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Thank you everyone for your comments. I have updated the thread with links to the latest version of Black Rabbit Trainer 0.1.3.
The changelog details what has changed but mostly I've updated the gameplay based upon feedback I have received as well as my own experience during playthroughs. I think it should be easier to unlock scenes now as all locked/unlocked scenes are shown as well as what is required to unlock them.
The h-scenes will trigger automatically now once you have the appropriate requirements. I think this makes more sense than having to frequently check the Sex screen to see if a new scene has appeared. Additionally it allows a more varied start to scenes rather than just you approaching Altina.
Skill gain is a bit different now. Each mission will grant a number of experience points which in turn will level up Altina - granting stat points. You can then use these stat points to increase any skill you want. This also means that the Training screen has been removed. In its place is a new Upgrades screen which will allow you to spend Sepith on different upgrades. It's only sparsely populated now but I think it will lay the foundation of more varied gameplay.
And of course the whole reason we're here - there is a new h-scene in the game, which was actually a lot of fun making. So hopefully you enjoying viewing it as well.
Due to the game play changes save games from previous versions won't be completely compatible with earlier versions so I recommend starting a new game. I haven't tested what will happen if you don't but I expect certain event won't trigger properly.
Regarding future updates I am still finalising the next version - but it will include new scenes, new upgrades, as well as new story events that will lay the foundation for more girls in the game.
The changelog details what has changed but mostly I've updated the gameplay based upon feedback I have received as well as my own experience during playthroughs. I think it should be easier to unlock scenes now as all locked/unlocked scenes are shown as well as what is required to unlock them.
The h-scenes will trigger automatically now once you have the appropriate requirements. I think this makes more sense than having to frequently check the Sex screen to see if a new scene has appeared. Additionally it allows a more varied start to scenes rather than just you approaching Altina.
Skill gain is a bit different now. Each mission will grant a number of experience points which in turn will level up Altina - granting stat points. You can then use these stat points to increase any skill you want. This also means that the Training screen has been removed. In its place is a new Upgrades screen which will allow you to spend Sepith on different upgrades. It's only sparsely populated now but I think it will lay the foundation of more varied gameplay.
And of course the whole reason we're here - there is a new h-scene in the game, which was actually a lot of fun making. So hopefully you enjoying viewing it as well.
Due to the game play changes save games from previous versions won't be completely compatible with earlier versions so I recommend starting a new game. I haven't tested what will happen if you don't but I expect certain event won't trigger properly.
Regarding future updates I am still finalising the next version - but it will include new scenes, new upgrades, as well as new story events that will lay the foundation for more girls in the game.
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Kind of off topic, but is Trails of Cold Steel worth playing? Ive heard it mentioned before and I wanna know before I play this.
If you like JRPG then try it. Trails series strong point is in the world building and the soundtrack for me while the stories sometime have anime cliches which feel like standard JRPG stories. If you want to try experiencing Trails series as a whole i suggest start from Trails in The Sky 1-3, and Trails from Zero, Trails to Azure lastly Cold Steel 1-4. It takes at least 600 hour worth of playtime because it's all connected. But if you just want to know the character from this game parody, then just play Cold Steel would be enough.
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If you like JRPGs then by all means!
One of the best JRPG series there is You should start with the Sky trilogy, then Crossbell duology, then finally the Cold Steel Tetralogy.
It has great worldbuilding, awesome combat system which gets better with every subsequent game, has great characters and writing and has protagonists who are actually developing as characters as the series goes on. (Also the S-Crafts are some of the most satisfying Limit Breaks/Finishers in the genre even more so than Mystic Artes from Tales of)
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How about adding some clothes change (lewder outfit evolution) or body modification (bigger breast, tatoos, etc) in the future?
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I have updated the thread with links to the latest version of Black Rabbit Trainer 0.1.5. I ended up not fully releasing version 0.1.4. This is not due to anything being wrong with 0.1.4 however once I started creating 0.1.5 I made some changes that I thought were too important not to include and would rather the next release have these changes in it.
If upgrading from 0.1.3 you will see four new h-scenes. There is also a new story event which means that a new tier of h-scenes has been unlocked. It shouldn't be too difficult to guess what it is but the tags and screenshots in this thread have been updated to reflect this.
I've also added a number of new purchases in the Upgrades menu - mainly to reduce the grind required. From my testing you should be able to see all the scenes within 100 in-game days. Possibly faster if trying to min-max. To me this is about the right amount of time. I'm fairly confident that the game is less grindy now but it's always something that I'm analysing - particularly when I include more scenes with a higher stat requirement.
Some previous events and scenes have also been slightly adjusted to better facilitate future content.
