Howdy!

This release was quite unexpected in terms of the development. It started with creating the base for cock hero-like mode, with new animations and tasks. During development, I got stuck on Unreal Engine internals and decided to branch a little to fulfill additional feedback-related improvements.

I moved the game to a new Unreal Engine version (5.4) that broke the game menu in multiple places because of race conditions on some blueprint elements. If you are a software engineer you probably know how hard it’s to debug (find cause) and fix race conditions. It’s also the reason why I decided to push version 0.85 before finishing the rhythm/cock-hero events.

The part I’m pleased with is better lighting and glasses. Even though glasses might seem like an “odd” or simple thing to be happy about, the whole mechanism of adding them, the pipeline for resizing and editing the static meshes, and the new way of attaching them is something I’m happy with.

This release contains the following Trello cards (You can witness the game development and plans here -> https://trello.com/b/irQ9RiFE/domjoi-kanban):

• [Feedback] More first-person narrative migration - more first-person narrative on some game events. The game currently has a mix between the third-person and first-person narrative.
• BUG! Fatal Error - PROBABLY less than 4 GiB GPU - I finally found out why some people cannot start the game. Unreal Engine 5.X games won’t start if they cannot allocate 4 GiB on graphic card VRAM. I know that it means that many people won’t be able to play the game, but it is what it is :|.
• Portal used for animations/portal events - I managed to create the portals that will be used in rhythm events like pegging, fingering, footjob, and OFC incoming handjob
• [Feedback] UI Hide - You can now hide UI during tasks with the U key.
• [Feedback] More welcome message - More welcome message during session start
• [Bug] Flickering wall - This was one of many flickering problems in the game. The person who told me about it wrote that it makes gameplay risky for him as he is photosensitive
• [Patreon][Feedback] Multiple penis color -> You can choose genitals color for handjob events (that will be available in v 0.9)
• [Patreon][Feedback] Handjob Animation - Handjob animations are ready :). Animations are one of the hardest parts of making games so it took quite a long time.
• [Marketing] Guild - Failed marketing event
• [Bug] Light flickering near desk - Another light flickering problem that should be resolved or at least much less visible.
• [UE Update] Update to 5.4 - Updated to the newest version. I wanted to update the game since Unreal Engine 5.4 has a better static mesh editor.
• [Feedback] More light - Some people find the game too dark. I also added a separate light that is attached to the main game model, so there should always be enough light on her ;).
• [feedback] Glasses more options - If you have a glasses fetish then well - this update is for you ;). The first change is that the glasses stay on her when she is changing her outfit. I also added multiple glasses options that I will probably expand in future updates since I learned the socket mechanism. This mechanism is very important when it comes to adding elements to the model. I also managed to create (and save in documentation) the pipeline for manipulating (making bigger, changing default location, etc) on static meshes. I can safely say that I learned a lot and will be able to add multiple nice touches to the game like earrings options, new hairstyles, horns, and much much more.
• [Bug] Multiple errors after removing part of the menu :/ - one of the feedback messages was about “Granade” in the menu options. When I removed them the menu once more had a lot of problems. I finally removed the “controls” options and left only a placeholder for future custom key bindings
• [Feedback] Clean the menu - described in the upper point
• [Company] More platforms - I started subscribestar as an additional platform where you can support the game :).
• [Company] Changes to monetization - I added a more affordable option (2$), the current base option is around 6$ instead of 7$, and there are limited options that are 10$ :).
• [Company] Monetization message - Read the post https://www.patreon.com/posts/107835695 or https://subscribestar.adult/posts/1351655

As always thank you for your support from the bottom of my heart,

DomJOIDev