MauritkCL

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CMA is not a linear visual novel where you just add a few porn scenes every month. It is a complex game and it is growing with every update and getting more complex. TheGary usually adds a lot content with each update, especially high quality graphics. (Animations still have room to improve.) If this update has only a few new scenes then it is because a lot of effort must have went into reworking the existing code to :
- fix bugs
- split the available content into 3 stand alone chapters
- add new GUI
- enable roll back
- add the new tracking system
etc.

I suppose that some effort also already went into new office content which is not finished and comes with the next update.

If you remember CMA started about 1 year ago and for a single developer creating a game like CMA with all the current content in maybe 15 months is quite extra-ordinary. You have to evaluate the complete project, not only the visible output of the last 2 months.

The new structure of the content is a different point. Creating content which is split into different paths which players can not access in a single playthrough is new and does not fit the game design philosophy so far that there are no bad choices and the player can see 100% content in one playthrough. This also reduces the number of visible scenes, so current content seems to be smaller than it really is. (Example : There is a scene when agreeing to play with handcuffs, but since this turns out to be a bad choice, nobody will choose this path or only to have a small glimpse.)
I appreciate what you said/typed, but, and I don't want to be stickler, didn't I say most of what you said, only less detailed? If you read the particular post you referenced you'll see that I do take into account all the effort TheGary (and his team) have put into this update. I also said that it was a bit of a disappointment, not a complete one. The only point I criticized was that there may have been a slight miscommunication/misunderstanding about what the word 'big' meant. That for some people, the word 'big' as used in conjunction with 'update', was interpreted as meaning a large amount of content. Keep in mind, that most people here didn't know what this update would entail, at all, before it was published after two months. Without knowing that TheGary was planning to include an entire(ly) new environment, people logically, perhaps foolishly, assumed that a big update meant a lot of content.

Most people have no clue whatsoever how big of a challenge it is to create a game as great as this one, at all! I have, over the past 3 years gained a good amount of insight on how both Unity and Ren'py work but I still wouldn't be able to create a game that anyone here wouldn't puke on, literally. The same goes for most of the members and non-members here as well, I assume (with some confidence, please no 'ass and me'-comments:LOL:).

If you read back my most recent posts on this thread you'll see I have complimented TheGary (and his team) on multiple occasions, because I think this is an awesome game and that the developer is a figurative 'diamond in the rough'.

Anyway I digress, I think we agree about (almost) everything and that there may have been a slight misunderstanding about what I meant when I criticized TheGary. I apologize.

Finally, let me reiterate what I said in a previous post, 'let's hope it only gets better from here on out' (as it always has with The Gary).
 
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The only point I criticized was that there may have been a slight miscommunication/misunderstanding about what the word 'big' meant. That for some people, the word 'big' as used in conjunction with 'update', was interpreted as meaning a large amount of content.
It's still big actually, but f96zonetrooper is right - a lot of the work seems to have gone into fixing and improving the back end code.

There are two types of programmers - the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" type and the "if it can be better, it should be better" type. For better or worse, Gary falls into the latter category. Now, I haven't spoken to him in a few months and have only taken a cursory glance at the code, but I can guess what happened - splitting the chapters required him to dive into the code and once he was there, he got lost in his own head and started re-writing a lot of things that weren't broken, but could be improved (as it often happens when one examines their own code after a while). And all of a sudden two months doesn't feel nearly as long as it was supposed to be. :eek:

My points is this: I was a top tier patron of Gary's for a long time and I know how much effort he puts into CMA each month. So while I strongly disagree with most of the choices he made for 0.13, I would never question the amount of work that went into it, whether it's visible (graphics, events, etc.) or not (back end code).
 

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I have been trying to get Amy's "something new will happen when cleaning E's toys" but nothing every changes.

How to get Chloe's new walk. CureMyAddiction 2019-12-12 21-22-20-09.jpg

I been trying now for 4 in game weeks and nothing ever changes.
 

chuckypetya

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Wait wait... the second chapter (The disciplinarian) is included in 0.11.1 isn't? I played that chapter.. But uncle doesnt appeared. :O
 

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Wait wait... the second chapter (The disciplinarian) is included in 0.11.1 isn't? I played that chapter.. But uncle doesnt appeared. :O
It's included in 11.1, except for a few transition images with the uncle that I posted yesterday
 
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Is there a walkthrough for v0.11.1 because I have 2 that will not trigger.
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Every day I check with everyone for new convo's but they never change.
How do you set up Amy when you never see her during the day anymore to check on her work?
I never get the chance to have Amy clean the toys because she is never around to check on her work.
The only time I see Amy is when she brings breakfast to bed or she is standing in the hall at the end of the day but there is no convo options for her.
Amy should be waiting every day at 08.00 in the corridor. If she's not there, go check the infirmary
 

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So spankng is the only way to develop relationship in this game?
No, there are lots of other ways. In Chapter 1 you're more on the receiving end yet you can do quite a lot of things. Check the walkthrough when in doubt
 
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Sharpy

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I havent played since version 0.7.2. What do I need to download to continue playing where I left off and play through all available content? Is chapter 3 enough?
 

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I havent played since version 0.7.2. What do I need to download to continue playing where I left off and play through all available content? Is chapter 3 enough?
Chapter 3 is a stand alone. To continue from 0.7 download 0.11 from the Patreon page or from the first page here
 

f96zonetrooper

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Chapter 3 is a stand alone. To continue from 0.7 download 0.11 from the Patreon page or from the first page here
That might be misleading since all links were updated to
- chapter 1
- chapter 2
- chapter 3 Eoisode 1
There are no longer links for 0.11.x.

It should depend on progress inside the game where to continue :
- Until and including the Island -> chapter 1.
- The new yacht after the Island -> chapter 2.
- The new (office) content -> chapter 3.
 
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Check the walkthrough link at the bottom of my signature
Thank you and you should get a link put in the first post for this.
If it was there I would not have bothered you.

Thanks again.

PS: Any way to break down or separate your walkthrough by chapters now that the game is standalone chapters?
 

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with day 1 and 2 you can only do one set of the tasks or is there a way to go back and do all of them and get credit for all of them? thanks
 
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