Hello beautiful people! I'm going to start doing monthly Dev Logs here so you can follow along with my progress.
First of all, I want to THANK YOU ALL for your support of Office Perks. I appreciate every last one of you, and I wouldn't be here without your support! The release has exceeded my expectations, and I hope that more and more people hear about my little slice-of-life AVN and join us in the fun.
If you've supported me on Patreon, or are part of the community on Discord, you already know that v021 is available for supporters right now, and I'm working on v022 as we speak. For those of you that don't, let me explain how updates for Office Perks typically work.
A lot of AVN's release "episodes" or "chapters"; however, Office Perks is not split up like this. It is one long continuation of the game without any chapter breaks. This means that I needed to decide just how much content gets released for each update since there is no natural "stopping" point.
I work hard to try to maintain a 3-month release cadence as close as I can. Sometimes it's faster, sometimes it's a little slower depending on the number of scenes in the update (and real-life events). New updates end after the first scene of a given morning, and the next update is as follows:
The rest of the day (morning, afternoon, evening, night)
The full next day
The morning of the third day
Regarding the question "When do Steam players get the new updates?" - I have not yet made a final decision. One of the drawbacks to my release cadence is that if you're on solo-paths, sometimes the updates will feel very short if your chosen love interest doesn't have any scenes in that particular update. I have a few different ways this could go, and would love to hear the community's feedback:
Release every update as they become available (less content / faster update cadence)
Release two updates worth of content at once (more content / longer update cadence)
Wait for the game to be fully finished to release the whole shebang (all the content, long update cadence)
Regardless of the choice I make on this, Steam updates will release after subscribers have a chance to play it. Early access is one of the many benefits of being a subscriber. I am leaning toward option #2 above for Steam releases, but again, community feedback is very important to me, so I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!
Office Perks v021 is currently available for subscribers and includes:
1,062 new renders
Ten-ish new scenes (long and short), including 3 new lewd scenes
A few render and bug fixes
Approximately 30-40 minutes of play time if you're seeing all content
I am currently working on v022. As of today:
448 new renders
Writing / Dialog 100% complete
No definitive release date, though I am pushing for a December timeframe
This Dev Log is quite a bit longer than I would normally publish, and I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts, feedback, and any other comments. Please come join us on Discord to be a part of the conversation! It's a laid back community full of wonderful people who love the game. I do polls, custom renders, and lots more, so come join us!
One final request: If you are enjoying Office Perks, please consider leaving a review and help spread the word! The more positive reviews the game gets, the more visibility it gets, and the more people can find it and join us for the ride!
Thank you again for all of your support!
- Amom