I'm going to be honest, and I might be looking at all this in a narrow mind. That is her childhood connection with MC. I haven't seen this for other sisters. MC don't have a bond with them before entering the Karlsson City. Yeah, he got Olivia. But, tell me, except that old temple scene (which is not at all that impressive), did you go through anything really emotional in flashback for olivia-MC in comparison with MC-Stacy scene?
I get what you mean, at least we are told a lot of time how close Olivia and Kane were before. It's a tell don't show problem. But I also have my problems with the Kane/Olivia relationship. Even a a good Olivia treats Kane much to worse on sub path if you acutally consider them as loving siblings. I mean every normal person would just rage out the moment they see their siblings treated like they are, and even more if they forced to do it themselves.
My problem with Veronica is as I said before that she feels the most responsible for everything going on. And a small act of human decency to the person that changed her whole perspective on life doesn't even feel like a babystep of redemption for me.
Do veronica & nurse have sex scene in this update for dom path? I haven't found one. I'm presently in good domination revolution path with no gameshow host.
Do veronica & nurse have sex scene in this update for dom path? I haven't found one. I'm presently in good domination revolution path with no gameshow host.
So, Sub players got to fuck nurse first than dom players. Wow, first time ever I think that a important character is made available to sub paths for sex compare to dom paths. But, you deserve it. No hard feelings. Infact, I'm gonna say, I loved the subromance of veronica even though I'm not into sub paths. That version of veronica felt so worthy than dom version of veronica.
So it seems like Kyle storyline is gone now, which I am pretty sure is the Juliette sub romance. Sucks, was looking forward to seeing a different side of her on that side.
First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to those that are celebrating it this week! The first wave of my family/friends are coming Tuesday (not many can afford to take a long time off to visit through the wedding but a few can do it being like retired or self-employed, etc.) and I apologize for a very late update but I just spent all night on wedding stuff, etc. Almost past 1 am and just getting back... yikes.
To make things easier for family/friends, we all rented a really big beachfront vacation home like a tourist for two months! It will help everyone fit that don't stay with my parents or other family here (a few want to stay at hotels too for privacy) and it's within five minutes to my parents place so everyone should still be very close together. My cousin - I have mentioned her before, now a freshman at a great university - will be the one person staying with me personally for Thanksgiving, flying back to the Northeast area of the United States, taking her exams, and flying back again for the wedding/her school break!
I admit I am starting to get a bit overwhelmed with things so I'm trying my best to balance time, etc. I'm really excited and up emotionally but now starting to worry about a lot of details and things I have tried to not think about too hard, hehe...
I did a bit over 100 renders and wrote quite a bit more this week. I am getting very formal help to close out the update with Anais next week coming on to essentially help run the site, last renders (I will write the dialogue and direct a lot of camera shots like we usually do) and that kind of thing.
Anais has already been running the Patreon site as the admin for the last two months and it's been a BIG help to me, the little details and things. Her formal game help with renders is starting very soon. I expect she will end up helping me render the last two scenes on my list below. This update from Test --> Final is longer than prior updates because I want to add essentially four scenes versus usually two in prior Test-Final updates.
So I apologize for a slightly longer turnaround time but to be fair, there's more being added this time too. Here is my remaining task list for what I call a Final A Version. I will release a 8.3.1FinalA and then likely very quickly do a FinalB (usually less than a week if not only a day or two) if any last minute massive errors are found, etc.
Final A list:
Minor tweaks and end to sub scene preview scene images above, dom scene preview scene above.
Remaining scenes: Dom scene w/Claudia (a bit more evil) and Game 6 sub scene (Olivia based).
About 12 renders left for outro out of 31ish -- 19 done or so, 12 left.
Testing
It's a simple list but the scenes are not super short either.
I am honestly trying to get this done in two weeks but this week is nasty (in terms of time commitments) but doing what I can and juggling as best as I can... I feel a bit behind in everything and expected a lot of time crunch, but I'm still a bit surprised.
I'm honestly really feeling a lot of emotions right now with everything happening but I'm very lucky and know it!
Please have a wonderful week everyone! I am working hard on this and realize for next time that I might wait until two scenes are left for a Final Version before a Test is out.
Love,
Tess
Let's hope that Maviarab can solve this new puzzle for us!
As a Dom player, the current event is simply boring and pointless. The point system is absurd and illogical (variable: dgame). For Tess, this event only serves to further appease her supporters. Wasting almost four updates on it speaks volumes.
