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I honestly don't have a favorite. People always ask me "What's your type of woman?"
My answer used to "Any one with two eyebrows and a vagina." But after creating Lola I'm not even sure the vagina part is relevant anymore.
When we started this game, my former partners and I kind of made a list of "stereotypes" we thought the game needed. Teenagers, African American, Spanish, Young Girls, Older Girls, Asian, Sweet and Innocent, Hard and Intimidating, Party Girl....and yeah. It went on and on.
But from that list I started thinking up character concepts that would eventually evolve into the individual girls in the story. It was important that they all be different in terms of physicality and personality. We didn't want any unnecessary duplication in the game. Every girl needed to be unique.
And as I started fleshing each one of them out, and my buddy Fecalmancer started doing the design, their personalities began to emerge in my mind. But each one of the girls in the game is imbued with attributes I like. Whether they are personality attributes or physical attributes.
Even Lola! Someone asked if there would be any trans characters in my game. As someone who believes that challenges build skill, I thought as a writer, that'd be a challenge for me to write a character with sexual attributes and proclivities that I'm not interested in. Prior to Lola I had no interest in trans girls. But I thought if I took on that challenge and did it well, it would help validate my writing ability.
So then I thought about how I would write the character. Who I wanted her to be. I didn't want her to be a victim, it was too cliche. But I didn't want her to be a bitch either because then that just puts people off. I decided she needed to be tough, confident, comfortable with herself but understanding of the world around her. She has a kind of street smarts about her. She knows how to survive in the face of adversity. She can hold her own. So she's kind of a tragic character who refuses to be stepped on. Anyway, the more I thought about her and who she was, and the more involved I got in her personality, the more I fell in love with her.
It's that way with most of the characters. The more delve into who they are and why they are the way they are in the story, I fall in love with them.
And the best part for me is that because their personalities are so well defined by the time I start writing, they pretty much write their own stories. All I do is put it down in a file.
Anyway, I don't think I can really answer your question because there is something special I love about all my characters. That's also something I think is cool. Because each character is so well fleshed out and multidimensional, we can each love these characters for different reasons. It's weird, but I do think of them as people. And sometimes that's why I have to turn down story ideas when I can't possibly conceive of one of the characters acting in a particular way.
Ok....I rambled a bit there. Sorry.
Excellent question though mate! Cheers!
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I appreciate the lengthy response. Though that would explain the excellent writing and dialogue (imo) which I believe to be the strong point of this game.I honestly don't have a favorite. People always ask me "What's your type of woman?"
My answer used to "Any one with two eyebrows and a vagina." But after creating Lola I'm not even sure the vagina part is relevant anymore.
When we started this game, my former partners and I kind of made a list of "stereotypes" we thought the game needed. Teenagers, African American, Spanish, Young Girls, Older Girls, Asian, Sweet and Innocent, Hard and Intimidating, Party Girl....and yeah. It went on and on.
But from that list I started thinking up character concepts that would eventually evolve into the individual girls in the story. It was important that they all be different in terms of physicality and personality. We didn't want any unnecessary duplication in the game. Every girl needed to be unique.
And as I started fleshing each one of them out, and my buddy Fecalmancer started doing the design, their personalities began to emerge in my mind. But each one of the girls in the game is imbued with attributes I like. Whether they are personality attributes or physical attributes.
Even Lola! Someone asked if there would be any trans characters in my game. As someone who believes that challenges build skill, I thought as a writer, that'd be a challenge for me to write a character with sexual attributes and proclivities that I'm not interested in. Prior to Lola I had no interest in trans girls. But I thought if I took on that challenge and did it well, it would help validate my writing ability.
So then I thought about how I would write the character. Who I wanted her to be. I didn't want her to be a victim, it was too cliche. But I didn't want her to be a bitch either because then that just puts people off. I decided she needed to be tough, confident, comfortable with herself but understanding of the world around her. She has a kind of street smarts about her. She knows how to survive in the face of adversity. She can hold her own. So she's kind of a tragic character who refuses to be stepped on. Anyway, the more I thought about her and who she was, and the more involved I got in her personality, the more I fell in love with her.
It's that way with most of the characters. The more delve into who they are and why they are the way they are in the story, I fall in love with them.
And the best part for me is that because their personalities are so well defined by the time I start writing, they pretty much write their own stories. All I do is put it down in a file.
