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I'd feel exactly the same. Really. Chapter One remains the best first release I've ever played. Better graphics wouldn't change anything.
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You may think you have the crown since Notty called you sweetie, but I wonder if you remember from the making of your TL;DR magna opus what was Notty's favourite option for Becca's punishment poll?just you
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I think there's a couple of things worthy of consideration in order to tackle the issue of expanding the game's fanbase.
In the first place, we have to acknowledge that a lot of people have provably already seen the game a couple of times in the LATEST UPDATES tab and quite often in the Latest posts/replies sections - the thread has been visited over 760K times (I don't know how many of them were unique users vs repeating ones). Of those not returning, they either didn't try the game because what they saw on the first post and/or thread didn't catch their attention or they tried it but didn't enjoy it.
Improving the renders of the first chapters may help retaining more users, since the first impression of a game is extremely important and nowadays most people expect very high quality visuals (or specific styles, but this doesn't apply here). But, to be honest, I think that if somebody didn't like the game it was mostly a matter of personal tastes, the amount of existing content at that moment or the game's rhythm rather than the quality of the renders. And that's OK, because, as an artist, you can't try to cater to everybody - it's impossible to do so and most times counterproductive to even try.
What I think you should really focus on is the first group: people who didn't actually try the game. So it's about marketing: without changing or compromising the game's tone or narrative in any manner, selling it in a way that it's more attractive to the typical adult game player (that can enjoy a narrative-driven game and/or fap to something other than a very specific fetish).
Once you have the new renders finished, I'd contemplate doing the following:
- While keeping true to Heavy Five's sprit, change the banner into something more eye-catching and sexual. Your game is surrounded by banners of other games with striking colors and suggestive images, you are competing with them for user's attention.
- Stress that you just released a remastered version of the first chapters with significant improvements. People who have already given a pass on the game without trying it may need an excuse to reconsider it again.
- In the description of the game, explicitly describe a couple of situations the player will find themselves in (such as having to land a failing spaceship with all odds against) or how the player has several different options to approach the same girl (Sarah and Chris are good examples). A video-game is an interactive experience, players like being aware of what they will be able to do.
- In the screenshot section, feature a good-looking render of each main girl in an evocative situation (personality and relationship-wise), a couple of general action frames and a couple of x-rated scenes. Avoid repeating too much of the same background (specially claustrophobic ones) and try to break colors in their order sequence.
- If it's not too much work and you don't feel too bad about it, consider presenting Becca in an even more sexualized hostess way (fetishistic costumes, sensual talk, an ongoing masturbation sketch, etc.). Sadly, a lot of people need sexual content from the get go and the tutorial and interludes could be used to satiate them a bit until everything unfolds.
Cheeky bonus track: add the "incest" and "ntr" tags to the fetish list. Make sure to add OPTIONAL before the second.
In the first place, we have to acknowledge that a lot of people have provably already seen the game a couple of times in the LATEST UPDATES tab and quite often in the Latest posts/replies sections - the thread has been visited over 760K times (I don't know how many of them were unique users vs repeating ones). Of those not returning, they either didn't try the game because what they saw on the first post and/or thread didn't catch their attention or they tried it but didn't enjoy it.
Improving the renders of the first chapters may help retaining more users, since the first impression of a game is extremely important and nowadays most people expect very high quality visuals (or specific styles, but this doesn't apply here). But, to be honest, I think that if somebody didn't like the game it was mostly a matter of personal tastes, the amount of existing content at that moment or the game's rhythm rather than the quality of the renders. And that's OK, because, as an artist, you can't try to cater to everybody - it's impossible to do so and most times counterproductive to even try.
What I think you should really focus on is the first group: people who didn't actually try the game. So it's about marketing: without changing or compromising the game's tone or narrative in any manner, selling it in a way that it's more attractive to the typical adult game player (that can enjoy a narrative-driven game and/or fap to something other than a very specific fetish).
Once you have the new renders finished, I'd contemplate doing the following:
- While keeping true to Heavy Five's sprit, change the banner into something more eye-catching and sexual. Your game is surrounded by banners of other games with striking colors and suggestive images, you are competing with them for user's attention.
