The Dimensions team is still here and going stronger than ever.
We've again been working hard on client projects, which is how we fund a lot of the Dimensions VIP work, so that's good, but also means it takes longer to get updates out.
However, we're also growing the team in order to have more capacity and have hired three new employees so far this year, including two new developers and a UI/UX expert. These new employees are already working hard, both on client projects and on Dimensions.
As such, we have some cool updates for you.
New Companion App: Dimensions Story Mode
As their first goal, our new developers have worked on a completely new app called "Dimensions: Story Mode".
Dimensions Story Mode is all the stories from the Dimensions universe without the gameplay of Dimensions VIP. If you are playing Dimensions VIP for the stories only, or you are struggling to progress or simply don't have the patience to wait, DSM is your perfect companion.
Dimensions Story Mode has all past, current, and future stories and scenarios included, so although not even close to all stories are done yet, you will get them all once they release, automatically and immediately. Currently, the Dimensions universe includes:
- Four dimensions
- Dozens of Girls
- 40+ stories
- 400+ hand-drawn scene images
- 4000+ lines of dialogue
Dimensions Story Mode organizes all stories in storylines so you can follow a particular character story or dimension story as you please. Plus, we give you recommendations for previous stories you should read in order to ensure you have the correct context. You can also tag your favorite stories. Oh, and you can download all images from all stories at once, so that loading new stories is much faster!
Finally, you can also search across stories, including all the dialogues, plus filter by tags so you can find and discover that perfect story for you.
Dimensions Story Mode will be available for sale on Steam this month with a generous launch discount, and you can already add it to your wishlist here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1207820/Dimensions_Story_Mode/
Note that Dimensions Story Mode does not include poses or character scenes, nor content unlocked by owning NFTs.
NFT Crypto Collectibles Release
Speaking of NFTs, the new Dimensions VIP client now includes the new NFT app where you can unlock new content by having NFT collectibles in your connected Ethereum address. Currently there are two NFT collectibles available, each with a limited series of 50 editions, related to the 2020 celebration of Dia de Muertos of Xoco and Nenetl.
We will be issuing more NFT tokens, including the first edition of all girls, that each will feature exclusive content in Dimensions VIP. Some collectibles feature poses, others feature additional scenarios.
To set up your NFT address, log in to your Dimensions VIP account on https://dimensions.vip/manage and follow the instructions to connect your ETH address. We currently support Metamask only.
Note that nobody from Dimensions will ever need or request your private keys. DO NOT give your private keys to anyone, ever. Also, the ETH address verification process includes a fee-less signing of a message. This process does NOT involve the blockchain so you do not have to pay any fees to verify that you own an address.
If all of this sounds... cryptic... to you, we suggest reading up on NFTs to determine whether this is something you want to participate in, whether simply for the collectible content or to speculate in the market.
New Content
To celebrate the release of Dimensions Story Mode, we're also releasing several new stories, including Patreon voted favorite girl Emile Dubois and her background story. There is also a new story from the Aztec dimension and a visit to the replicant factory in Futopia. Finally, there's a new story featuring Kasey Smith, our resident role playing nerd, and her group of LARPers.
There is also a new girl available to find and recruit by the name of Monique Steffens. She's part of Bambi's college, a good friend of Kasey, and also an avid LARPer. You need to find and recruit her before you can unlock Kasey Smith's LARPer story.
Dimensions Bite Size
When we started building Dimensions VIP we realized that due to the permanent nature of decisions in the game, we couldn't really have branching stories with multiple endings. If we did, we would block you from seeing certain content, and we don't want that.
However, we have a bunch of stories that lends itself to a branching storyline. So, in order to allow you to explore alternate outcomes from various scenarios, we're experimenting with shorter games that we call Dimensions Bite Size.
Bite Size stories are completely free stand-alone games that play out in the Dimensions universe but isn't part of the Dimensions canon. The first story is available now and is a concept story featuring Nenetl and Bambi. You can download that Bite Size now, at https://dimensions.vip/bitesize
If Bite Size turns out to be popular, we want to create many more, as they are relatively quick to adapt from existing stories. Let us know what you think and which stories you would like us to explore!
2021 and the future
To wrap up this update, I wanted to tell you a bit about our plans for Dimensions this year and in the future.
First, as you may be aware, we're currently holding back on announcing new dimensions while we are expanding on the existing dimensions and characters. This includes multiple new character stories as well as side stories of the various dimensions. You may have noticed that we already have started on this, with the recently released stories The Priest and Tiffany Abram's story, as well as the new stories described in this update.
However, we already have written most of the dimension story of the next dimension, and we plan to start production of that soon. There are also multiple main storyline stories that we need to release before that, to set the stage for the next dimensions and fill out the main lore.
We also want to start improving on Dimensions VIP, the main game of the Dimensions universe. This will take the form of a major rework now that we have more developers and UI artists. This will modernize our code base significantly (we started working on DVIP three years ago!) and allow us to make a better looking and performing game.
There are also new plans for mini-games and spin-off titles on the drawing board, including simulator type game set in the Futopia dimension. These mini-games will become part of Dimensions VIP but may also result in full stand-alone games, depending on popularity.
So, what are you waiting for? Add Dimensions Story Mode to your wishlists, and then start playing with Dimensions Bite Size! We can't wait to hear what you think!