💖 Day 3.5 is now available! 💖
For the last couple of months, only Server Boosters had access to the 3.5 update... Buuuuut now it's available for everyone to play in the 14DWY Discord — and soon itch.io once I'm happy with the QA and state of the game — so please don't feel pressured to join unless you want to!!
The full devlog + even more screenshots are under the cut ^^
What's been added to the 3.5 version?
📺 Streamer Mode!
I've been told that it's difficult to stream and monetise age-restricted videos on YouTube and Twitch, so I added an option to remove the sexual content and strong language used in the demo.
Now y'all can invite Ren into your bed for cuddles without putting your streamer career on the line /silly /lh
This won't affect the 18+ rating or dark themes/elements of the game, however! Although Streamer Mode will prevent you from seeing any "gruesome" CGs in the future, most of the core elements of the game will still be tied to the choices and decisions you make. So you won't miss out on the overall experience by using streamer mode!!
⚙️ Custom Pronouns!
It only took me one entire year to get around to it, but you can finally choose your own preferred pronouns (or use a set of pronouns instead)... At the cost of being able to change them mid-game ^^;
Since the original pronoun screen wouldn't update until a new scene was displayed, I temporarily disabled the feature. But once I find a workaround, I'll bring it back!
💗 Choose how others perceive you!
You can now choose how the cast and narration perceive you! Originally, the narration was kept strictly gender-neutral (outside of pronouns and genitalia picked by the player), but this will soon change in future updates.
For more clarity: you don't get to choose the words specifically, but you can choose between masculine, feminine, and androgynous terms!
📋 Separate top and bottom genitalia!
You can now choose your tatas and pps separately! >:3
Alongside that, you can also choose your preferred body type!
I removed the "both" genitalia option because a few players still assumed it was an obscure version of "intersex". That wasn't my intention and I don't want to mislead anyone, so I took it out for now ^^;
I also didn't want to include a screenshot of the new genitalia choices in action (because it's NSFW), so y'all get the same character menu screen for the nth time instead lmao
📱 Relationship Screen Overhaul!
You can now change your own status for more immersion, and long-term Server Boosters will eventually be able to submit and use their own icon within the game as well!
Stalking finding your friends has now become easier by using "Buddy Maps"; a new app that allows you to see the location of all the cast members!
I want to offer players more incentive to check the relationship screen since they tend to miss the status updates, so hopefully this might help ;v;
It also says it "updates every few hours" so folks don't go overboard and check every 5 seconds to see where Ren is gdsghf (also keep in mind that he's a hacker lol)
🖤 Additional Scenes Update!
Day 2 received a brand new CG!!!!! Originally, I planned on only adding a few CGs sporadically throughout the game, but it didn't feel right to leave Day 2 so... empty... so I added a brand new CG to (hopefully) make things feel more balanced and natural!
If you decline Teo's offer on Day 3, Leon will now call and try to convince you to reconsider. However, players are still allowed to decline, and if they do, they'll reach a dead end.
After listening to feedback on itch, I changed some of the dialogue during Days 1-3 to make it seem more consistent! They're only small changes though, so it's honestly not worth looking for sdgjssga
🎶 Updated BGM and SFX!
I wanted to try out a different style of music to see if it fits the vibe of 14DWY more! The BGM features more acoustics to suit the "beachy" theme of Corland Bay, though I made a conscious effort to include piano elements as well to stay true to the original!!
I figured it'd be better to give players a live example before I make a poll (to see if they prefer the change or not) and publish it to Itch.
Some new SFX have also been added, though it's very minimal and honestly not that noticeable.
How to download and play the update?
(warning: clicking on the following links will open Discord!!)
To download the Day 3.5 update, simply join the 14DWY Discord server, verify your age, and visit the "14dwy-updates" channel!
Alternatively, you can also wait until the update is publicly released on Itch to play it as well!! (It normally gets released shortly after a round of QA testing/getting feedback from the server, though I may release it earlier if I feel like it hehe ^^)
Enjoy!!
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Belphie blinks at you in greeting as you slide under the covers with him, only humming gently when you hold onto him for dear life. Dark indigo eyes noticing with interest that you haven't even started getting ready for RAD yet---not that he was one to talk---the Avatar of Sloth merely gives you a lazy smirk and wraps his tail around you under the covers as you whisper a strangled out, 'hide me'.
He nods slowly, his throat feeling much too heavy, and he himself feeling much too lazy to use his words. A pale hand pulls the covers over your head, just in time too, as Lucifer bursts into the room, ruby red eyes shining like a wolf on the hunt.
