This post is sourced from our patreon.

While this outline focused mostly on The Couch it includes plans for other projects too that should come out around a similar time frame.

As you can see the objective for the next main build release is with the lovers route added meaning the full gameplay loop would be possible. For now any ending you get that's not the lovers route will likely display some kind of coming soon screen. 

The goal for this release is the end of this month baring any issues with the route triggering system, at the very least though expect the new scene to be animated and implemented.

There will be a build release soon featuring most of the new UI for you guys to test out. 

The Couch Public Release v1.0.0

My objective for the next public release is honestly what i would consider a complete game. A great ending, a good ending, a average ending, a failure ending. I'm mostly interested in getting a more complete experience out for public releases so people can expect quality when we release things. 

While I may do a public release before the "casual" route, the casual route implementation is the true completion of the game.

The Future

As mentioned in the outline image, the future of the couch depends on a variety of factors. For now our goal is getting what we would call a complete game out there so everyone knows what we're about. 

But still we need to determine if just the patreon income is enough to keep us going releasing further updates for free. Or even Steam or placing a fee on any future updates is more ideal to further expand the game. In that scenario the version of The Couch released on new grounds and for free on itch.io will be the final free version, and all future updates will be patron only, and steam/paid only. Adding more routes, adding non-story related content to the "free mode" including new sex interaction, backgrounds, and customization of Naomi changing outfits or hair style or adding puppy ears and such.

Beyond that is determining which projects we'll focus on, with a game set for a new character called Peislee, and Naomi's 3D game. Where we go will depend on a variety of factors. Naomi's 3D project has major implications expanding the ground work of The Couch to something larger (from a couch to a room). And Peislee's project would just be more of The Couch with a new character.

I'd appreciate any feedback on this, or the outline, but expect some polls in the future on different things.

Thank you for your patience and support!

~sacb0y

Follow this link to patreon to vote in the poll! If you're a $10 patron be sure to let us know what kind of spoilers you're ok with!

We have stuff like initial dialogue writing, a full outline for all the endings, and a full profile for Naomi including everything from her background to in-depth sexual tastes.

We'll be making a release soon with this sort of stuff. So let us know!

(This post is copied and modified from a patreon post)

While I originally wanted to wait until she was rigged and posed before showing her off, as I said before I don't want to wait too long before putting out updates. 

All the images here are real-time but in Substance Painter, not in Unity yet. This model is still subject to change a bit, I'm still deciding if I should make her pupils larger and tweaking her hair and such. 

This project is not just for high-end PC's but Web and Mobile as well. Originally before The Couch I always intended to do a 3D Naomi project but I anticipated 2D puppet animation would be more popular and cost effective. And while that was true things worked out where I was doing more 3D work.

We'll release a real-time preview possibly at the end of this month across the 3 various platforms. It should be some manner of lewd animation with the option for camera control. A "sample demo" much like The Couch got. 

I haven't settled on a name yet, I might dub it "The Couch 3D" but that doesn't account for the scope of the project.

This project the objective is to give you access to the whole apartment and interact with Naomi in a variety of ways. Think of the interaction being somewhat similar to games like Artificial Girl 3, or Artificial Academy 3. The Couch is just the beginning of my plans for sex interaction and dialogue progression. This project aims to expand that system. 

This project goes alongside The Couch, and I'm working on it much more slowly. And projects like this doesn't mean we won't do The Couch style games, those will keep coming too since that's a format I think people like a lot and want to do more of. 

Look forward to more and please feel free to give feedback!

~Sacb0y 

(This post is copied and modified from a patreon post)

Here's a quick development update on The Couch, I've been working as much as i can to make sure things get done and I don't want to wait too long before an update.

Patron Builds

As I mentioned before the transition to Unity 2018.2 + adding the new UI has had some issues. This is couple with some medical issues with our programmer MiNT, associated with the medication they have to take. That's why there hasn't been a patreon build yet, things aren't functional to do any kind of build unfortunately. I'm sorry for the wait but we'll try to get things out ASAP. 

Writing and Project Outline

In good news, I've been working closely with the new writers getting a proper story outline. While the story was always there in concept I wanted to make a more concrete format for the dialogue writer to use. That outline is 95% complete, along with a in-depth profile of Naomi's character. The reason I've waited this long to do such a thing I want to make sure whats decided is in-line with what the writers want to do especially now that there's technically several writers. 

While this information won't be released publicly, higher tier patrons ($20+) will get a modified spoiler-free version of this information. Which will include Naomi's profile, the titles and light information for the projected routes and the projected bonus sex scenes for those various routes to be added in the future!

All patrons will soon get an official "Project Outline" so you guys know what our goals are from now on and track progress more easily. This will be added to the description of the Patreon and other pages.

v0.5.0

While this is not the next build release for patrons it is the next public release. This will mark the completion of the dialogue system, and implementation of at least single route.

