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theickobicko

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game without grinding... so basically a story, from what i see.
and there are plenty of other games where there are no grinding, to be honest. i mean it doesn't hurt to have more, but...

as a note, if there is no grinding or choices or anything that the player is responsible for, then it's not a game and the "player" won't feel accomplished by it.
 

Jove76

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yeah we wouldnt want to lose that high impact gameplay of going to the gym 30 times
You are conflating grind-mechanics with game-play, and apparently your position is predicated on the idea that there is no game-play that is not a grind mechanic. Any interaction with the narrative, such as control over a situation, or character's actions and/or dialogue, is what differentiates a "game" from any other label.
Aside from not having any form of agency for the viewer, literally the only interaction at all was inputting a name (to which the protagonist is referred to Dr/Mr *first name*, anyway).

If you prefer mediums with no interaction required, that is cool. However, there is no need to try and pretend that every "game" is a "game" because it has grind-mechanics. In fact, such mechanics have nothing to do with game-play, and everything to do with a means to artificially lengthen engagement time, in the hopes that longer engagement with existing content (or the ability to pay to bypass said grind-mechanics) equals greater revenue. You can blame MMORPGs for teaching an entire generation that business model.
 

CuriousRaccoon

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played-
story is nice to immerse in
good gif/pic selection ( might want to resize some)
waiting for the next update!

bug?-
not a bug per se but Peta/rub.gif is still image?
Thanks a lot! I might have tampered with the gif in Ms Paint ;-; causing it to break.
 

CuriousRaccoon

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And also zero gameplay, it's more like a web comic where the gameplay is just pressing the next button. One time game.
This might become a serious issue, zero grinding sounds good but it might be that it is a necessary evil. But you see devs have misused this "grinding" to increase the play time and I am so done with that. I like there to be options but options will have consequences as well as different outcomes, at the same time I also don't want to miss any content and I want to see it ALL and I don't have the patience to play a game from the beginning just to see barely a few different scenes.

Call it a visual novel but I still like less content than more content with grinding and multiple playthroughs.
 

CuriousRaccoon

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not to be a dick or anything but whats the point of releasing it if there's only like 1 minute of content
HAHAHAHHAHAAH, actually it's my first time creating a game rather than playing it. Give me some time and I will pick up the pace. I thought complaining about grinding won't take me anywhere rather just create what I want and let others enjoy.
 
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CuriousRaccoon

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You are conflating grind-mechanics with game-play, and apparently your position is predicated on the idea that there is no game-play that is not a grind mechanic. Any interaction with the narrative, such as control over a situation, or character's actions and/or dialogue, is what differentiates a "game" from any other label.
Aside from not having any form of agency for the viewer, literally the only interaction at all was inputting a name (to which the protagonist is referred to Dr/Mr *first name*, anyway).

If you prefer mediums with no interaction required, that is cool. However, there is no need to try and pretend that every "game" is a "game" because it has grind-mechanics. In fact, such mechanics have nothing to do with game-play, and everything to do with a means to artificially lengthen engagement time, in the hopes that longer engagement with existing content (or the ability to pay to bypass said grind-mechanics) equals greater revenue. You can blame MMORPGs for teaching an entire generation that business model.
This actually makes a lot of sense. It might so happen that I will add a VN tag later on.
 

CuriousRaccoon

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Game? Where? You wrote a 2 minute visual novel.
LMFAOOOOOO, actually when I used to play these games and go through a new update in mere minutes I was like, WTF? this took a month?! But believe me it is not as easy as it seems, this might be because it's my first game but thinking up a story, looking up exact pictures, proofreading as well as a bunch of small stuff take a lot more time than expected.
 
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CuriousRaccoon

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First, I would like to thank you all for trying out this APLHA APLHA version of my game.
Second, thank you F95zone so much as this might me the only website where I have got so many views and replies on trying out something new ;-;
Third, I will do update every other week. (i.e acc to you guys 2 mins of content :ROFLMAO:)
Forth, I am a bit conflicted on who the dean might be so help me out guys :sneaky:

Thanks yallllll
 

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First, I would like to thank you all for trying out this APLHA APLHA version of my game.
Second, thank you F95zone so much as this might me the only website where I have got so many views and replies on trying out something new ;-;
Third, I will do update every other week. (i.e acc to you guys 2 mins of content :ROFLMAO:)
Forth, I am a bit conflicted on who the dean might be so help me out guys :sneaky:

Thanks yallllll
glad you're responding to the positive views. as for who the dean could be, how about Cory Chase? she's got the look of someone in that position
 
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This might become a serious issue, zero grinding sounds good but it might be that it is a necessary evil. But you see devs have misused this "grinding" to increase the play time and I am so done with that. I like there to be options but options will have consequences as well as different outcomes, at the same time I also don't want to miss any content and I want to see it ALL and I don't have the patience to play a game from the beginning just to see barely a few different scenes.

Call it a visual novel but I still like less content than more content with grinding and multiple playthroughs.
College Daze is a great example of a game where you don't grind, but there's tons of diversity for player choices to customize your experience, so you feel engaged with the content, instead of just clicking 'Next" repeatedly.
 
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