DinoAlpaca

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Finished playing through this test build and its a mixed bag on positives and negatives. Starting with the negatives, this test build is fragile. From my experience, if Tara has the only "sex scene" twice, the game stops working properly. Examples such as, not being able to equip her gun, movement messes up so she is floating, going into her inventory stops working. At that point, you're better off resetting the game and starting over.

Another negative is shooting the skeletons. This is more of the test build being fragile rather than the shooting mechanics itself. Collision detection around the skeletons is not good. When Tara walks/runs into the skeletons that are about to form up and she suddenly stops moving; so you would have to walk/run around to go past.

The test build only has one sex scene. The starting animation when Tara is caught is pretty good, especially with Tara's eyes as she is magically bound. Since the skeletons don't have the anatomy, they compensate by using magic and use a horse dick (of course) to plug Tara's anus with. The variation slider which is included during the sex scene doesn't do anything (from what I've noticed) and the slider bar is too small in graphical scale.

The positives from this test build is the location, as you navigate around tight spaces with enemies lurking. It's more of an insight of how the Tara and enemies can utilize the environment; for example Tara with her higher mobility can use pillars and free space as cover. Shooting the skeletons in the glowing heart with a precise shot is satisfying and so is shooting off their limbs. Also shooting the archer's bow and arrow away is pretty good. If I recall correctly, Tara shot an archer just before it was about to release an arrow, then the archer reacts and it resorts to walking towards her. There's a zipline which works...kind of.

The two main puzzles are filling holes (5) with urine and finding varied coloured gemstones (10). Hopefully you have enough bullets.

There are only 2 outfits, Dryad (leaf bikini) is the default and "The Mummy" which is collected after finding the 10 gemstones. Personally I find the mummy outfit much better than leaf bikini.

Two guns in this test build are the TT Pistol and Mach 10 (unlock after filling the holes with urine puzzle). Included with the Pistol is a torch attachment. After collecting the pistol, ammo and torch, go into inventory, weapons, drag torch into pistol and now the pistol will have a torch attached. This will make navigating in the dark alittle easier.

Since this is only a test build, there are a number of improvements I would like to see for future episodes. Collision detection with the skeletons being number 1. When the skeletons are forming, I want to see an animation where Tara reacts, either stumbling past or steps back and takes a side step. Bigger hit boxes on the limbs and especially the heart of the skeletons. Whilst it's satisfying to get a precise hit, it will become tiresome after awhile.
 

Exsa

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Note this is totaly seperate build from main game.
And in my opinion quality aint same either.
Its buggy, after h-scene you can't equip your wepon anymore and your movement is fucked.
There is no voice lines with Tara.

 
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Note this is totaly seperate build from main game.
And in my opinion quality aint same either.
Its buggy, after h-scene you can't equip your wepon anymore and your movement is fucked.
There is no voice lines with Tara.

It is even separated from the rest of the game, as I feared. I am really upset
 

tantaluss

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It is even separated from the rest of the game, as I feared. I am really upset
Note this is totaly seperate build from main game.
And in my opinion quality aint same either.
Its buggy, after h-scene you can't equip your wepon anymore and your movement is fucked.
There is no voice lines with Tara.

Why is any of this a surprise for you? He's being saying for a month that it's a test build to find bugs in the skeleton combat, not a new episode.
 

Astrel

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Back in 2022 he posted these two skeletal examples. we have now received one. I guess another test build with the second scene will come in the summer of 25. The show must go on.

It isn't sex build, it is a build to test the mechanics of skeletons, shooting off arms, hands head and others. They work alright, the sex will come with ep2 and i hope there will be a lot of it
 
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Nopenopeno

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BUGS

  • Cannot equip, aim or fire a weapon after sex scene.
  • Getting caught results in several seconds of Clara being in a ragdoll state where you can still control her. She just flops around like a fish on land until the scene starts. Assuming this will be replaced with a "caught" animation if ever added to main game. EDIT: Animation worked after redownloading.
  • Falling and taking enough damage results in ragdoll state that Clara does not recover from without pressing the "Ragdoll" button.
  • Loading a Quicksave from the Main Menu results in a black screen. You can hear the game, including entering and leaving menus, but cannot see anything. EDIT: Using F9 from within the game does not cause this issue.
  • Puzzle bugs. Peeing in the holes did not always work. Something happened that prevented me from activating the 5th wheel, no matter how much or how long I soaked it. Deleting save and starting a fresh game did not fix it, in fact none of the wheels would work during the second play through. Deleting the entire game, plus all the files in "Users/username/AppData/Local/Skeletonstest" DOES NOT fix this. EDIT: These things are very particular, sometimes they work, sometimes they do not. Often you have to strafe back and forth, change angle, and just keep at it until the confirmation pops up.
  • Several map leaks where the glowing "outside map" area will shine through.
  • Photo Mode does not work. It looks like it's working, but none of the pictures you take are actually being saved. Inside of Photo Mode, many of the animations do not work. This is a Test build, so this is not a huge thing.
  • Moving Flashlight from inventory to an equipped slot, deletes the Flashlight.

PROS

  • New enemy: 3 variants. Boring, but adds to the variety.
  • Combat improvements. Adds weak spots, armor that can be shot off to disable limbs, weapon jamming, crosshair accuracy.
  • Interesting new area and puzzle.

CONS

  • Not Episode 2.
    • I do appreciate the test build, and that these things take more time than we want, especially with a single \ small team Developer. That said, much of what we are seeing has been shown off years ago. It is painfully obvious these things are being drawn out to milk subscribers. This is one of the main things preventing someone, like me, who looks for games to support on sites like these, from Subscribing in the first place.
  • When shooting out a leg, the weak spot can become more difficult to hit. Requires specific angle that does not always work in close quarters. Must be hit from straight in front, back or left side. Bullet will not penetrate from right side, head or lower torso.
    • Suggest causing shoulder armor to also fail off during fall, opening up the angle more, and allowing penetration through more of the skeleton
  • HDR in this area can make the lighting very dark in some areas. Adjusting brightness washes out the light areas.
    • Suggest allowing the HDR presets shown during sex scenes, to be available in Graphics settings.


I've found one secret
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but have not figured out the second. I assume it has to do with the wheel like things laying around, but I cannot interact with them, and shooting them has no effect. Will update after I've figured it out. Got it, thanks yijil. All content completed, unfortunately
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EDITS: spelling, new bugs and puzzle updates.
 
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