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VN Ren'Py Fog of War [Ep. 5.5] [Story Machine Studios]

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Boehser Onkel

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Could play the reference game all day because this game is FULL of pop culture references to the point it became annoying and cringe-inducing - hopefully toned down in the latest release which I haven't tried. I appreciate references made here and there in a good story, but not as the building blocks of how one structures their dialogue... it starts to take away from the story and makes the individual references less effective.



Okay, now let's not downplay the importance of focusing on bouncing boobs. :LOL: Agreed that penetration is also important though... which is why censored hentai sucks. ;)



Not really and definitely not. I went in thinking this was meant to be more realistic with realistic characters/situations which left me disappointed (not so much about the main character but almost everything else) - you can see my thoughts on it here if you care to. Still hoping the dev can turn things around (I haven't tried the latest chapter yet myself) as there are some really interesting aspects to build on if they were given proper attention.
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hampsure

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Gave chapter 2 a go and while there were slight improvements it was a bit of one step forward two steps back. Music was quite good and renders continue to be a strength. The pop culture references were cut down in this chapter to a much more appropriate level (though the "Pharma Broski" reference was enough to make me face palm through the rest of the chapter). Cutscene at the end was also quite promising. Otherwise most of my issues from the first chapter remain and I had a LOT of issues specific to the second chapter as well sadly. There was one part that I got really hung up on (not nearly the most annoying part, as that would likely be the girls gaming scene, but definitely an example pretty illustrative of broader issues with LIs):

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Tacotimeted

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So how common is it for a game to be softcore like this and what's the point? Is the paid version hardcore?
 

Griffihn

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well, my 2 cents on this, so far. i've seen a lot of people discussing and arguing that this isn't realistic. it's not. not by a longshot. there are a lot of skipped steps and omitted information. for starters, having an eidetic memory means you remember everything you see, not what you hear. if you have both, it's called a perfect memory. second, what this grunt most likely has is called selective eidetic memory, which requires years of training. could explain all the years he was forced to learn things. third, without him being a psychopath (please read up what that term actually means before saying anything), he'd have offed himself on the field long before becoming a civilian again, thanks to his memory. so yea, separating feelings from logic is something beyond common. fourth, night terrors and waking nightmares should be common, not a one off. it's just how the human mind works. you leave the battlefield but it never leaves you. especially when you have nothing to ground you when you return. fifth, attracting women like a magnet. it's called animal instinct. all humans have it. when you become a special operator (as the dev put it) and go through what he has, your whole stance changes. you walk with a certainty and an arrogance specific to an apex predator. and by instinct, those around are either attracted to that power and gravitate towards you or they make way and avert their gaze. sixth, the first instinct when seeing someone like the governor's son or vincent isn't to warn or befriend them but to quietly make them disappear. you don't give them rope to act or hang themselves, you tie the rope around their neck yourself and then push them off a cliff. this is a trope that shouldn't have been put in to begin with. makes this about as realistic as a 12 year old being a perfect sniper. seventh, while he's quite casual about friendships and sexual relationships to the girls around him, the second anything smells funny, he should've been straight battle ready and willing to eliminate any and all obstacles. if i had a penny for how many times i've seen this IRL, i'd be a billionaire. biggest peeve about this? getting the option to kill or spare the assassin. there is no option there. you hurt a brother. you only have one end: being tortured for information and then killed in the most gruesome way possible. the end. and then you go find a pair of willing arms and open legs to cool off.

i kind of get why a lot of things are the way they are. while i do have my peeves and my expectations, a normal civilian wouldn't be able to understand even 10% if you were to put it all in. i guess this is just the sacrifice you need to make when you try to please everyone. keep at it but don't try to do it all at once. you'll only fail. good luck.
 

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Dev Log: 39

Hello Everyone!

Hope everyone is well. This week I was planning to try and hit a record for renders posed. I had a death in the family and that changed those plans. I still knocked out 115. The 4090 is making me work harder to keep the render queue full. My day typically is up at 830 work 9-6, get home relax/eat for an hour and work on the game from 7-1 am. I have been working till 2-3am lately. Sun/mon on my days off the day job and I usually do 10-12 hour days. These are days that are good to do really heavy tasks like building environments or animations.

I usually plan my updates to have a decent amount of content for all the girls ( there will be chapters that are heavier plot wise for some) Chapter 3 is now starting to branch out. You will miss things due to past choices or be lose options to choose certain choices.

Fog of War has a lot going on in the story. Its written as a slice of life story with highs and lows. The intention of this game isn't meant to be only sexual gratification. This is meant to be 100 percent story driven and relatively porn trope free. A major key is balancing the drama and darker moments with the wholesome feel good stuff. You must create characters people can relate too (As friends, as a lover, as a villain etc) That creates a much more fulfilling experience in my opinion. This is my overall vision.

There will be darker ends for some of the characters if you make the choices that lead there. That being said a lot of the darker outcomes can be changed.

I'd like to share the new splash screen for the game. Kristyn edged out by 1 vote once the extra votes were counted.

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I crunched some numbers and chapter release is looking like late August/early September. This is a rough guess. game development can go very right or very wrong.

As a developer you ALWAYS want to be getting better. Plateauing is your greatest enemy. That being said I have learned a couple things along the way I want to apply to previous chapters. Not a re-work. Let me be clear about that. Ways to boost things visually with the montages and stuff like that. I do plan to rework 32 renders from the prologue for the steam release. I changed a model (Irelia) and built a whole new environment and for continuity sake I want the prologue to reflect those changes.

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