Anyway, I don't think I can really answer your question because there is something special I love about all my characters. That's also something I think is cool. Because each character is so well fleshed out and multidimensional, we can each love these characters for different reasons. It's weird, but I do think of them as people. And sometimes that's why I have to turn down story ideas when I can't possibly conceive of one of the characters acting in a particular way.
Ok....I rambled a bit there. Sorry.
Excellent question though mate! Cheers!
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I know what you mean. Prior to playing Summertime Saga, most of my trans contacts were more friends-of-friends and I never had to deal with issues of relating to them in a more personal manner. Getting involved with Eve's story really made me look at myself and figure how I might actually approach a trans woman as more than a friend. Your presentation of Lola is a work of art.I honestly don't have a favorite. People always ask me "What's your type of woman?"
My answer used to "Any one with two eyebrows and a vagina." But after creating Lola I'm not even sure the vagina part is relevant anymore.
Even Lola! Someone asked if there would be any trans characters in my game. As someone who believes that challenges build skill, I thought as a writer, that'd be a challenge for me to write a character with sexual attributes and proclivities that I'm not interested in. Prior to Lola I had no interest in trans girls. But I thought if I took on that challenge and did it well, it would help validate my writing ability.
So then I thought about how I would write the character. Who I wanted her to be. I didn't want her to be a victim, it was too cliche. But I didn't want her to be a bitch either because then that just puts people off. I decided she needed to be tough, confident, comfortable with herself but understanding of the world around her. She has a kind of street smarts about her. She knows how to survive in the face of adversity. She can hold her own. So she's kind of a tragic character who refuses to be stepped on. Anyway, the more I thought about her and who she was, and the more involved I got in her personality, the more I fell in love with her.
Yes. I can see you've already done it, but still felt it was worth adding some weight to the response.
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That is all very interesting. Thanks for the explanation! I certainly know what you mean about Renpy. Even not using it for programming, when I copy game files I can see the thousands of tiny files copying over with each game. I am sure managing the definitions in a lot of those files is a chore.
Hi Roman Hume, many thanks for your reply and sorry for my delayed response.
My issue seems to be with the OS. I've attached a pic showing the dialog box. Any assistance would be great.
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It looks like you're trying to play it over a network; that's a Windows issue you're facing, not a game one.
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Yes. Exactly. Sometimes I run out of space on my local drive, so I occasionally play RenPy games over the network. If you map the network path to a drive letter, it will work fine.
Unfortunately, RenPy does not include the ability to execute the program over the full network path, like most other Windows applications. But if you map it to a drive letter, it will work just fine, it just takes a little longer to load the main menu initially. But once you start playing it, the delay is not very noticeable.
In Windows, to map a network path to a drive letter, open Explorer, Click "This PC", and in the menu bar click, "Computer", and then "Map Network Drive".
Pick an unused drive letter, and paste in the network path to all your games, and click OK.
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Looking through the bin from last night's test renders, this one was just too fucking hot not to share.
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Forgive me if I don't feel bad for you. But I'm the one sitting here with a gooey mess under his desk and a dick that looks like beef jerky.
I go through a lot making these things for you. Have some sympathy for my pain...
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Just trying to make the art as good as the writing.
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Yeah it that spoiler makes me really excited to see a creampie too with the update comes out. Then I can make a signature for this game.
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And you're doing a fantastic job with both!
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Can't wait for the update! Love this story! Love the characters! The women and girls in this story are just so FINE!!!
Amanda is a doll! IMHO this is one of the best games on the site along with AWAM and JOHN.
Keep up the great work Mr. Roman!
Quick question? How do I get that Dr. Amana/Amanda photo promo at the bottom of your post 3 responses above?
Also forgot to ask if there is a fan art thread to this story? Would love to see Amanda and Lupita in erotic photos dressed in lingerie/bikini and al natural nude
Amanda is a doll!
IMHO this is one of the best games on the site along with AWAM and JOHN. Keep up the great work Mr. Roman!
Quick question? How do I get that Dr. Amana/Amanda photo promo at the bottom of your post 3 responses above?
Also forgot to ask if there is a fan art thread to this story? Would love to see Amanda and Lupita in erotic photos dressed in lingerie/bikini and al natural nude
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