Unity Onhold Indoctrination [v4 Tech Demo] [The Architect]

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Primarily because there's not much to talk about. The game was barely out of the door, and it's still a tech demo per-se, not a proper release/live build. Even the updates were sparse and few so you can't amass much engagement if you don't have anything to show for it.

I don't agree that Mass Effect is dead, but it's just not culturally relevant anymore like it used to be. However, Architect's games require a power dynamic, and I don't recall any other recent IPs or something like BG3 where it could fit that theme.
The issue with Mass Effect is that it's pretty much over. The Remaster is already 4 years old and it's not getting much traction, most people that bought it, were old fans that couldn't play it on consoles anymore, hence why in some stat announcement Bioware made at the time, something like 80% of sales were on Playstation. Even then, most of the new people that bought it and played it, didn't engage with it like old fans did, that had to wait 2-3 years between releases. People binged it and moved on.

The other thing is that the Trilogy is over, and the cast is retired, so there is not going to be a resurgence of these characters, even with the next ME, because they won't be in it, and if they will be, their 5 second cameos won't sell them to a new audience. And then, there's no way a new cast of characters by this Bioware are going to top the trilogy cast. So, while not dead, Mass Effect has nowhere to go, and no way to make a come back. These characters will not be relevant in any way to younger people in 2-3 years. None of them will care how anon killed trillions of his children, jerking it to Tali's 3-toed feet, 20 years ago.
 
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johnyakuza1

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Yikes, did people really enjoy HnS that much over literally anything else?
Those are my thoughts, too. I liked Hack and Stalk 2, but the other two are just bleh. I agree that those games haven't aged well in terms of their stupid mini-games, gameplay, and the writing is cringeworthy, but that doesn't warrant remaking them from the ground up.

Those games are in the past; it's time to move on, and the nostalgia baiting won't work. They weren't such masterpieces back then, and they aren't now, so much so that it deserves putting a new up-and-coming project on hold. Architect could've gone with Hack and Stalk 4, if he was so inclined to revisit that franchise once again. Still, from my perspective, this is a waste of effort and time that otherwise could've gone towards Indoctrination, which was already on its last legs.

Maybe the loud majority of his supporters tricked him into believing there was more demand for Hack and Stalk than it really is?
 

the_MCB

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Actually, I like these "stupid" mini-games very much, as they influence the story and require some effort. I liked HnS2 very much.
And in GRH there were some interactive mini-games, too.
LIS was great as well, but for my taste it lacks the nice mini-games.

But all in all I can say: Whatever he does, it's always a really great game!
 

Bunchanumbers

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Honestly I've never seen a mass effect project get banned by EA so it's a little paranoid to assume so, The Pilgrimage porn game is up to Chapter fuckin 2 by this point.
 
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Grove

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The issue I think is the timing. If the game is announced close to when ME Legendary Edition is released, I think it will generate interest. But now the ship has sailed. Bioware hasn't announced anything about the franchise since and most people have moved on.
 
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the_MCB

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Interesting thing is, that Architect's parodies were the only reason for me to buy and play all the LiS and ME games :D
The studios should be glad about these high quality parodies.
 
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I would rather see another hack n stalk game to be honest, those parodies are becoming a bit stale. I enjoyed goons raid her alot but I did not like the LiS one, i thought it dragged on and didn't really like the characters and their models (almost every character looked like a 12 year old boy not a girl) . And this demo did nothing for me despite being a ME fan.
 
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Chakas

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The fuck are you guys on about. ME is still on demand and is one of the best games to make porn of, huge cast of hot girls including aliens etc, The game with only Tali as protagonist getting plowed by monkeys have a part 2 because people liked it. Also there are his normal fans that already like his work.
He can certainly make this game work well enough to sell, just have to market it right and make it enjoyable.
 
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I wish I could agree with that about the Mass Effect girls. Practically nobody makes stuff with them anymore. So I am guessing that the demand and therefore the money isn't there.
 
