Oct 11, 2017
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Was optimistic about this at the start but the daily lessons are overlong and pretty boring. And the choices between brutality and empathy read like entirely different characters, with the latter being a complete bumbling fool who cries and gets outsmarted constantly (if it's an act it's convincing even your internal monologue). The lack of control over which students you pay attention to is frustrating as well, you're basically railroaded for them.

There's only so many times I can read that yet another girl might like girls (wow! astonishing!), then half the class interrupt each other with the same comments they always make blah blah yawn.
 

phupdup

Well-Known Member
Oct 24, 2019
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Am not a fan at all of using style sheets with different color backgrounds. We already identify dialog with the actor name and avatar in individual boxes so why switch colors? That forces the dev to use a white font with a black outline in an attempt to make it stand out against high and low intensity backgrounds. But that also makes the font hard to read anyway. I'd much rather have a fixed white only font on a dark grey or dark green background or a black font on light grey or light green.
 

BlueOrchid

Active Member
Oct 27, 2020
771
231
played the new update...yep! I thought it would happen, and now it has happened. Congrats whaleshark, your writing has turned to shit. Here is the fall's "how i wrote elastic man"
 
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phupdup

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Oct 24, 2019
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I'm just going to assume that English isn't your primary language and are not trolling.

A confidence man is a specialist in committing fraud. They set up their grift by gaining the confidence of the victim before exploiting that in some way and then disappearing. The really good ones can do their thing and not have to get out of town. Prime examples of the latter are just about every so called political analyst and their guests on the Fox network. Of course, we aren't just limited to those corporate grifters on the right. There are just as many corporatist grifters who supposedly represent the left on networks like CNN and MSNBC. They are just more subtle about their ruses.

can can you describe a confident man?
 

primeumaton

Member
May 4, 2017
226
737
the index.html isn't opening for me. Is the latest version not saved correctly?
edit: doesnt respond to chrome. opens fine in operagx
 

Whale_Shark

Talking Shark. Developer of Confidence Man
Game Developer
Sep 12, 2020
249
685
the index.html isn't opening for me. Is the latest version not saved correctly?
edit: doesnt respond to chrome. opens fine in operagx
It was tested on Chrome and I haven't heard anyone else have this problem. I'd suggest clearing your cache and trying again, or use a different browser.
 

Ponyboy451

Member
Feb 27, 2018
194
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Just wanted to say, this is one of the best Twine games on the site. The plot is good, the characters are intersting, there's some great scenes, and (perhaps most impressively) there's consistency in the images! They actually match the context of what's going on! Fantastic work. If I'm able to, I'll definitely be considering throwing some support your way.
 

Whale_Shark

Talking Shark. Developer of Confidence Man
Game Developer
Sep 12, 2020
249
685
Just wanted to say, this is one of the best Twine games on the site. The plot is good, the characters are intersting, there's some great scenes, and (perhaps most impressively) there's consistency in the images! They actually match the context of what's going on! Fantastic work. If I'm able to, I'll definitely be considering throwing some support your way.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
 
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hagare

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Mar 27, 2019
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It's so jarring how choosing the vulgar and brutal teaching style still helps the student in the classes.
 

gregers

Forum Fanatic
Dec 9, 2018
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It's so jarring how choosing the vulgar and brutal teaching style still helps the student in the classes.
No matter how perverted the MC, the students keep veering into Full Wholesome and thwarting his attemps at humiliation.

Doubt that tension can be maintained for much longer, the gag is beginning to wear thin, but for now it is pretty funny.
 

Vorshayla

Newbie
Aug 30, 2020
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This had so much potential in the past.... but I agree with the general sentiment, before brutal path you literally make people like Babs and Annie fear you, now it's like, oh it turns them on. Force 8 girls at reform school who know you're a pervert to strip naked in a locked room? No problem, it's like a sleep over where everyone is okay with spreading their legs now!

At least make it make sense, if you want to create a game with morality choices like mass effect, don't have both paths have the same outcomes but with different girls. It's pointless.

It's literally like playing mass effect, and going renegade and having shepherd save people instead of shooting them in the face because reasons.
 
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