A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoros I-VIII
Moar Lifepath work. Today we added new logic and structure around the teenage years, and skills for the four "high school cliques": Rock Chick, Geek Girl, Star Athlete and Alpha Female.
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoros I-VIII
Another busy day building the Lifepath! The age 16 avatar is now working and inheriting the agent's hair, eye and skin colour. We're getting there!
Operators, here's today's dev testing version! This version now has a working "age 16" avatar, who inherits your agent's hair, eye & skin colour. She has a unique outfit if you choose the "Rock Chick" clique; soon the other cliques (which are Alpha Female, Geek, and Star Athlete) will have their own unique outfits too.
As usual please don't share this file with others – it's incomplete, and would give new players a terrible first impression of the game (because it breaks during the Lifepath; there'...
2018-09-03 21:03:26 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Target: 10 pomodoros
Achieved: 16 pomodoros
(This week) Pomodoros I-XVI
This week we added code to the Lifepath that prevents the player picking too few/too many optional skills during the process. W...
2018-09-02 15:16:33 +0000 UTC View PostOperators, here's today's dev testing version! The only change in this version is working code that makes sure the player doesn't pick too many/too few academic skills. It's only implemented on one screen at present, but will be used on all subsequent Lifepath screens.
As usual please don't share this file with others – it's incomplete, and would give new players a terrible first impression of the game (because it breaks during the Lifepath; there's literally no way to start the mission). I would...
2018-09-02 15:08:47 +0000 UTC View PostOperators, here's today's dev testing version! The only real difference from yesterday is that the age 12 avatar is coded in and working for all skin, hair and eye colours.
As usual please don't share this file with others – it's incomplete, and would give new players a terrible first impression of the game (because it breaks at the age 12 screen; there's literally no way to start the mission). I would hate to see copies of dev tests out in the wild, because they would harm the reputation of the game. ...
2018-08-27 19:02:56 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoros I-V
Lots of work on the Lifepath today! The age 12 avatar is now working and inheriting the agent's hair, eye and skin colour. We also did some planning on events, school and university cliques, and skill packages.
I'll b...
2018-08-27 18:58:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Kind walrus Hyneman fixed a few bugs that had been recently reported:
Operators, here's the current dev testing version! This has working Lifepath functionality for the first couple of screens. The most interesting part is probably seeing the agent's hair, eye and skin colour reflected in the baby and 5-year old avatars.
Please let us know your feedback, either here or in the Discord. One thing I'm considering is changing the dress and baby blanket colours based on hair colours – what do you guys think so far? Access to dev copies gives you a unique chance to shape content as it's bein...
2018-08-26 20:32:20 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Target: 10 pomodoros
Achieved: 29 pomodoros
(Sunday) Pomodoros I-VI
The Lifepath is now working in the main game up to the 9/11 event: the baby and 5-year old avatar inherit hair, eyes and skin colour from...
2018-08-26 20:22:54 +0000 UTC View PostUp to now, we've weighted votes in dev polls based on your support level: $1 Patrons get 1 vote, $5 Patrons get 5 votes, and so on.
After running several of these polls, I can report two things: firstly, the weighting doesn't swing votes. Opinions tend to split in the same way through the $10 tier as they do in the $1 tier. So $10 Patrons end up just cancelling each other out, instead of having a bigger impact on the votes. This is not working as intended.
Secondly, calculating the weighting has turned int...
2018-08-25 23:12:46 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoros I-II
I wasn't able to do much work on the game today because I needed to prep for some meetings I have at my real job tomorrow. Today I wrote the code for the "In this year..." flavour text that appears at the top of each page in the...
2018-08-23 18:11:16 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoros I-VIII
Another good day's work! The "baby" and "age 5" avatars now inherit the agent's hair, eye and skin colours. It's surprisingly engaging. :-)
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoros I-IX
The Lifepath now generates random characters from all five agencies, with randomised Psych Traits (now called Psychological Profile) and Physical Traits (now called Attributes). It's quite fun to create an agent who's not Carla ...
2018-08-21 17:38:25 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoros I-IV
We've started implementing the Lifepath and S.U.R.P.S. ruleset into the main game code. One incidental benefit is that we've implemented Hyneman's new improved drop-down menus into the character creator, meaning that you no longer have to click "update" after picking a different...