"Have you seen MC?" The eldest asks, paying no mind to the usual sound of morning chaos coming from the rest of the house.
Belphie lets out a strangled, lazy, "Nope." all the while his tail tightens around you.
Lucifer shakes his head. Looking at the you shaped lump under the covers. Merely pinching the bridge of his hooked nose and sighing, "MC. If you wanted a break from RAD, you could've just asked instead of opting to hide."
You pop out from under the covers, eyes wide like a deer in headlights, Belphegor's arms wrap around you from under the covers, his eyes sleepily tracing the features of your face as you speak.
"Right.....yeah. Sorry Luci?" You tilt your head, the Avatar of Pride's eyes soften a fraction.
"Be sure to catch up on your schoolwork, we only have room for one academic failure in this house and I'm afraid that spot has permanently been reserved for Mammon." Lucifer says sternly, though you can see the faintest upward quirk of his lips.
"Aye aye Captain." You nod, sleepily saluting the eldest.
"Belphegor."
Belphie turns to look at his eldest brother.
"Just because MC has a day off school, it doesn't mean you have one. Your uniform's hanging up by your desk." The ebony-haired demon walks out of the room.
"...Diavolo fucking dammit."
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horror should NOT be physically strong he should be a weak asshole. that man has NOT EATEN JACKSHIT (except potentially a small bottle of ketchup made by aliza) in the past 7 years why the HELL would he be physically strong at all. where is that strength coming from. the air??? it can't even be the damn air in horrortale because the horrortale air is STRAIGHT UP POISONED 😭😭 (bro look at grillby) so where is he getting the strength to be the most physically fit of the mtt (and by extension bad sansee i GUESS).
ok MAYBE he's able to rip off aliza'a arm easily but all thing considered A. he was going through an episode and there was probably a lot of adrenaline B. aliza probably isn't a very hard child to hurt and C. she was fresh off the grill. maybe it was easier than it looked idk. but either way i don't think he should be strong. maybe like not weak enough to fall over in the wind like a stack of cards but like.... majority of the time we see of the guy he's using traps. he's scheming. he's ratty. he seems like the type of guy to play dirty and mess with you to get what he wants. i just think that the cheating lying does anything to survive type of guy horror is would work better with someone who's much more physically frail than people depict him to be. he's not as strong as he was 7 years ago (when was his eye removed again??? during the 7 years or right when. idk someone make a horrortale timeline) so he's had to resort to dirtier tricks and manipulative moves and he has to weaken the humans he meets just to kill them. he has his little hand drill thing to immediately put a human's hand out of condition so they can't fight with that. puts the humans through traps so he won't need to use strength to kill them. sends them to grillby's so they'll be mentally worse off after seeing the othe monsters. makes psychological jokes (not just because its funny to him) so that the humans will also be more worse in the head and scared. it just fits better to me idk. the guy in the rough situation should be weak as hell because then he'll have to claw and innovate his way to survival instead pf just instantly being strong
i never got how people could make horrortale monsters so strong physically when we very much so see that the famine has affected them to the point that theyre literally dusting on screen from no food and are skinnier than fucking twigs. if those are the other horrortale monsters then horror's probably not any better and is literally only alive out of sheer spite and his eye. make the guy weak its cool to break stereotypes
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how do you have the discipline to code almost everyday and also exercise everyday? I want so badly to be like that but I struggle very much with making myself do these things even tho I really want to
Those kinda actually go pretty much hand-in-hand with me. If I don't workout & just code/study, I feel like that is all I do and I get bored/stressed/overwhelmed/sick of it etc., very lethargic. So if I don't exercise, I'm not going to be too productive either.
Also walks are pretty much the thing that keeps things chill. It's sort of a must for me to go for a walk when I decide I'm done for the day, bc that makes my brain stop feeling like someone's microwaving it in a tightly closed mason jar, and need something concrete to divide the day. Plus in the middle of the day, going outside is the best thing for that afternoon slump. (winters suck bad)
For coding/studying, it's bc I know I'm a very Newton 1st law of a person (objects in motion stay in motion etc.); if I take a rest day and do nothing, I accidentally keep it going and then it's been a month of just rest days (basically my whole summer (minus like the last week)) vs. if I do something every day, I keep doing it everyday and it's easier that way. So it's just like gotta force myself to get into the routine (which sucks at first), and then do not for the love of god stop, bc will get stuck in the weekend mode for at least a week (this is just how it's for me, some ppl are good at taking days off and just getting back to it refreshed; idk how to do that)
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