Steamlynx

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Sand box only works if there are actual scenes to access in them different locations.
Releasing the sand box with literally empty placeholders is like inviting us to one empty room.
Here is a hint: place suggestive posters and all kinds of hidden objects you have lying around
in your library on your rig and turn it into a scavenger hunt for throphies,
otherwise just have whatever cut scenes you got already and string them into the game,
so we have something to game for, we all realise this is one hefty work in progress.
Hi, thank you for your valuable feedback and suggestions. I completely understand and agree with your points. We'll do our best to avoid "empty locations" by adding narrative events and "regular actions" to the game. I also really like the idea of a "treasure hunt" for hidden objects and trophies.

However, I'd like to inform you that the first release, version 0.17, will still be relatively "empty." The transition from a classic visual novel to an RPG Datesim is a massive and complex task. Right now, we want to focus on testing and debugging all the fundamental mechanics of the game. If everything goes smoothly, we plan to release an update, version 0.17.1, in April, which will contain much more content.

Thank you once again for your feedback. We truly appreciate it and hope to provide a more engaging experience in the upcoming updates.
 

Steamlynx

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There was a massive coding overhaul to make it so that
MC is GOING UNCONSCIOUS AND WAKING UP NEXT DAY.
Anybody would fancy go play a game
WHERE THEY LOOSE CONSCIOUSNESS ???
There was also something offputting coded in also:
ANGELS NEED MONEY, they accumulate debt, they get hustled for money
AND DROP DEAD game over FOR OWING INTEREST.


All of these downright DEPRESSING GAME MECHANICS stalled development.
ANYTHING FUN OR INTERESTING GOING ON ???
I understand that you might have expected... hmm... more erotic content rather than losing consciousness from not sleeping for a long time. That's a fair point. I completely agree, and I've made a note to myself that I need to learn and improve on writing proper announcements.

In fact, the issue is not about losing consciousness. It's about the implementation of Hector's parameter handlers in the game. After all, this is a role-playing game, so attributes, parameters, and skills should play a significant role in the gameplay. I just started by implementing an energy handler and the reaction when energy drops to 5 units or below. I've developed a universal system that allows for the creation of handlers for any RPG characteristics, and now I can add reactions to various values as needed in the game.

I want to say that in the upcoming updates, the role-playing mechanics will be extended to the main girls as well. And I will use the code I've written now to achieve this.

Among the girls' attributes, there will be:
  • Lewd (Lascivious behavior)
  • Libido
  • Lure (or Seduction)
  • Lust
When I get to that point, which I hope will be soon enough (in release 0.18 to be exact), there will be plenty of corresponding content. I just didn't want to announce all of this until I was confident in my skills as a programmer to implement it. But now that I've built the foundation and tested it, I can say yes, I will do it.

P.S. Money is needed by everyone, even Angels. After all, we have a cyberpunk fantasy setting, which is quite dark.
 

ChaosGhost

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this game is gonna be red flags from what I am hearing in this thread and from the dev.

If you want the girls to sleep with npcs it's OFFICALLY not a harem and it wouldn't be smart to even try to market it as one dev.

Swingins, Sharing, NTR don't mix with harem unless you are going for that market in what I am talking about is NTR.

Now if you want to try to get harem players like myself having girls sleep with npcs or have any sharing in this game is a no no.

sad because the art is really good and it looks good but from what I am hearing this game looking a L for me.

A HAREM is about is in OUR WOMEN fucking us and ONLY us not them fucking npcs and people who is not the mc.

now I hope it won't be any form is ntr but yea from the looks of it the dev already have his vision set and that's on like some brothel type shit which is a pass for me personally.

so DON'T add the harem tag in that regard.
like he said if there are more LI's A Harem would be nice but what he also said that goes not with NTR or Sharing and if u add this most Harem Player will avoid the game if it is not fully possibly avoidable (preferable with a switch at start of game so that u not even by chance get NTR or Sharing stuff)
we wont dictatate u how u make ur own game but be aware that NTR and sharing is not seen kindly mostly and cause a lot flamewars in forum
also if not avoidable fully thats a reason to snitch the game....
just my 50 cent
 
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Does anybody know how they did the graphics in this game? I see models I don't immediately recognize. I see eyeliner on everybody, and for some reason, I don't hate it. I see this weird stuff all over the characters that isn't grey or brown. I think it's called... caller? color? Am I saying that right? Easily the most innovative artistic direction I've ever seen on this site, and I'm a little bugged because I don't know how they did it.
 
