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Apocalust - Gameplay Preview and Progress Update

Hello Patrons!
I uploaded a new gameplay clip for you to check out here: (enable sound!)

(Edited this in, should be decent quality but is triple compressed.)
(Because a lot of the game is made of webms, uploading is double compressed so just keep that in mind. The actual game is a lot smoother + clear!)
This post is mainly to show off some of the dialogue and animation stuff. There is still some cool quality/interaction features I am working on as well.
I did throw in a preview of the skill branch for the "Devil's Hands" in there. If you look back a few previews, you might have an idea of how that affects the lewd stuff but that one in particular is mainly to do with the story/function of the game.
The LP you saw there stands for (you guessed it) lust points, which are a resource for upgrading your powers in the game. You optimize the LP you gain by exploring alternate dialogue options, playing the main story, as well as finding some of the smaller tease scenes throughout the game.
At 0.1 launch there will be at least 2 powers. Clairvoyance, and the Devil's Hands, though I am working on a third that I want to get in there as well!
There are choices in the game and multiple dialogue options. They are not massive branching paths since it's my preference to see most of the content on a single play through, though there are still alternate things you can do and extras to see.
What I am doing mainly right now are the activities as well as adding some more unique stuff to the exploration. I feel a lot of the moving around/format is pretty good but also a bit samey to some of the other games out there, so I am going to be putting a lot of effort into making the whole game unique and more game like than VN. (But with very minal/no grind still.)
I would say I am about 90% done, the game is turning out well, but if I really want it to be what I intended, I simply have to put more work into the interactivity elements which for me is the hardest because I'm not the best coder just yet.
So yeah, the game is going to go into next month. How far after that, I am not 100% sure, though ultimately, the game will be what I originally envisioned.
Also, this is the third time I took over a month to post, I kept getting in my head about what people will think of how the game is turning out, how long I am taking, and wanting to show the perfect thing, but at the end of the day there's no excuse and I am going to do a progress post at least bi weekly from now on to keep all of you patrons in the loop!
Anyhow, I hope you like my little clip, it's just to give a bit of a taste of what the game is going for, a bit more of an RPG focus rather than mainly reading like my old game.
Thanks a million for all the support and I will talk to you again soon!

(Actually soon, not 2 months from now.)
I hope he add option to make dialogs and choices have semi-transparent dark background. Some of us have shit eyesights. Those texts in the video are painful to read :HideThePain:
 

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this increase my hunger more for the game, when it gonna release, he said 1 and half months ago in discord the 90% work is complete, anybody have any idea ?
As everyone knows the last 10% take the most time. It's all the little details that need to be added and there is always a lot of them, hence why it takes so much longer. From what i have seen of the game, via the preview, there seems to be a lot of little things the Dev is trying to add in. Mind you once this first alpha demo is out the Dev will have a much easier time getting the last 10% ready for future updates, seeing as most of the ground work should be in place.
 
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I think I've said this before but the quality seems to be incredible. Which makes me wary if there's any chance in hell for a single dev to see this through.
I'm with you on that thought process but I will hold out some hope. If the Dev has a full plan laid out and a script in place then the rest will be just a fuck ton of renders... or whatever vid process they are using, and the coding.
 

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this increase my hunger more for the game, when it gonna release, he said 1 and half months ago in discord the 90% work is complete, anybody have any idea ?
for me it comes out on July 24, the day of the anniversary of this topic

this Preview gives me hope, if it really is as it seems, this game can wipe out all the competition, perhaps the only ones that could stand the comparison are NLT and LEWDLAB


(Sorry my english)
 

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Finally a game capable of punishing the patreon milkers for their stagnation and laziness. I hope the animations use real models and not some image sequence that will burn down everybody's computer.
 
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Finally a game capable of punishing the patreon milkers for their stagnation and laziness. I hope the animations use real models and not some image sequence that will burn down everybody's computer.
We will see once its out. I'm hoping that they fallow in NLT's footsteps and finish the game before jumping onto another project. As far as I can tell they (NLT) seem to be the only team that starts a game and finishes it. Everyone else seems to either give up or just never update their game's anymore, there are a few exceptions to that of course but not many.

I hope this project go's the distance, I'm loving what I'm seeing.
 
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Personally I would prefer the MC to not have a portrait, especially if the MC is a bit goofy looking. The game looks amazing though, and the hype train is multi-track drifting at this point!
 
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This does seem to show off a really polished look and feel, and introduce some new elements to adult gaming. It would be fascinating to see/do an unofficial history of adult gaming and talk about the little milestones indicative of progress in the field.
 

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This does seem to show off a really polished look and feel, and introduce some new elements to adult gaming. It would be fascinating to see/do an unofficial history of adult gaming and talk about the little milestones indicative of progress in the field.
This one seems to have cloned lots of elements from NLT's games. Notice the clunky clouds in the background.
 
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Apocalust - Gameplay Preview and Progress Update

Hello Patrons!
I uploaded a new gameplay clip for you to check out here: (enable sound!)

(Edited this in, should be decent quality but is triple compressed.)
(Because a lot of the game is made of webms, uploading is double compressed so just keep that in mind. The actual game is a lot smoother + clear!)
This post is mainly to show off some of the dialogue and animation stuff. There is still some cool quality/interaction features I am working on as well.
I did throw in a preview of the skill branch for the "Devil's Hands" in there. If you look back a few previews, you might have an idea of how that affects the lewd stuff but that one in particular is mainly to do with the story/function of the game.
The LP you saw there stands for (you guessed it) lust points, which are a resource for upgrading your powers in the game. You optimize the LP you gain by exploring alternate dialogue options, playing the main story, as well as finding some of the smaller tease scenes throughout the game.
At 0.1 launch there will be at least 2 powers. Clairvoyance, and the Devil's Hands, though I am working on a third that I want to get in there as well!
There are choices in the game and multiple dialogue options. They are not massive branching paths since it's my preference to see most of the content on a single play through, though there are still alternate things you can do and extras to see.
What I am doing mainly right now are the activities as well as adding some more unique stuff to the exploration. I feel a lot of the moving around/format is pretty good but also a bit samey to some of the other games out there, so I am going to be putting a lot of effort into making the whole game unique and more game like than VN. (But with very minal/no grind still.)
I would say I am about 90% done, the game is turning out well, but if I really want it to be what I intended, I simply have to put more work into the interactivity elements which for me is the hardest because I'm not the best coder just yet.
So yeah, the game is going to go into next month. How far after that, I am not 100% sure, though ultimately, the game will be what I originally envisioned.
Also, this is the third time I took over a month to post, I kept getting in my head about what people will think of how the game is turning out, how long I am taking, and wanting to show the perfect thing, but at the end of the day there's no excuse and I am going to do a progress post at least bi weekly from now on to keep all of you patrons in the loop!
Anyhow, I hope you like my little clip, it's just to give a bit of a taste of what the game is going for, a bit more of an RPG focus rather than mainly reading like my old game.
Thanks a million for all the support and I will talk to you again soon!

(Actually soon, not 2 months from now.)
Can't remember a time I was more hyped for a porn game lol.
 
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