HTML A Spell for All [v14.15d] [Cmacleod42]

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greentonythetiger said:
Hey Cmac, Any idea of an ETA on the update?
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I am still probably a few weeks out from a beta test and then release.

I am still working on some of the post-pact content for Elian, and I still have to do a fair bit for Aunt Brandi

I have recently copied over the characters Lola and Karma from the latest version of the blogna44 mod, adjusted for the core game to add female player support and other scenes
 
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edscorp said:
Does anyone have news of when the next update will be?
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My last status post at the Hypnopics Collective, see at the end

Status
Just working on a range of bits for the new release

- just wrote a complex event where Elian first arrives in your bedroom after the pact (replacing a placeholder I had) It is awkward to structure to handle other people present, her different pacts so different styles. Particular reactions for Tess in particular and also Lilith. Kate will also be a problem...
Tracy has a separate event, so will Mom for meeting Elian. Tracy has her basic one done, and Mom written not coded, no significant interactions yet with them given image editing requirements.

- Lola, Ash and Karma have been ported over from the bologna mod to the core game with some changes to allow for female players and to alter tone a little in some cases, and some sex scene changes. Lola has a lover type charm as well added. Ash and Karma are found a little differently than the mod, slightly hidden, and magic always helps there. Not done yet by Lola will have submissive bondage scenes for the slave charm (as is present in the mod now) and dominant scenes for the lover charm (as her model does a lot of these sort of scenes. Planned mainly to be with Gina)

- Amy can dye her hair at Charley's salon

- Aunt Brandi has some more 'peeping' scenes of her working out. She has two charm paths that are mutually exclusive. Essentially I am explaining her resistance to the charm spell two different ways based on her past/personality. You will not be able to swap between these short of loading a save game. Sorry I know people prefer to be able to access all content on a given play-through but the concepts I am going with are just too different currently

Still a bit uncertain when I will be done, some parts keep getting more complex, well I think of more that should ideally be done. Still 2-3 weeks probably
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Heavenly God said:
Well, Dame. Can't login there xd
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I posted the test of the update post

The Hypnopics Collective is open to new registrations so you could signup and log in by all means. I do post there more general status information and some discussion. But I do often re-post these here as I did above
 
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Cookies135 said:
Hey, just wondering if there's any plans for a continuation of content with Sarah planned?
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Nothing much is planned for the murder path, but there is a fair bit more for both the Apprentice and Conspiracy paths. I am unsure when though

Apprentice is essentially romancing her and learning more about Lauren. You will NOT be able to charm her.
Conspiracy can be the same but also will have a charm option for her.
There are complex ideas for Lauren not sure if they will be on both arcs or just Conspiracy
 
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cmacleod42 said:
Please check my reply here
https://f95zone.to/threads/a-spell-for-all-v14-10-3-cmacleod42.571/post-5428109

There has also been a later status post at the hypnopics collective
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Can I just check my understanding of the Bologna Mod?

I know it adds a lot more "rough" stuff but am I correct in thinking that it adds a ton more animated scenes for early events in the game?

ASFA is a brilliant game and in large part that's thanks to your efforts after you picked it up. However, it feels kind of dated now when you look at adult games in the general. When ASFA first came out and was being developed there was no F95, no Patreon success stories and no real way to make a living. It was one of the many HTML RPGs over on Hypnopics and the standard at that time was much more based on the writing than the visuals. But it feels like things have moved on now and static images are blase whereas videos or animations have become the normal.

Is there a plan to go and try and update the earlier content to be more in line with how things are now? Could you not integrate more parts of the Bologna Mod to achieve this or are you happy with where the game's at right now? I suppose that in many cases, this would mean having to change some actresses as the "Photoshop" method wouldn't work. Well, you could deepfake that seems excessive.
 
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dspeed said:
Can I just check my understanding of the Bologna Mod?

I know it adds a lot more "rough" stuff but am I correct in thinking that it adds a ton more animated scenes for early events in the game?

ASFA is a brilliant game and in large part that's thanks to your efforts after you picked it up. However, it feels kind of dated now when you look at adult games in the general. When ASFA first came out and was being developed there was no F95, no Patreon success stories and no real way to make a living. It was one of the many HTML RPGs over on Hypnopics and the standard at that time was much more based on the writing than the visuals. But it feels like things have moved on now and static images are blase whereas videos or animations have become the normal.

Is there a plan to go and try and update the earlier content to be more in line with how things are now? Could you not integrate more parts of the Bologna Mod to achieve this or are you happy with where the game's at right now? I suppose that in many cases, this would mean having to change some actresses as the "Photoshop" method wouldn't work. Well, you could deepfake that seems excessive.
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Videos are very much larger, the bologna mod is 16x larger than the base game, to add many short videos (a few seconds on average). Even compressing to mp4 it is around 4x larger

Videos are also difficult for the game in general
a) the game has the standard that people's eyes are pink coloured post charm, or green, and some white, some red. This is prohibitively time consuming to do for a video
b) it is a lot harder to keep videos consistent with the scene without greatly restricting available images ESPECIALLY for the female player case, as these will essentially be a different video. Futa would also be near impossible.
You would have to re-write scenes to match any videos you have, so would have to re-write many areas of the game.
c) I prefer expansive text than short text and a short video, while you seem to imply the visual is more important and the text is less so
d) the bologna mod uses largely completely different models for standard characters, completely swapping many with different models, often much less consistent (say Mother Superior). As such the content from there cannot largely be used. Also the mod was strongly focused on male player, updating nothing for female players, and with a focus on blowjobs (not entirely but a majority of scenes were blowjobs or bondage related

You will find more videos in the next release for some characters but mainly the newer ones or ones I ported from the bolognal mod and updated, but I would prefer to spend time working on story and events than short video sequences that will be incosistent with the story especially when played as a female player
 
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