It's a fine transliteration, arguably Cu should be Coo to avoid a portion of people reading Kuh. A helpful aside of removing the C is that you don't have some reading Choo or Cho. The Ch in Gaelic has a heavy emphasis on H, done properly the initial C is pretty well silent. I don't know if it's common among all Celtic root languages, but it's at least common across Welsh and both forms of Gaelic. Similar examples you can look into are the Scottish Cailleach or the Welsh Culhwch. Maybe writing this way will help endear not only Celtic mythos but Celtic language to English speakers.
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These mods do some injustice by following only the sex scenes, they should follow paths that you can choose in the begining, like being the champion and have Etain, or Brigid etc.... an eg: How do you get to be each of the following????
1) Champion - heroic warrior that can romance selected female characters.
2) Bard - rougish anti-hero interested in lewd companions.
3) Druid - a patient schemer seeking to establish a lair with villainous brides.
4) Warlord - principled but ruthless and lustful conqueror that forms a harem.
1) Champion - heroic warrior that can romance selected female characters.
2) Bard - rougish anti-hero interested in lewd companions.
3) Druid - a patient schemer seeking to establish a lair with villainous brides.
4) Warlord - principled but ruthless and lustful conqueror that forms a harem.
I've got my own style of writing and you will see that come out as the game progresses. I recognize one of the main values of an adult game is not just making a sex scene, but making an interesting sex scene with context, set up and power-play between the participants. You'll see how that goes.
There won't be much armor in the game for the MC or the main female characters. Leather and a few plates is the best you will get for the MC. Most of the armor in this world will be reserved for the magical residents of the Sidhes, the Formorians and the Romans. The western Celts traditionally did not wear armor and sometimes even went into battle naked. Major pieces of armor that they did use were helmets and large shields, although some also credit the Celts with making chainmail.
I'm trying to add another dimension in this game with the Champion path which is straight-up a good guy. It's actually been fun to make this path.This dev games always encourage us to be our inner villain.
The evil characters gets all the girl
Celtica is a fictional world informed and inspired by the Celtic myths. Whatever spelling is in the game is the "correct" spelling for that fantasy realm and the player is (hopefully) immersed into that realm. I will leave real spelling and discussion to the message boards.
There are four long stories for Champion, Bard, Druid and Warlord. There are major story beats that happen in each path, but the player can choose how that beat is arrived at through choices they make as they play, like which female characters they prefer. Also, there will be different endings for each route, based on the choices you made. It will be impossible to unlock all scenes for each path on a single playthrough - if players want that, they would need to play multiple times and make different choices. That's what makes this a GAME to me -> you choose path A then you won't see or have the consequences of path B. Otherwise, it's just a kinetic novel.
Maybe it was just my ignorance, but I'm surprised just how unknown the Welsh and Irish mythology is to the average player. They may know a few of the names (probably because these characters are adapted into Japanese games like FATE STAY), but that is about it. Of all the Irish Cycles, I think the Ulster Cycle is my favorite - so many great characters and interconnections between the stories with the Táin Bó Cúailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley) as the centerpiece. In terms of female characters, I think Rhiannon from the Welsh Mabinogion is a stand-out when we are not talking about The Morrigan.
This is Code Geass erasure. Everyone knows that Cu Chulainn is a teenage girl who's addicted to Pizza Hut and gives people chuuni powers.
I would like that power play described more in the erotic writing. I like how you have even for the evil paths you don't have to be bad. Druid and Warlord can choose good options whenever. You as the character have to decide your route through things. It makes the morality feel real.
With the context, the battles are some of my favorite parts. Having a real adventure and plot and not being a boring generic guy in suburban setting is great. You make the main character feel important and powerful while being interesting. Really enjoy how the Warlock and Druid speak differently.
On armor I didn't think of you using lore inspiration for that choice. In that case I support this. Tattoos for the Warlord could be cool. I'll have to try Bard and Champion later to see how they are. I so far have really enjoyed the world and even the characters. Wondering what happened to my choices to impregnate Shay and make slave wife of Cordila.
Compared to Stellar your first work. I think you've developed a stronger understanding of how to make a cool protag in a fantastic setting.
It wasn't because I didn't know how to write a complex and nuanced character - Sagacious-6 was always meant to be a one-dimensional piece of shit and Stellar Incognita is meant to mimic the old trashy pulp sci-fi magazines. This is why the storylines are short.
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In terms of story, its much better than Stellar. The characters are not so one dimensional.
It would also be nice to include LIs that you dont have to mind control/corrupt. Perhaps do a reverse, introduce a LIs that more vile and tempt the MC to be corrupted or seduce MC to be more evil. That would be a nice new dynamic where MC try to redempt the LI and the LI tries to corrupt the MC
The thing about that is shades of deeper emotions were present in the LI choices even the evil ones in that work. That greater writing is popping like fireworks in Heroes of Celtica. This alongside Sins of Night is going on my top watch list
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I needed a fifth outcome if the players somehow managed to get evil/good and sex points in such a combination that they met no other character class requirement. The Crafter route ends with his ending "The Book of Invasions" or "Forvorian Wife" - he survives Moy Tura and lives in the long peace that comes afterwards.
I also find it surprising, especially with how deeply Celtic mythology pervades modern fantasy, even just on a surface level. I'm not super versed on any anime connections, but LOTR, Conan and Star Wars are pretty major fixtures in the fantasy genre which use them in some form. The Ulster Cycle is definitely my favourite as well, though I'm also a fan of the Fianna. I'm sure I could go on about all of the characters, especially Morrigan, but we'd likely agree on most of it. As far as female figures, I actually think Medb is a strong female character and an especially compelling femme fatale. I like Blodeuwedd, not so much for her actions but her inclusion in Cad Goddeu, since Math and Gwydion are the most interesting characters in the Mabinogion to me. I think her story tells the same message far better than that of Guinevere within the Arthurian legend. You've done a fantastic job with the game thus far, and I appreciated you talking a bit about the mythology which inspires it.
Queen Maeve of Connacht is absolutely one of the most memorable female characters in all of Irish mythology. A lot of the action in the Ulster Cycle occurs because of her ambition and proactive nature. Her husband Ailill is usually depicted as being along for the ride. Maeve will make her appearance in v0.4.0.
As for the forth book of the Mabinogion, that one is going to be the trickiest for me to adapt, since so many things happen in it and Math isn't really the main character, even though the book is named after him. I have some ideas though, and its likely the player character will experience Gwydion and Llew's adventure through the Bard route.
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Here for the mind control dev. Saw it's the same one as 8 Days with D.Va, which had a (decent) amount of MC.
Is that a major kink here too? Or just a villain doing a throw away scene or something and not related to the sex at all?
Is that a major kink here too? Or just a villain doing a throw away scene or something and not related to the sex at all?
The Druid route is planned to have a heavy focus on protagonist-driven mind control. So far it already has two such scenes, one in the shared prologue (but still exclusive to the Druid) and one after the route split. Funny enough, both were added in a stopgap update after the chapter in question was originally released without any mind control sex scenes. I get the sense the dev was like, "Ah, wait, fuck. I made a chapter for the mind control character but then didn't have him doing any mind control sex. Again."
So what's the deal with suspicion in the Druid route? Do I want to maximize it to be the comic evil mind-control villain or something?
What is the strongest class? Druid, Champion, Warlord or Bard?
and in the druid path, is Morrigan a love interest?
and in the druid path, is Morrigan a love interest?
There's really not a "strongest" class. It's more about play style than anything else. It opens and closes off paths to different sex scenes. So far only Warlord can bed the Morrigan, I believe.