RomanHume

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Hi, first time player. Downloaded the OP's "1.0.0" version. Want to praise and also vent a bit.

Good things to say out of the way first: Models look great, love the variety, LOVE the writing of what's there in 1.0.0. I hope the rest of the game will continue in this vein.

Now the bad part: I entirely get that shit happens in game dev. What I want is communication. If the 1.0.0 is a rebuild, it should be clear in the OP.

I'm not particularly holding it against this dev specifically, because I've seen a drop in apparent dutiful-ness of keeping the opening post fully up to date across the the site. It's really frustrating to have to sift through potentially dozens of posts to figure out what's going on.

I'll download 0.9 and give an updated review at some point.
Unfortunately we don't have access to the OP. So we don't have the ability to update tags, images, changelogs etc. But we do communicate everything right here on this forum. But for what it's worth, I wish we did have access to the OP. I think it would be a great thing if we could keep the information there current ourselves.
 
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Ignatz

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I think you can @ a mod and they will make the changes you request.
 

HSTphan

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I am greatly confused. In the prior version, the PC discussed multiple relationships throughout his life. Now, after this update, the only conversation is about his Japanese co-worker and there are no other options. What happened to the rest of the content?!?!?!?!?!?!
 

myuhinny

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So instead of having a choice on what you can do you are now forced to do only one thing and that is something with Nami and all her stuff was scrapped and everything else is gone and I found myself spamming through the Nami stuff as it was no longer interesting and the MC was made to look like a loser and a failure but then I guess that's on par with most male protagonist games. If I knew you were being forced and that everything else was gone probably also all being scrapped I would of waited to download it.
 
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hooplah

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So instead of having a choice on what you can do you are now forced to do only one thing and that is something with Nami and all her stuff was scrapped and everything else is gone and I found myself spamming through the Nami stuff as it was no longer interesting and the MC was made to look like a loser and a failure but then I guess that's on par with most male protagonist games. If I knew you were being forced and that everything else was gone probably also all being scrapped I would of waited to download it.
why am i getting a kiss for jap girl and the game is over?
Because of all the difficulties recently they've gone into Beta which basically means starting the game from the ground up. I believe the current content is just the prologue. These events with Nanami are now being recast as the catalyst for all of the changes going through the MC's life.

I would assume that post prologue that the choice system will return, just give the devs a little time to add some more content with the new renders. Maybe come back in a few months or something.
 

Ignatz

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Assuming the brouhaha over the change in the game structure has died down a little and also presuming you are willing to see what the devs have in store for you coming up, here's a bit o' news:

Weekly Update 2018-07-22
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Jul 22 at 12:00pm
Hello everyone, as always I hope we are all having a good week.
First the reminders, for those who are qualified and haven't done so yet, please don't forget to vote in July's Poll for Cassie's new swimsuit found .

And in case you might have missed it, our featured character nude this month was a very tasteful portrait of Amanda located .

Well, it's been seven days, time to brief you on what we've been up to recently. The beta is moving along great. This week has been all about rebuilding the Cassie/Jane/Amanda Pool scene from the ground up. This was the scene that we originally launched our game with, and we've given it quite the make over.

While the original scene only ran about 250 lines of code and dialogue, the new version has been blown out to over 800 lines. And while the original only consisted of about 20 images, the new version will have...well I don't have a count yet. We're still staging and rendering. But I will definitely return with a count when I have one.

Just for a little background, the environment we used in that scene consisted of some very old daz models. We didn't know it at the time, but one reason we got Roger's house on the cheap was that these models predated Iray and the photoreal rendering we've become such huge fans of. This means the original renders were lacking in detail in some very major ways. Light doesn't play correctly with the surfaces and things have a tendency to look, 'plasticy'.

In the time since that scene was originally shot, we have learned a tremendous amount. So much in fact that we have taken those old sets and given them new life. With about $50 worth of new Iray shaders and custom surfaces we built ourselves, we have given every inch of Roger's house a make-over.

All of the surfaces, from the pool to the driveway have been touched up and properly updated to work with the Iray render engine. And I want to tell you, the results are amazing. I know to some this may sound trivial, but to us, visual quality is a big deal. And that quality must run from the characters through the environment. Our goal is to make our game stand out in three ways.

The first, is quality of writing. We're tired of reading adult novels and games with dialogue and situations that just defy belief. Is there some stretch of imagination required to digest our story. Absolutely. But does it require a massive suspension of disbelief to think the scenarios we build are plausible? Certainly not.

The second area of excellence we are looking to conquer is visual quality. There is nothing worse than a good adult game that is ruined by the images provided. Or worse, when the visuals are good, but the creator was careless and his gorgeous model who is kneeling over the bed has her hand floating a half inch above the surface. We may be in the minority, but we notice shit like that and to us it smacks of laziness.

The third is gameplay itself. We want you to enjoy this game without worrying about game over screens or some other kind of finality creeping up mid-game. We want you to have the freedom to approach a dialogue choice and pick the option you think sounds best without regard to whether or not it will cut you off from a potential sex scene. Our game will be filled with adult content regardless of the path you choose. We want you to have the liberty to sit back and just enjoy the ride. And then, if you want, play it again and again, making different choice and experiencing the story anew should you desire.

Anyways, I apologize for rambling. These are just some of the thoughts that have been going through my head this week as I read reviews of our previous release. Much of the feedback has been exceptionally good, the rest I think is misguided because the authors of those reviews lack an understanding of what it is we are trying to accomplish.

I have no doubt that in time, we'll make believers out of them all.

But until then, we thank you for your generous support. Hang around with us, we've got a lot more good stuff coming your way.

We at Ianvs Salute you!
 

SonnyG932

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I had the other one installed and thought something was wrong when the content of this seemed different. But it's explained that this is a rebuild just had to do a little bit of reading here in the forums as that's what they're for.

Anyway I like this new version, seems like it will be more focus on story and narrative while giving us the opportunity to get into some adult situations later so I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes. Keep up the good work guys.
 
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botc76

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Even for this forum, the inability of the posters in this thread to read at least a few posts on the last page, before asking the same dumbfuck question again and again, is astounding.
 

RomanHume

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4 months for an 83 Mb update?
We thought about waiting an extra month so that we could include an ultra-high res image of Fecalmancer's ass to help round that file size up to 100MB, but 5 months for a 100MB update didn't seem to sit well with people either.

I guess that's on us. We really should get better about updating people on our development. Maybe release a weekly state of the union type address that will help people understand how things are progressing and what they can expect from the next release, but fuck that. We're just going to continue leaving you in the dark and feeding you small doses of game whenever we choose to hand it out. Our next update is scheduled for January and we're thinking for that one we'll trim 3MB and make it a solid 80MB. Won't that be a gas!

You may not realize this, but we gain so much from concealing our intentions from our players. I sit at home pleasuring myself in the dark, listening the The Cure, cutting my thighs and jerking off all the while thinking about how much you don't know about the development of our game. Shit that gave me chills. Guess I'll go sharpen that butter knife. Daddy's going to the rodeo!
 
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