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NeonStrip – 3D Adult Dating Sim (In Development)

Hi everyone 👋

I’m currently developing NeonStrip, a 3D adult dating/life-sim set in a neon-soaked coastal city, inspired by nightlife culture, freedom, and consequences.

This devlog will be used to share teasers, small updates, experiments, and progress as the game evolves. The goal here isn’t to advertise a finished product, but to show how NeonStrip is being built over time — systems, visuals, ideas, and sometimes things that break along the way.

🌆 What is NeonStrip?

NeonStrip is a sandbox-style adult dating sim where you explore an open city, meet NPCs with distinct personalities, and build (or ruin) relationships through dialogue, choices, and actions.

Key pillars of the game:

• Open-world exploration (day & night cycle)

• Relationship-driven gameplay

• NPC attraction, mood, and memory systems

• Dialogue that reacts to how you play, not just what you click

• A strong neon / nightlife aesthetic

The focus is on player agency — how you approach characters, how consistently you treat them, and how your behavior shapes future interactions.

🛠 Current Development Focus

Right now, development is centered around:

• Improving NPC interaction flow

• Polishing dialogue, pacing, and reactions

• Performance and stability improvements

• Expanding relationship mechanics and NPC behavior

This is an ongoing project, and many systems are being refined iteratively.

📸 What to Expect in This Devlog

I’ll be posting:

• Visual teasers and screenshots

• Short clips and previews

• Small gameplay updates

• System breakdowns (when interesting)

• Occasional questions or polls for feedback

Updates here will be bite-sized and visual-first, with bigger release details handled elsewhere.

💬 Feedback Welcome

If something catches your eye, feels confusing, or sparks a question — feel free to comment. Thoughtful feedback is always appreciated and often influences what I work on next.

Thanks for checking out NeonStrip, and welcome to the devlog.

— Blast

The performance in the player's house is understandable.  I have noticed this issue, and I addressed it within the new version, which is coming soon.

I'm glad you are enjoying the game.  The FPS counter should be working correctly.  I'll look into it.  Which buildings are dropping in performance, if I might ask?  I know the house you start in has  performance issues, but the other buildings should not give you issues in performance

Thank you, it's a work in progress.  More development coming soon.

Thanks for letting me know, I just updated it.

Thank you, I want to give you guys something refreshing in games.   As an older gamer, most of these games I play these days just seem to be created using the same formula.

A very odd question to ask, from someone who has enabled NSFW games to be visible on their own account.  Didn't you comment "great game" in one of these "porn" games? 

There was an issue with the file size being over 20 GB. I went ahead and fixed the issue.  The file size should now be around 5 GB.

There is a bug that doesn't allow you to leave the conversation if you don't input anything.  I'm dropping a new test update soon with the fix.  The NPC should respond to you.  If you reach out to me on Discord, I can help you with any of your issues playing the game.

Thanks for trying my game, can you tell me what kind of performance were you getting or Frames on average?

thanks man

Do you have a widescreen monitor?  I have not set up the game for a resolution on that scale.  I believe the resolution only goes up to 3840 x 2160.

Thank you, I will try to fix these issues. Which version did you play by the way?

Are you unable to access the link?  The links are labeled Free if its free to play.

thanks me too

Can you elaborate?

Hello friends,

Welcome to Heat Wave's new community board.  This community board is open to discussing anything related to the Heat Wave project or just chatting. 

I hope to chat with you all soon.  Thanks for stopping by.

Blast.

Thank you,  the next build is taking a lot longer but I am revamping the whole game and pushing it further.

The game is playable for mid to high end computers, I saw your specs and you don't have the hardware to run the game.  If you like games with AI or just AI in general they unfortunately require a good GPU and a lot of ram to run.

lol, they are 3d adult games.

Also btw is the game is in the early stages of development, I don't understand why you guys don't understand that a game in early stages of development would be fully optimize especially from one indie developer.

I understand,  this game is pretty expensive on the hardware and does require a good computer to run.  Send me your specs of your PC on my discord servers and maybe I can try to develop my game with your spec in mind.  I have a mid to high end computer,  I don't have a low end device to test on.  If you would like to play the game, join my server and I send you a test copy to help get it to play on your device.

I will update the link, thanks for letting me know.

thanks mane, will do

Yes, it's in the future roadmap.

That is a issue, that I the developer have to fix.  The new AI chat system is a new feature in a project that still in development.  It's new tech that has not been fully implemented in a sandbox system before.  I am working out the issues with it and implementing a save feature with in the next build.

Yeah, one of the concerns from the last build.  It's on top of my list to get fixed in the next build.  The AI chat system is the main culprit for the lag, a new feature introduced in the last build.  I'm looking into more optimized solutions for this.  Thank you for trying out my game.

I recommend a Nvidia 3070 RTX or higher.

How long are you waiting for the game to load?  Loading takes a bit of time at the beginning. Also, it would help if you had a mid to good PC to run this game.

Sorry about your experience,  the game is still in the early stages of development and does require a high-end computer for a better gameplay experience.

I have never played XStoryPlayer, so I wouldn't know but viewing the screenshots of the game I'd say no, not even close.

Thank you for your review.  The project is a difficult one to make, that's is the truth but I enjoy the process and it's potential.  Your feedback was motivating, thanks.  If you want to chat about its development please join the discord.  I would be happy to talk about the future of the game there.

You do need a high end PC to play, to be honest. I am hoping to fix that in the next update.

There are multiple links up for Build 7.  They should all be working.  If not let me know.

thanks for letting me know, I will create another link for Linux.  check back in a couple of hours.

I am aware, they took my game name. My project existed before them.  It's fine they are a VR game and mine is a PC game.

There was one server with one player on this game and decided to join.  He knew where I was at and one shot me most of the time.  No thanks.