Hey everyone!

This is a public roundup of what we’ve been working on recently, and we’re excited to share our progress with both patrons and the wider community. Whether you’ve been following along from the start or are just discovering us, here’s what’s new and what’s coming next.

1. Early Access Demo Released

We’re excited to share that we’ve managed to finish an early access demo ahead of the poll’s completion! It’s currently available in the early access channel on our Discord server and is Windows-only for now. Best update contains content which rivals the previous demo in size, practically doubling the amount of available voice Lines.

2. New Plushies Added

This update also introduces a fun new feature: plushies! These adorable companions add a playful touch to the game, and some even include sound effects:

• Furret: Voiced by Luiroi

• Typhlosion: Voiced by Bardic

• Snom: (TBA)

• Substitute: This plushie doesn’t have sound—it’s just here for cuteness overload!

These plushies are included purely for fun and gave us the opportunity to collaborate with other members of the fandom. Who knows what exciting collaborations might come in the future?

3. What’s Next?

There are still a few more things to be added to the official update, including more variation to Lucario’s sprites. We’re keeping the details under wraps for now, but it’ll be worth the wait!

Wrapping Up

Thank you all for your continued support and patience. To those who joined us between these updates, we’re especially grateful for your belief in what we’re building.

We’d also like to collectively apologize for the significant delays between major updates. We’re working hard to improve the speed at which we bring you new content while maintaining quality.

For now, the best way to help us is by sharing this project with others who might appreciate it. Growing our community will help us overcome challenges and continue delivering at a pace we can take pride in.

Thanks again, and wea can’t wait to hear your feedback!

Patreon Update: Exciting News About Our Latest Demo Update!

Hey everyone!

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve finalized all the content for the update to our free demo of DigiDaki! This update will be the last free one for a while, except for any necessary bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements, which will continue to be passed down to the demo. For those of you who are new to DigiDaki, here’s a little introduction:

DigiDaki is a Digital Body Pillow, a digital companion designed in the spirit of a dakimakura. Whether you’re snuggling up in bed or relaxing anywhere comfortable, your companion is here to offer comfort and companionship like no other. Lucario can be the strong protector you need, the comforting presence when you’re down, or even the playful partner when you need to escape the world’s troubles.

Main Features of the Demo:

• Full Voice Acting: Enjoy fully voiced dialogue for both male and female Lucario, brought to life by our talented voice actors.

• Facial Animation: Lucario now features realistic lip-syncing, blinking, and multiple expressions to enhance immersion.

• Automatic Dialogue: Set the dialogue to play automatically at a set interval, or prompt it manually by tapping the screen. The interval is adjustable in the settings.

• Sleep Timer: This feature allows you to set a timer for your device to enter sleep mode after a certain period, in addition to your device's standard settings.

• Colour Blindness Filters: We’ve included scientifically accurate colour blindness filters to accommodate different severities and types of red-blue-green deficiencies. Learn more about how this works here.

• Windows & Android Support: Currently, we can support both Windows and Android devices (Android 12 & newer).

• Linux Support: Now you can play it on your ancient ThinkPad.

• Apple Silicon: Extremely experimental, we don't have a Mac to test it. If it doesn't work, please click here for a permanent solution

• Customisation Options: Tailor your experience to suit your preferences.

Customisation Options Available:

• 4 Personality Modes: Choose from Submissive, Balanced, Dominant, or Switch.

• 2 Outfits: Pick your favourite style for Lucario.

• 2 Skins: Customise Lucario’s appearance.

• 2 Genders (Male and Female): This affects Lucario’s body and voice.

• Lore and Biography: Access detailed information about your chosen customisation options and learn more about Lucario's origins.

Known Issues:

• Android Build: Currently experimental and may have some unknown issues.

• Lip-syncing Mismatches: Some lip-syncing may not perfectly match the audio. If you notice this, it’s a quick fix once reported.

• Potential Soft Locks: Previous soft locks due to Lua logic errors have been fixed, but if you encounter this, please let us know!

• Spooky Unknown Source Popup: You might get a warning saying this is from an unknown source. We don't have a code signing licence to prevent the notification from showing because it costs A LOT OF MONEY. This warning, however, is free.

What’s Next for Existing and New Patrons?

• Community Polls: Participate in polls to help us decide on new dialogue, cosmetics, features, and characters!

• Intimate Artwork Toggle: We’re adding a toggle in the settings menu for more intimate artwork, so you can customise your experience as you see fit.

• Outfit Customisation: Soon, you’ll be able to ask Lucario to remove or put back on parts of their outfit at will.

• Expanded Dialogue Pools: The demo includes only 1/3 of the planned dialogue. We’re adding two new dialogue pools for the half-clothed and naked states, featuring more intimate and personal dialogue where Lucario opens up more to you.

• Custom Greetings & Voice Lines: New custom greetings and voice lines will be added for both male and female Lucario, retroactively applying to any existing tier rewards as we collect them.

We’re incredibly excited about these updates and can’t wait to hear your feedback! Your support helps us continue developing and refining DigiDaki, making it an even better experience for everyone.

Thank you for being part of this journey with us!

Warm regards,

The DigiDaki Team

Bug Fixes

Bug 1: Male line for female Lucario greeting fixed

Bug 2: I royally screwed up here. I would choose a random line from all the untouched lines by generating a random number. That number would match the index of a line. I accidentally set the maximum range for this number to be ALL RESPONSES, not just the untouched ones. Every line increased the odds of a crash, on every platform. This has now been fixed.

After much discussion, bug fixing, testing, and profanity, followed by even more bug fixing, and final quality assurance, we've decided to release this current build for everyone to try out.

Since the content in this demo will eventually be part of the free-to-play demo, we decided it was in everyone's best interest to let people try it out early. This not only gives everyone a taste of what's to come but also encourages potential backers to fund our continued development.

So, what can you expect?

• Digi Daki is a digital companion app. Your companion will speak to you by himself at regular intervals, or you can prompt him to speak by clicking him. These intervals can be modified in the settings menu. In the event of something game-breaking, or if you want to quit the game, hit the big return button in the top left.

• Currently, we have all the greetings and clothing lines for a balanced personality, in our new VA Vergi. He worked closely with our programmer to get this playable version out to you as soon as possible. This does mean this demo will be limited to a male Lucario. I'm sorry, Femcario fans; she'll be ready when she's ready.

• We just had to turn off the features we don't have voice lines for. We haven't recorded those lines yet, but we're working hard to get them done.

• There may still be bugs, despite our rigorous testing and late nights ironing out every issue we could find. If you happen to find any, please let us know. Screenshots along with a description of the issue will help.

• EARLY ACCESS TESTERS! If you played the proof of concept, you will need to launch via the customise button when you start the game. If you don't do this, crazy things may happen.

So, what are you waiting for?

Dive into the demo, and consider supporting us so we can bring you the full game even sooner. We hope you enjoy it.

Bugs?

Any bugs we fix will show up here, and we'll update the version to reflect any changes.

Bug Fix 1: Fixed a single broken line, which would require hitting the reset button. Like, damn, that was fast.
Bug Fix 2: The headpiece for the Ruin outfit is now back on Lucario's head. I don't remember taking it off his head, but hey, it's fixed now.
Bug Fix 3: Fixed another line; the expression was accidentally written in American English instead of British English.
Bug Fix 4: I found 3 more American English errors that have been corrected. I also rebaked the lipsyncing for a line.