Also you'll notice that the download is substantially smaller now. About a 1/3rd of the size. This is due to me compressing and converting the image files to a much more compact format. I don't notice any obvious loss in quality. This was important as when I include additional characters I don't want the game to become too large to download easily.
I'm now currently working on the next version - this version will likely introduce the next girl in the game. I am 95% sure who that will be but I just need to make sure there are no technical limitations with the model. I'm considering implementing a 'Nice' and 'Mean' path for her once I figure out how much effort it will be to include double the amount of options for everything. We shall see.
If upgrading from 0.1.3 you will see four new h-scenes. There is also a new story event which means that a new tier of h-scenes has been unlocked. It shouldn't be too difficult to guess what it is but the tags and screenshots in this thread have been updated to reflect this.
I've also added a number of new purchases in the Upgrades menu - mainly to reduce the grind required. From my testing you should be able to see all the scenes within 100 in-game days. Possibly faster if trying to min-max. To me this is about the right amount of time. I'm fairly confident that the game is less grindy now but it's always something that I'm analysing - particularly when I include more scenes with a higher stat requirement.
Some previous events and scenes have also been slightly adjusted to better facilitate future content.
Also you'll notice that the download is substantially smaller now. About a 1/3rd of the size. This is due to me compressing and converting the image files to a much more compact format. I don't notice any obvious loss in quality. This was important as when I include additional characters I don't want the game to become too large to download easily.
I'm now currently working on the next version - this version will likely introduce the next girl in the game. I am 95% sure who that will be but I just need to make sure there are no technical limitations with the model. I'm considering implementing a 'Nice' and 'Mean' path for her once I figure out how much effort it will be to include double the amount of options for everything. We shall see.
- Oct 27, 2018
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converting the blurry background images to fairly low quality webp isn't an issue, but maybe you should increase the the bitrate some for the overlaid character cutouts.
although webp lossy really isn't a good image compression format.
just using a png optimizer could save quite a bit of space.
suggest trying out oxipng. i run it on all my png files in the current directory with gnu parallel like so:
find . -type f -ipath "*?.png" | parallel "oxipng -o max -p -s -a -i 0 -q --fix -D -t 1 {} ; oxipng -o max -p -s -a -i 0 -q --fix -t 1 {}"the way you use transparent images of the characters over a separate background is the perfect use case for lossless webp. the extra bits you spend there will be seen repeatedly, every time you use that pose/expression you get better return on invested filesize.
recommend using the libwebp encoder (as in cwebp standalone, or webp library in ffmpeg etc.) with options
cwebp -z 9 -alpha_filter best -o OUTPUT.WEBP INPUT.PNG or ffmpeg -i INPUT.PNG -c:v libwebp -lossless -compression_level 6 -q:v 100 OUTPUT.WEBPanyways, nice game so far, keep it up!
- Jan 8, 2022
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I have updated the thread with links to version 0.1.6. A relatively smaller update compared to some of the earlier updates but an update nonetheless. There's a new story event in this update which also means a new tier of h-scenes have been unlocked. There is one such newly included h-scene in this version.
Additionally I noticed some flickering during some of the animations if I had too many applications open. I believe this was due to the unnecessarily high resolution of those animation files so I have reduced the resolution which has eliminated the flickering for me. Hopefully this issue is now gone.
The main menu was also slightly modified though this was purely cosmetic.
There weren't any game play changes.
I have been actively working on version 0.1.7 and this is very close to being ready for me to test. This one will be a much more substantial update as it will finally include an additional girl to train. There will be a number of story events included in that version to facilitate this. Also the game play will have significant changes - specifically it will include a travel system allowing you to travel to different locations. These locations will have some of the features that were previously located on the main screen. For example traveling to the beach and then inviting a specific girl there, or traveling to purchase upgrades, and traveling between characters.
That's all I have to say for now. Remember I do read every comment so feel free to keep suggesting things as I do take things on board.
Additionally I noticed some flickering during some of the animations if I had too many applications open. I believe this was due to the unnecessarily high resolution of those animation files so I have reduced the resolution which has eliminated the flickering for me. Hopefully this issue is now gone.
The main menu was also slightly modified though this was purely cosmetic.
There weren't any game play changes.
I have been actively working on version 0.1.7 and this is very close to being ready for me to test. This one will be a much more substantial update as it will finally include an additional girl to train. There will be a number of story events included in that version to facilitate this. Also the game play will have significant changes - specifically it will include a travel system allowing you to travel to different locations. These locations will have some of the features that were previously located on the main screen. For example traveling to the beach and then inviting a specific girl there, or traveling to purchase upgrades, and traveling between characters.
That's all I have to say for now. Remember I do read every comment so feel free to keep suggesting things as I do take things on board.