Zen: A Gay Sequel
June 2021 Update: Release Date!
Special Announcements
Release Date
ZAGS is coming next month!
It will be released July 4, 2021 at 11 AM US Eastern time. If you haven't preordered yet, this is your last chance to get a discount before the price goes up with the release.
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Dev Progress Update
All updates apply only to the (in-progress) full game release and not the demo.
Writing Status
Added a few extra scenes, particularly around the easier difficulty modes. Cleaned up some sex scenes.
The game is now at 239,422 words, 22,220 dialogue blocks, and 482 menus.
CG Status
CGs are done! 20/20 CGs are complete.
(Note that the final game has 24 unlockable CGs, because some of the pieces serve double duty or have significant variations that are independently unlockable.)
Other Progress
Added a difficulty toggle
Added two new achievements
The sliding and jigsaw puzzles now let you view a smaller version of the final image (for guidance)
Fixed a ton of bugs (thanks beta testers!)
July Goals (TODOs)
Remaining bug fixes
Final text cleanup
Release!
Comments
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Well with a release next month it definitely doesn't make that much sense to do another alpha/beta build.
I have to say, playing the Alpha, it is a decent game. I will say I prefer YAGS over it, the romance routes in YAGS were more satisfying. Plus I expected a) more sex, Carlos might not have been having gay sex but he was sexual active and sexually frustrated already so it would have made a bit more sense to me (plus, LOOK at Carlos, if he wanted sex, he could get sex, and a lot of it), b) for his love interests not to all be so damn difficult as people (except Chris, he is a darling). Also would have loved if through a very long and difficult route he could get in Adam's pants; Chris managed!
Yeah, one of the early pieces of feedback from the (closed) beta testing was that the romances were too difficult, so the final game has a difficulty toggle, just like YAGS
There are a few opportunities for sex in ZAGS, but the intent was to convey that Carlos was mostly done trying to turn himself straight through sex with women, but he's still somewhat nervous about sex with men, and you get to help him through that
(Adam is not a route, but there *is* an Adam and Carlos CG in the final game... I'll let you discover what that means for yourself ;) )
Hello! :) Is this release date also for the Mac Version?
Yes! The game will be available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android at launch.
Thank you so much for the reply and all your hard work on the game! :)
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So soon!! I'm looking forward to Malik's route :)
Hey! Is the game going to be release on Steam? If so will it censored or uncensored with dlc?
There are no plans for a Steam release at this time. It'll be released here on itch in a censored form, with a separate downloadable patch to enable nudity.