Sword x Hime News

The theme of the fifth major update is the addition of 20 new costumes and new hairstyles
The update is expected to be divided into three phases



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Phase 1 update
Added 20 new outfits, shoes
The main clothing types are close-fitting and daily wear, large skirts, swimwear, etc.

Phase 2 update
Add a new hairstyle combination, you can match the style yourself

Phase 3 Update
Additional bikini styles, a variety of bra matching
Added more accessories: breast rings, earrings, eye masks, gag, crotch tattoos, eye colors, and missing parts





Most of the clothing additions this time are popular clothing
Such as Goethe, Maid, Kimonos, dresses, Pajamas, Swimsuit, short skirts + black silk + student socks, etc.
There are 20 pieces in total, and 20 new pairs of shoes
It is expected that each piece will have six colors, and can adjust the gloss, metallic, and chroma





This time, we will also implement a little more hairstyles, I especially love the android 18 (❛◡❛✿)
Long hair is the feature of this time, and the hairstyle will be designed to be freely matched with bangs

It is expected to be completed in the first phase of May at the earliest, and the slowest is unknown
Kazuya said: The time here is only an estimate, and I am currently working on the fourth major update.


Hi, everyone, I'm tensun3d
The materials of the 5th major update are as you can see, the key projects have almost been completed, just waiting for it to be put into the game.
What we promised, we will try our best to realize it and will not break our promise.
The part that I can't do means that my ability is not enough, I can only hope if I have the opportunity to challenge and succeed in the future.
I live alone so my life is simple, I get up to work every day when I get enough sleep, rest when I get tired, just take care of myself alone.
I live to 45 and still can't buy a house, I should rent it for the rest of my life, so I don't have much chance to spend it.
Doing R18 is my mission, I enjoy it, although there are many twists and turns on the way.
But gradually I can accept this kind of fate, as long as my body and spirit conditions allow it to continue to do it, I will continue to move forward, and I will not be absent.
I hope that this road will finally draw a no-regret rest.
And the 5th update will be the last major update in terms of material.
The 6th major update is ready to end the game.
Please allow me to hurry up and start all the materials for the next new game after these tasks are over.
The programmer will continue to update these completed assets until the game update of Sword Hime is completed.
Otherwise, our cash flow will not be connected and there will be difficulties.
I don't have many expenses to survive, but the programmer kazuya has to carry a family of seven, he will have a big financial gap.
Players who have followed this game from the beginning to the present should be able to feel it, the initial review of our game was very terrible, and the sales were very bad, but after the continuous support and encouragement from players, game sales have finally been able to break even now.
I also lost two games in a row for more than 4 years without any income.
Kazuya was also in need of loans because of financial difficulties at the time.
And the timely rain of this game has calmed the drought in recent years. I really thank you for all your big support.
And because of this, we decided to spend nearly 2 years to keep updating this game without charging any extra fees.
This is also the main reason why we don't release DLC, all major updates are paid back to players for free.
However, now that game sales have plummeted, funding will be short in the near future.
So it is expected that after the 6th major updates are over, I hope all players can understand that we have to hurry to develop the next new game.
I also hope that in the next game, you can come back to support. (っ●ω●)っ　ヾ('ω'⊂ )))Σ≡

Hello players, I am Kazuya, the program of Red Dragonfly
Today, I will report to you on the progress of the fourth major update.

1. Reasons for delay
First of all, I would like to apologize to everyone. The fourth major update, which was originally scheduled to be completed by the end of December, could not be completed as scheduled due to my personal factors. The past two months have been very tormenting for me.
First, my second son was diagnosed with a hole in the left ventricle of the heart, and then my fourth son was diagnosed with lupus erythematosus. In the past two months, I have taken my child to the hospital for various examinations almost every day to discuss the condition and treatment with the doctor, when I get home, there are still a lot of housework waiting for me to do

By the time I'm done, I'm exhausted. The production capacity of the past two months has been very poor because of the continuous illness of the children, so the progress of the fourth major update is behind.
Due to personal factors, I am behind schedule, I would like to express my deepest apologies to the players

2. Current progress
At present, the development of the system was completed on December 16, and the test was completed on December 21. Now more than 400 animations are being configured, but the configuration work is actually very tedious, and it is not just about putting animations in it.
We have a lot of monsters. When facing different monsters, the heroine needs to open her ass or vagina according to the situation. The monster's weapon needs to be displayed or hidden, and the props need to be displayed or hidden.
These all have to be viewed and set one by one according to the different animations. There is no good way to do it all at once, so I am working on these now.

