Yeah, as someone with sensory issues (particularly motion-based ones), that banner is a nightmare. And it definitely looks like the kind of thing that could literally trigger seizures in some people. Having it in the dev's sig also makes it unbearable just to scroll through this thread, on top of not being able to use the site's Latest Updates page as long as this is there. This needs to be addressed ASAP.
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BTW, I love your list and your taste may differ from mine but IMO you cannot have a "SPOILER: Best and "Must Try" games without having Eternum in the list. My 2 cents
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Hey - this one is my bad, I've completely forgotten about that part. I killed off the signature and will make an 'easier on the eye' version.
For the banner itself, is it too much, or should also be less 'glitchy'?
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Thanks for the share and best of luck to you FunDi. Will give your game a spin tonight.Wow, the staff here is fast, already moved to the Games section.
I see some additional stuff got added, appreciate whoever made the edits
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You're banner is annoying.......and will trigger epileptic seizures.
Addressing the epileptic concerns - this is being urgently redone right now.
Apologies for all issues it might've caused - about to be fixed.
Any way for me to connect with staff and get their notes? I can jump into Premiere Pro and redo the banner right now.
Being addressed right now.
I kind of went into the creative direction and completely didn't think about it - being redone right now.
Apologies for all issues it might've caused - about to be fixed.
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We just changed it to your signature one for the time being. When redoing it, be a bit more care full. No need to contact staff.
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So dev, taking into account the dev notes, can I assume that kinks/fetishes are going to be avoidable (they don't happen in the story according to player choice)?
Good luck.
The banner and the signature have been updated with the sensitivity-friendly versions.
My apologies again for the release mess up. And now, to address other comments:
Sandbox, in this context, refers to more of a Milfy City or High Rise sort of movement, but with more meaningful outcomes, if that makes sense.
Still ironing that final bit out.
Due to it being the demo, the actual dystopian setting and segregation aren't 100% obvious yet - because they are part of the sandbox mechanic. Not interested in any bestiality elements. If anyone is craving some, there's always Ravager...
The reason why it's easy is that you just run the whole code through GPT and change the variable to whatever input name, thanks AI!
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Stopping here to start another message to respond to other comments, so that it doesn't become impossible to read xD
Can someone help with updating the thumbnail of the game page? It's empty right now.
My apologies again for the release mess up. And now, to address other comments:
That was clearly a good example of where I wish things went a bit slower to avoid the banner mess up... Thanks for the comment!
I swear, in my first draft, I wanted to write something along those lines, but then decided to keep it less memeable and more Steam friendly... When I started working on the adult game, no one told me a difficult truth - the bigger the dick, the harder the morphs to make it fit...
I've always thought about Sandboxes as a tool to have more sense of a choice and ability to re-experience the story in different ways, because even if you replay the same scenes in different order, based on how you move, things automatically feel a little different. I wasn't very interested in making a pure VN, but I'm also not interested in making a bunch of empty mini-games, that people will simply be annoyed every time they encounter.
Sandbox, in this context, refers to more of a Milfy City or High Rise sort of movement, but with more meaningful outcomes, if that makes sense.
Still ironing that final bit out.
Talked about Sandboxing above, I think as a complementary thing, it's nice in the games, a little burnt out from pure VNs... Surprised to hear about the sound, tho
Typically, Chimera refers to the act of mixing different species, but in the context of the games, it refers to mixing the bloodlines.
Due to it being the demo, the actual dystopian setting and segregation aren't 100% obvious yet - because they are part of the sandbox mechanic. Not interested in any bestiality elements. If anyone is craving some, there's always Ravager...
Please do!looking good keeping an eye for this one
In the full release - the level of their religiousness will be a lot more obvious, just didn't have the time to add enough humans to really show the contrast.Ah yes, I do love me an Inquisition
This is a super easy fix, which will take like an hour to fully implement. I just liked the name Archer and went with it, don't know how much players care about this.
The reason why it's easy is that you just run the whole code through GPT and change the variable to whatever input name, thanks AI!
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It's empty because the original one and 2nd banner were removed. LU updates every ~20min it will be updated automatically then.
E: And its already updated.
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This game is inspired by the developer's experience interning in the United Nations before escaping the mundanity of the government work and do something actually fun like making games...Sounds like my time spent working in Washington, DC.
The game sounds and looks interesting.
Welcome, FunDi, and Thanks.
NEED OPACITY MOD. I tried two that I have, and they didn't work.
For Opacity Mod, I've been thinking about making one for the Demo release, but I really needed to catch up on sleep and some variables got messed up when I drafted it. Additionally, I have a system where I use two different styles of text boxes (thought and main) - which complicated it a bit more. Otherwise, those are just normal PNGs.
I can probably make one, would take 3-4 hours.
This demo, in my mind, is pretty linear and doesn't yet have BIG choices that really show how everything diverges (strictly because I gave myself 2 months time to get something out for feedback).
