RPGM City of Broken Dreams: A Femdom Superhero Game [v0.161] [CODB]

[Garystains]

Sounds great, also, an idea I'm thinking of is when the game area is expanded, that sometimes when you lose a fight, there is a random possibility that the girls may capture you and take you to some kind of dungeon or something, and then they can try and escape, while various girls are sexually and physically trying to rape you, and keep you imprisoned.

There is a dungeon of sorts planned, however it's a few updates away and involves the "Downtown" area boss. But yes, losses to certain enemies could result in you getting put in there for some scenes .

 

[MVictoria]

I was just wondering, which is the true title, CODB - City of Dreams Broken? or City of Broken Dreams? COBD? haha

 

[smileplz41]

Game definitely has potential. Just needs some polish.

The 8-10 second timer waiting for the shift key to work during animations is rough. I don't know the work around. As you said earlier, it is part of that script that waits for the loop to end.

I noticed a bug after winning the fight with the gymnast in which it becomes daylight until you leave the map. The other bugs I found, you seem to already be aware of/fixing. I notice that when you are setting events sometimes you overlook setting aspects of the event back to normal. Forgetting to remove an image that then stays on the screen or the lighting thing I mentioned above. Just something worth keeping an eye on.

Some people might not like your choice of RPGM for a game, but I am not one of them. I think for the type of game you are making here, you have made an excellent choice of game engine.

Keep up the good work. I hope your game is a hit.

 

[Cynic777]

Would love to see some interactive scenes in fight like where you can submit to seduction or resist, or maybe if you have arousal state you can initiate some lewd moves yourself.

 

[Aspectof4]

The 8-10 second timer waiting for the shift key to work during animations is rough. I don't know the work around. As you said earlier, it is part of that script that waits for the loop to end.

You can actually skip the animations with the shift key, you just need to hold shift before the animation even starts. I'm guessing the frame on which you can stop the animation loop is both at the start and at the end

 

[Aspectof4]

How do you actually progress the Kylie route? I've beaten her and handed in the quest, but nothing's changed with any dialogue or loss scene. The guy she's tormenting even appears again if you lose by HP, even though he's supposed to be safe.

Might be related with the day count bug? I've gone through day 1 like 20 times by now, even more annoying because it keeps returning me to my room after leaving the tower for the first time. Might also be related that I've never got the "Find the Dog quest"

I also didn't get a call from Aika, and after I beat her and handed in the quest, the sprite of the guy she's tormenting was there once more.

Will also add my voice to the chorus that the getting up QTE is borderline impossible, and I'm normally really good at those. Erotic move resist QTE feels fine, maybe raise the threshold a bit at which it starts getting very hard/virtually impossible

 

[Garystains]

Game definitely has potential. Just needs some polish.

The 8-10 second timer waiting for the shift key to work during animations is rough. I don't know the work around. As you said earlier, it is part of that script that waits for the loop to end.

I noticed a bug after winning the fight with the gymnast in which it becomes daylight until you leave the map. The other bugs I found, you seem to already be aware of/fixing. I notice that when you are setting events sometimes you overlook setting aspects of the event back to normal. Forgetting to remove an image that then stays on the screen or the lighting thing I mentioned above. Just something worth keeping an eye on.

Some people might not like your choice of RPGM for a game, but I am not one of them. I think for the type of game you are making here, you have made an excellent choice of game engine.

Keep up the good work. I hope your game is a hit.

Hi, thanks for the feedback .

I hadn't noticed the daylight one. I'll resolve in the next patch.

I've recently reworked things to make it less likely that images will stay on screen. So hopefully after the next patch this should stop and should be less of an issue going forwards.

I've been looking at the 8-10 second thing. I can make shorter loops but this has the issue of the split second where the vid flashes of betwen loops. Putting the same picture in the background can minimize this. So hopefully future vids will be a little smoother! And as Aspectof4 says, you can hold shift before the vid starts and it will skip immediately (which is a rough workaround but does work!).

Thanks again.

 

[baxtus]

Game definitely has potential. Just needs some polish.

The 8-10 second timer waiting for the shift key to work during animations is rough. I don't know the work around. As you said earlier, it is part of that script that waits for the loop to end.

I noticed a bug after winning the fight with the gymnast in which it becomes daylight until you leave the map. The other bugs I found, you seem to already be aware of/fixing. I notice that when you are setting events sometimes you overlook setting aspects of the event back to normal. Forgetting to remove an image that then stays on the screen or the lighting thing I mentioned above. Just something worth keeping an eye on.

Some people might not like your choice of RPGM for a game, but I am not one of them. I think for the type of game you are making here, you have made an excellent choice of game engine.

Keep up the good work. I hope your game is a hit.

yeah, this game would not work in Ren'py, it would work in Unity and Unreal, but probably RPGM is easier

 

[baxtus]

How do you actually progress the Kylie route? I've beaten her and handed in the quest, but nothing's changed with any dialogue or loss scene. The guy she's tormenting even appears again if you lose by HP, even though he's supposed to be safe.

