Expansion Clicker - v0.2.0-alpha

Release v0.2.0-alpha

• Blair: Complete
• Jennifer:
  • Stage Idle Animations: 100%
  • Growth Stories: 50%
  • Gift Dialogue: 100%
  • Dates: 0%
  • Random Dialogue: 0%
  • H Scenes: 0%
• Henriette:
  • Stage Idle Animations: 100%
  • Growth Stories: 0%
  • Gift Dialogue: 100%
  • Dates: 0%
  • Random Dialogue: 0%
  • H Scenes: 0%
• More expansion stages
• Online mobile support
• Downloadable version available

At long last, here is the release of version 2 of the Expansion Clicker Alpha. Now available across itch, github, and downloadable on drive. This release includes the following updates:

• More expansion stages (from 5 to now 8). A major piece of feedback was to lengthen the expansions with more “in-between” stages. Blair now features more in-between levels for her expansion. These in-betweens do not contain any story and are only there to serve more levels for the player to enjoy a more gradual growth process. Some characters going forward may still have more or less stages, but for now I’ll aim for 5 stages with story (including meeting) and 3 in-betweens with no story.
• 2 New girls! Jennifer, the shy gamer girl, and Henriette, the dairy farmer. These two girls are about halfway complete, with all their growth stage animations and gift dialogues finished. Their dates and H scenes are not yet available.
• Mobile support via github and a Loading screen. Given the high number of resources, a loading screen has been implemented at the start. This loading time is mainly dependent on the hosting platform (with itch io taking being much faster than github). As such, it’s recommended to use itch for online desktop play. However, if you’re on mobile, you’re better off waiting a few minutes in the github version since it has better mobile resolution and support.

And now a note about future development.

As you can tell, this release has taken quite some time, and with only halfway complete girls to boot. I could give an excuse about balancing IRL work and development of this project, but honestly the slow production has mostly been burnout. As much as I love this concept and game, there is quite a bit of content for me to add to complete just one girl. As such, the passion I have for some parts of the game is much stronger than the passion I hold for other features. In particular, I greatly enjoy making the idle animations for each stage, which is why it’s the first thing I’ve completed for each of the girls, even in this release. On the flip side I find it difficult to write short but satisfying stories/dates without getting writers block or feeling drained. It may be because I know that every scene I write needs to be rendered, and as much as I want to write longer scenes for better writing, I don’t want to render 20 frames per story scene. The same somewhat follows for dates since I try to write a unique date question for each expansion level.

Going forward I will likely aim to write stories on the shorter end, perhaps more cute, campy, and nonsensical rather than flesh out too much content. That being said, I still want each girl to feel unique and somewhat fleshed out. Additionally, I may look into reconsidering the date system to require less writing. Perhaps just by writing a single date per expansion level, rather than making it location based. So growth level 1 may have a date at the mall, level 2 at the zoo, level 4 at the movies, etc, with each date having just one question. It would be more streamlined and less writing, but perhaps would also make things less interesting. Still thinking about this.

Anyways, that’s all I have to share for now. Going forward I may even add another girl before I complete Jennifer and Henriette’s stories/dates since I feel the most passion right now (writing new girls and their growth stages). If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, please feel free to share! I’d love to hear everything and anything. And please look forward to the next update!

TLDR: 2 new girls halfway complete, mobile support, downloadable version. I’m lazy so development is slow, but I’m revving the engine back up!

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Very very early proof of concept for an expansion based clicker game. Click to gain cash. Spend cash to expand Blair's breasts! Also features affection levels, dates, and gift giving. More girls currently in development.

Any and all feedback is appreciated. Also open to suggestions for future girls and types of expansion!