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Steamlynx

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Is there a way to change the mc from hector to anything we want?
I am developing a story in which Hector is the main character and I do not plan to change him (although, we will likely refine his model further). However, later this year we plan to fully support mods. If any modders decide to replace Hector with another hero, we won't object.
 

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Hello everyone! We have updated our versioning system and I have just published the new release, SLAM 0.17! (Win64 and Linux, ENG/RU).

This release, for which we've even updated our version tracking system, marks a major shift for our project from a Visual Novel to an RPG/Datesim mode!

Under the hood, the LDPE system (Location - Date - Period - Events) now allows the player to freely navigate the Academy, with a functioning day and period change. Both global and secondary plot events are triggered. Moreover, this version lays the foundation for the RPG and Dating systems that we'll be developing in future releases.

And of course - new locations, new content, new scenes.

I would be very happy to read your comments and ratings, enjoy the game!

P.S. Feel free to check out the updated Roadmap in the game description as well - we've given it a refresh!
 
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Another game to put on ignore sad to see this one go for me personally I love the vn style alone by itself but I also love vn style story telling with sandbox elements like LDPE system. Good luck devs for future and current development.
 
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like he said if there are more LI's A Harem would be nice but what he also said that goes not with NTR or Sharing and if u add this most Harem Player will avoid the game if it is not fully possibly avoidable (preferable with a switch at start of game so that u not even by chance get NTR or Sharing stuff)
we wont dictatate u how u make ur own game but be aware that NTR and sharing is not seen kindly mostly and cause a lot flamewars in forum
also if not avoidable fully thats a reason to snitch the game....
just my 50 cent

Totally agree with you.

From the Dev's own words future tags are going to be including (as I would judge by the site's definition, Not the Developers): Ntr, sharing, swinging, prostitution. Likely more, but these ones alone, are enough to 'ignore' and move on for most Harem players.

I am hoping they are avoidable, but even then it will be down to issues of development time and content.
Unity is generally slower Dev time, Sandboxes are usually slower Dev time.
Adding in multiple routes and needing to do multiple versions of scenes, or just skipping them... would indicate that the game is either going have even slower dev time, or the 'toggle off' no 'ntr' would be much restricted in terms of content...

Neither of these scenarios really makes me want to open my wallet.

Not trying to shit on the game, just explaining how it looks to me as someone who supports such things
 

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Totally agree with you.

From the Dev's own words future tags are going to be including (as I would judge by the site's definition, Not the Developers): Ntr, sharing, swinging, prostitution. Likely more, but these ones alone, are enough to 'ignore' and move on for most Harem players.

I am hoping they are avoidable, but even then it will be down to issues of development time and content.
Unity is generally slower Dev time, Sandboxes are usually slower Dev time.
Adding in multiple routes and needing to do multiple versions of scenes, or just skipping them... would indicate that the game is either going have even slower dev time, or the 'toggle off' no 'ntr' would be much restricted in terms of content...

Neither of these scenarios really makes me want to open my wallet.

Not trying to shit on the game, just explaining how it looks to me as someone who supports such things
Welp, with that, no name change, and, unless I missed the change announce, a plugin for translation; aka need online connect for a porn game. That's a Hellllll no.
 

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"I'm so loyal to you I will fuck other guys, teehee!"

It's like saying, "I love animals so much, watch while I slaughter puppies, they make such a cute sound while I bash their skulls!"

Or, "I'm so vegan I'm going to eat that steak!"

Or, "I trust you so much, that's why I had to lie to you and help your enemy kidnap you."

