Hello everyone, today we're releasing Build #2-F! :)

We hope you're all doing well, and are having a great New Year's Eve!

This beefy build brings over 15,000 words and a couple of nuanced new NPCs with their unique content, as well as some miscellaneous additions and a new recruitable partymember! We've also packaged a walkthrough with this release, and will be updating and including it in all subsequent ones as the game continues to grow. Right now the walkthrough covers the main story beats and lewd scenes, so if you ever get stuck you know where to look!

And speaking of knowing where to look - making an appearance in ToLLA is the infamous Mr. Svein Winnicke, the Barrelmancer of Ghent! Cheese lover, squid collector, and passionate barrel-hater from Belgiaaaa! He's poking around the abandoned watchtower in the Southern Wildlands, so consider dropping by and paying him a visit for some wacky shenanigans! Working on his content was a lot of fun, and we hope you'll get a laugh or two from his crazy interactions! :)

We've also added the 2nd recruitable partymember you can pick up. His name is Kitten, and he's Captain Hale's direwolf (don't worry, you can rename him if you prefer a more heroic moniker). Kitten will get his own card deck and special abilities once we get around to implementing the game's combat mechanics. Right now he'll just tag along, but expect him to start pulling his weight in the future once enemy parties begin popping up!

Generally speaking, we're now focused on filling the Southern Wildlands map with content... including new girls of diverse fantasy races and their lewd scenes which we'll be adding in future updates! Once that's done and we're happy with the content density there (both lewd and regular), we'll move onto the Fort Ninevus main area, and will release the long-awaited map tied to it. We'll also be pushing the main story forward. Combat mechanics and the like are currently on the backburner since we simply don't have the time to work on complex systems while also pushing out new content releases every 2 weeks, it's one or the other. So for the time being, we're laser-focused on content creation... and once we've got enough of it for a 30h game, we'll pivot to systems and mechanics.

And to stay true to the RPG formula, we've implemented a pair of Legionnaires (one current, and one ex) in the current build, who need a sympathetic ear to get through their personal dilemmas. ToLLA is an adult, erotic RPG at its core, and so we want to respect the genre by developing mature, thought-provoking content for the game, so that once you've had your fun with the sexy scenes there's an actual game there for you to enjoy as well!

And finally, here's the Build#2-F Changelog:

• added Svein Winnicke, the Barrelmancer of Ghent, and his content (location: Southern Wildlands, Abandoned Mage Tower)
• added Tolliver Crayle, an ex-Legionnaire vagabond, and his content (location: Southern Wildlands, Ruined Titan Head)
• added Tobin 'the Eagle' Merrick, a Legionnaire sniper, and his content (location: Ninevus South, Legionnaire's Lodge)
• added Kitten (Captain Hale's direwolf) as a recruitable partymember! (location: Ninevus South, east of Hale's Cabin)
• wrote and added a short walkthrough to the game's .rar archive, covering the main story so far & lewd scene unlocks
• added a unique item stash that appears if Hale flirts with Lizbeth Emmory 2 times during her original conversation!
• added a unique item stash that appears if Hale succesfully finishes Tolliver Crayle's dialogue without skipping/exiting early!
• added VO for the main Storyteller tutorials in Ninevus South (Camera/Movement, Captain's Retinue, Nemesis Parties, Crises)
• added VO to the Watchtower climbing event in Ninevus South (there's currently no way to get into the Fort via climbing!)
• updated the master movement script to account for a larger party... this should hopefully solve the clipping/opacity issues!
• corrected some typos within the convo text strings, and rebalanced a few of the tutorial messages via extended frame locks

That's it for now, we'll be back with the next game build and update in 2025! We hope you'll continue to follow us on this gamedev journey; we wish you all the best in the upcoming year, may you have boundless health, wealth, and prosperity!

Happy New Year from the CDG team! :)

~ Vixi, Doozle, Frenzin, and Shuky