DS seriously sucks at this haha. He's putting so much effort into a game that is never going to get popular.
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Game elements
I keep telling you guys how Kate is our top priority, but every time I post an image with Alex you ask if we're abandoning Kate. We're not. We haven't even started integrating Alex into the code, graphics are ready, texts are being translated, but the code isn't ready yet. Adding enough Alex events to catch up with Kate is going to take months. Some of his events will be identical to Kate's, some will have his own spin of them. But again, Kate is the number one priority.
I've already talked about this before, but I'm going to talk in more details today.
We're making a sandbox RPG, which implies freedom and open world. The story is important too, of course, but today I want to talk about the open world part.
Let's break the game on its basic elements:
Basic mechanics. I'm talking about periodic events to get reliable results. Sleeping to restore energy, breakfast to get rid of hunger, that kind of stuff. This events might result in random or not-so-random events (peeking, for example).
Random events. Classmate asks Kate for her homework or invites her the cafe.
Storylines. Massage, neighbor Maria, Julia and Nick, etc.
Key periodic events like college and classes. It's a foundation for storylines (Nicolas's laptop, Zoe and her medical office (future example), college committee and rules, etc.) and random events (copying homework, diving, asking someone in the cafe, in the future it will be awkward situations in lessons and punishments). Hotel and maid job is another example.
All of this elements are important and intertwined. We're trying to work on them all equally, but since game releases are periodic and revolve around a monthly cycle, sometimes we have no choice but to focus on one thing at a time.
In 0.7 and partially in 0.8 we added random and predictable events in different situations. In 0.7 it's watching erotica and porn with Nick and Julia, peeking on them in the bedroom, in the shower, etc. Kate is almost always the one who initiates this events. She's the one who decides to peek. By the way, 0.7 has over 50 unique mini-events with Julia and Nick.
In 0.8 we're working in a different direction. Mainly, what happens, when someone accidentally or deliberately peeks on Kate when she's, say, taking a shower? It maybe be Julia, Nick, or both of them. We already have over 50 events and we still plan on adding more. Plus nightly events, something in the bedroom with Julia and Nick, etc. Don't forget, we recently got rid of a certain restriction... You know.
Bottom line is, we don't want you to just skip time between story events. We want to fill the world with interesting things to do in between.
0.9 will be about gameplay mechanics. We'll focus on college. PE classes, swimming, committee and college rules, maybe even medical office. And of course, everything related: random and story events, dialog, etc.
I keep telling you guys how Kate is our top priority, but every time I post an image with Alex you ask if we're abandoning Kate. We're not. We haven't even started integrating Alex into the code, graphics are ready, texts are being translated, but the code isn't ready yet. Adding enough Alex events to catch up with Kate is going to take months. Some of his events will be identical to Kate's, some will have his own spin of them. But again, Kate is the number one priority.
I've already talked about this before, but I'm going to talk in more details today.
We're making a sandbox RPG, which implies freedom and open world. The story is important too, of course, but today I want to talk about the open world part.
Let's break the game on its basic elements:
Basic mechanics. I'm talking about periodic events to get reliable results. Sleeping to restore energy, breakfast to get rid of hunger, that kind of stuff. This events might result in random or not-so-random events (peeking, for example).
Random events. Classmate asks Kate for her homework or invites her the cafe.
Storylines. Massage, neighbor Maria, Julia and Nick, etc.
Key periodic events like college and classes. It's a foundation for storylines (Nicolas's laptop, Zoe and her medical office (future example), college committee and rules, etc.) and random events (copying homework, diving, asking someone in the cafe, in the future it will be awkward situations in lessons and punishments). Hotel and maid job is another example.
All of this elements are important and intertwined. We're trying to work on them all equally, but since game releases are periodic and revolve around a monthly cycle, sometimes we have no choice but to focus on one thing at a time.
In 0.7 and partially in 0.8 we added random and predictable events in different situations. In 0.7 it's watching erotica and porn with Nick and Julia, peeking on them in the bedroom, in the shower, etc. Kate is almost always the one who initiates this events. She's the one who decides to peek. By the way, 0.7 has over 50 unique mini-events with Julia and Nick.
In 0.8 we're working in a different direction. Mainly, what happens, when someone accidentally or deliberately peeks on Kate when she's, say, taking a shower? It maybe be Julia, Nick, or both of them. We already have over 50 events and we still plan on adding more. Plus nightly events, something in the bedroom with Julia and Nick, etc. Don't forget, we recently got rid of a certain restriction... You know.
Bottom line is, we don't want you to just skip time between story events. We want to fill the world with interesting things to do in between.
0.9 will be about gameplay mechanics. We'll focus on college. PE classes, swimming, committee and college rules, maybe even medical office. And of course, everything related: random and story events, dialog, etc.
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Why is it so hard to catch Juila in the shower?? is it random or a set time...the walkthrough says between 14:00-14:30 but it also says that may change and she is never in the shower at that time.
For where I'm at in the game (version 0.7), she's usually in the shower at 6:30. Also she's only in there for 10-15min so it's easy to time skip past in on accident.
- May 28, 2017
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Have you spoken with Angela about the job two times? I think it needs to be a week apart.
This game has some things I enjoy, but just like BB, the biggest problem is that the player is not required to be clever, or smart, or intuitive, or exercise their brain in the slightest (which is why I kind of like it, TBH, but it's getting to be a grindfest the last update). It's either on a rail, or you stumble upon something by pure luck. Literally the only time I've felt clever was when I figured Julia must shower after sunbathing in the earlier versions, and she was! Then in the next version she wasn't anymore, and then I noticed (out of PURE LUCK from wandering around) that Julia did yoga in the backyard at 6:10 am on some (not all) mornings, and Kate could spy on her in the shower at 6:30. Other than that very slight deductive (inductive? I forget) accomplishment, I don't think I've used cleverness to make Kate do anything that advances the game. The game either tells you exactly what to do, or you stumble upon it randomly. I'm giving it another update before giving up on it.
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What is Ds's release cycle from tier to tier? LIke how soon does 20$ get the new version after its released to 40$ and so on? I'm torn on this because of that always online requirement crap.
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Every week day after Kate's shift I click on Monica but the option to ask for salary never comes up (it's been 3 weeks)...is payday on a weekend?
Never had any problems getting paid as long as you had worked for 7 days since the last time you got paid.
To be honest I'm a big fan of Dark Silver, but this game doesn't seem very fun and is a little too strange. For one the protagonist is not typical for a FMC game because although she (presumably) gets sluttier, there's no sense of corruption (it seems kind of inevitable). So immediately there's very little tension in the game. Secondly the dialogue interface is kind of annoying and the static expressions on the character's faces takes away a lot of the power of the words and images being combined.
The graphics and design are leagues better than any other developer, but I feel like this game is a big waste of DS' talent and effort.
The graphics and design are leagues better than any other developer, but I feel like this game is a big waste of DS' talent and effort.
Maybe I could be more patient. Looking at some of the preview posts, DS' graphics quality is really superb. His female characters have such expressiveness they almost look real.
And I can tell already that this game will be more complex than any other adult game on this website. So I wish DS the best of luck because I think he is very talented.
And I can tell already that this game will be more complex than any other adult game on this website. So I wish DS the best of luck because I think he is very talented.
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Well, so have fun with this pathetic boring porngame. Code: Imagination!
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