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missable characters that's what i love the most in harem games
What interests me is that the MC can end the game having a romantic relationship with all the main LIs that I like at the same time and with them knowing and accepting it (harem ending). If this isn't going to be possible, then I have no reason to continue playing the game.You must be registered to see the links
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TLDR:
1) Work is going smoothly, found some tools to help with one of my biggest recurring issues
2) Several environments in E2 are looking really gorgeous and I might adapt them into wallpapers for you
3) 5 main characters left to introduce, 1 more professor, 4 more students
1) Hi everyone, hope you had a good week. My week went well and I've made some progress in some of the more difficult areas of my work, specifically posing characters. A big recurring issue for me is that sometimes parts of a girl will look unnatural when they're in some very flexible poses. This is made even worse when the model is quite skinny and you can get some sharp edges around the pelvis. I haven't completely eliminated this problem but I've found a couple of tools I've downloaded to help with some aspects of it and the extreme poses/sex positions are looking a bit better. But I still have room to improve if I'm being honest. Kind of a separate issue but similar in some regards is that I was really struggling to make a twerking animation and I've put that on pause for now. If anyone knows of a VN with a good looking twerking animation please let me know cause I'd love to see it.
2) As I'm making E2 I'm kind of jumping around the whole episode and working on bits from each scene rather than going exclusively start-finish just to ensure there aren't going to be any major obstacles down the line. The great thing about the work I'm doing right now is that it's going to be so valuable in future, I kind of talked about this in the survey summary but in E2 you'll see much of the Elmwood University campus, inside & out and some other cool areas close to campus such as the lighthouse and lake. On top of this you'll see four new bedrooms (3 are your flatmates' rooms) and so in future I'll have all these assets ready to go for later episodes. After E2 is done, there'll be a bit more of the campus for me to design and some more houses/bedrooms but everything will just be getting faster and faster as I have more things already created. Looks like I lost track of my original point but some of these scenes are looking really gorgeous (lake and lighthouse especially) and I might make these into wallpapers for certain patreon levels I haven't quite decided yet.
3) There are now 5 MAIN characters left to introduce, but please remember there'll be tons of side characters (seduce-able and not) on top of the main 18. Reason I'm mentioning this again is because only 2 of the main 18 characters are milfs and I don't want you to immediately think that there will only be 2 milfs in Elmwood. In case I haven't said this already, there are two core differences between the 18 main characters and the side characters that you'll be able to seduce. The main characters are girls that you can have a future with and can end the game with. Main characters will also of course have much more content and more scenes. The side character with the absolute most scenes I have planned in my mind will be ~5, majority will be just 1. Main characters will be much more than that. Reason I'm saying this is because I want Elmwood to have some realism. As an 18yo guy it would be much much more difficult to enter a romantic relationship with a milf compared to a girl your age. It's much more believable for the dynamic to be very casual when your partner is twice your age and that's why most of the milfs in elmwood are side characters, who you can only be casual with. Following this, you can expect the two that are main characters to be much harder to seduce than average. To win over Dr. Riley or Dr. ######## you'll have to be very on point with your choices AND require some of the milf and academic perks. I've planned things this way because I do not want to make it feel trivial to date your professor, I think that would feel cheap. It's going to be very difficult and you'll probably have to sacrifice some things if you really do want to be serious with one of your professors. But... please remember that there will be milfs who are side characters who will be somewhat easier to seduce. I have some really fun little stories planned for the side characters and there'll be side characters to seduce in most likely E3, deffo E4 and onwards. Sorry for the massive post, guess I'm in the mood for writing. Will probably introduce Nina this Wednesday but maybe someone else. Enjoy your Sundays
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I feel the same, but I'm like 90% sure that harem would be an option. In the game there are already a couple of "perks" that allude to harem. One on the dark(?) path and one on bright path. The bright one even says that it would help to resolve conflicts between girls or something along those lines.What interests me is that the MC can end the game having a romantic relationship with all the main LIs that I like at the same time and with them knowing and accepting it (harem ending). If this isn't going to be possible, then I have no reason to continue playing the game.
