Dubai was actually in the game right from the very start: version 1.0 ended after the agent got dressed up for the date. (There was no Lifepath, and no Operation LIONESS, and I drew all the artwork, it sucked.)
I sometimes wonder how this forum manages to breed so many smug assholes that preach about how every developer that isn't putting out content fast enough to satisfy them is a leech milking their patrons... but then I remember that this is a space dedicated to providing an endless supply of lewd games for free to anyone and everyone.
I absolutely agree with you. We are all human, we fail the deadlines, but when the last new content for the game was in the very first version, and it was at least two or three years ago, this is not normal. Six months ago, I noticed this game went through it and said, okay, it’s not bad, we’ll see how it goes on, maybe I will support the author, but there was no update. And what came out now is not an update.
Does that mean we can expect another update with Bangkok content in less than a month?
Wait - what? I just said DONT make some auto text generator. That is soulless and artless and doesn't work. Those games that say "I verbX my AdjectiveX GentialY into your GenitalZ " bla bla is just trash. You can't autogenerate solid writing. Its just not going to work. Just hire writers - or recruit writers and layout a storyline and have awesome scenes written. Want variation? Write 4 version of each scene and have them randomly appear for playback or something. Just dont take something good and inject bad into it because it sounded good in workshop mode. Its bad - realize it and move forward.
I'm not Crush, but I'd guess not. Dude seems to follow a "it'll be done when it's good" mentality, meaning he spends time planning, then implementing. End result should be worth it though.
Thanks for the support, I really do appreciate it when people are supportive. Personally I do find this place useful, although I also have to keep in mind Neil Gaiman's advice:
So to me Spawk's complaint is valid, even though his diagnosis is completely wrong, and his tone seems calculated to be as hurtful as possible. I guess the reason is that he feels that the slow dev time is a kind of injustice that he wants to correct somehow? If that's the objective then Spawk you just can't punish me as badly as I can punish myself.Neil Gaiman said:
Definitely not, the next objective is the public release of 1.6 at the end of next week. 1.7 is intended to be the intro to Bangkok, but that's more than one sex scene, so it stands to reason it will take longer to write.
It's not an auto text generator. What you're describing is how sex scenes worked in previous versions – the new Dubai scene in 1.6 is an example of the new format.
Cool, and yeah that's the plan! Hit me up on Discord if you'd like to talk ideas for content.
Sounds reasonable, however, I'm curious about having "the public version" as a release goal. Are you changing anything for the public release based on patreon feedback?
Bug fixes, plus I'd like to include the alternate dress (we have new art for that, and it looks amazing), and the "bed sex" path so there's an alternate path through this scene.
I maintain you should try to do an incremental update with one scene to test if that actually is possible within just a few weeks. Because if it is not, the systems probably are too complex and figuring out what you can simplify would be a good idea.
That's good advice, thanks, and it is in fact along the lines of what I'm planning to try with the forthcoming two-week sprints; smaller, clearer objectives.
