Hey folks! :)

Apologies for the release delay... family time and Easter got in the way. Today we're releasing ToLLA Build #2-K, it's been added to the game's Itchio page.

This is a technical build that doesn't add much in the way of lewd content, apart from a bunch of voice-over files and tweaks/fixes to make the game run better. Sabrine's scene is still giving us trouble and it didn't make the cut, we'll probably end up simplifying the maze level because it keeps crashing the game. Family time and Easter also threw a wrench in things... we didn't get nearly as much done as we'd planned, first due to the holidays, and then Doozle (our scripter) being away on a business trip for a full week.

Regardless, work continues, and new art is gradually coming in...

Shuky's been busy working on lewd art... these pics are of Vivian Deveraux, a high-ranking Purple Rose Prelate (Meredith's faction boss, in a sense). She appears in both ToLLA and Lewd Dungeon Runs as a bonus recruitable companion. We've recently been testing a new cutout sex mechanic with sliding panels, to make the lewd encounters more dynamic and exciting! Vivian's scene will be added to ToLLA for that purpose, so we can see how it plays inside the game. If the player feedback is positive then we'll add the panel mechanics to all future scenes. The art for this one is almost done; we're gonna include Vivian's story content and lewds into one of the upcoming releases...

In other news, we've set ToLLA's Steam release date to the end of August...

With that coming up, everyone on the team has agreed to make a coordinated push toward the release goal! To that end, we'll be using time off from work during summer vacations to create as much content for the game as possible. This means you can expect new characters, areas, and lewds to be released. We have an internal roadmap and there's a bunch of stuff we wanna get done before the game hits Steam at the end of summer... The biggest additions will be whole new maps, including the main one for the Fort itself! As mentioned above, we'll also be implementing sex scenes with cutout mechanics to spice them up and make them more dynamic. Vixi (our main artist) is handling environmental assets, while Shuky (our secondary one) paints the lewds in between working on Dungeon Runs...

We also have a bunch of written & quest & NPC content ready to go, it just needs scripting implementation and testing/polishing. All in all, the game should reach ~30h of content by the end of summer. And if everything goes according to plan, we'll have 20+ unique sex scenes by then. Once we launch in Steam EA, we'll probably pivot toward party inventory & combat mechanics. Both need a ton of art & scripting, so that's something we don't wanna tackle until we're happy with the amount of story & lewd content inside the game.

Regretably, we had to cut Sabrine's content for this release despite her art being ready to go and inside the game. We'll prolly release that in the next build, Doozle's just gotta finish reworking her maze level into something more feasible and less crash-y, lol. 🤣🤣🤣

In the meantime, here's the changelog for this release:

• added a skip option to the Main Gate event (HALE: "Look, I'm not interested in arguing with you, just tell me what the Commander wants done.")
• corrected the size of Hale's full-body sprite during his initial talk event with Meredith about the orcish raid-leader in Ninevus South
• removed background from Wulfric's convo (gonna keep it only for VO'd scenes from now on, to differentiate them)
• added the unique tavern background to Melindra's convo in the Smoky Stag's interior area
• added full VO to both of Melindra's encounters (featuring Hale, Meredith, Melindra)
• removed Sabrine's content from this release (the maze level still causes crashes)
• miscellaneous small bugfixes, script tweaks, and minor VO rebalancing

That's all for the time being, we'll try and get the next build up within a week or so! If you have any feedback or suggestion you can always reach us here or on Bluesky. And as always, thank you for your support!

Take care, and stay safe out there...

Sincerely,

~ the CDG team ❤️