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[Defiant Explorer]

Actually, maybe he does have one.
Remember jumpers that supposedly nest somewhere north-east of the village?
Well, if you ask me, that one is a lot of reason to get the hell out of that village asap.

Finished chapter one.
It was fun, but as expected, nowhere near enough for me. Oh well.

There are many reasons why Lasander can leave his home village and meet the protagonist again. However, most of them will be rather far-fetched.

Something tells me that you'll find out more about the jumpers. Their appearance is usually a reason to inform the authorities, who will call in a squad of special hunter exterminators. Not to abandon your home and all your possessions and flee in panic.

Going back to Lasander. Like I said, I don't rule out meeting him in the future. However, my vague idea has more to do with the possibility that he will no longer be welcome at home. Why not? Perhaps someone said something to his pregnant wife and she believed it? Hmm, and who would do something like that? I don't even know...

In that case, though, the encounter with Lasander is unlikely to be friendly.

 

[♍VoidTraveler]

There are many reasons why Lasander can leave his home village and meet the protagonist again. However, most of them will be rather far-fetched.

Something tells me that you'll find out more about the jumpers. Their appearance is usually a reason to inform the authorities, who will call in a squad of special hunter exterminators. Not to abandon your home and all your possessions and flee in panic.

Going back to Lasander. Like I said, I don't rule out meeting him in the future. However, my vague idea has more to do with the possibility that he will no longer be welcome at home. Why not? Perhaps someone said something to his pregnant wife and she believed it? Hmm, and who would do something like that? I don't even know...

In that case, though, the encounter with Lasander is unlikely to be friendly.

Well, i usually spread my stats in such a way that i never have enough to fuck him so... whatever.

 

[Defiant Explorer]

Well, i usually spread my stats in such a way that i never have enough to fuck him so... whatever.

*Cough* Just accumulate a few points of Insight... *Cough*

 

[♍VoidTraveler]

*Cough* Just accumulate a few points of Insight... *Cough*

At this early stage of the game i much prefer turning insight into exp.
I got my build figured and min-maxed just the way i like it, end up with 3 perception and 3 mind, and 1 in the rest.

 

[Defiant Explorer]

At this early stage of the game i much prefer turning insight into exp.
I got my build figured and min-maxed just the way i like it, end up with 3 perception and 3 mind, and 1 in the rest.

Hmm, there's a level 4 check on a choice of 4 abilities, Mind is one of them. That is, you were literally 1 point short of Insight to open the scene.

I certainly could have made the check easier. But... this isn't the modern world. I haven't accentuated it yet, but in the Valatean Republic, cheating is not a misdemeanor, but a pretty serious crime. That is, seducing a married man, especially one like Lasander, is not an easy thing to do.

 

[♍VoidTraveler]

Hmm, there's a level 4 check on a choice of 4 abilities, Mind is one of them. That is, you were literally 1 point short of Insight to open the scene.

I'm a bit hardcore like that, i will happily skip sex if i get more power in exchange.
In this case that power is those experience points you get from insight, giving 1 insight to unlock the scene means i get less exp for my abilities and my min-maxing will need to be readjusted as well. I don't really like that.

I certainly could have made the check easier. But... this isn't the modern world. I haven't accentuated it yet, but in the Valatean Republic, cheating is not a misdemeanor, but a pretty serious crime. That is, seducing a married man, especially one like Lasander, is not an easy thing to do.

You can accentuate all you want but this won't change how the mind of the player works, we will fuck whoever we want if we want, no matter what. Or at least, i certainly will.
It's like putting a very open-minded modern person into the boonies of a medieval era, you think that person will suddenly start behaving like the rest of those medieval peasants just because?
I'd probably need quite a bit more immersion to assume the role i guess, try putting in some good quality ambient music that fits the theme of your game, that should help a lot. Then we can get to that accentuating business, after your game can properly immerse the player that is.

 

[Defiant Explorer]

I'm a bit hardcore like that, i will happily skip sex if i get more power in exchange.
In this case that power is those experience points you get from insight, giving 1 insight to unlock the scene means i get less exp for my abilities and my min-maxing will need to be re-adjusted too. I don't really like that.

Well, from the min-max point of view, this scene is advantageous to open, you can get up to +3 Insight there. I see the reluctance to open this scene only in the case of the role aspect (the player doesn't think it suits the character), or maybe not wanting to accidentally get pregnant.

You can accentuate all you want but this won't change how the mind of the player works, we will fuck whoever we want if we want, no matter what. Or at least, i certainly will.

I know, and I don't mind at all. What I meant was that it shouldn't be too easy check there. Also, that I like to play not so much with the sex scenes themselves, but with the context around them. It makes the sex scenes... deeper.

It's like putting a very open-minded modern person into the boonies of a medieval era, you think that person will suddenly start behaving like the rest of those medieval peasants just because?

I'd probably need quite a bit more immersion to assume the role i guess, try putting some good quality ambient that fits the theme of your game, that should help a lot. Then we can get to that accentuating business.

Well, the protagonist, although under the control of the player, still has her own personality and lives within the confines of her society.