I'm trying to reach this goal ASAP. As once it's done everything else is mostly just focusing on content updates. 

The outline mentioned before will project past v1.0.0 though.

New Projects

The Couch is not the only Naomi project in the works, nor is she the only character. Thanks to the new writers I'll be releasing some initial art for new Girls once their concepts are more fleshed out.

But you'll be seeing another post about a new 3D project shortly after this one! So if you're reading this just after it posted hang around for a bit.

Other stuff soon!

Once again sorry I've been rather quiet but work is progressing! I'm just doing what I think will get the best result. I have other things to show but I'm not making a post about then until they're done :P.

Thanks for your continued support! 

~Sacb0y

Hey guys, we're going to try and keep regular with updates here, at least announcing development updates even though we're not releasing public builds yet until things are more stable. 

But if you want to play early builds and preview new features please support us through patreon, a mere 1$ gives you acess to builds!

This announcement was a couple weeks ago so some of this may be stated in an out of date manner as it's already been done (like hiring a writer). You can find the original update post on Patreon too!

Whats in this update?

• Leg positions added! You can now use "Legs Up" and "Legs Together"! At the moment they transition instantly, if this transition becomes an animation depends on future plans but I consider that polish thing for now. Handling that would be a complicated solution and I would rather bring more features instead. 
• Mouth animations are fully dynamic! This is in preparation to implementing "Arousal Levels" and voice acting. While it might seem mouth animations have been toned down (they're also using new sprites) it's only that for now you're stuck at arousal level zero. In the next update either through interaction or a testing button you'll be able to increase Naomi's arousal and change how she responds to your actions, and even how she looks! 
• FRECKLE ENHANCEMENT! Some people actually thought I removed Naomi's freckles, this was unacceptable so they've been enhanced >:O.
• Dialogue system revamp! Right now the dialogue system as been virtually rewritten to support new features (multiple conditions, greater than less than, etc), but you won't see them in this update, unfortunately dialogue won't display for now as things need to be finalized. Sorry for this but expect it to comeback with avengeance in a future update.
• Possible performance improvements! I fixed some things i disabled in previous builds, performance might be better now, but this mostly matters for when we return to web and mobile builds. But if you have a low end PC let us know if things are better!
• Graphics settings added (previously only in web and android builds), if you're on a low end PC and the post processing gives you issues, they can now be turned off in the settings! This was originally only released for Web builds and the lowkey android release you can find on itch.io (which is buggy as fuck but people asked for it).

Whats next?

• As mentioned before there's a major UI update coming which makes interaction and dialogue perpetually visible. Along with adding some new icons I think you'll enjoy! Here's another small preview of that...

• Arousal level implementation, everything is ready for arousal levels. Once implemented depending on what you do to Naomi her arousal will rise causing her expressions, appearance, and dialogue to change. This will display some dormant and new assets i've been dying to show you guys!
• New ending scene. I'll be working double time to bring you guys a whole new scene but I need dialogue completed along side it. As i work to hire someone i'll be trying to balance my time effectively. 
• Dialogue revamp, in a future update dialogue triggers will be more clear and consistent and also more varied.  The revamp is done, implementation is required by MiNT...But if you've been following our discord, I need to watch Konosuba first. :<
• Project overhaul, MiNT has learned some new tricks thanks to his client work and wants to clean up our project file (it's got a lot of bloat from experimenting honestly) and bring the project to Unity 2018.2. Given we need writing and some new scenes done we'll be getting this done asap while that other stuff happens. This is also aimed at improving our dialogue system, touch input, camera control and general UI navigation further. 

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/715298

Sacb0y contributed the majority of character art and backgrounds for this VN! So if you like his art check it out!

And feel free to support the client for their future projects, there's more beyond this!

Hey everyone, we're moving toward getting story content completed but our current writer is having medical issues, so unfortunately we have to hunt for a new writer, if interested please send us a message for more info! 

We're reviewing submissions in a week from now so please contact us ASAP!

We've updated the current build of the public version of The Couch to help out those who had compatibility issues in the past. If the game didn't work for you before please try playing it again! And if not, let us know in the comments or DM's along with browser version and OS version!

Thanks for your patience!

~Sacb0y

After some delay it's finally here! Be sure to check out the in-game changelog to see how far we've come over the past few months, and its's all thanks to the supporters on Patreon!

We've reached the "Gameplay Release" phase adding the core gameplay functions, but we were  WAY ahead of schedule so we added a bit of story content too! Now all we need to do is expand and refine these functions. Expect more poses, dialogue interactions,  additional sex scenes, story endings, and more!

Check out the game!

Just know this is only the beginning...

~sacb0y

Right now we're testing the web build and encountering some issues, we want a solid first release so we're doing our best to make sure things go smoothly!

Thank you for your patience!