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Life in Woodchester 0.8.3 - Hotfixes & Mac Release

Life in Woodchester
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Android

Thanks to all our lovely patrons for making this game possible! ❤️

Life in Woodchester 0.8.1 - Tech Update! - Sandbox & Gallery

Thanks again to our lovely patrons. You can download without being a patron, but in order to gain full access you'll need to be logged into your Patreon account and have a pledge level of Patron or higher.

NOTE: Mac version is delayed. My Macbook actually died on my during exporting (wtf) so a new one is being shipped now. Will keep you updated

Multi Download Link: https://mega.nz/folder/LLB0jQZA#cqo-ZbffcsLmY2nJa2DdZA 

See Patch notes below:

Hotfix 2 Bugs - 0.8.1 - at on 4/5/22

- Fixed Restaurant bug w/ Janice

- Fixed Backyard Treehouse crash w/ Lily

Gameplay Features

  • NEW Sandbox mode is finally here! Pose all characters with any clothing, eyes, mouth, eyebrows and exclusive naughty toys like cat tails and nipple coverings.
  • NEW Gallery mode is finally here! Currently completely unlocked, access any and all previous scenes as well as 2 teasers for upcoming scenes!
  • 3 Animated Janice Scenes previously static, now fully rigged and animated. Dialogue for those scenes has also changed slightly.
  • 2 NEW Teaser CGs  in Gallery mode (exclusive for now) 1 Janice, 1 Tara CG.
  • Patreon Integration is now in place! This means more rewards for patrons and exclusive sandbox content in the future!
  • AutoSave Stop worrying about not saving your game! Our autosave system will help you save your progress automatically in 2 new autosave slots.
  • Notification System You'll see we added notifications to the bottom right for events like saving loading etc.

⌛Sandbox Mode

  • Any Pose, Face or Background All at your fingertips! Just plop in a new character and pose them how you want! Currently, all unlocked!
  • All Nudes & Undies Ever wondered what a character looks like topless? Curious about their undies? Wonder no more!
  • Exclusive Accessories Put exclusive sandbox accessories on any character! Includes things like cat tails, cat ears or you know, bedazzling nipple covers.


  • Jiggle Physics Of course the boobas bounce! Wahoo!

🎨Gallery Mode

  • Unlocked & Ready All scenes are currently unlocked for patrons and higher. In future you'll need to unlock the scenes via storyline.
  • Every Skin Freely browse any and all alternate poses and skins for every CG in the game!
  • Every Animation Freely browse any and all animations for every CG in the game!
  • Any Time of Day We've enabled our LUT system so you can watch every scene unfold whether it's morning, evening or night!

💻Technical Upgrades

  • Debug Room to instantly play any scene in game (not yet publicly available)
  • Separate texture pages for all backgrounds & characters which should result in improved general performance.
  • Big performance increase to generating sandbox assets
  • Debuggable Data Structures for memory leaks
  • Main Menu now includes the 2 new modes & informs your current Patreon tier & benefits.
  • Upgraded GMS2 to 3.6
  • Shaders may or may not have been forced off on new installs.. I've forced them to be on for now.

Bug Fixes

  • Several character offsets in clothing, scenes or whatnot fixed.
  • Map location selection sometimes flickered when clicking new locations.
  • Lilys profile pic was offset
  • Main Menu now forces morning shader lighting
  • Fixed Tara choice bra/panties/kiss scene
  • Menu Transitions now more smooth
  • Janice Restaurant visit now forced to a Saturday
  • Map -> Phone Transition caused label issues.
  • And many more..

How do I "Login to Patreon" in Life in Woodchester?

Just login to Patreon in your default browser window! No messy account login UIs or forgetting your password. Simply login with your browser and enjoy!

1) Click the "Login to Patreon" Button & Login to Patreon using your browser

2)  "Allow" access for Life in Woodchester

3) It should detect upon re-entering the app. It may take a few seconds.


About the update

Well then! It turns out this was a biiig undertaking as far as the backend goes. We had to jump through hoops backwards to get the Sandbox working, but I am very excited for it. In the future we wont have to do nearly any level of this much programming. Perhaps I could have waited on the Sandbox until we got even more characters, but hindsight is 20/20. Also for our newly announced characters, they should be able to slot right into the sandbox quite easily, so expect them quite soon. This update ended up being all tech no storyline, (I guess you could count the CGs as added value to storyline) so I do have some sympathy for those that waited, so I added 2 exclusive teasers in the gallery.

Known Issues

-The new CGs have some rough compression on them from being sized down automatically.

- The map jerks the screen when clicking the "wait button" gui

Next Update

The next update will be back to what our patrons polls have specified, which is specifically

1) Open world dialogue for between scenes

2) Intimate bed and sleep related lewd and non lewd content

2) Plenty of Tara storyline content.

We're working on methods to have characters automatically talk and move to save on scene development time as well. We also have 2 mini games in the works. Should be good stuff.

Much Love,

DirtySock

Multi Download Link: https://mega.nz/folder/2S4FVQ4b#15yCd2--JdQ7fNa6nkxNVQ 


Hotfixes below:

Gameplay Additions

- Cass boobas now bounce for all poses in sandbox (dialogue later)

- Sandbox selecting new character now makes boobas bounce 🏀

Bug Fixes & Tweaks

- Map zoom & movement code re-programmed

- Fixed Janice 12-2 event from stopping suddenly

- Fixed black outlines in sandbox

- Sandbox bug fixed where you could choose new asset accidently

- Sandbox drag UI improved

- Sandbox characters now spawn above older ones

- Sandbox fixed some parts overlaying punched sprites

- Emotes now properly offset for punched sprites

- Hitting escape no longer runs through every room text line when exploring room

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