Terminal Quickies: Private Security

  

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all, 

Here are all 30 Comic Pages + Cover image for "Private Security", the Terminal Quickies comic drawn by artist AnonKBs. Starring Vanessa Morgans & Kiana Eller, this story takes place at the Ashton Lake Casino roughly 5 months prior to start of the game.

Private Security tells the story of Vanessa's run-in with Kiana the day she briefly considered applying for a job as a stripper/dancer at the Casino's Club on Floor 1(as Lara does in The New Girl). I wonder what totally wholesome activities they'll get up to in this fine establishment... ;)

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• Includes the Color Cover + 30 Black & White Comic Pages. 

 

Apologies for taking so long to post the public release of this 2024 comic.

I had a lot of fun writing this one, even if it was the most inconsequential story of the Terminal Quickies comics, plot-wise. It was still a good way to introduce more world-building tidbits here and there for those who are interested in those kinds of details.

As alluded to in the opening pages, in addition to being a college student, Vanessa dabbles in amateur "cam-girling" as a way to earn an income while studying. Though, being the shy(closet pervert who prefers to watch) girl she is, she always disguises her appearance with makeup & wigs when live. That's also the reason for wearing the shades & doing her hair up. The last thing she wants is for those familiar with her to find out about her side-hustle...

The specific "law" Kiana is referencing on Page 7 is the Westerican legalization of damaging one's clothes to strip them, so long as you cover the cost of repairs/replacement. Doesn't really come up in-game since no one is too concerned about the law during the zombie apocalypse. :P But that's how the logistics of this Westerican cultural practice works in the regular day-to-day TD reality. For anyone who cares.

 

 

I do have more plot-substantial TQ stories in mind for both Vanessa & Kiana (separately) but I don't know when I'll get to those. 

 

If you were less enthused about the absence of color this time around, than you'll be pleased to know that my current TQ project with AnonKBs is in color and with a much shorter page count, so we could play around with both the visuals and pacing:

 

 

But I'll make a separate post about Terminal Quickies: Union Smashing once it's done.

$3+ supporters can of course access the first 8 pages now. (And the others as they get published monthly)

Until next time, work on the game continues. My focus is on making one new scene per month, and creating new ACT 1 content, rather than finishing v0.10, since that's what players actually want.

So that is why progress appears to have stalled for several months: because I have not been working much on content that I had factored into my percentage calculations for the next release. 

 

~ Jim

2025 Easter Special

Hello all,

I hope you're keeping well & enjoyed your Halloween. 

Nothing specific to celebrate the occasion this year, (because what could be more scary than v0.10 still not being done yet?) but luckily regular most Terminal Desires content is inherently Halloween themed by nature. 

So now seems like an appropriate time to share the Easter Special I made for supporters on SubscribeStar & Patreon back in April.  :')

These 5 new comic pages are a continuation of the 2020 special which you can view online here. 

Alternatively, you can download the combined 2020 & 2025 Easter Special from this link here. (Comic + Clean Renders) 

 

 

I hope to continue this non-canon comic more regularly than once every half decade... After all, there are a lot more girls to join this happy family, & we need to see them expand out of this basement before things get too crowded. :P

Perhaps next Easter.

 

And yes, I'm still working on the game. No ETA, but you can monitor the progress via the percentage given in this blog's title. I won't provide an ETA until I'm virtually at 100%, as otherwise I will get it wrong - as I always have previously. 

I've got a backlog of posts to make here on the public blog, and updates to continue to slowly transform this place into a helpful companion guide of sorts for both the Terminal Desires game itself and it's expanded universe explored via the ongoing collection of comics being produced. I want all information about the game to be easily accessible here. Though as I am ever busy with the game, I cannot promise any time frames. 

Stay tuned.

~ Jim 

OIL Novelisation - Book 1 (+ Full Comic Public Release)

 

Hello everyone,

It's been a while. Work continues on the game, but I've got some overdue things that need posting.

For those who remember, "Our Intergalactic Lovers" or "OIL" was an erotic Sci-fi comic series that I worked on with writer Camille Juteau between 2014 & 2018. The first comic issue was published for sale on Affect3D a few months prior to the first build of Terminal Desires going live. It was later made available for the Special Forces tier supporters on Patreon & SubscribeStar. But today, I'm finally making every comic page available for free.

Several additional comic pages were also produced from 2018-19 for Special Forces Tier members before making the decision to shift into producing comics that were related to Terminal Desires instead of an unrelated IP.

2019 was the last time I worked on any renders or story material for OIL, as Terminal Desires and it's world became my priority focus.

However, the vast majority of OIL's story remained scripted, but never told.