In the Developer Notes Dev says harem is possible:I feel the same, but I'm like 90% sure that harem would be an option. In the game there are already a couple of "perks" that allude to harem. One on the dark(?) path and one on bright path. The bright one even says that it would help to resolve conflicts between girls or something along those lines.
Great start from the dev, but damn is this game ambitious. 21 episodes, and I believe he wants to get one out every 3-4 months, if that timeline is accurate that makes for 5.25-7 years of development time. The game ticks most of my boxes, so I'm here for it, but that's quite the marathon. Many of the characters might have their Masters or Doctorates at that point, not to mention how many and how old the kids from those breeder achievements will be.In the Developer Notes Dev says harem is possible:
"Elmwood is designed for a player attracted to women. There are tons of choices to make each episode and eventually the game will conclude with 11 different endings which include monogamous endings, harem endings, 'throuple' endings and more. The game will be split into 3 'seasons' with each containing 7 episodes and representing one academic term, with the game spanning out protagonist's first year of university and containing a total of 21 canon episodes."
Pretty much ticks every one of my boxes too. If dev can deliver on it, it will probably end up my number one. He's pretty active on here and Patreon, but I'm just hoping, I'm still alive for the end of it.Great start from the dev, but damn is this game ambitious. 21 episodes, and I believe he wants to get one out every 3-4 months, if that timeline is accurate that makes for 5.25-7 years of development time. The game ticks most of my boxes, so I'm here for it, but that's quite the marathon. Many of the characters might have their Masters or Doctorates at that point, not to mention how many and how old the kids from those breeder achievements will be.
It feels like there was an analogy at play there. I know if the MC was female and woke up in that situation, my first thought would be that she was drugged with rohypnol or something and taken advantage of. Maybe the dev wanted to invert that trope? We don't know a lot about Elmwood's FemSoc chapter, maybe some of its members are using it to cover their more illicit activities like Quinn does with the HOTs in Being a DIK.It's all well thought out, the only thing that doesn't make much sense is that the MC doesn't remember anything at the beginning, when it's obvious that he came in through the window where the rest of his stuff was.
/second the suggestionsFirst new VN I've played in a while. So far it seems pretty good. A reasonable variety in types of women, good renders, no forced encounters (which I dislike in other games), the skills tree is a relatively unusual addition that could be interesting. There's only a couple of changes I'd make.
1] Some of the dialogue options I feel would benefit from a middle-ground option. Like for instance when you're talking to the cheerleaders, you can say they're gorgeous which boosts your score with them, or basically call them trolls which drops your score significantly. I'd like a middle option there, a non-committal response that does nothing (or very little) for the score, to reflect the thinking that "Hey, I'm half-naked at a party with people I've never met who profess to be feminists, it's probably not advisable to start hitting on everyone with a pulse, whilst at the same time I don't want to insult them and risk getting thrown out of the house." I know I'd be treading on eggshells in such a situation. There are a few other instances too where the two choices given are polar opposite extremes which either push you down their path or burn your bridges. I'd be happier with a more neutral response that keeps your future options open in these instances.
2] The hottub scene. I honestly think there should be an option to skip the hottub and spend some time with Violet instead. Let her know she's not alone, that just because she doesn't want to get naked with everyone doesn't mean she has to be isolated. Given Violet's known to the MC from secondary-school, it makes sense he'd want to catch up with her. Even if they didn't talk much back then, something obviously significant happened which connects them. I dunno, I just think it'd be nice to have that option.
All in all though, a good first episode. I look forward to playing future eps.
I don't know, the only one who seemed evil to me was the redhead who sneaks into the party at the end and is quickly kicked out.It feels like there was an analogy at play there. I know if the MC was female and woke up in that situation, my first thought would be that she was drugged with rohypnol or something and taken advantage of. Maybe the dev wanted to invert that trope? We don't know a lot about Elmwood's FemSoc chapter, maybe some of its members are using it to cover their more illicit activities like Quinn does with the HOTs in Being a DIK.