- Stress that you just released a remastered version of the first chapters with significant improvements. People who have already given a pass on the game without trying it may need an excuse to reconsider it again.
- In the description of the game, explicitly describe a couple of situations the player will find themselves in (such as having to land a failing spaceship with all odds against) or how the player has several different options to approach the same girl (Sarah and Chris are good examples). A video-game is an interactive experience, players like being aware of what they will be able to do.
- In the screenshot section, feature a good-looking render of each main girl in an evocative situation (personality and relationship-wise), a couple of general action frames and a couple of x-rated scenes. Avoid repeating too much of the same background (specially claustrophobic ones) and try to break colors in their order sequence.
- If it's not too much work and you don't feel too bad about it, consider presenting Becca in an even more sexualized hostess way (fetishistic costumes, sensual talk, an ongoing masturbation sketch, etc.). Sadly, a lot of people need sexual content from the get go and the tutorial and interludes could be used to satiate them a bit until everything unfolds.
Cheeky bonus track: add the "incest" and "ntr" tags to the fetish list. Make sure to add OPTIONAL before the second.
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Was just teasing you, you scampYou may think you have the crown since Notty called you sweetie, but I wonder if you remember from the making of your TL;DR magna opus what was Notty's favourite option for Becca's punishment poll?
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- May 28, 2017
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Was just teasing you, you scamp
Likewise, swee... Hmm, maybe I should have taken a different approach.
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Nottravis
You asked in another thread about pregnancy tag.
Here is what you need to know about the tag.
""Pregnancy [The act of impregnating a woman or having sex with a pregnant one.]""
So if just impregnating the woman then yes it needs the tag.
Tag list for more info.
Tags Rules And List [Updated 2019-03-24]
https://f95zone.to/threads/tags-rules-and-list-updated-2019-03-24.10394/
You asked in another thread about pregnancy tag.
Here is what you need to know about the tag.
""Pregnancy [The act of impregnating a woman or having sex with a pregnant one.]""
So if just impregnating the woman then yes it needs the tag.
Tag list for more info.
Tags Rules And List [Updated 2019-03-24]
https://f95zone.to/threads/tags-rules-and-list-updated-2019-03-24.10394/
- Feb 16, 2019
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*Dances around singing: "Chris wants my babyyyy!! I'm gonna be a daddyyyyyyy!*
The Doc and Annie's skin tones, we know they don't get much sun.
With the newer where to go option, will it be definite, or more of the MC guessing where they might be? Maybe with them being more right the more they get to know the characters?
With the newer where to go option, will it be definite, or more of the MC guessing where they might be? Maybe with them being more right the more they get to know the characters?
Only 3 pages, and still I miss all the fun stuff when I sleep!
In all honesty, as fucked up a game as BB turned out to be, it was the first daz game I saw where the art was good enough for me to be willing to try, and for a VN in unity, it did a damn fine job with the mechanics and the saving system. Hadaka apron Ann is still one of the most lovely things I have run across in one of these games. The game and writer had a lot of problems, and the MC was a fucking disgusting little creep, but it did a few things really well.
Not a bad idea for a hint system.
I agree with you on all but the water cooling (and then only partially), it really depends on your environment. Some places, good air flow is not an easy task. My last apartment, no matter what I did, it was always hot and I could not get good air flow, and even if I did, it was so dusty in that city, that it could do real damage if that got sucked up in there.
- Apr 26, 2017
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True. More raunchy pictures do tend to attract crowds to a game thread.
Or the ophions are going to impregnate all the women?
Less joking, bet Dr.Marcus and his drugs are involved somehow. Why the crew needs contraceptive in such a small base?
Where is the incest patch? Save game please! When is the next update? This dev is milking the patrons believe me! See how my WAIFU is better! ...etcetera
The need to have their demands swiftly attended plus a unwillingness to read previous messages makes me wonder the mental age (and the real too) of quite a few people around the forum.
I always did have a feeling those pills did not do what they were said to do... Maybe they make you less fertile to other humans, and more to ...the LGM!!!!Or the ophions are going to impregnate all the women?
Less joking, bet Dr.Marcus and his drugs are involved somehow. Why the crew needs contraceptive in such a small base?