At the end of 2022, Camille reached out with their wish to novelize the comic scripts we had made and continue the story of OIL that we had come up with in book form.

The initial novelization draft was completed in early 2023, but I insisted on making sure the book was a fully fleshed out adaptation of all our plans and discussions. As I was obviously busy with Terminal Desires, I only ever worked on OIL during my free time, sometimes not being able to contribute for months at a time, which is why it has taken until now to be released as something that we are both very happy with.

 

The novel is about 310 pages of written material.

Chapters 0-8 adapts the material previous published in the original comic version(albeit with new narrative additions & embellishments).

I have made the original comic versions from 2018-19 available to everyone here (476.8 MB) if you want to compare or simply immerse yourself in the visual world of OIL, or what little was made.

 

Chapters 9-19 (over 60% of the novel) faithfully adapts our original script & plans for future comic pages that were never made. The continuation covered in this section of the book is material that's all new for readers, even if we drafted much of it privately between 2014 & 2019. 

 

While I mainly recommend this novel for fans of the original OIL comic, it shares a lot of DNA with Terminal Desires, and the DNA Valkyrie(no pun intended) story we also worked on together in the past. Many of the same kinks and themes are shared, so if you are a fan of the worlds I come up with then you'll probably enjoy this too (as long as you are not allergic to reading, it's all text after all)

 

If you are interested, you can purchase the novel as an eBook HERE or Paperback HERE, but please note that none of the revenue from these purchases will go to me.

I have now voluntarily relinquished all ownership & control of the OIL IP to Camille.

Apart from this project being something we all know I have no time for, I also know that if I get the opportunity to explore a Science Fiction IP in a future game project, that I have other ideas in mind than the world we created for OIL, even if I still hold a deep love for it.

So buy this book to support OIL & Camille's efforts to publish future OIL novels, not to support me.

 

While I am no longer going to be involved in any future continuations of OIL in any meaningful capacity, there also exists enough remaining original comic script from the 2019 draft to adapt into a 2nd OIL Novel(the process is already underway). Beyond that, many plans were made for what would ultimately now be a 3rd book.

Therefore, I would expect to see at least those novels come to fruition at some point in the not too distant future, especially since I am no longer involved in any writing or editing capacity that would delay the releases. But due to that, you will again need to support Camille if you wish to see OIL continue from now on.

I hope those that decide to purchase the novel enjoy it, and sorry for making any long-time OIL fans wait this long for a continuation.

~ Jim

Terminal Quickies: Jailbreak

 

Howdy folks,

Here are all 18 pages of "Jailbreak", the Terminal Quickies comic drawn by artist MeinFischerArt. Starring H.C.P.D. Chief Officer Jasmine Juggs & Ashton Lake Deputy Sheriff Debra Derringer in a canon event that took place roughly 1 year prior to the start of the game's story. 

Deputy Sheriff Derringer visits Hardwood City to get an invaluable tour of the correctional facility by the Chief of Police herself! Unfortunately, the two busty officers of the law end up getting a tad too close to some pent-up, horny inmates. Seems like those cell keys weren't too safely secured by Juggs either...

Balls emptied, these four F.E.S. enhanced studs are now free. With roughly one year in-canon between this comic & where the Game's story begins, who knows what kind of depraved mischief Anthony, D-Roy, Patrick & Jackson will get up to, and their whereabouts at the time of the game...

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• Includes the Cover, 18 Comic Pages + the original [cancelled] short story version & art.

 

 

 

 

 

Massive thanks to MeinFischerArt, not only for their incredible art throughout this comic's run, but for stepping up to take over the Jailbreak story from the previous artist who abandoned the project & ghosted me. :P

 

By adapting the story into a comic, I think we were able to elevate the project beyond it's original scope as an illustrated short story anyway. So it was probably all for the best in the end.

What's next for Terminal Quickies? For $3+ supporters, Lara's primary TQ Story: A Case of Conception has finally returned in comic form to take Jailbreak's monthly TQ comic slot. Popsiclebunny has been hard at work on it so hopefully Survivor & Special Forces tier supporters are enjoying those monthly pages. 

 

There is also the ongoing Private Security TQ comic featuring Vanessa & Kiana with art by AnonKB.  

 

There will of course be public releases, just like this post, once each full comic is complete. But if you'd like to support the game, and see these comics pages as they come out, please consider supporting either on SubscribeStar(Preferred) or Patreon(content restrictions) at the $3 Survivors tier or above.

And yes, I'm still working on the game. I just released a v0.10 BETA build for all supporter tiers, and there will be a 2nd BETA build coming out from them by the end of APRIL.

~Jim