Hello everyone, I know it's been sometime since the last update, and especially a build update. If you've been following pages like the Subscribe Star you'll know development has been steady but for everyone else it might have seemed like things have stopped or slowed down.

Development has always been progressing, but I didn't want to do these partial releases that have half implemented features which can cause a lot of problems. But also, I had a huge task ahead with the progression systems. Trying to make a functional release with so many partially implemented features would actually take time away from development that actually finishes the game.

Now the game is at a point where all future development should be functional without having to do partial implementations. There will be place holders for sure, but these placeholders are functional placeholders. Things easily swapped out for the proper content. 

So, we have a build release! But do understand this does not mean the game is complete, or the story visuals are complete. It just means things are functional and updates can be made without compromising the development.

What's new since 0.2.7/0.2.8?

The primary focuses since the last release has been Story, Progression, and Mechanics. 

Story

Before you saw the daily loop, but not in context, not in context of the story and not in context of the game as a whole. Now Our Apartment starts from the beginning when you first meet Naomi. Then you progress the story to Act 4. Act 4 is what you all have been basically playing so far. Thats when sex sim unlocks, dress up, etc. The way this unlocks will change with later updates (somethings have been moved to Act 5).

For now, when you reach Act 4 the game will continue but not progress further story wise, later updates will add Act 5, then etc, etc. and with those updates new content will come, being sex sim outfits, or other plans.

Feedback on the story is appreciated!

Do understand much of the story scenes have place holders, so sadly you won't see Naomi as much as I would like, but this will change over time. Music has also not been configured yet, so sadly it's just the one theme for now! Next update will have music changes through out scenes. XD

WARNING: I accidentally included the skip button in the build, avoid using this it's risky. 

Progression

Additionally, you'll notice you and Naomi have your own stats. Right now this is used for story progression, but in the future this will affect a lot more. Affecting player performance in sex sim, Naomi may give a morning surprise, all sorts of things are possible and planned. 

We'll elaborate more over time. For now some events trigger, and there's place holder events, and these will be updated with proper dialogue soon.

Additionally, you'll note "Activities" in the Evening and sometimes afternoon, these a can be used to accelerate certain aspects of progression. For example, chatting with Naomi can make her closer to you and move the story along. 

Mechanics

Now while sex sim hasn't 100% returned to functionality gropes are still missing for now and will be re-added in the next update. There is new functionality. This is in the form of Buffs and Debuffs. 

During sex sim, things like cumming for example will apply a temporary debuff affecting arousal rates. Things like giving Naomi praise can apply buffs to her which affect arousal or other things. Soon buffs, debuffs, likes, dislikes, position, speed, gropes, the Players and Naomis stats, if you did foreplay or not will all factor into what happens in sex sim. And soon there will be better conclusions aswell as a reward for finding certain outcomes. 

You'll also find some other new functions like a fly camera (which has some issue to be fixed, new pose mode features and other stuff.

OH and SAVING! You can save the game and save outfits! FYI though game saving is only available when the activity menu is available, so basically only in the evening on most days.

Here's a simple change log

 These are not changes since 02.8 exactly but close.

• First time releasing the story broadly! Please forgive the place holder stuff...Proper characters and cinematics will come; the placeholder data basically ensures that stuff will implement seamlessly in the future. FEEDBACK IS APPRECIATED!
• Some new cinematics in Act 0 and 1, but mainly a lot of place holder scene descriptions!
• Initial progression systems! Activities selected in the afternoon or evening now affect character stats, these stats have some impacts currently but will have a lot more in the future. Stats dictate unlock of various content and events. Again much place holder is here.
• Act 4 functional! You should be able to play from the start of the game to act 4, act 4 is what most people have been playing. This is where things like sex sim are unlocked. While what unlocks at this point will change in the future for now it's what you're familiar with.
• Pose mode updates! Some new features like adjusting exposure, saturation, and other effects have been added! This is still experimental.
• HDR Support! Initial HDR support has been added, it can be toggled and configured in the settings menu. Changes may require reloading the game or just waiting a bit playing the game. This is an initial implementation.
• SSGI added! This can enhance the lighting in a lot of scenes, but comes at a performance cost, as such it's off at default.
• Setting to unlock all outfits! This is cause progression is incomplete, recommended after reaching Act 4.
• Various fixes to sex sim (still some issues tho)
• Previews for new lewd activities! I've been silent about what kinds of things to expect but I decided to include previews in this build. These previews may include very little dialogue, and don't have visuals yet, and do not represent the final state at all. They also need to be unlocked. Features include foreplay & blow job training. Foreplay can be done at any time solo or right before sex sim (which will in the future add a buff). Blow job training will trigger automatically under certain conditions then be available from there, and perhaps randomly thereafter.  More will be shown in due time as their concepts get more fleshed out.
• Other place holder activities like Exercise, Cooking and more, these things affect stat progression.

What's not included?

This release was focused on being a return to functionality. As such the new content previewed earlier is not implemented yet. BUT that is the focus for the next release, and due to things being functional generally shouldn't take a lot of time to deliver. 

After this release likely has a few bug fixes for major issues, we'll work on delivering new content.

What about other platforms like android?

After a break (I've been at trying to get this build ready for a month and a half now), I'll work on releasing this build on android and other OS's! I presume there will be multiple issues, but the build will come. 

Sales!

If you've been wanting to get Our Apartment with paypal, there's a bundle active right now! Due to new restrictions this won't be very common. 

For now, get 13 games for $22!

HotPink's Spooky Bundle of Scary Savings by Hotpink and 11 others - itch.io

Conclusion

I'm sorry it took so long to get to this point, but from now on updates will be more frequent. There's less work needed for core functionality, and more that's just content. It's not impossible issues may arise, but it doesn't seem likely we'll have a long stretch like this again.

Thank you all for your support and patience

For more updates consider reading the below posts!

https://subscribestar.adult/posts/933720

https://subscribestar.adult/posts/899592

https://subscribestar.adult/posts/894959

~sacb0y