Version 0.25 changes


Build notes for version 0.25:

New Content and Changes:

New renderings for downtown include a new parking structure and removal of the museum.  Added a "parking" prologue before arriving in downtown that will vary with dress.

New set for the restaurant, no longer has windows looking out to the street, and has a new prologue where you have a short wait in the restaurants bar before getting a table.  The restaurant bar is the same as "Something's In The Air" to help tie the games together better.

As part of the restaurant update, I updated all the compliment and talk dialogs as many no longer made sense with the changes made.  To get these changes to flow better, I added 3 new emotional expressions for each dinner mode (18 total pictures).

New set for the lingerie store opens with a pan across the store showing other customers.  Changed decor from magenta to light red.

New set for the museum opens with a new front picture showing the outside followed by a pan across the museum, with two versions: regular "casual" paintings, or nude collection "formal" paintings. Casual is more or less the same script except image 6.  Formal now has 12 possible pictures that will pick 6 at random, and includes a new element to bring back the "nude museum" achievement.

The dress shop uses the same set as before, but it has been re-textured with a new color scheme.  Red and black dresses have changed.  The broken hover map now works properly.

Achievement alignments have been fixed , and you can now click on missing achievements to get a hint as to what they are about.

Updated Renders:

All images relating to the above places have been re-rendered, plus some new ones to add detail. 122 new images total.

Known issues: 

All non-updated sections will only show male body parts.  This is now limited to lake and vista scenes.

While I have been working on fixing places where the player character is wearing the wrong clothes, the complexity of the game means there are many places this hasn't been fixed yet.

Priorities for next update (not completed yet but will be done next):

I have tentative plans for the four main missing areas: I have a new set for the lake beach, but I haven't lit or textured it yet.  I made an IBL of the city view on the vista, meaning I can use HDR lighting at that location. I have already experimented with changes to the strip club, if you look at the image "stripclubback1.jpg" you will see what I'm going for.  I have new props for the amusement park adding new attractions and content.  I have not decided which of these I will focus on first, but these are my priorities for the next few updates.

An upcoming change to the game involves a new entertainment district as an alternative to downtown. You get there by cab ride that gets initiated if both you and Ariane have had too much to drink to drive.  The art museum and amusement park will move to the entertainment center along with a "coffee bar", I'm also seriously considering moving the strip club to this section, too.

Progress so far: 1180 of 1,372 images, not including animations or new material.

Files

date-ariane-remastered-osx.zip 675 MB
Version 0.22 Jan 15, 2022
date-ariane-remastered-win-linux.zip 681 MB
Version 0.22 Jan 15, 2022

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