The path divergence will be clearer and more exciting once I'm done with the features.
I've spent a lot of time deciding how I want to phrase it... Another way was "or succumb to your own primal dick"
Great gifs lol
The path divergence becomes a lot more obvious once the demo is out. This demo is fairly linear, with some minor alterations given the choices more on a smaller scale.
I've set myself 3 chapters as the minimum (including publishing on Steam chapter by chapter and generating rev), and then I'll see if I can cut back on my real game dev job to dedicate more time, I've mostly been working evenings/nights/weekends - which I guess is pretty common.
Though, real people started to look like 1s and 0s to me.
There is 1 animated sex scene at the start, the rest consist of still renders (the demo has a couple, the full Chapter 1 will have a lot more because there will be more paths available). In the full chapter version, every sex scene will have at least 1 animation - and the rest depends on dev speed.
One of the people in my Game Dev Journal thread recommended this one to me recently, and I think it's a banger. Good, because I played too many games on this forum and had nothing left.BTW, I love your list and your taste may differ from mine but IMO you cannot have a "SPOILER: Best and "Must Try" games without having Eternum in the list. My 2 cents
This world doesn't have that kind of Chimeras. That would be very sad...
Yes, all stuff is avoidable given the choices in this version and then given the paths you choose (aka Sandbox) in the full version.
Nothing kills off an opportunity to make money from games more than incest. Seriously, even bestiality is more accepted to monetize games than incest lol. As a man of culture who played all top incest hits, that made me sad... Well, you win some, you lose some.
Understood, thanks, still figuring out the inner workings of F95
Thanks for the share and best of luck to you FunDi. Will give your game a spin tonight.
Cheers!
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Phew, thanks, everyone, for the comments; everything helps, I'm more of a feedback-based developer, which makes things a lot faster to aggregate info (then feed it into pre-trained AI and return action points based on the overall patterns and consensus - but this more for tech nerds like me...)
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im refering to the workload you'll be loading on your back to make everything compelling, especialy if theyre really unique direction. theres more games than i care to remember that were less ambitious attempts at standing out and still got abandoned.
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No worries. I might be a bit picky on that issue.
The big question is, who trained the AI?
I'm really liking the game.
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Hmm...so what are the results of collecting corruption points with this title? I have played many other titles that use corruption, that have had many varied path results. It would be ideal, to know this key information in advance of playing (before players get invested in their stories journey, to later find out corruption isn't for them.).
Also, consider one of the first thing MC is hit with...which can result with MC getting a huge amount of corruption points, due to some unknown girl MC just met. As it's definitely a huge path choice direction change…that left me feeling kind of blind of my choice results.
Also, consider one of the first thing MC is hit with...which can result with MC getting a huge amount of corruption points, due to some unknown girl MC just met. As it's definitely a huge path choice direction change…that left me feeling kind of blind of my choice results.
I think it might be more of a question of tradeoff of # of renders per scene vs # of path deviations.
If we speak math (get ready to be bored), there are, on average, about 2.4 lines of text per rendered image, whereas it's typical for visual novels to average between 3-5. The path deviation is a non-negotiable for me, because I want this to be the main exciting thing about the game, and to bring replayability (I would rather make a shorter replayable game than longer linear game).
And yeah, don't get me started ranting about abandoned games, but I also get the devs that abandon them (ONLY the ones that couldn't make any money from it - not talking about any rug pullers...). If I can support myself with making these games and they don't suck (let's be honest, it might) - I don't really see abandoning it, unless due to a severe burnout.
Reflection corner over...
The AI was trained by monkeys that stole all creativity and intelligence from other monkeys without compensating the monkeys that spent years training to become the best possible monkey of themselves. Now any superior monkey looks like an average monkey, and the has-been monkeys are mad their bananas were stolen without compensation.No worries. I might be a bit picky on that issue.
The big question is, who trained the AI?
I'm really liking the game.
I had some point but lost it somewhere in the middle of the message...
You can assume it will be present in the full release. I'll iron out the schedule to myself after taking a short break and letting this thread brew with more data to feed to my AI xD
This is a valid point to ask.
For the purpose of the demo - I made sure to build up the base system that tracks and assigns points to redemption/corruption/anarchy/alignment/other intra-game variables.
As of right now - there are minor outcomes within the dialogue, identified through the use of (- [VARIABLE]) at the end of some lines, if you noticed, highlighted in red.
Once the full version is out, those points will be deeply tied to Sandbox interaction and moving mechanics, allowing or disallowing you to pursue certain actions. This is a little bit represented by not being to access some choices in the Crypt when you create the mind palace.
Sooo, not fully noticeable yet, but very important to the gameplay once the divergent paths - which are the core selling point of the game imo - will be introduced.
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Oh, you mean these monkeys.
I think the little dude in the lower right corner is the mastermind.
His name is, Ozymandias!