v0.27.0/v0.28.0 Updates

Hey all, it's monthly update time! v0.27.0 is now up on the public page, and v0.28.0 has been released to patrons! This update largely focused on more aspects of the game's pregnancy system, and if a player selects the 'Breeder' trait at the start of the game, they'll now start off with a couple of kiddos to get the family started with.

I also spent a fair bit of time on a system for automatically displaying certain scenes at the end of the day, and the next update will add in a few more of these to serve as announcements for when the player's gotten someone on the ship knocked up. The pregnancy system should be pretty much wrapped up with the next update, after which I'll return to storyline writing for a bit as it's been a few months since there's been much in the way of plot scenes. You can check out the Patreon post here for more info, and the patch notes are below:

v0.28.0 Change Log

Game Functions:

• Fertility Healing added to the Reproductive Health Officer's office. Any infertile crewmembers can have their fertility restored for a cost of Medical and R&D upgrade items.
• Players with the 'Breeder' trait will have two children listed at the Watch Station Childcare Center. If the XO is a Co-Parent, they will be the other parent of the children, otherwise a randomly generated parent is created. Players must still complete the first Admiral debriefing to visit the Childcare Center.
• Functionality added to support scenes that automatically appear at the end of the day. If the player is in transit or currently viewing an 'important' scene, these scenes will wait until the next day.
• Crewmembers may now hook up on their own time each day with a chance of causing pregnancy. For this to occur the following conditions must exist:
  • Mandatory crew birth control policy is not being used.
  • A Reproductive Health Officer must be assigned.
  • There must be at least five crewmembers (not counting Specialists or the player).
  • The crewmembers who hook up must be physically capable of getting one another pregnant, and not already be pregnant or within 30 days of having an offspring shipped to Watch Station.

Scene Content:

• Previous RHO meeting scene has been moved to a new RHO hub scene. This hub scene includes the option for the new fertility treatments.
• Automated scene added to alert players to when the Admiral's first debriefing is available.
• End-of-day Reproductive Health Officer scene added to inform the player when they have become pregnant, requires an RHO to be staffed, will delay until one is staffed if there is none. Note: Not accessible until player pregnancy has been fully implemented.

Art Content:

• None

Codex Entries:

• None

Bug Fixes:

• None

Known Issues:

• None