Hey guys, you know how I'm not particularly eager to leave you all in the dark.
Why is this update taking so long?
Dang, how fast time flies! It's over a month, and it feels so weird that I haven't updated my game. If you want to know, writer's block hit me hard, real-life hit me with some personal things (all is better now), and work hit me hard (blessed! but damn.) I also wake up 5:30 am-6:30 am and start around 8 am, and since it's my own business, my day ends 6 pm-7 pm (some people even call as late as 8 pm!) Again, I love my real-life job, and I feel blessed I get clients. But, as you see, I can get busy. What hindered me was honestly the writer's block and me getting tired after work.
I appreciate people being supportive and patient with me!
What's coming next update?
I should start by saying I have thought a lot about the future of DP. Please keep in mind this is ALPHA, and honestly, I can see beta be wholly different and an improvement once I have alpha finished (Not even close- future thing.)
The biggest thing will be new paths that will help you "escape" the low clas area, and you get to choose who you go with, and depending on those choices, your life in DP will change.
- Amber and the gang- this has already been something I built up. Drug dealer time of path.
- I don't want to spoil a new character, but this path may or may not be BOTH dom/sub. However, I have this as a sub in my mind like all these paths.
- The third path would give you a better life in the middle class but still submissive. A character you have met- again, don't want to spoil.
These paths at the moment are submissive, and I can see number two going sub/dom path. At the moment, I wanted to focus on submissive content, to be honest, as it already has its foundation. Dom is something that needs A LOT more work.
Just know the new path will add the foundation to start these paths and not the ways themselves. Since I have a lot of ideas for these paths, they need a lot more work. You will at least be offered these paths and understand what you are doing for each character you decide to go with. That is the plan.
How much will these paths affect gameplay?
A LOT. This is why I'll be locking the previous areas for story purposes and the chosen paths.
What will happen?
- Here is the most significant change, reputation. This may be good or bad, but I have decided to take a whole new approach to gain and lose this. NEW PLACE = FRESH reputation. Reputation will be based on your actions that please the situation that pleases your chosen character to follow. This is hard to explain, and hopefully, I can make it clearer when it's in the game. The idea is when you escape a low-class area, you are taking a new identity in a sense, and no one knows you except the characters you decide to follow, and you will be working for them. Did you succeed in selling drugs for Amber? Reputation goes up, and if you fail? Reputation goes down, and you displease Amber. Stuff like this. It's as if you'd slowly become a well-known drug dealer and have more influence.
- Another change is at the end of your path; low-class areas will shift depending on said path. This will be a lot of work, but I'm excited to do all of this and motivated.
These are the two most significant things that I have on my mind, and I hope it goes well! I do hope you all will look forward to it and not get discouraged.
This weekend I'll be dedicating time to import everything I have written already and see where I stand. Honestly, I love writing, and it comes quick (except the cursed writer's block.) most of the writing is done for the update, and I just haven't had time to open RPGmaker to implement my ideas, which is what takes the longest.
PHEW. Sorry for the extended essay there. If you have comments, suggestions, and so on, please let me know. I love to hear what my player base thinks, as it means the world to me that you all play my game.
Again, thank you for reading this massive wall of my thoughts, and I hope you all look forward to the next update.
No actual estimated date, but I do want to get it sometime in November if time permits. I want to set a goal for myself, but I also don't want to disappoint if I don't make it.