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[ZennyDarkstar]

Online version pls

I would love to be able to buy a server to host the game long term.. but to be fair until my patreon bring in $$$ I cant afford that sorry... Honestly the laptop and version of dreamweaver I am building the game on.. are both coming on 10 years old.

At the moment the game is reletively small for a download.. but it it starts getting over 4gb.. then I might have to consider an online version also..

 

[ZennyDarkstar]

I am gay, and therefore specifically looking for M/M content. Trans content is separate from gay / bi content, or at least for the sake of the tagging system on AO3. In my experience, gay men are attracted to MEN, so trans-woman porn is a turn off cause I'm attracted to men, not women. Cuck content is more about the power play than actual sexuality in my experience. As someone whos gay, why do I wanna watch some guy fuck some girl? Like sure the guy might be hot so its fine to see him naked, but I'd rather just watch a guy solo than watch him with a girl. Its very funny to me watching straight men call NTR, sissification, and trans content gay when on all the gay gaming pages and discords i follow the gay men usually all agree its not for us lol

Yeah i recognized a lot of them, i just coudn't figure out how to make any progress with them, but also the hints on the questlogs didnt work for me (the word hint was underlined but i couldnt actually get the hint) so that may have been why

I totally get where you are coming from.. and I do want there to be actual M/M content in the game .. but want to stress to anyone else reading this.. its going to be totally at the players choice to follow that path (s) or not.

At the moment there is no actual M/M content.. there is a start of this coming in the park toilet.. and one of the school mates mentions about coming over to play on his console... (there is a marvel style, hint of something to come, so to speak)..

The hint word is a mouse over.. so you just need to leave your mouse on it and a little box should appear with a little more help.

 

[ZennyDarkstar]

Anyone know what I need to do to earn money in this game and how to increase the corruption and lust of the npc in this game I already have the keys in parents room also have sisters panties the hockey stick at sisters room and cigar but I don't know what these items are for so hope someone can help

You can get money from you mother in the morning (£5).. in the kitchen. ( I am going to raise this to 10)
If you do the quest to get a job, you can earn more money on the weekend.. but you need to make sure you buy the phone asap before you spend all your money as you will need it to get the job..
You can sell your sisters panties to arnold in the school.
If you raise your dom stat then you can bully one of the geeks for money also.

If you talk to an NPC it will raise their like.. (this can be done 1 every 2 hours for each npc).
Once like is high enough you can then also corrupt them.

At the moment there are only a limited number of NPCs that its worth raising the like for as many are there for future conent..
The quests log button (and hint.. its a rollover hint).. will give you an idea of who you want to intereact with most..

Hope that helps.

 

[Mister_M]

Regarding the bully issue I wanted to add one thing as I believe I am the only currently commenting on the subject player who mostly plays as a sub. Personally I don't think the sub/dom pts should be the decisive factor here. For dom players it could be based on physical strength and for subs there could be a question if they want to submit (get bullied if yes) or no (strength check). As a sub I'd like there to be a way to get subby with women only as for many sub/femdom players subbing to guys is not an option.

 

[ZennyDarkstar]

So my strength is very negative at this point (day 20 or so, but it feels like longer) and so I really can't risk talking to the sister character or most guys or they'll take money (if I had any) and reduce my strength even further negative.

I finally triggered the quest with the shopkeeper, but it requires I take a pic with the phone to actually get the job. But I have no money to buy the phone. And so I can't get the job to make money to buy the phone to get the job.

Otherwise, I really like the foundation of the game. A wide variety of characters that you can choose to interact with or not. The map has a lot of locations but you only need to know where the characters you're interested in live. But the stats and quests are way too grindy. Some hints about time-specific events would also be helpful. I would also like it if the NPC you're talking to has their name displayed somewhere when you click on them or are interacting with them. You have to find their names after the fact by looking them up in the character viewer. You could display information/hints on there related to special time-specific scenes (i.e. "Find this character at 4:00pm in the Park") which would give players a reason to look at it aside from checking the stats of the NPC and figuring out their names.

There doesn't appear to be any reason to raise any of the NPCs' stats at this point. I've managed to unlock a way to increase Coco's corruption (which unlike the "Like" stat doesn't seem to be restricted to once every 2 or 3 hours), but apparently I can't progress her quest without the phone either. I can raise the mother's corruption by talking to her while she's showering, but I haven't seen any benefit to this yet.

I was hoping more quests would unlock as you started to progress through the game. Is the plan for all the quests to be displayed from the start once they're added? Or will that section dynamically update throughout the game?

Ok so the strength can be raised by going to the gym.. you can train once a day.. but also if you talk to the teacher when she is in there, you will take part in her lessons (if its durring the lesson times). This wil also improve strength..
However at the moment it is the sub/dom stat that is important to bullying (I am going to tweek this to make it more about strength though).. as at the moment the strength is not too important.

You can get £5 a day from mother in the kitchen in the morning (I am going to raise it to 10).. You can also sell your sisters panties to arnold. more ways to make money will be coming..

Will look at adding their name when talking to them.. but also I like the suggestion about a hint to events on the NPC info page..