Loyalty precludes them fucking other people dude. It's kind of, part of the whole point of loyalty... If they want to do it, they aren't loyal, and if he is making them do it, he's the bad guy. Nothing in a mission should require fucking others, that's a bad spy. It's what get James Bond fucked over by the bad guy 99% of the time, that he can't keep it in his pants and those chicks usually end up dead. They could just seduce an enemy, drug him, and rob him. Or any one of a thousand other ways to handle things...

And the fact that it's fantasy and your fantasy of a man with loyal women has them fucking other guys all the time... that's kind of a sad fantasy.
 
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"I'm so loyal to you I will fuck other guys, teehee!"

It's like saying, "I love animals so much, watch while I slaughter puppies, they make such a cute sound while I bash their skulls!"

Or, "I'm so vegan I'm going to eat that steak!"

Or, "I trust you so much, that's why I had to lie to you and help your enemy kidnap you."

Loyalty precludes them fucking other people dude. It's kind of, part of the whole point of loyalty... If they want to do it, they aren't loyal, and if he is making them do it, he's the bad guy. Nothing in a mission should require fucking others, that's a bad spy. It's what get James Bond fucked over by the bad guy 99% of the time, that he can't keep it in his pants and those chicks usually end up dead. They could just seduce an enemy, drug him, and rob him. Or any one of a thousand other ways to handle things...

And the fact that it's fantasy and your fantasy of a man with loyal women has them fucking other guys all the time... that's kind of a sad fantasy.
You clearly cant think outside the box, when the MC girls are his agents.
 

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if the game is not going to be a harem then why put in the tags and also you told that slam will be more of harem genre but then you tell us that SLAM is not such a game so can you make up your mind is it a harem or sharing

and if you want to add both then make it so you can turn off from start so i dont have to say no if i want to se sharing everytime i want to say no once then never to say no cos it sounds like you have to say no at everytime and giv 100% choice such that I didn't have to experience the things I didn't want


again why is it harem when you admit to large amount of your content will be about the girls and people other than the MC cos i dont know about you but for me thats not what a harem is

and also so for all those who want full harem get little to non content
 

Nobles

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If he tells you its going to have a harem, then its a harem.

If the girls are going to do extra work and use feminine charm to complete their missions (probably seductresses) . Then its looking like its going to be up to the player or dictated by the player. .Hes clearly been saying it.

Whats with these smol brain people. The blood is obviously going elsewhere.
 
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therealmrwolf

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If he tells you its going to have a harem, then its a harem.

If the girls are going to do extra work and use feminine charm to complete their missions (probably seductresses) . Then its looking like its going to be up to the player or dictated by the player. .Hes clearly been saying it.

Whats with these smol brain people. The blood is obviously going elsewhere.
did you not read Many of you love "Harem" games where all the girls belong to the MС and have sex only with him. We respect your tastes, but SLAM is not such a game

so how can it be harem but also not a harem huh?
 
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To be a harem, or not to be a harem? That is the question..... that most probably couldn't give a flying fuck about. Is it interesting, fun, with good graphics and a decent story/plot? For me; yes. The dev says it's not a harem game, a tag says it is. The tag needs changing. Problem solved.

The prose is a bit odd to a native English speaker. Putting 'sweet' and 'dear' in front of people's names feels a bit creepy for example. But that's just a translation thing, and the devs have been very clear that English isn't their native language. Their English is a damn sight better then my Russian that's for sure..

Looking forward to seeing how this develops.
 

sisco1986

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half the locations are a dev note saying that this or that is not available, how can you release a game in this state LOL
 

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So, how is this an RPG. Sorry, might come off as an ass, but sandbox and RPG are 2 things that require one very specific thing. Choice, as in it's the players choice to decide what they do in all facets, as in if I want to bend the librarian over that table or not. If all the events are the same no matter what then there is no choice. And this is then a VN. Even some VNs give choices but there VNs becuase there isnt much in the way of gaming. If I decide I want to instead play with a box in my inventory for 9 hours a day that's a choice, and letting me do so makes your game a true sandbox RPG.
 
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