by ArianeB » Mon, 13Dec23 02:47
Hey everybody. Even though I promised myself I wouldn't, I decided to just go ahead and update the HTML version of Date Ariane.
Three big changes:
1. All pictures are 1000x600 instead of 800x500. Makes for nicer pictures and most displays are bigger these days.
Currently over 90% of the pictures are the old pictures, but over the next year I am going to create new pictures using the SITA Ariane. This is going to make playing the game a little awkward as the character flips back and forth between old and new.
2. All links are now visible, and off to the side or down at the bottom, with a couple of notable exceptions (like shooting baskets). This is to accommodate the increased number of players who use touch screens to play, which is only going to get bigger. This also means I do not have to create new hover link maps when I update the pictures, saving a ton of time.
3. I am dropping the 3 drink requirement to enable sex and nudity. It is a bad trope I started, and decided to drop it. Alcohol will still be needed to get to "drunk" scenes, and after two glasses of wine Ariane will decline to drive, but that's it.
I am implementing a very simplified RP "trait" system to replace it. There are four personality traits you can demonstrate: nice, smart, funny, and sexy. I'm changing the game's introduction and the various dinner conversations, to give you opportunity to unlock these traits. Various activities will require different combinations of these traits. It will be possible to unlock all four on a single date.
For example, it used to require at least one glass of wine to unlock dinner at the restaurant or picnic in swimwear. Dinner at the restaurant now requires the "nice" trait, and picnic now requires the "funny" trait.
The thinking is that Ariane has all four traits, and she feels more comfortable with date partners that do too.
I have yet to do a thorough test of all the new code, or make sure the traits work the way they should. There are almost certainly new bugs. Expect changes!