Sorry but the phone is really important to alot of the game.. so not getting it does really bugger you up.. I need to think about this.
Raising the mother corruption at the moment has little value.. however the kitchen in the morning does change pic depending on her corruption but really takes a lot and it not worth it.. that is something you will see when more content comes in and mothers corruption goes up via other quests etc..

The plan is for the quest to be listed that you have either started or can be started..
One of the biggest quests which is called upskirt king.. only appears when you buy and set up the mobile phone (I know that damn mobile phone again)...
There are currently 7 quests but only 6 are available straight away (that being the 7th)..

Thanks again for your comments

 

[ZennyDarkstar]

Regarding the bully issue I wanted to add one thing as I believe I am the only currently commenting on the subject player who mostly plays as a sub. Personally I don't think the sub/dom pts should be the decisive factor here. For dom players it could be based on physical strength and for subs there could be a question if they want to submit (get bullied if yes) or no (strength check). As a sub I'd like there to be a way to get subby with women only as for many sub/femdom players subbing to guys is not an option.

I think reading some of the other comments also.. the bullying might get more heavily linked to strength in the next update..
Regarding being sub.. this will be able to be a sub to both M or F.. (both will be optional)... This is why I have kept the sub/dom seperate to the bi stat..

There are a couple of neighbour that you might recognise that will provide some good sub straight F content in the future.

 

[mininator1]

Good start. Would love to see a chastity cage with cuckolding

 

[ZennyDarkstar]

Good start. Would love to see a chastity cage with cuckolding

I think this is defo going to be coming if you go down that path in later versions!

 

[Rzn]

wtf? door locked but you have key and now you teleported somewhere with no obvious way to go anywhere?

 

[ZennyDarkstar]

wtf? door locked but you have key and now you teleported somewhere with no obvious way to go anywhere?

The key is for sisters bedroom.. if you have it in your inv then you will not be teleported out of that room..
If you are in the parents bedroom at say 22/23 then you will be kicked out as mother and father having some private time..

where were you kicked from?

 

[Rzn]

The key is for sisters bedroom.. if you have it in your inv then you will not be teleported out of that room..
If you are in the parents bedroom at say 22/23 then you will be kicked out as mother and father having some private time..

where were you kicked from?

first i was in parents bedroom, took the key, then went to sister bedroom and teleported to front of the house it writes on the left "Door is locked, however you have the key. You unlock the door and enter" on the right it says the opposite "Your current location is now locked, you have been moved to outside the front of your house." key still in my backpack

 

[ZennyDarkstar]

first i was in parents bedroom, took the key, then went to sister bedroom and teleported to front of the house it writes on the left "Door is locked, however you have the key. You unlock the door and enter" on the right it says the opposite "Your current location is now locked, you have been moved to outside the front of your house." key still in my backpack

Thats really strange one.. I will have a play with the key and the sisters room at different times to see if I can replicate it. do you remember at what time it was.. and if it was week day / weekend.. might help me to find it faster..
does it happen from then on when you try to go back in there after that time?

 

[Rzn]

Thats really strange one.. I will have a play with the key and the sisters room at different times to see if I can replicate it. do you remember at what time it was.. and if it was week day / weekend.. might help me to find it faster..
does it happen from then on when you try to go back in there after that time?

as soon as game starts i put nirvana tshirt and go, game says "game day 1, monday 7:00" when i try to go back its teleports me with the same reported texts on left and right, tried go to sister bedroom untill 24 of first day all the same

 

[ZennyDarkstar]

as soon as game starts i put nirvana tshirt and go, game says "game day 1, monday 7:00" when i try to go back its teleports me with the same reported texts on left and right, tried go to sister bedroom untill 24 of first day all the same

I know what it is! I patched this.. have you downloaded the fix.. there is a link to it under the main download..
One of the last things I did before the game was release was around the park toilet and it broke the key for sisters room..
It is all sorted in the patch

 

[Arcus_Caelestis]

Thats really strange one.. I will have a play with the key and the sisters room at different times to see if I can replicate it. do you remember at what time it was.. and if it was week day / weekend.. might help me to find it faster..
does it happen from then on when you try to go back in there after that time?

I've had this same issue everytime I've tried going into the sister's room

 

[ZennyDarkstar]

I've had this same issue everytime I've tried going into the sister's room

Yes.. the patch file defo fixes this

 

[Arcus_Caelestis]

So far the game looks very promising. I'm looking forward to future updates. I'll post some issues and some suggestions below and maybe some thoughts:

Some issues:
-The location images are somewhat small. The mouse over tooltip does show the location in writing, but takes time to get to. (Possibly have the location images slightly bigger and with the title below them?
-All the other icons are images only as well and not always clear. I don't believe all of them have mouse over info.
-The character icons in the bottom right are even smaller. Itwould be nice to have the option to look at character art in a larger scale at your leisure. And right now (to me with my poor eyesight) they are very hard to determine who is who and therefor who I'm still missing.
-There is currently only one save, meaning that if you did want to try different routes with different people you'd have to play a new game from scratch every time. Given the grind that's asking a lot (I presume this will get resolved quickly, but since saves are also handy to go back to if you make a mistake having a few around does help even early on)