Might be related with the day count bug? I've gone through day 1 like 20 times by now, even more annoying because it keeps returning me to my room after leaving the tower for the first time. Might also be related that I've never got the "Find the Dog quest"

I also didn't get a call from Aika, and after I beat her and handed in the quest, the sprite of the guy she's tormenting was there once more.

Will also add my voice to the chorus that the getting up QTE is borderline impossible, and I'm normally really good at those. Erotic move resist QTE feels fine, maybe raise the threshold a bit at which it starts getting very hard/virtually impossible

I think your save is bugged, you probably need to restart, or go back to an earlier save

 

[Garystains]

How do you actually progress the Kylie route? I've beaten her and handed in the quest, but nothing's changed with any dialogue or loss scene. The guy she's tormenting even appears again if you lose by HP, even though he's supposed to be safe.

Might be related with the day count bug? I've gone through day 1 like 20 times by now, even more annoying because it keeps returning me to my room after leaving the tower for the first time. Might also be related that I've never got the "Find the Dog quest"

I also didn't get a call from Aika, and after I beat her and handed in the quest, the sprite of the guy she's tormenting was there once more.

Will also add my voice to the chorus that the getting up QTE is borderline impossible, and I'm normally really good at those. Erotic move resist QTE feels fine, maybe raise the threshold a bit at which it starts getting very hard/virtually impossible

Hi!

There's no further progress for Kylie at the moment. Though I'll look into the dude reappearing!

I'm putting out a fix tomorrow which will (finally) fix the day count bug. It took me ages to locate the issue!

I'm also making the QTE easier and to only use the arrow keys. I'm thinking of reworking it totally, but that'll be a bit longer term.

I'm redoing the dog quest start so that it will pop and day after day 4, rather than just on day 4. So people who missed it will get it the next time they sleep.

Finally, I found the issue with the Aika quest so people should be able to get it. I'll also be adding in the end of that quest (hopefully) tomorrow.

Thanks! .

 

[baxtus]

Also one thing, not a huge deal, but I would recommend changing the background music for the downtown area, sounds too ominous for the game's theme, sounds like the music for a horror game, not a kinky femdom superhero game

 

[damien dark]

love the concept. Looking forward to further updates.

 

[Aspectof4]

Hi!

There's no further progress for Kylie at the moment. Though I'll look into the dude reappearing!

I'm putting out a fix tomorrow which will (finally) fix the day count bug. It took me ages to locate the issue!

I'm also making the QTE easier and to only use the arrow keys. I'm thinking of reworking it totally, but that'll be a bit longer term.

I'm redoing the dog quest start so that it will pop and day after day 4, rather than just on day 4. So people who missed it will get it the next time they sleep.

Finally, I found the issue with the Aika quest so people should be able to get it. I'll also be adding in the end of that quest (hopefully) tomorrow.

Thanks! .

Thanks, I have three more questions if you don't mind

How do you get the Emma scene where she uses the Butt Plug on the hero? Is that in the public build yet?

Where do you find the teenager and the weird man? I'm almost certain I looked everywhere

If Amnesia beat you during the Prologue, can you find her somewhere in the city in this build?

Thanks for any and all answers!

 

[Garystains]

Thanks, I have three more questions if you don't mind

How do you get the Emma scene where she uses the Butt Plug on the hero? Is that in the public build yet?

Where do you find the teenager and the weird man? I'm almost certain I looked everywhere

If Amnesia beat you during the Prologue, can you find her somewhere in the city in this build?

Thanks for any and all answers!

Hi!

Always happy to answer questions .

1. Emma will use that in her battle as one of her normal moves. It's a bit rarer but I might increase the frequency of it in the next build. (When she uses "Wrestle" it''s either the butt plug move, the spanking, or if you're distracted, a ballbust).

2. They appear after a few days in Downtown West. Teenager near News station, and Weird man near the gym. However there's a day bug at the moment which stops people getting to the later days. I'll be releasing a partch in a few hours which will fix this.

3. You can't yet unfortunately. I'll add her in again in the next month or two when I continue her story.

Thaks .

 

[Aspectof4]

Hi!

Always happy to answer questions .

1. Emma will use that in her battle as one of her normal moves. It's a bit rarer but I might increase the frequency of it in the next build. (When she uses "Wrestle" it''s either the butt plug move, the spanking, or if you're distracted, a ballbust).

2. They appear after a few days in Downtown West. Teenager near News station, and Weird man near the gym. However there's a day bug at the moment which stops people getting to the later days. I'll be releasing a partch in a few hours which will fix this.

3. You can't yet unfortunately. I'll add her in again in the next month or two when I continue her story.

Thaks .

Thank you very much, I'll sub to the Patreon, this game is right up my alley, and your attitude seems great.

