Crushstation posted on Patreon & Subscribestar: Better project transparency (JAN 27 2025 AT 17:23)
Notification Squad
Hey guys!
xg told me (forcefully ) in a call that I have to put out a dev report every week, even if I feel like waiting another day or two would make the report better.
He is, of course, absolutely right, so here goes:
I created a new design based on that feedback, which was better received. I'm grateful for the feedback which I think will make the new lifepath a little bit chunkier than I was intending at the time of my last report.
Testing & feedback
This week I pushed out my new Lifepath build to the testers. The feedback I got was that I'd cut too much, and some things I wanted to cut needed to be reinserted.
New NPCs
The improved story planning requires more bargirls for club and hangout scenes. XG and I worked on two new farang bargirl NPCs this week, who are both great additions to the wolfpack.
Artwork planning
I did some artwork planning with our illustrator lovely
Queen Victoria .
Scene edit
Part of my new Lifepath build included a new story scene (based on a placeholder scene from 1.6). This got good feedback from testers, who said it was fine; honestly, it's up to my usual standard.
But I am fucking sick of my usual standard, so since Thursday I've been going through it with an editing pass, adding extra dialogue choices, skill checks and decision branches.
I feel like I've made it much better. It feels less like a slideshow, more like a game, with more opportunities to characterise the heroine and improved responsiveness and replayability. This draft scene is more like what I want Female Agent to be.
It's 90% done and will be finished tomorrow, when I'll push it out for testing and feedback.
This is the kind of information I'd normally think was worth delaying the report to get, but I was serious about trying to communicate better. I'll let you know if it's the big improvement I hope it is in the next report.
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This is SO much better. It's not just that he appears to actually be making progress, but that he's telling people about the process. It's showing that he's actually working, not just blowing himself the whole time. It's not as good as a real game update, but I daresay that if he had been communicating like this the whole time there would have been much less unrest and derision.