Shadowlords95

New Member
Nov 23, 2020
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the only thing missing is some background music, literally had one of those lo-fi hip hop chill music channels playing in the background, which made the game soooo much better than pure silence. other than that can't wait for more updates, love the story and the characters
 
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fishbrain

Engaged Member
Apr 9, 2018
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Am I the only one dreaming of some experimentation between Melanie and Tiffy? Maybe Mark catches them and can't take it, oh darn he moved out. Whatever will we do!! Become the real hero and live happily ever after! :love:

Is Mark Tiffany's dad? The way Melanie refers to him would suggest not but I don't want to assume.
 

pletoxxx

Member
May 18, 2017
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don't need. game is very linear.
how is this linear? i finished mel storyline and can't get in to her house again while i never get tiffany's event. i also stuck at lucy event where she didn't do anything after the 5th night games...

truly confusing on which event are the priority..
 

cxx

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Nov 14, 2017
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how is this linear? i finished mel storyline and can't get in to her house again while i never get tiffany's event. i also stuck at lucy event where she didn't do anything after the 5th night games...

truly confusing on which event are the priority..
well tiff's event happens w/o being able to talk to mel but it seems that you neglected talking to tiff before you did everything with mel so could be that tiff won't call you when she's drunk etc. twins are tricky, has to chat with them at cafe many times and then goto shopping with them (and buy half a store empty basically) and when gets access to their home needs to do various things with them until can tuck 1 to bed and talk with other while she showers.
 

sarcasmix

New Member
Aug 14, 2020
4
10
Great Renders but it ends there. Plain story with no choices that significantly affects the game. Like when Lucy just barges in to stay with us there should've been an option to kick her out and end her story there. Repeated options just to elongate the game. Only one angle for scenes. This game is just good to look at to be honest.
 

ut1stgear1

Member
May 2, 2020
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Just finished 0.35. Definitely interesting. In the end and maybe going forward Sebation may have met his match in Jane. I am surprised that we don't have another location on the city map, Jane's apartment. In order to get all of the content you would need to play it more than once but it would probably mostly be a little difference in the dialog so might not be worth it. I like the new layout of the city and having multiple rooms to explore for further expansion of each character(s) in future updates. I agree with previous comments that it is mostly linear and that it lacks imagination in key scenes. Some choices do make a difference by extending or shortening some of the scenes. There is, technically some very short animations.

However, if the dev were to change his focus again I think it would be time to put this puppy to rest.

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Enyo_

Active Member
Game Developer
Jun 20, 2018
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Plans for the next update.
Hi! The update is finally released and now it's time to work on the new one. But, before I tell you more about my plans for the next update, I want to make a quick analysis of the previous one.
Unfortunately, this update showed again two main problems I have:
1) Missing deadlines. Initially, I thought about releasing this update in 3-4 weeks, but I spent 2 and half months on it. So right now, still, my biggest problem is deadlines. I'm going to work harder to fix that.
2) In this update I was able to do much more pictures than in the previous ones. At first, I was happy with the increased amount of pictures, but when it came to rendering it all, I realized that my new gear is already not great enough( I even didn't have time to finish pictures for the last 2 events that I already wrote and translated). So it's time to purchase new gear.
Now about my plan for the next update:
0) I need to fix my problem with deadlines. According to the tradition, I'll give myself an extremely short deadline and I'll try my best not to fuck it up this time. So next update I'm planning to finish in 3 weeks.
1) I'm going to focus on the new K&A's content. I want to write at least 7 new events.
2) If I'll have enough time I also want to make some new events with Lucy. Right now I'm not satisfied with the beginning of Lucy's story. It is a bit boring because nothing is happening and the player can't guess/anticipate what will happen next. That's why I want to develop Sebastien/Lucy's relationship further, and show in what direction will be heading Lucy's story, her actress' career etc. I also want to fix Sebastien/Lucy's relationship for the old content a bit, add more corruption, spicy interactions between them.
3) Super bonus task is to make a couple of Melanie's\Tiffany's scenes and finish the sauna scene.
4) Also, I noticed that after removing and revising some of the old events, the game became too romantic at times, whilst the romantic is just a big part of the game, but not the most important. It gives a wrong expression of the game that I want to make. I didn't emphasize enough the corruption aspect and focus of the game. So I want to add little scenes and dialogues here and there so it will be understandable from the start what the game is about.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I tend to get lazy with making posts and often keep quiet throughout creating the update, but this time I'll keep you informed and will post new info at least once a week.
So keep in touch ;)

P.S. Here I left a lot of answered questions. I'll answer on them a bit later.
 