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Status Update


Hi folks.
Last post I talked about shifting my attention to a Steam targeted project. But with my luck, after spending a fair amount of hours working on this new project, the payment processor adult game apocalypse hit Steam. And to make it short, I don't feel it's a good idea to keep investing time on this new game until Steam sort out their mess and make it absolutely clear what the platform accepts and forbids. At this moment, it's hard to trust anything they say so.
So... I'm undoing the lane shifting and working again on the Indoctrination project as I still can (at least for now) host it in the platforms I always used to. This fickle shitshow will result in the greatest period this page will have without any build releases as all the work done since the latest published build is now on hold.
Here's a video preview of HnS first minutes of gameplay. I hope I can go back to it later when (if) the publishing scenario stabilizes again.

And here is a preview of what I'm working for the next Indoctrination release:

See ya!
Peace!
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tuake

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Status Update


Hi folks.
Last post I talked about shifting my attention to a Steam targeted project. But with my luck, after spending a fair amount of hours working on this new project, the payment processor adult game apocalypse hit Steam. And to make it short, I don't feel it's a good idea to keep investing time on this new game until Steam sort out their mess and make it absolutely clear what the platform accepts and forbids. At this moment, it's hard to trust anything they say so.
So... I'm undoing the lane shifting and working again on the Indoctrination project as I still can (at least for now) host it in the platforms I always used to. This fickle shitshow will result in the greatest period this page will have without any build releases as all the work done since the latest published build is now on hold.
Here's a video preview of HnS first minutes of gameplay. I hope I can go back to it later when (if) the publishing scenario stabilizes again.

And here is a preview of what I'm working for the next Indoctrination release:

See ya!
Peace!
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HOLY FUCK, I am so happy the adult game apocalypse came when it did. this is my number one game on the site by far! so happy to see it coming back into production.
 

tuake

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Frankly, this is one of two games in this site I'm actually really looking forward to, the other being Messman's "The Pilgrimage".
kind of in the same boat, this was a really cool site at first but then after a while every game sort of feels the same but this game felt beyond unique and down right cool that it had been so sad when I saw he put it on hiatus.
 

johnyakuza1

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Status Update


Hi folks.
Last post I talked about shifting my attention to a Steam targeted project. But with my luck, after spending a fair amount of hours working on this new project, the payment processor adult game apocalypse hit Steam. And to make it short, I don't feel it's a good idea to keep investing time on this new game until Steam sort out their mess and make it absolutely clear what the platform accepts and forbids. At this moment, it's hard to trust anything they say so.
So... I'm undoing the lane shifting and working again on the Indoctrination project as I still can (at least for now) host it in the platforms I always used to. This fickle shitshow will result in the greatest period this page will have without any build releases as all the work done since the latest published build is now on hold.
Here's a video preview of HnS first minutes of gameplay. I hope I can go back to it later when (if) the publishing scenario stabilizes again.

And here is a preview of what I'm working for the next Indoctrination release:

See ya!
Peace!
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Honestly, I don't get why Architect is being so fickle. I hope he's not half-assing both projects. While I'm not the biggest fan of HnS, the new character, Julie, looks hot to say the least. Not being on Steam isn't the end of the world, there's itch.io, GOG.COM, and even Epic Games Store as alternatives, aside from being on Buy Me a Coffee, Patreon and SubscribeStar.

Also, PayPal has blacklisted Steam, who was the main perpetrator behind the censorship, so with the adjustments to Steam's TOS, I think the NSFW games are back in business, as Visa and Mastercard received enough hate and backlash to quietly backpedal on their censorship spree, and the bunch of Karens at Collective Shout have also went silent.

Things are as stable as they'll ever get, and in six months, Trump's fair banking bill will take effect after which Banks won't be allowed to deny transactions citing reputational risk or some other bullshit reason.
 

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Hi folks.
Last post I talked about shifting my attention to a Steam targeted project. But with my luck, after spending a fair amount of hours working on this new project, the payment processor adult game apocalypse hit Steam. And to make it short, I don't feel it's a good idea to keep investing time on this new game until Steam sort out their mess and make it absolutely clear what the platform accepts and forbids. At this moment, it's hard to trust anything they say so.
So... I'm undoing the lane shifting and working again on the Indoctrination project as I still can (at least for now) host it in the platforms I always used to. This fickle shitshow will result in the greatest period this page will have without any build releases as all the work done since the latest published build is now on hold.
Here's a video preview of HnS first minutes of gameplay. I hope I can go back to it later when (if) the publishing scenario stabilizes again.

And here is a preview of what I'm working for the next Indoctrination release:

See ya!
Peace!
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