Hello Everyone!

There has been a slight change in plans from the previous blog post.  

After a bit of debate and helpful conversation with my wife I've decided to move on to the next new area, The Collective Mothership.

I will still be adding content to the Desert Path but as it currently stands it functions as a brief section before the Khrono Tomb the player passes through.  There is enemies and game overs to experience but additional content will appear as the player progresses instead of making it the sole focus of 0.6.0

With this decision made, we'll be focusing on the new, high-tech/sci-fi area where the party will encounter a different type of enemy.  Planning is still underway; however, I wanted to get some design work finished to help hone in the zone to what it will be.

The first above image is the concept for the outfits that the party will be wearing in this new zone.  The party has been assigned specific roles in this new zone based on how they were scanned into the system.  It appears Selena has a bit more freedom than the others but more on that later.

The second image is the design for the Cybergirls who will be appearing as the various combat encounters.  Each has their own forms of peril that they will inflict upon the party when encountered. 

The third image is the design for the Escaped Bio-Entity that inhabits the Bio Lab on the ship.  Several cybergirls have fallen in their attempts to contain the breach and it is up to Selena and her friends to seal it away before it fully corrupts the ship.

The fourth and last image so far at the time of writing is the design for an On Map Event, The Automated Conveyor Belt Processor.  When triggered, it will start a combat sequence where the party will be quickly overwhelmed and processed as the Mana Batteries they are designated as.  

This On Map Event also presents a question I've pondered upon in terms of fetishes for a while and have created a Poll on it for opinions: Futa content.

This is a hit or miss for several games but a few people have asked me about it.  If the game were to include such content there would be a very obvious point in the game where it would ask the player if they want to see such content.  It would be disabled by default and the player would have to actively select to enable to content otherwise they would see the normal events.  This would double the amount of artwork but it is something I've wanted to experiment with for a while.  Please vote in the poll so I can see what people think on such an option.

In summary so far, The Collective Mothership will tentatively include:

-Zone Specific Outfits (Party will be wearing specific outfits in this zone due to their new 'roles')

-Zone Specific Combat (Potential:  Due to their roles, Mira and Hemmy are locked in Mana Nullifying collars as the ship perceives them as Mana Batteries.  Selena has Sub Admin privileges that allow her to control some aspects of the ship along with her own mana source.)

-New Enemies (3 Normal Enemies, 1 Boss, 1 Mini Boss, potentially more)

-New On Map Events (On Map Events and Story Events for the zone in group format and solo, character specific scenes)

-(Potential "Corruption" Mechanic:  The ship is in dire need of long overdue maintenance that Selena can provide; however, each time she falls in combat the ship attempts to pamper her more to persuade her to stay)

TLDR:  New Zone, New Theme.  There is a Poll on the inclusion of toggleable Futa Content in this zone (Disabled by default)

So far feedback on this zone has been fairly positive on Patreon where I have been posting updates after my Tues/Thurs/Sat Picarto Streams.

I have also been posting updates on my art twitter so be sure to follow them if you want more up to date progress updates.

Please comment below on your thoughts of this new zone and the poll if you'd like to provide additional feedback.

Thank you so much for supporting the project and reading these updates!  I hope you have a nice rest of your week.  Remember to stay hydrated and get plenty of rest!  Until next time.