Paprika Trainer [v1.2.0.0] [Exiscoming]

One really good critique that I got was someone saying to not put too many eggs in one basket. Focus on what’s here now and develop it further. I took that advice to heart and have been working on fleshing out some of the game mechanics.

First up…! New animation! Here’s a small preview~…

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Next up, a new interface for your nanobot injectors! Currently there’s only 3 unlock able abilities available, but more will be added in a future update. I have also added a number of ways to craft nanobot injectors. They can now be crafted with herbs, can be found while exploring and are sometimes given as job rewards.

Next up is a new mission area! The Carnival! This abandoned amusement park is home of the Outsiders and includes 3 unique backgrounds and about a dozen or so of new props. This one is still in development, so you might come across some placeholders graphics from the Castle every now and then.

We got some cool new outfits in this update as well. Which are always a plus! New swimsuit for Sam that is unlocked by doing new Aces missions (a bunch of missions have been added. You can now capture the second Aces lieutenant).

Alex her reputation outfit can be unlocked and bought at the mall after ranking up with the Outsiders and finally a really cool hooded outfit for Alex with this month’s Jester Card.

Previous Jester Card outfits can also be bought at the mall now! They’re a bit expensive, but cost balancing will happen when the game goes from Alpha to Beta.

Let’s not kid ourselves here. PT has been riddled with (game breaking) bugs. Now it’s still an alpha so please allow for some of that. However, the bugs are usually complex and incredibly situational. Making fixes for them a lot more difficult.

Unfortunately… having a monthly update schedule sorta features into this. I need to balance new content and bugfixes in a relatively short time period. I’m going to have to look into this in the future.

In June I hope to spend a lot of attention on fixing these bugs. So if you come across them, please report them and I’ll try my best to have them fixed.

So after last month’s update, I got some critique telling me that the game was unfocused and it was unclear what to do most of the time. So I’ve overhauled a large part of the game. The WOOHP HQ is gone. Instead you’ll focus on liberating the city.

Landgrabs have been introduced to help reveal gangleaders who can then we captured if you have high enough reputation with the gang. The amount of rep needed has been reduced. So far only Maggie T. and Carla Wong are available.

On top of that, you have been giving a ‘main quest’ which is always available in your quest tab. Most of the time it will tell you where to go / what to do. The story has also changed so a game restart is encouraged. At the very least load a save file where Alex hasn’t been freed yet.

With that out of the way, let’s look at what’s new! First up we have a new animation.

Next we have loads of new props for the Punk Web dungeon. Now you don’t have to look at props of the castle anymore when you go dungeon diving. Enemies have been made a bit stranger as well, but to counteract this it’s now cheaper to buy materials for gadgets.

Not only that, but you can now use nanobot injectors to gain levels and new skills with your spies. At this time getting injectors is still rare, but there will be a patch this Sunday which introduces additional ways of getting them.

The first iteration of Landgrabs are in as well. It still requires quite a bit of tweaking but I like the way it looks so far. Right now they’re mostly used to reveal enemy luitenants.

Both Maggie T. and Carla Wong can be captured so far. Both of them have a CG.

As was announced last month, the Jester Cards will no longer have the rewards of previous months in them. Instead I’ve begun adding these outfits to the mall. Right now they’re still very expensive, but that’s mostly because I didn’t have time to balance them yet.

Not all outfits are in yet, I’d say about half.

I’ve added a simple cheat menu in the game. Note that most of these will greatly affect gameplay, so I advice against using them. However, seeing as I’m asking people to start over, it would only be fair. Go to the ATM and type in ‘cheats‘ to bring up the menu.

This menu will be removed in a future update.

So much has changed that there’s bound to be new bugs. The one I’m mostly interested in is one that’s been reported several times, but I can’t seem to replicate it.

It’s where the game freezes when you’re freeing Alex. Some changes have been made to the script to hopefully fix it, but I don’t know for sure yet. If you come across this bug, then please let me know / send screenshots.

For debug purposes, during missions in the corner it should say “active”. So yeah, I expect this version to be particularly buggy. A big patch will come out on Sunday, but I really need your help in reporting a bug if you find it.

If you missed it, this month’s Jester Card rewards are 2 different underwear for Clover. More info here.

Not much, I got The Division 2 which I’m hoping to try out. I’ll let you guys know if it’s any good next month.

-Hairstyle shop

-New story, new Sam social story.

-New UI graphics

-Modelling minigame Sam update (new poses), but still in early stages.

-Gathered lore can now be read via the Lore button.

-Notoriety missions

-New school mission background (beta)

-Select all 3 girls at once on the world map

-Captured agents nanobot control can be broken.

-Bookshop clerk graphic and shop

-New restaurant menu options

-New furniture graphics for Sam’s cell

-New clothes Alex and Sam at mall

-A lot of bug fixes

-New voice actress for Alex

-Take back WOOHP HQ (beta)

Small warning. A looot has changed in the code. Which (as always) means a lot of bugs. I’ll be spending next week trying to fix these, so please report them when you see them.

So there’s a bunch of new stuff:

New graphics have been added to the sneaking mini game. Only a few so far, but slowly all the old placeholder images get replaced. It’s quite exciting!

Really happy how this one turned out. Cold Slums is a brilliant UI designer on top of being a brilliant artist. You can now see how your girls are doing! And even direct them to how much they should be suppressing their nanobots!

I’ll leave the rest for you to discover yourself!

Another post will be released with this month’s Jester Card rewards. A new underwear set for Clover this time for tier $10+! More info soon.

As mentioned before, a lot has changed in the code. Meaning there’s probably a bunch of new bugs. I’ll spend the rest of December fixing these.