2018-08-20 20:06:30 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Target: 20 pomodoros
Achieved: 22 pomodoros
I kind of fell off the pomodoro wagon this past fortnight, working in a chaotic way instead of getting organised. I put in lots of hours, but was mostly just shooting from the hip instead of methodically knocking down targets. I'm going to try and be more disciplined in the coming week.
2018-08-19 17:06:30 +0000 UTC View PostRecruits now have access to the Lifepath Beta. Enjoy and please post feedback here on Patreon, or on Discord!
2018-08-17 18:21:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to everybody who's posted their thoughts on the Lifepath Beta! ($1 Patrons will get access to it this weekend.) I'm thrilled that it's got so much positive feedback.
The Lifepath Beta introduces some new stats and skills for the main character. We're creating our own simple RPG rules system – called S.U.R.P.S. – for the game, and while it's still very much a work in progress we can share some of the rules so far for your interest and feedback.
Warning: this is a very nerdy document....
2018-08-15 17:20:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a sneak peek of what I've been hiding away working on.
A lot of this stuff might seem over-engineered for a porn game – do we really need to track how good she is at speaking Russian or managing business finances?
But one of my the main objectives of creating the RPG ruleset is that it will support all kinds of stories going forward. (As a small example, there's a planned subplot involving the Hard Cock Cafe running into financial problems. An agent with a business studies or accounting qualification c...
2018-08-12 17:48:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everybody! Sorry that this is the first post of the week.
I’ve been working on the beta test for the new character generation system. I’ve logged 27 pomodoros (plus a lot more hours) on it since Monday, and will try and do moar over the weekend. I expect it will be ready for you to play with late next week.
It was really hard work, with a lot of false starts and some complex coding, and it’s only today that it’s really felt like it’s started to take shape. I’ve honestly been staying off Patreon &am...
2018-08-03 18:45:53 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Target: 10 pomodoros
Achieved: 35 pomodoros
(Friday) Pomodoros I-VI
(Saturday) Pomodoros I-VIII
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoros I-VII
Long, hot day! Phew! I need to try and get some better game/life balance on the go. I'm eating junk food and drinking booze and sitting on my ass in a chair all day.
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoros I-VIII
I had hoped to get the character generation system done today, but now we've started work on it, it's turning out to be a bit more complex – and a bit more awe...
2018-07-25 21:09:32 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoros I-VI
24 July 2018: We're currently working hard on making Female Agent more like a pen-and-paper roleplaying game. The next major release will include a detailed character sheet, a customisable character history, and a more robust skills & experience system.
To-do list:
DESIGN RPG SYSTEM | 100% done (for now)
Working out how best to simulate the universe using only a few paragraphs and some oddly shaped dice.
RELEASE LIFEPATH BETA | 100% done
Releasing a sneak peek...
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Target: 10 pomodoros
Achieved: 22 pomodoros
Pomodoros I-IV (Tuesday)
Pomodoros V-XXII (rest of week)
Sorry for not posting these during the week as I went; I don't really have a system for deciding when to stop...
2018-07-22 21:44:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Detailed Character Creation & RPG rules won by a landslide, so that will be the main focus of the next release. In the next version of Female Agent, you'll have proper stats, skills and dice rolls.
This result has been a foregone conclusion all week, so I got ahead by drafting a set of core rules (based on fan suggestions in Discord, and my own ideas about how best to simulate the universe using only a few paragraphs of text and some oddly shaped dice).
I have meetings at my real job all day tomorrow, but will...
2018-07-22 21:32:07 +0000 UTC View PostAs promised, we're trying out a new system of smaller but more frequent updates.
Everybody (including me) wants to get to Bangkok as soon as possible. To support our story plans for the Bangkok intro, we need to complete four smaller projects first:
1. Detailed Character Creation & RPG Rules
This project will make the game more like a pen-and-paper roleplaying game. ...
2018-07-16 13:13:25 +0000 UTC View PostHere's version 1.3.6 of Female Agent. This version adds new avatar art to the game, plus a number of other improvements:
Let me know what you think!
Update: link now points to version 1.3.6.2, the latest bug fixed version.
2018-07-15 23:59:29 +0000 UTC View Post