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Good point on the watercooling, my bad, for assuming similar living conditions to my own. Climate does matter. Summers here are warm (20-30 Celsius), with just occasional spikes to 40 (happened only a few times this summer). In a more tropical or arid climate where 40 degrees C. is the norm during summer, that heat combined with high humidity or a lot of dust does create a risk to your rig, and then a watercooler can make all the difference.Only 3 pages, and still I miss all the fun stuff when I sleep!
In all honesty, as fucked up a game as BB turned out to be, it was the first daz game I saw where the art was good enough for me to be willing to try, and for a VN in unity, it did a damn fine job with the mechanics and the saving system. Hadaka apron Ann is still one of the most lovely things I have run across in one of these games. The game and writer had a lot of problems, and the MC was a fucking disgusting little creep, but it did a few things really well.
Not a bad idea for a hint system.
I agree with you on all but the water cooling (and then only partially), it really depends on your environment. Some places, good air flow is not an easy task. My last apartment, no matter what I did, it was always hot and I could not get good air flow, and even if I did, it was so dusty in that city, that it could do real damage if that got sucked up in there.
- Jun 21, 2017
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While I agree that more lewd pictures would probably attract a crowd... it's precisely the kind of knuckle-dragging crowd that wouldn't appreciate the game and become the infestation that sadly infects many a thread on this forum.True. More raunchy pictures do tend to attract crowds to a game thread.
Where is the incest patch? Save game please! When is the next update? This dev is milking the patrons believe me! See how my WAIFU is better! ...etcetera
The need to have their demands swiftly attended plus a unwillingness to read previous messages makes me wonder the mental age (and the real too) of quite a few people around the forum.
So it has to be a delicate balance between "come and have a butchers at these knockers!" and "please peruse the tittays we have on offer in this fine adult game." PS To answer your questions (BTW, I know they aren't yours
) in order...Incest? Where?
My save game won't work for you, I'm on the high-brow route.
The next update is soon™ or when it's ready, whichever comes first.
The dev is only milking one thing and Ava is quite sore, believe me!
Sarah is the best waifu!
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Sadly, too true.
I second this. I've added H5 to scripts I study to learn how to write episodically. I do fine with short story, am working on a novel, have done a couple novellas, but struggle with turning a plot into episode-sized chunks from the beginning. (I usually end up writing chapters, then rearranging them after the fact, often pulling scenes out of one chapter to drop into another or swapping chapters whole.)
This... so much this. There are porn games, and there are adult games. While I enjoy the occasional porn game, it's the adult games that keep me coming back for more. If there's no story, no arc, no world-building, no believable dialogue or setting... it's a porn game. If it's a compelling game that tells a compelling story with adult themes and graphics, it's an adult game and I'm all in.You know my pov on that already for some while, we will have to agree to disagree.
H5 ticks all the boxes as an adult game, and, surprise! I'm all in!
I started a short story... it took me 3.5 years and ended up being over 600k words...
Did I mention I am not good at short and to the point?
But unless you are doing a kinetic novel, game writing is another beast entirely, factoring in player choice can be daunting for some, and the more options you give, the more branches you might need (depending on how much influence the player is to have on the world).
This is why I started a timeline. It's good to plan as much as you can out ahead of time.
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Overkill I know, but I'm using MS Project (and other similar software) for my timeline/storyboard!
Nice, I started to use something like Mind Mapper, but my right arm is disabled, and that was too much scrolling to zoom in and out to get to things, so I am just going back to my tried and true ...NOTEPAD!!!!
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I have LOTS of pieces of paper scattered about, but I also use my phone to take notes when I think of them, that's synced with OneNote, which is synced with Project and OneDrive.Nice, I started to use something like Mind Mapper, but my right arm is disabled, and that was too much scrolling to zoom in and out to get to things, so I am just going back to my tried and true ...NOTEPAD!!!!
That is one of the advantages of not going anywhere, I am almost always here when I need to make a note ...now getting to the right window before the thought it gone, that is another story!!!I have LOTS of pieces of paper scattered about, but I also use my phone to take notes when I think of them, that's synced with OneNote, which is synced with Project and OneDrive.