3. Rush plan
All the examinations of my sons will not be completed until January 21st. After January 21st, after deciding the treatment plan with the doctor, I don’t have to go to the hospital so frequently, and my working hours during the day can return to the previous state.
In addition, I also plan to reduce the rest time after the children fall asleep, work overtime from 0:00 AM to 3:00 AM, and increase the working time by 3 hours a day to catch up with work

4. Scheduled completion time
According to the current workload and the future rush plan, I expect to submit the fourth major update to players before 2/28

5. Statement
Due to personal reasons, the fourth major update was delayed. Once again, I would like to express my deepest apologies to all players. Everything is my fault. If players have any complaints or accusations, I will accept them all.

1. Added the function of all-round movement of the gallery camera (WS moves forward and backward, AD moves left and right, QE moves up and down)
2. Added gallery camera movement speed control function
3. Fixed an issue where the No. 16 shoe would disappear when the camera is zoomed in

The fourth major update theme is the struggle system and the completion of the insertion and cream-out actions of all monsters.

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Struggling system:
[H’s struggling system design original intention]
Generally, mainstream games are based on the heroine's break-free system.
This time it’s designed to be a system where the player plays the monster side.
In H, the player plays the monster side, there is a battle bar, and the player can watch the struggle animation after the player's hand speed is fast enough to reach the target.
Because it was designed as a traditional player-to-break system, the player just broke free
Then it ends without seeing the animation, this ending is weird.
It should let the players enjoy themselves, let the players click, and get rewards at the same time.
When the player clicks to challenge successfully within the time limit, the battle bar will be reset to zero.
Success in each stage of the challenge will play the next stage of struggle animation.
Let players have more interaction and a sense of participation in the H element.
Then you can get corresponding rewards in this H interaction.
In the H process, the heroine will become stronger after squeezing the essence, and the strength will burst instantly after breaking free, obtaining a powerful BUFF to kill the enemy.
If the monster is difficult to win, you can rely on the method of squeezing the essence in H to become stronger.

A brief summary of the struggling system process:
1. Enter the stun after being hit by the H skill, and enter the struggling system if you do not press ESC to jump out.
2. There are a total of 5 stages in the struggle mechanism, each stage has a battle bar for players to challenge.
3. Once the player starts to click and struggle, they will switch to the S series (S stands for Struggle) animation and sound.
4. Success in each stage will enter the next stage until the end of S5.
5. After the challenge in each stage is successful, different levels of damage increase BUFF will be given, and apply after the end of H.

The new struggling animation and the voice of the female character struggling will be installed in the struggling system.
The following is an animation example of the struggling system, because this system cannot be demonstrated with pictures, I will use a video demonstration instead.

Twitter link
https://twitter.com/tensun3d/status/1439986236060422147
https://twitter.com/tensun3d/status/1442791180631040005


A new insertion action will also be implemented in this update, and all monsters except the female monster will have it.
As well as the 42 monsters' creampie actions that were missing before, they will all be implemented in this update.

Twitter link
https://twitter.com/tensun3d/status/1440244590234136582
https://twitter.com/tensun3d/status/1444250501588025351

The fourth major update is expected to be installed at the end of the year at the earliest, and the detailed time cannot be estimated at this time.
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The prototype of the fifth major update:
Added new 20 sets of costumes, bare feet + stockings version, full-body socks.
The main clothing types are tights, daily wear, sailor suits, and swimwear, etc.
Add more accessories, such as breast rings, earrings, blowballs, panties, bubble socks, etc.


The sixth final update prototype:
Fully optimized system.
Additional interactive elements: lesbian, trap, tentacles, active position of the heroine when having sex with NPC.
Achievement system implementation (requires research, not listed as a promised item).
Sword Hime curtain call.