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dal776

Newbie
Jan 11, 2018
57
27
This is a really good start to what could be a great game. Where I got confused was how large the file is compared (4+ gigs) to how much game play there currently is (not much).
 

DA22

Devoted Member
Jan 10, 2018
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16,582
Plans for the next update.
Hi! The update is finally released and now it's time to work on the new one. But, before I tell you more about my plans for the next update, I want to make a quick analysis of the previous one.
Unfortunately, this update showed again two main problems I have:
1) Missing deadlines. Initially, I thought about releasing this update in 3-4 weeks, but I spent 2 and half months on it. So right now, still, my biggest problem is deadlines. I'm going to work harder to fix that.
2) In this update I was able to do much more pictures than in the previous ones. At first, I was happy with the increased amount of pictures, but when it came to rendering it all, I realized that my new gear is already not great enough( I even didn't have time to finish pictures for the last 2 events that I already wrote and translated). So it's time to purchase new gear.
Now about my plan for the next update:
0) I need to fix my problem with deadlines. According to the tradition, I'll give myself an extremely short deadline and I'll try my best not to fuck it up this time. So next update I'm planning to finish in 3 weeks.
1) I'm going to focus on the new K&A's content. I want to write at least 7 new events.
2) If I'll have enough time I also want to make some new events with Lucy. Right now I'm not satisfied with the beginning of Lucy's story. It is a bit boring because nothing is happening and the player can't guess/anticipate what will happen next. That's why I want to develop Sebastien/Lucy's relationship further, and show in what direction will be heading Lucy's story, her actress' career etc. I also want to fix Sebastien/Lucy's relationship for the old content a bit, add more corruption, spicy interactions between them.
3) Super bonus task is to make a couple of Melanie's\Tiffany's scenes and finish the sauna scene.
4) Also, I noticed that after removing and revising some of the old events, the game became too romantic at times, whilst the romantic is just a big part of the game, but not the most important. It gives a wrong expression of the game that I want to make. I didn't emphasize enough the corruption aspect and focus of the game. So I want to add little scenes and dialogues here and there so it will be understandable from the start what the game is about.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I tend to get lazy with making posts and often keep quiet throughout creating the update, but this time I'll keep you informed and will post new info at least once a week.
So keep in touch ;)

P.S. Here I left a lot of answered questions. I'll answer on them a bit later.
Lofty ambitions, but it sounds like you once again give yourself very little time for it. What if you start by giving yourself an extra week to replay game yourself at least a day after you finished the update and tweak and add before releasing. :p One of the earliest things I learned in my work is always first try to create some distance between what I made/done before scrutinizing it, so I could at least look at it somewhat objectively before releasing it.
 

Cernunnos.

Well-Known Member
May 27, 2017
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The game has changed a lot since I first played it and quit due to MC sounding like a serial killer. I enjoyed the current version much more but I do find the game rather barren (a perennial issue with sandboxes) with the majority of content in a single time slot with the others being dead space currently. The choices for each girl are a bit vague for my taste as well without any visual cues.

I like the models for all of the girls but I admit the turn with Ashley came out of nowhere.

Overall I've enjoyed it and think the actual map movement and such is top five for sandboxes.
 

NukaCola

Engaged Member
Jul 1, 2017
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Oh no, it look like he will rewrite the game again. Frankly, I much prefer romance over corruption. Instead of add separate choice for corruption route he going to toned down the romance and add more corruption. The Sebastian or maybe developer? must have a personality disorder or something. He keep changing every now and then.
 
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