Posted January 27, 2023 by FreshmenVN
Hey there, Itch followers! I realized this morning that it's been exactly one year since I launched the intro to Freshmen: Physical Education, and I thought I'd do a mini update post to celebrate!
The game has grown a lot since those early days when it was just Connor, Matt, Leo, Marco, and Riley. And it's certainly been a lot of work as a solo developer to keep the content rolling out. But seeing so many people download and enjoy the game has kept me going all these many months. Thank you for playing and keeping tabs on the game's development - I appreciate you so much!
As for the game's progress, I'm currently in the later stages of creating the Club Update, which will be v0.2.0. This next update will round out the second evening of Connor's first week at college by adding a third option for where to spend the night. The evening with all its many options really gets the story branching as your earlier choices start to take effect... and as your new choices set in motion events to come.
The Club Update will highlight Alex, Asher, Isaiah, and a new main character who's only had a small cameo so far: Griffin, a bartender at Atelier 54. Things can go in many different directions as the night progresses. One path reveals some very interesting things about our bestie Matt - including some very hot CGs to illustrate what he's been up to...
I'm going to be releasing some early dev builds on Patreon soon with an aim to do the full early access release in the latter half of February. I'll keep you all posted with specific release dates for both early access and the free public release once v0.2.0 is complete.
As you've noticed if you've followed along for awhile, it can take several months between these big updates. I hate making you guys wait so long, but it's just the reality of doing all this solo. I'm making a few changes after the Club Update to alleviate the wait time. One change is lowering the scope of each big update a bit. The other is a new feature I'm introducing after the Club Update - Grind'm hookups.
If you've played the current version of the game, you probably noticed the Grind'm option as "coming soon" on the main menu screen. For those of you who've played Coming Out on Top, this upcoming feature is going to work similarly to the Brofinder dates in that game. (If you haven't played Coming Out on Top, you should definitely run and do so!) Essentially, as you meet characters while playing, you may unlock a Grind'm hookup with them that'll be available from the main menu.
The guys featured in these scenarios will be one of the many hot side characters that most likely won't get a hookup scene in the game itself. Candidates include the dudes you can meet at the frat party - and there are many more sexy guys coming in the Club Update that may also become options. The scenarios will be story light and CG heavy, and you'll be able to choose which positions you want to take to customize the fantasy.
The plan is to release one such Grind'm hookup between each big update to help tide us over between story drops. The guys that will be featured are being voted for on Patreon. The polls to pick the first guy to get a Grind'm hookup are running now and will end after the Club Update is released.
I think this will be a really fun new addition to the game! I'll post an update here once I know which guy is going to be featured and when you can except it to be released publicly.
I hope this anniversary update assures you that the game is alive and well. I'm looking forward to another productive year taking all these storylines in fun, dramatic, and sexy directions! I do much more thorough updates for Patreon patrons twice monthly, including things like showing the roadmap of the updates coming over the next year. If that's of interest of you, you can find Patreon over here: patreon.com/FreshmenVN
Thank you again for following along with my little game! I have so much more planned beyond the Club Update - beginning with showing the fallout of the choices you made at Matt's place and during the frat party. I also have some sexy situations planned with guys like Will. We've come so far in just a year - and I plan to keep going farther still 🙂
- Danny