Hello photographers! Welcome to another issue of the Sapphire Documents, today we have a whole lot to talk about so let's just JUMP (hehe) into it.
The Jump
Yes, yes. I know. You’ve all wanted it, so we have added it. Jamie and Oscar can now jump within the game world. We had to make a few mechanics for the locomotion to work correctly and there are likely some bugs related to it but for the most part, the tech is functional and it opens up some great traversal options.
Previously you could only fall off “some” cliffs. Stuff that we deemed to be too high we just make the player navigate around. With the new jumping locomotion, we have created a system where you can just “leap” from any cliff you like. If you fall too far you will damage yourself resulting in the loss of any photos you are holding within the camera itself. So if you want to complete the Rune Challenge, you will need to take the long and safe route.
Familiarity and Monsutra
Even bigger news than the ability to throw yourself from mountains is that Sapphire Safari finally has a working Familiarity system! Yes! That means you will be able to take photos, submit them, grow closer to your favorite species, and become intimate! The process for this is broken down into two photography systems.
Monsutra: If you photograph sex acts happening around the island you will now record the act within the database called Monsutra - short for Monster Karmasutra. As of writing this Document we have 18 acts you can find on the island, but we are going to be increasing this by a lot in the next couple of patches. Things like autofellatio, blowjobs (lots of these), more tiny animations, and a lot more lesbian-only animations too.
Monpedia: Photographing species and submitting photographs to the Monpeda now fills up the Familiarity bar for each species individually. The Familiarity bar takes into account the quality level of the photos itself, meaning eventually if you replace bad photos with good photos you will unlock the two additional Familiarity levels. In total, there are three levels to achieve with each species and they will start to act differently around the player depending on how familiar they are with you. You can have a mixture of species in a zone all acting independently in your presence and so far it works quite well.
- Feral: This is how the species currently operate in the public build. They see the player, the run from the player.
- Curious: After some time the player becomes something they want to know more about, if spotted the species will act in a unique manner, posing for photographs, teasing the player, but still not allowing them to get close.
- Friendly: Now that the photographer has spent time documenting this species they will allow you to walk close to them and interact with them. There are two options for interacting, the first is petting the creature (still a WIP) and the second is to open the Monsutra and start doing some Hanky Panky with the species in question.
Keep in mind you’ll only be able to do the sex acts you’ve discovered, and if you or the creature lack the required genitals or do not match the size needed for the act you will not be able to even attempt it. Jamie for example will only be able to be on the receiving end of sexual encounters for the time being. Whereas Oscar can choose which role to take.
Spore Plants
Another big feature is the inclusion of the new Spore Plants on the Island, these are rare spawning plants that burst with a toxic spore in a large radius around the plant. Getting too close means you’ll be right in the center of it. Being spored turns any creature inside it (minus the player) into a feral, horny predator. They will instantly turn on the closest creature and mate with them. Players included.
The Soundscape and Vocals
We have also been hard at work implementing a new level of polish to the game, each of the 9 monster species and Jamie/Oscar all have unique vocal work in the game. The player characters will say things as they enter stealth, or when they make new observations. They will moan and complain about being captured. When they are hurt, when they try to activate objects, when photos are good or bad.
That is it for now! We have a bunch of other fixes and mechanics in play that we are still working on. But the build is coming along very nicely. Remember we do offer a sneak peek into the upcoming builds by giving access to our Internal Builds for VIP members on Patreon and SubscribeStar, but these are unpolished and contain a huge amount of bugs. But before anyone gets annoyed at this, just know that the polished and public builds all release at the same time, this is only for those looking to see more about the development process and support Kinky Fridays to build this awesome game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1526900/Sapphire_Safari/
See you soon with more updates!