Hello, all!
Thank you so much for your patience. We are excited to announce that the new version of In Her Own Hands (version 0.4.0) is now available for all Patrons at the “Surprise Me” level ($5) and above. If you are not currently a Patron at this level, you can join now to access the new version. The game (with any necessary bug fixes) will be released to the public one week from today.
This release was meant to consolidate several changes that will enhance game play. From redefining the way statistics are calculated, introducing an entirely new way to experience the sex scenes, a Progress Tracker to track different paths and give you hints while playing, to a fully functional phone and more, we spent our time laying a foundation that will allow us to build the game to new levels in all future releases. It was a lengthy process to accomplish all we had envisioned, but it will take the game to new heights and allow maximum flexibility so that stories can reach their full potential. These changes unfortunately are so fundamental that they prevent you from loading saved games, so we also wanted to make all of the improvements in one release.
The highlights of the extensive changelog will appear at the end of this post. The complete Official Scene Guide and Walkthrough will be posted for Patrons at the “Delight Me” level ($9) and above as soon as possible. We also had to temporarily disable the in-game Tutorial until we finish updating it with the new features.
S&D CumPoints© Sex System
Building upon feedback that you wanted to have more choice in sexual adventures, we are excited to introduce the S&D CumPoints© sex system, an entirely new way to experience sex in our game. Not only will you have the choice of activities, but the characters’ arousal will build to completion. Becca also acquires more skills and preferences as she accumulates sexual experience, while her partners may have their own preferences. A sexy status bar tracking your “CumPoints,” a measure of how aroused you are during sex, will take each character from foreplay to climax!
Because we want to perfect this very important aspect of the game, we have only implemented the system in the first sexual encounter with the James character (coffee shop guy), the easiest and earliest scene Becca can encounter. Even if you don’t intend to pursue this path permanently, we would love all of our patrons to take a few minutes to try it out. Once we receive feedback (we will have a poll later this month), we will convert most of the remaining existing scenes and use it for the main character’s future sexcapades.
Wardrobe & Statistics
In the ongoing refinement of the Wardrobe system, you will see statistics for your outfit of choice that include a calculation of the level of being “Comfy,” “Naughty,” and “Professional.” While the focus was to introduce the statistics required for a new game, it will allow us to alter scenes based on your wardrobe in future releases.
We have also redefined the way that we calculate the main Inhibition and Corruption stats. They now incorporate the wardrobe statistics, the Arousal and Romance stats, Becca’s experience, as well as several other factors, into their calculation. In this way, the statistics become much more interdependent, so that one statistic directly affects another.
Fully-Functional Phone
A new sophisticated phone appears in the game now, accessible from the main sidebar. The phone is a mapped image, so that you access features by clicking on their respective apps. Your text messages, phone calls, a game map, your contacts, a camera and photo gallery and more will now appear in her phone. You can even select a background (which will get naughtier as the game goes on) for your phone. (Hint: You may want to call your sister occasionally… and don’t miss those text messages from Abby!)
And More…
Becca has new financial responsibilities, a bank account, more places to visit and shop, a Twatter (😉) account and more minor improvements to the game. Over the next week, we will give you more detail on the new functions so we don’t overwhelm you now. Hopefully you will discover all the new changes as you play and be “surprised and delighted”… (wink)!
We Welcome Your Feedback
If you find any errors or bugs that managed to sneak past us, please either message us directly here on Patreon or email us at bugs@surprisedelightme.com. A description and/or screenshot, as well as the save game file of the game in which the error occurred, will help us locate and fix the error. Thanks!
See you soon!
Surprise & Delight
Changelog, v. 0.4.0
- Storyline
- New plot point added to preface, corresponding scenes added and edited
- Bad ending related to the new plot point
- S&D CumPoints© Sex System
- New pop-out right sidebar during sex scene(s), with “CumPoints” status bars to track progress toward completion for Becca and her partner(s)
- First date sex scene with James completely reconstructed in sex system (to be universally implemented in future versions)
- Choice of actions within scenes for full agency and autonomy
- Multiple options for scene completion
- Becca now has “learnable” skills and preferences that affect options within scenes; these will interact with skills and preferences of different partners
- Ability to lose virginity to Shaun or Bobby, in addition to James; scene text edited
- Ability to wear condoms during most sex scenes added; scene text edited
- Progress Tracker
- “Progress” tracker provides “non-spoiler” hints for each open path (“To-Do” List); notifies when end of current content achieved
- Statistics
- Inhibition and Corruption statistics redefined
- Some scenes now raise Romance statistic
- Removed minimum for Inhibition and maximum for Corruption
- Generally re-adjusted all statistic affects in whole game, to balance with new calculations
- Wardrobe
- Wardrobe items defined with statistics measuring Comfy, Naughty, and Professional; these statistics affect Inhibition/Corruption stats; designed to affect future scenes
- Several clothing items removed from beginning wardrobe; moved to Clothing Store
- Two additional “saved sets” added (now total of 5)
- Phone Function
- Fully functional cell phone with ability to send and receive phone calls and text messages; take and view selfies; social media apps; select phone background from several options (will be expandable in future versions)
- Moved “Characters” from side menu to “Contacts” in phone
- Moved “Map” from side menu to phone
- Moved “TitKok” from side menu to phone
- Added text message archive to view text messages already received
- Moved all text messages and incoming phone calls into new phone system, adjusted triggers accordingly (can now be received in any location)
- Bank app added if account opened; limited banking capabilities added
- Locations
- Ability to “quick-travel” from “Map” screen (relocated to cell phone)
- Several newer locations made fully functional (updated from last version)
- SUGAR (toy store) can now be located through “Explore the city”
- Notification when all currently available locations have been found
- Bank added, ability to open account, deposit and withdraw money; bank transfers related to new plot point; app included on phone with limited capabilities
- Miscellaneous
- Resolved several scheduling conflicts between different paths (for example, cannot schedule hangout with Abby if already scheduled date with Mr. Jones, and vice versa; cannot schedule any conflicting events on Halloween)
- Ability to create custom names for game saves
- “Wait a bit” function added; can wait for up to two hours with no energy depletion
- Becca will now dream when she sleeps
- All paths now have ability to end at beginning of path, will prevent all future event triggers in that path
- Limited sidebar menu while on menu screens to prevent “loops”
- Numerous text edits for grammar, syntax, typos, etc.
- Numerous minor aesthetic changes