And the music... A sore subject. I remember listening to a lot of tunes for days until I got a headache. I found a few that fit, but there were other difficulties. For example, there are no "typical activities" like being in a peaceful area (calm tune), starting a battle (fight tune), etc. Some scenes in my game like an emotional swing, a calm conversation can turn into an argument and there doesn't quite fit a "default" calm tune. And the weight of some melodies is often such that the game is easy "fat" to 1 GB, purely at their expense. Plus, I have to change the interface to insert the volume slider...

So decided that for now, no soundtrack, sorry.

 

[♍VoidTraveler]

Well, if you decide to get back to the subject of music at some point, may want to check my F95 profile, i hand-picked a lot of interesting things there.

 

[kunIOIOIOIOIO]

Actually, maybe he does have one.
Remember jumpers that supposedly nest somewhere north-east of the village?
Well, if you ask me, that one is a lot of reason to get the hell out of that village asap.

Finished chapter one.
It was fun, but as expected, nowhere near enough for me. Oh well.

I like how you think

 

[poplan]

Defiant Explorer There is a bit of an issue when running this locally on some web server software like nginx which is case sensitive.

Example:
<img src="img/passage/Glade.png">

The download package has this file as:
img/passage/Glade.PNG

So the image doesn't work without renaming the extension to lowercase.


Other cases are also related such as Logo.png vs logo.png.

 

[nightsight]

already got to the part were we are forced to join the caravan assuming the game IS becoming a erotic dancer for pay?

 

[Defiant Explorer]

poplan

This is a bug for users of Linux or any other case-sensitive system. It was fixed back on September 24nd. I even just double-checked the code, yes, it's fixed.

You probably have an older version of the game (before September 24). Download any of the first 4 links from this site, or any from here:

You must be registered to see the links

The last 2 links on this site were added by a moderator, I don't know why and I don't know if I can remove them, I'll check now to see if there is an old version or something. Just in case.

UPD. Just checked the last two links that the moderator added. Nope, they're new too. Poplan, you must have an old (release) version with a bug. Most likely you didn't download it from here or itch.io.

Some sites added the game to their arsenal themselves. There may be old versions. Download the game only from here or from itch.io, where I added the game myself.

 

[Defiant Explorer]

already got to the part were we are forced to join the caravan assuming the game IS becoming a erotic dancer for pay?

Um... no? Why an erotic dancer? It could be said that the game forces the protagonist to become an actress. Will there be erotic dancing in the repertoire? Who knows. I'm not answering questions about the story, as well as any future events, to avoid ruining things with spoilers. Sorry.

Well and it's a story-driven game, the word "forced"... I don't know, it's like saying Tolkien forced Frodo to carry the ring to the mountain, and yet they could have immediately flown there quickly and easily on eagles. Or Martin forced Daenerys to marry Drogo. Yes, the authors could have done none of that, but then they wouldn't have had a story to tell.

It's sad if this makes you feel like you're being forced, but giving the player complete freedom in this context would mean literally modeling an entire world (who knows where exactly you'll want to go and what to do?). I'm not sure that's even possible.

 

[Defiant Explorer]

Attention​

An extremely unpleasant and very well hidden bug has been discovered.

UPD. The bug is fixed in a radical way in version 1.0. But it may remain in your old saves. Watch the Changelog 2022-10-31 to see if you have this bug. Details on the bug itself are in the spoiler below.

Spoiler: Bug details.

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[Defiant Explorer]

Added a polished version of Chapter 1 (version 1.0). All links are updated. See the Changelog for details.

See my Patreon and Subscribestar pages for news about Chapter 2.

 

[Mr.SpacePenguin]

Im kinda hyped for this game

 

[nightsight]

im sorries xD what i mean by forced i mean only other option i show was said no and game over happens hahaha
was thinking if you had an option where she refuses and takes a different path ?

 

[aifgamer]

Wow, this is outstanding. One of the most promising games to come along in awhile.

I'll be subscribing.

+1 for not having terrible music that I have to immediately turn off.

 

[Defiant Explorer]

im sorries xD what i mean by forced i mean only other option i show was said no and game over happens hahaha
was thinking if you had an option where she refuses and takes a different path ?

Oh, no need for sorries, I'm not offended or anything. Are there possible other options? Theoretically, yes. Practically, no. In games where the gameplay has typical activities, like wandering around the map, and taking the developer's prescribed jobs in cities - it's possible. All the developer needs to do is work out those typical activities, create character templates or random generation algorithms, etc. Something like this is more likely to be found in Roguelike than in RPGs. Of course, if the game is being developed by a large studio, with hundreds of people, for several years... But that's not my case, anyway.

In my case, where every scene and character is prescribed individually, this kind of freedom is impossible. I try to give as much freedom of action as possible within the story, but not outside of it. For example, in Сhapter 1, a player needs to feed the protagonist (she's hungry!). This can be achieved in half a dozen ways. And + 1 option - not to feed her (this option is also provided).

But get out of the story and go wherever you want - won't work. As stated in the game on this matter:

"Will she find what she's looking for? Or was it a fatal mistake? Either way, she has chosen her own way. But that's a whole other story..."

Yep, a whole other story.

 

[bakerarts]

Ok at first you had my interest with the description, but now after playing you have my full erection I mean attention. Seriously though this game is really good I fell in love with my character and all the other ones you created, I am looking forward to what you do next.