- Thread starter Worlaix
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According to his last known to me stance - side hobby. Looking at his current number of patrons - side hobby.does every update take this long to release or is being a game dev just a side hobby for Worlax?
By the will of people - main overtime unpaid job.
But yeah, he himslef admitted that development of the last update took too long.
So - not every update took so long and this is likely side hobby.
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Hey everyone,
we’re still a long way off from episode 6 release, but personal and professional life has slowed down after a few bumps so I’m looking to speed things along as much as possible.
I think many people figured out by now that even though it’s been a while, Elvensang’s story is still in its infancy. It’s easy to think how that spells doom for it ever being finished, but despite the lengthy development time, I am consistently managing more work in less time – even if it doesn’t show because there are periods when I simply have don’t have that much time overall. I’m not a student anymore, you know...
But while the road ahead may be long, it’s my sincere hope that it will be enjoyable all the way through. There’s stuff ahead that I am really looking forward to in the story, and honestly, cutting away the unnecessary tidbits to get to those points quicker definitely takes a little finesse that I still need to attain. They’re small things that collectively add a lot of clutter, but it’s hard to find a way around them without harming the immersion (if you’re a noob like me, at least). Transitions between scenes, for example – back in the day, I used to effectively narrate everything step-by-step way too often. For example, if the current scene is in the Ealdorman’s house while the next is in the smithy, I’d narrate the character going down from the fort, through the village, and into the smithy. However, when handled with finesse, all that’s needed is to just transition from one scene into the next; and then let the player fill in the gaps of what happened. A good little thing to ease in these transitions would be actual images that go inbetween, which could be reused as well, within reason. But figuring out such small details is how I plan to cut away a lot of unnecessary clutter and keep things focused on the substance of the story.
A somewhat related thought – I was thinking about some of the better tv shows out there as well for comparison. Think of a masterfully made TV show where each and every scene is integral to the story, adding to character development, world-building, the plot – or all three at once, ideally. But focus too much on one, and you’ll get encyclopedic quantity of needless exposition (half of which you forget before it becomes relevant), or a story where nothing moves forward because the characters just sit around talking about their feelings.
I may or may not be guilty of some (or all) of the above, but it’s all a learning process. I’m aware of the mistakes I’ve made, and the best I can do is learn from them and hopefully do better next time.
Anyway, that’s it for this log. Next progress log (within 10 days), I’ll show a couple previews – maybe even a preview of Kara’s sprite. Maybe.
Also, I wanted to make the cover for this progress log something artistic but couldn't get Sunny's face right, so it's just hands for now. Even more artistic, right?
Love you all,
Worlaix
Damn this game is good but I do worry how long it will take to make with all the potential paths you may be able to take.
After uni comes real life, eh? I am very happy you got past that phase in your life, but do you anticipate there will come a time where you will have actual free time and mental space to work on this at a decent pace?
Obviously, doing it full time is out of the question at $250 a month, and even with more funding, putting off your career to work on a porn game is totally a questionable life choice anyways lol. So I didn't actually have any delusions that finishing your studies will somehow give you more time for this. We just gotta deal with it, but I do wonder where this road will take us. Perhaps one day, on my death bed, I can tell my grandchildren about Doriel and his big titty mommy.
Obviously, doing it full time is out of the question at $250 a month, and even with more funding, putting off your career to work on a porn game is totally a questionable life choice anyways lol. So I didn't actually have any delusions that finishing your studies will somehow give you more time for this. We just gotta deal with it, but I do wonder where this road will take us. Perhaps one day, on my death bed, I can tell my grandchildren about Doriel and his big titty mommy.
I like the graphics and the characters but there doesn't seem to be much going on in the game right now unless there are a ton of different paths and I took the worst possible one? The game pulls you in with sweet whispers and then... nothing happens. Don't get me wrong I like the game but would be nice with a little carrot on the stick.
It's been said that the game is in it's early stages. No idea if the creator has a rough idea of how many chapters this will be. Seems like a passion project/hobby/outlet so guessing it'll go as long as the muses are with him with updates being spaced far apart from each other.
Optional NTR was in the planned tags very early in development but never actually in the game. No time to develop NTR branch though. It takes ages for one update as it is. So he dropped that idea long ago.
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Shame, the game story seems like it would be prime for NTR setups. Maybe dev can implement it down the road when he has more time
Every game with great characters and story can be prime NTR set up lol. But it's a different thing to actually develop a satisfactory NTR arc, especially in tandom with a non-NTR route focused on the MC's growth and perserverence. It's not as simple as "just add some NTR scenes." That can work if a dev doesn't care about good narrative fundamentals, but Worliax isn't half assing it.Shame, the game story seems like it would be prime for NTR setups. Maybe dev can implement it down the road when he has more time
You need impeccable planning so the same set up and common node
plot points can work effectively for both routes, or sufficiently divergent branching so each branch can get their own tailored narrative. Both of those methods increase development time dramatically, so yeah.
Personally, I don't enjoy optional NTR tacked onto a primarily non-NTR story. I prefer hard Japanese NTR with a proper corruption arc. That kinda thing can almost never can be added as an optional route in a game with a hero's journey main story without one, or both, routes spoiling the other.
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I don't know, from the beginning it seems like it was headed towards NTR. The fact that it had an "optional ntr" tag means the dev was definitely thinking about it for the story. Not surprised he dropped it considering the amount of NTR hate there be on this site. Oh well, hope he comes back to it because NTR would be hot in this story, optional or not.
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personally methinks that's a terrible idea. The vibes are too romantic and wholesome to tack on that stuff
Well there will be least optional NTR in that he's destined for Sunny but there's other LI's. Funny enough, I think Sunny would be ok with MC relations with his mother.