats are irrelevant. Additional lore and chicken story content is available through interactions with your father in the evenings (50% chance when hunting event is not available). Dialogue and rewards from your father are available after two hens are hunted and change with each additional hen.****

Changes:

- Large numbers are now displayed as human-readable text ('12.3 million' instead of '12380145').

- Player can now sleep during the day to pass time.

- Daily choices have had their rewards rebalanced. As of this update, there are no entirely worthless choices, and some story and lore-related content has stat-boost incentives.

- Studying on your own is now just as effective as studying with your mother, and there is a 20% chance of gaining a revelation to increase your intelligence even further.

- Soul Box status (description, till next level, etc) has been added to the inventory menu.

Corrections:

- Lani's tavern date now requires that she be in your party.

- Chicken is no longer named Clarice.

Note on save compatibility:

The game code responsible for interactions in the player's room has been rewritten. It's possible that these changes may impact loading games that have been saved in the bedroom in previous versions (especially games saved at noon). If you get an error upon load, attempt to back up or ignore it. If further problems persist, let me know in Discord or on Patreon.

June 7, 2021

Devlog #18 Still alive and working

First off, many apologies for the long break between Patreon updates. I really need to get into a schedule to just post something about what I'm doing on here at the same time that I mention it on Discord. That said, I do post updates on Discord, and there's a little place on there for Patrons to access all of my failed renders so you can see what Lani looks like without hair. Or what Marla looks like without hair. Or what the ground looks like without hair. I fuck up the hair a lot.

So, this is one of those times when the update just keeps on growing because I think 'Well, I'm already in this environment with this character model, so I should just go ahead and do this other scene...' and it happens over and over again.

Anyway, I'm getting close to the end of the production run for 0.2.7, which will entirely replace Marla's current story with some actual renders and conversations and extend some of Lani's stuff. Since I remade Marla's character model to match the current quality level of Lani's model, I went ahead and remade or replaced all of Marla's rendered content (since there's not much of it to begin with). Since Marla is the only character that interacts with the chickens, I remade the chicken models, since I remade the chicken models, I remade the chicken renders (not all of them), since I was already remaking the chicken renders, I went ahead and expanded the chicken storyline to allow the player to murder the rooster before day 30. And that's about how far I've gotten so far.

Tentative plan for the next version of the game is Friday, but I can't promise that one. At the latest, it will be out in the middle of next week.

March 27, 2021

Version 0.2.6 (small incremental)

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February 22, 2021

Devlog #17 Winter storms, yo

So, for those of you not in Discord, I live in Austin, Texas. And for those of you that are not really interested in following news (or are from outside of the USA), Texas was out of power and freezing cold for the last week. Actually, we (my house) lost power on the 12th, got it back on the 14th, lost it again on the 15th, and didn't have power at the house again until Thursday the 18th. When we did finally get power, it was 39 degrees (4 degrees Celsius) inside of our kitchen. Downright scary times for the family, and for most of the state of Texas, actually... no power, no running water, grocery stores almost entirely out of food or closed altogether.

And to make it all worse, I couldn't work on the game at all.

Anyway, we have power, the ice and snow is gone like a bad dream, and we're getting back to life as usual. I'm currently working on expanding the enemy variety in the game and adding in some more content for Lani. I think... I think the next update will be in a few weeks. Honestly, I'm not sure how productive I'll be in the short-term, so I think that's a realistic estimate.

On another piece of news, I've been trying to get ahold of the parts to upgrade my work computer to really sort of enter the new computer age and I finally managed to get my hands on a 5950x (at retail price, yay). The rest of the computer is mostly here, but the winter storm disrupted a lot of shipping, so I'm still missing a few pieces. When that arrives and gets put together, I'll give an update on productivity improvements.

I hope all of you are happy and healthy. Cheers.

January 29, 2021

Version 0.2.5.2 Release (2nd hotfix at bottom of post)

Those of you lurking in the Discord channel are pretty much aware of what this update is all about. In the previous update, I removed the original implementation of Sneaking (skill given by a God Statue), and in this update, it's been added back into the game as an upgradeable skill, along with the necessary skill books. Various sneaky images are in place for Lani, and the original sneak scene in the Temple has been expanded slightly.