Maybe one word of warning? There's another adult game called City of Broken Dreamers, and everytime one google searches your game, the other one pops up. No idea if that hurts discoverabilty, but might be good to keep in mind.

 

[Garystains]

Thank you very much, I'll sub to the Patreon, this game is right up my alley, and your attitude seems great.

Maybe one word of warning? There's another adult game called City of Broken Dreamers, and everytime one google searches your game, the other one pops up. No idea if that hurts discoverabilty, but might be good to keep in mind.

Haha, I know,. I discovered that LITERALLY as I was uploading the game to this forum . Still, a name change wouldn't be the end of the world if needed.! I'll see how it goes! I'll just need to think of something else that has the acronym COBD (as that's now my Patreon page). Cult of Bored Dominatrixes perhaps .

Thank you for your support!. I released it on this board as a pre-release, as I knew the people on here would be great for helping spot bugs etc. So I'll be releasing a "Patreon only" version soon. But I'll always make sure that anything released on the Patreon is added to the free version a month or so afterwards. The Patreon also currently has "The Dojo" where I'll be dropping any fight that I haven't implemented in the main game yet, so people can comment and suggest new moves etc .

Thank you again!

 

[Yetanotheruser9191]

I think I'll really enjoy fighting the Earth Maiden

 

[Garystains]

I think I'll really enjoy fighting the Earth Maiden

You should see the "evil" outfit I have for her . That's still some months away unfortunately, as she's over in the college crashing a frat party. However once "Downtown" is finished, that's next on the agenda .

 

[JamesBB159]

Great start to the game. Love the ballbusting focus - keep it going! Nice modelling on the scenes too
Some of the QTEs are just impossible though

 

[herobb2]

Hi there! Awesome game so far! The images and animations are top-notch and every scene where the superhero gets kneed or kicked or punched in the nuts is so well drawn! Characters are beautiful, world-building is deep and has potential for more. I ran into the same bug mentioned above, where winning (and losing as well) from the gymnast turns the night into day. It was Aika specifically, if this helps you debug. I think this may have also happened after fighting Emma (blue dress lady) and losing.

Regarding the QTE,I also agree that it's too hard right now and would welcome the change to just arrow keys. Having them as QWXZShift means having to use your pinky for 6-7 keys in quick sequence which made it nigh impossible lol. It actually led to a funny scenario, where the only reason I won against Aika on the first night was because she distracted me and kicked me in the balls instead of knocking me down with her slide tackle move. As the game is right now, it's easier to get up and fight after receiving a devastating ballbust than it is to stand up after getting tripped loool. When I fought her previously, I couldn't get up after she knocked me down because of the QTE and lost. When she kicked me in the balls, it did a lot of damage but I was able to survive with like 50hp and then heal and fight right away, so eventually I won.

Speaking of which, are there any plans to deepen the mechanics/reactions after being ballbusted? I was thinking it might make more sense to have the "standup" QTE be much easier, but add like a "recover from ballbust" QTE that is a bit harder, and uses willpower (to heal your balls, basically). Just feels like when I get ballbusted, it does a lot of damage but doesn't seem to be that big of a deal otherwise. I'm not stunned or debilitated like the Guardian was after a single kick to his balls. Especially in those two-on-one scenes where one girl holds you in an exposed position while the other kicks or punches your balls. It would be cool to have a QTE or struggle scene/mechanic to get out of that hold, and to overcome the ballbust pain, instead of just refreshing to the normal battle screen. It might lead to a lot of scenarios where if you get kicked in the balls, you're very likely to lose the fight, but maybe it could be balanced? Maybe if you succeed the QTE you get healed a bit and get up to fight, whereas if you fail they ballbust you more? (I personally love the idea that superheroes are still men in the end, and are extremely vulnerable between the legs, so even they can be taken down easily if they mess up and get kicked in the balls).

Also, it feels a bit too easy to avoid ballbusts because you just have to use "Focus" to get rid of distractions. Might be interesting gameplay-wise and lorewise to make THAT a QTE, similar to when you're trying to avoid climax. Focusing is tricky when there's a hot babe in front of you! Would make it less trivial to avoid a ballbust, with the added thrill of "oh crap I missed the QTE, now I wasted a turn and she's gonna kick me in the balls." It would feel like I'm The One and I, personally, just failed to focus myself and now I'm going to suffer consequences.

Anyway, I've rambled on a lot here, but that's just because I really love the game so far! Also, I don't know if this is a bug or intentional, but my HP is not healing after every battle like it says in the tutorial screen in the prologue. Another bug is when I die and it's loss (1/3) or something, my HP is refilled by my willpower is still 0. (This was after winning the Aika fight, and it had switched from night to day. I died on the next random encounter lol). When I lost to Emma before, it refilled both HP and WP so I'm not sure what's supposed to happen. I'm playing on the latest version from the google drive, v0.012, downloaded/installed from the 2.85GB file.

You've done a great job so far and I look forward to seeing/playing more!