-------Current production situation-------
At present, our work schedule is fully loaded, and even if it will be updated for the sixth time in the future, it will not be able to fully satisfy the players' various wishes.
Many players hope that we can continue to add new actions, but this is no longer possible.
The first reason is that there are currently about 500 H actions, plus 500 more struggle actions in the fourth major update.
So the scale of action has exploded, please allow us to begin to finish on this scale.
The second reason is that the assistant who has been helping me for many years suffered from cancer a few years ago and underwent major surgery and chemotherapy.
There is almost no abnormality in the original recovery.
However, the disease has occurred recently, and major surgery has just been completed. There will be many chemotherapy treatments in the future.
He will be absent for at least a year, without an assistant, we immediately lose a lot of production capacity.
In the past, he could help me share a lot of hard work and troubles, but now it takes a lot of time to do it all by myself.
So we have no extra capacity to promise this game will have a bigger update on a larger scale.
Please understand that we are not unwilling to implement players’ ideas, but we have some difficulties that cannot be explained.
It's just one year since the game was released and the update is now, and the sixth major update in the future is over. It is expected that it will take another 6-9 months.
I don’t know if the funds can support the successful development of the second game.
So please forgive us that we must start the finishing touch, and we can start the production of the second game smoothly in the middle of next year.
Although the ideas provided by players can’t be implemented in this game.
We will try to challenge these ideas to make them appear in the second game.




-------The next game design prototype---------
It is currently tentatively developing a dark soul game type.
Game name Dark Dragon Knight (tentative).
Unlike Sword Hime’s hack and slash, this one is a gameplay that is biased towards hardcore control.
RPG game + exploration element + R18 H.
Players can fight various bosses and monsters in the wild.
After winning, you will drop treasures and materials and successfully collect the monster illustration book.
There will be NPCs in towns that can buy props and other functions.
There will be a training room in a corner of the town, which is the core of the game’s R18.
All monster elements collected by the player in the wild can be matched with each female actor in this room.
If there are 20 monsters with heroines, it is expected that there will be 20x20 400 matching results.
And the props obtained in the wild or from NPC can be used in the training room.
Unlock the animation related to SM BDSM Bondage, Training, etc.




Multiple heroines are available for players to choose from:
The game is composed of multiple heroines, and players can choose their favorite characters to play the game.
It is expected that there will be a variety of professions given to characters such as wizard, warrior, hunter, shaman, and rogue.
Each heroine has individual H-element actions that need to be unlocked.
When all the heroines have cleared the level, all H animation elements can be collected.
There are Sadism and Masochism in matching methods, allowing players to match their favorite combinations.


This game will fully adopt the girl model that can be commercialized in the store.
The heroine is made by many different modelers, all of whom are powerful masters.
The lineup is luxurious, especially with a lot of big boobs.
I hope that these authors’ excellent models can be presented to you as beautifully as possible.
This time I concentrate on R18 action and interaction. Modeling is not my specialty, it is good for a master to do it (っ●ω●)っ.


R18 H system reform:
HDRP lighting engine: a more realistic lighting system, the quality will be significantly improved than the previous one.
H action variable speed system: Players can adjust the speed according to their needs, and the sound will also respond to the speed.
Body shaking system: The collision between the bodies will have the effect of physical deformation, which makes the body feel more elastic.

Demonstration of body dynamic effects:
https://redgifs.com/watch/impeccablerigidcopperhead
https://redgifs.com/watch/disloyalenviousjabiru


Game development process planning:
The development of this game will not be in place all at once.
At first, there will only be one or two female characters to play, and then gradually add new female characters.
The game will be released first, and the number of heroines, H actions, and monsters is expected to be only partially released first.
The game will continue to grow bigger and expand like the way Sword x Hime is made.
This is a huge pie. If this game goes well in the future, it may take 2-3 years to improve.
Production is expected to start in June 2022, and first new progress will be released at the end of 2022
We hope that in the future this game will be presented to you (❀╹◡╹).

1. Added the function of adjusting the field of view of the camera in the gallery
2. Added the function of camera rotation in the gallery (applicable to upright screen)
3. Added the function of switching simple backgrounds in the gallery
4. Added the function of saving gallery settings
5. Added input gold coin upgrade function
6. Added gallery WASD control camera function
7. Fix the problem that the color of the 16th shoe cannot be switched
8. Fixed the problem that the heroine's mouth did not open in the fourth action of Monster No. 50
9. Fixed the problem that the heroine's mouth did not open in the fourth action of Monster No. 85
10. Fix the problem that there is no transition when the standby animation is switched
11. Fix the problem that the heroine's anus is closed incorrectly in the fifth action of Monster No. 64

Thank you everyone for caring about my injury. My right hand is still undergoing treatment. I still work with my left hand. I am slowly getting used to it.