Some suggestions:
-Perhaps there could be bullying free zones. Class rooms with teachers in them should in theory be safe. (I don't know if coding the teacher characters to have an inhibitor stat on them would be easy). It could also allow you to interact with the bullies and gain Like with them without losing money.
-Perhaps bullies could give you a choice; money or some other form of bullying and consequence (even an increase in sub gain, though I'm not a fan of subbing and being bullied being the same)
- And perhaps bullies could stop asking for money if they Like you enough? Not just if you've gained a high enough Strength skill.
-Like dinner perhaps the family could have breakfast together? And perhaps you can create lunchgroups at school to have group Like increase there as well?
-Right now it's easy to come across some sexy, but not explicit scenes with women (the sister and the mom). I'm not sure how you'd go about making those avoidable for those who'd like to try a full Gay playthrough. Perhaps the same way you'd making M/M scenes avoidable?

Thoughts:
I applaud your desire to incorporate a lot of different tastes. It's going to be hard to cater to everyone. I'm hoping you'll be able to walk that fine line. I am definetly looking forward to seeing what M/M content you'll introduce (especially non sub and Dom MC stuff)

 

[ZennyDarkstar]

So far the game looks very promising. I'm looking forward to future updates. I'll post some issues and some suggestions below and maybe some thoughts:

Some issues:
-The location images are somewhat small. The mouse over tooltip does show the location in writing, but takes time to get to. (Possibly have the location images slightly bigger and with the title below them?
-All the other icons are images only as well and not always clear. I don't believe all of them have mouse over info.
-The character icons in the bottom right are even smaller. Itwould be nice to have the option to look at character art in a larger scale at your leisure. And right now (to me with my poor eyesight) they are very hard to determine who is who and therefor who I'm still missing.
-There is currently only one save, meaning that if you did want to try different routes with different people you'd have to play a new game from scratch every time. Given the grind that's asking a lot (I presume this will get resolved quickly, but since saves are also handy to go back to if you make a mistake having a few around does help even early on)

Some suggestions:
-Perhaps there could be bullying free zones. Class rooms with teachers in them should in theory be safe. (I don't know if coding the teacher characters to have an inhibitor stat on them would be easy). It could also allow you to interact with the bullies and gain Like with them without losing money.
-Perhaps bullies could give you a choice; money or some other form of bullying and consequence (even an increase in sub gain, though I'm not a fan of subbing and being bullied being the same)
- And perhaps bullies could stop asking for money if they Like you enough? Not just if you've gained a high enough Strength skill.
-Like dinner perhaps the family could have breakfast together? And perhaps you can create lunchgroups at school to have group Like increase there as well?
-Right now it's easy to come across some sexy, but not explicit scenes with women (the sister and the mom). I'm not sure how you'd go about making those avoidable for those who'd like to try a full Gay playthrough. Perhaps the same way you'd making M/M scenes avoidable?

Thoughts:
I applaud your desire to incorporate a lot of different tastes. It's going to be hard to cater to everyone. I'm hoping you'll be able to walk that fine line. I am definetly looking forward to seeing what M/M content you'll introduce (especially non sub and Dom MC stuff)

Thanks you for your comments and feedback..
I am currently working on a v0.1 quality of life update-- but sshh ive not told anyone yet..
Regarding the image sizes.. are you running the game at maximum zoom to the size of your screen? I know its still a bit small.. but Its hard to make certain things any bigger without scroll bars..
Ok so the npc page on the bottom right might have to be adapted as more NPC are added (oh yer, there is going to be even more in time!)... I am going to add right now, the option of displaying the persons pic in the main image area when you click on them from that list alongside when it displays their info..

There will be more save options in the future but this is kinda complicated in the way my engine saves.. so I will need to have a play around with that.. might come for v0.3...

Bully free zones. I do like that idea.. and then like you said being able to talk to them without the issue of being bullied and maybe be come friend, which would avoid them bullying you.. I have added in a random chance to fight your way out for now..
Some of the bullies are going to give you the chance in the future for other items / favours to not cost you money.. I might add in soon than later the option of taking a beating and therefore not cost you money but lose you dom points.. At the moment this only happens if you dont have the money to pay..

Lunch dates are going to be possible.. as will dinner with the family.. at the moment you can talk to people at certain location like sister / mother and they have a food related response / pic.. but thats it..
There are some sexy scenes with a few of the npcs.. The Upskirt quest will lead you into that a bit more.. I need to write more of an explanation on the phone set up screen to explain how to take pics are random location..

There are not much of what you would call explicit content yet..
Its going to be tough to make some of the milder female sexy scenes totally avoidable for someone who wants exclusively M/M content.. but not impossible.. probably going to be easier the other way round.. but i wana the paths to be totally player driven..

I'm less worried about being able to cater for all, im more worried that the pickings for some might be slight to start off with..

Thanks again for your possitive feedback

 

[Baralover001]

Thanks for this guess i will start over again

 

[ZennyDarkstar]

Thanks for this guess i will start over again

Give it about an hour.... as there is going to be a Quality of Life update about to drop (sshhhh im not telling anyone yet)