Other than that, this update is not really about sexy stuff... I know, I know, booooo. I've been going through the bugs, fixing spelling errors, adding a lot of information into the mirror menus (both Status and Title Progress are actually useful to the player now). All in all, this was a very necessary housekeeping and quality of life update, so I hope that everyone enjoys it.

The next version will include more skin. Promise.

Full version 0.2.5 changelog:

Updates:

- The Sneak skill tree is active and sneak books have been added to shops and reward lists. Sneak-related battle skills (opened at Sneak level 5) are not fully tested.

- Sneak content is added for Lani's bedroom at night.

- Some additional camping renders for the tent scenes with Lani.

- Sneak content has been unlocked in the Temple with Bess, and a slight extension has been made to allow the player to catch her based on sneak level.

- Night-time is now treated like any other active time of day - you will no longer randomly not be able to sleep when an event is active and will instead be able to choose to leave your room at any night.

- Soul Box has become an upgradable skill and levels along with the highest number of item slots you have filled in your inventory (counted every morning). The maximum level is currently 3.

- Mirror menu now shows discovered titles, non-discovered titles, full stat breakdown, earned skills with skill descriptions, and the player's current stat-modifier values (+% from titles).

- Additional (intermediate) skill books have been added.

- Two titles have been added ('Rogue' and 'Shadow Thief'). They are unlocked via the Sneak skill at levels 4 and 9 respectively.

- Guild rewards added through level 6 and Temple rewards added through level 7.

Fixes:

- Potions can now be used while camping.

- Title modifiers will now accurately buff Endurance and Agility.

- Title modifiers will now accurately increase Magic Book experience gain.

- Title modifier for Jack of All level 10 now works correctly.

- Can no longer get unlimited battle rewards (sry).

- Scroll Bars are now attached to shop windows.

- Input menu has been removed from Android version... may add it again after further investigation.

- Various typos and other programming mishaps.

Known Issues:

- 'Current Progress' section of the Mirror is outdated.

- No player battle skills have animations at this time.

- Not all player battle skills have been tested. Skills with effects other than 'damage' may not work correctly and could cause a game crash.

- Skills may appear twice in battle menus.

- Blood wolves may appear invisible before first action.

Hotfix 0.2.5.2 Downloads (all Mega for now):

To update from 0.2.5.1 to 0.2.5.2, just place the attached god_events.rpy file in your game directory and replace the existing file.

January 14, 2021

Devlog #16 Ease of Use Updates

The next update is coming along pretty nicely. I'm planning this next version to be a sort of filler update where I can spend some much-needed time working through some code problems and improving some systems that I hadn't really spent enough time planning out before they were implemented. I've been giving semi-regular updates in the Discord channel whenever I finish with something particularly annoying, but I'll give a rundown of what's finished and what will be finished in the next few weeks.

Finished:

- Mirror now shows titles that have been earned as well as every available title and their various levels.

- Mirror now shows a comprehensive stat view.

- Mirror now shows a comprehensive list of player skills (skill name, description, type, etc.)

- Soul Box has now been rewritten to be an actual skill that can be leveled up.

- New dialogue scenes with The Puppet have been added and rendered through Soul Box skill level 3 (this will be the limit in the next update; I'll add more Soul Box levels in each new version until we reach 10).

- New random Lani sleeping images have been finished. The game will choose between three poses and two camera angles randomly each time you sleep in camp (if you have the tent).

Still working on:

- Sneak will be the next skill book available. I have the coding finished and I'm rendering the books for the inventory menu as I type this, but the actual sneak scenes still need to be rendered for the next game version. Planning to further the sneak scene in the Temple with Bess, as well as add some fan service scenes in various other places.

- I've got a lot of glitches and spelling errors that have been reported but have not been corrected yet.

So yeah, that's how it's going. I've been clipping along at a good pace this time. I expect the next release to be around the end of the month, but I'll try to get it out sooner.