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Nothing happens when I try to run the game. Literally nothing. No error messages or anything, just nothing.
Unreal Engine Hilichurl's Girl [v0.0.45] [LilCocogoat]
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I ADORE the concept, more female pov is great. The lighting is pretty bad though, I know it's supposed to be scary, but you can't see anything even when you're caught.
There will be options like fp and tp for h-scenes only, so itll remain there til the end
Ngl First person female pov for sex scene is hot as hell, so insanelly underused
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- Jun 11, 2017
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Really appreciate it being pov for sex scenes too. I've seen too many female protag games that are in first person, then suddenly when you get to the sex animation it just pulls you out to a 3rd person scene or from the aggressor's perspective.
Having a switch of camera would be good for those who want it, but I like the focus. My only real complaint so far is what the others have been saying in that it is a bit too dark, and i cant notice all too much of a difference between torch upgrades. It's marginal and you still largely cant see too much in front of you.
I do wonder what kind of goal this game has in how its shaping up. Like what a completed version would look like. Exploration of different zones and progressing through them all? Income management sim where you have to keep up with demands of hilichurls? No idea, but I like the overall concept.
Having a switch of camera would be good for those who want it, but I like the focus. My only real complaint so far is what the others have been saying in that it is a bit too dark, and i cant notice all too much of a difference between torch upgrades. It's marginal and you still largely cant see too much in front of you.
I do wonder what kind of goal this game has in how its shaping up. Like what a completed version would look like. Exploration of different zones and progressing through them all? Income management sim where you have to keep up with demands of hilichurls? No idea, but I like the overall concept.
While I didn't enjoy Genshin itself, I can really appreciate this game. Very few games get the balance right when it comes to horror and h-scenes and it was really effective in both regards, at least at first. The random-ness of which scene you get is a little annoying and having to fail over and over to see the Hilichurl scenes wasn't exactly thrilling. On the horror side of things, there was a severe lack of challenge. After I realized that the enemies are, to be blunt, dumb as a bag of bricks and with their mechanics being pretty hard to identify to boot, running around like a headless chicken quickly turned into the most effective strategy.
I really, really like what you have got going here, especially it being POV the whole way through and being able to turn the camera during H-Scenes. That plus the horror theming and the interesting set-up for a story will have me watching this project! So I want to put my two ideas for what you might be able to do to improve this project further out there, for your no-pressure consideration:
The enemies being hard to figure out is a blessing in disguise. Lean further into it by giving them complex behavior, but before that you should definitely hone their pathfinding and AI a bit. They often get stuck, lose track of where you are and even lock up entirely. Once you iron out the bugs, I feel like these guys can be really effective if you make them hard to predict. I couldn't figure out for the longest time if they hate my light, or are drawn to it, if looking at them or away from them is better, etc. Confusing the player with their behavior by changing it up frequently will put them in the shoes of the character and make it all the more terrifying.
The ingredients all feel more or less the same at the moment, not considering the price. Sure they look and spawn slightly differently, but they serve the same purpose. This could be changed with a bartering system and consistent spawn patterns. Relegate particular plants to particular areas of the map or even to one specific map and then have one of the Churls send the protagonist off to get a number of a specific kind of plant, in exchange for more currency or exclusive upgrades/scenes/map unlocks. From there you could even tie enemies to those locations, forcing the player to enter a very hostile area of a map to find a certain type of plant, or scripted encounters with creatures.
I'm sorry for the long rant but I hope my ramblings are of use to you!
I really, really like what you have got going here, especially it being POV the whole way through and being able to turn the camera during H-Scenes. That plus the horror theming and the interesting set-up for a story will have me watching this project! So I want to put my two ideas for what you might be able to do to improve this project further out there, for your no-pressure consideration:
The enemies being hard to figure out is a blessing in disguise. Lean further into it by giving them complex behavior, but before that you should definitely hone their pathfinding and AI a bit. They often get stuck, lose track of where you are and even lock up entirely. Once you iron out the bugs, I feel like these guys can be really effective if you make them hard to predict. I couldn't figure out for the longest time if they hate my light, or are drawn to it, if looking at them or away from them is better, etc. Confusing the player with their behavior by changing it up frequently will put them in the shoes of the character and make it all the more terrifying.
The ingredients all feel more or less the same at the moment, not considering the price. Sure they look and spawn slightly differently, but they serve the same purpose. This could be changed with a bartering system and consistent spawn patterns. Relegate particular plants to particular areas of the map or even to one specific map and then have one of the Churls send the protagonist off to get a number of a specific kind of plant, in exchange for more currency or exclusive upgrades/scenes/map unlocks. From there you could even tie enemies to those locations, forcing the player to enter a very hostile area of a map to find a certain type of plant, or scripted encounters with creatures.
I'm sorry for the long rant but I hope my ramblings are of use to you!
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Try creating a shortcut and add -dx11 to the parameters and play game using it (shortcut)
Like on this screenshot
I'll ask what others may be thinking too: Are you going to drastically increase visibility/lighting? As others said, Horror != too dark to see shit, plenty of horror style games have clear visibility, and this is a lewd one to boot, there's things we WANT to be able to see CLEARLY (like our character, and the scenes) - I like the idea of what you have here, but I have to be able to see it clearly to enjoy it, and even that "updated" screenshot you gave was too dark to make anything but glowing mushroom tops out.
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I love the restricted female protagonist POV! Very reminiscent of the old Skyrim H-mods and pretty uncommon. This is looking really strong- can't wait for more! A couple QOL suggestions:
+In the hilichurl's home camp, the sales box should have some physics redirection around it to encourage items to land inside. I can see it becoming a little tiresome trying to drop items into the box with the default physics a few hours into the game.
+The torch is a little too far inside the POV, causing it to be blinding. The game is (currently) very dependent on visual queues, and a sputtering torch throwing off random embers really makes seeing important details challenging in a player unfriendly way.
+In the hilichurl's home camp, the sales box should have some physics redirection around it to encourage items to land inside. I can see it becoming a little tiresome trying to drop items into the box with the default physics a few hours into the game.
+The torch is a little too far inside the POV, causing it to be blinding. The game is (currently) very dependent on visual queues, and a sputtering torch throwing off random embers really makes seeing important details challenging in a player unfriendly way.
From my experience, I would love to see signs next to the vendors that lightly explain how to use them. I kinda figured out on my own that you need to drop the items in the box and hit turn in to actually turn them in. Otherwise, just the increase to lighting or sound from the enemy that the other folks are asking about. I'm enjoying the horror element and I look forward to seeing more updates.