In my opinion, Tess is failing at the most crucial moment. This test version is a prime example. First, let's remove the scenes that are identical in both the sub-path and the Dom path. These scenes, which generally don't involve Kane, are, in my opinion, really good and the most interesting. Here, the story/backstory is told and the characters' scheming is showcased. However, if you move on to the remaining scenes, the actual paths, these are completely detached from the story and are... (I can't find the words to describe it). This makes one thing abundantly clear: The ratio of content/decisions from the Dom path to the Sub path is estimated to be at least 60% in favor of the Sub path.
I'm still waiting for the final version, but I don't expect any significant changes, especially in the Dom path!
Yes, all these variables are utterly nonsensical. Tess has turned the exploitation film style into something that now resembles the formulaic plots of soap opera which it's truly tedious
So it seems like Kyle storyline is gone now, which I am pretty sure is the Juliette sub romance. Sucks, was looking forward to seeing a different side of her on that side.
I also agree that some of the recent reviews are very unfair. I have my own issues with this game, but there are also many things I genuinely like about it. I still admire the story Tess created, and I definitely want to see where it all ends.
But...
These reviews are more recent. This game had many positive reviews before, and it still maintains an overall rating of 4 thanks to all the past work Tess has put into it. Past supporters knew what the game was about, but they still held out hope that the game could be more balanced for dom players — from shifting the femdom aspect to MC-dom, even allowing for extreme options in the future. Keeping that aside, most of the recent changes Tess made were geared toward pruning the dom paths.
After all, this is a sadistic “from slave to king” regime-style game with the possibility of overthrowing the system. You can’t expect everyone to stick to the “good dom” path and act as the “soft hero.” But anyway, most of the old players have left now, and there’s no one left in this thread to give new players any hope that things might change in the next update after their playthrough. Because right now, they don’t.
Anyway, Outside of this thread, I'm praising this game everywhere and doing my part to encourage them to atleast try it.
Nope this is supposed to be the MC/Juliette sub romance path. The one where we replace Kyle. That is gone now, all because I said one little comment in discord that she found nitpicky.
Cause I should be held "accountable" for a comment that wasn't any attack or really negative in anyway, but she attacked me, insulted me, now she is removing one of the biggest paths I care for.
Honestly sad about it, it was like one of my most looked to paths, just gone. I was so happy to eventually see a softer side to her, be treated better, see some romance from her, all just gone, never will happen now.
She's probably going to go ahead and ban me from discord soon, she already put me in timeout. Part of me wants to attack her or say something negative, its just not who I am, I will not be that kind of person. I never thought this day would come.
Just letdown about removal of Jules sub romance path. Wasted so much time helping her with errors(had some more ready to send), its just all gone and over now, cause of one comment.
Nope this is supposed to be the MC/Juliette sub romance path. The one where we replace Kyle. That is gone now, all because I said one little comment in discord that she found nitpicky.
Cause I should be held "accountable" for a comment that wasn't any attack or really negative in anyway, but she attacked me, insulted me, now she is removing one of the biggest paths I care for.
Honestly sad about it, it was like one of my most looked to paths, just gone. I was so happy to eventually see a softer side to her, be treated better, see some romance from her, all just gone, never will happen now.
She's probably going to go ahead and ban me from discord soon, she already put me in timeout. Part of me wants to attack her or say something negative, its just not who I am, I will not be that kind of person. I never thought this day would come.
Just letdown about removal of Jules sub romance path. Wasted so much time helping her with errors(had some more ready to send), its just all gone and over now, cause of one comment.
I'm confused. She said she removed Juliette romance for dom path. And that's open and old news. She also said that, instead, she will plan "weird romance" path for subkane. Now, she removed that also?
I'm confused. She said she removee Juliette romance for dom path. And that's open and old news. She also said that, instead, she will plan "weird romance" path for subkane. Now, she removed that also?
Yep, all because one comment I made was too nitpicky and apparently pissed her off. So she remove that path cause I need to be held "accountable" for having an opinion.
Yep, all because one comment I made was too nitpicky and apparently pissed her off. So she remove that path cause I need to be held "accountable" for having an opinion.
I don't know if there is more about the story. If that is what happened, sorry for you and the other juli sub path fans.
I'm not much into sub paths. I only play k1 veronica path to see how the veronica & callista stories plays out without the kane in it (when he faces the ultimate death).
These recent reviews are absurd. I don't think this is a 5* game but it's definitely not 1 or 2* from any type of objective standpoint. Playing a game that you dislike the theme of is not cause for giving a poor review. Not that it means much on F95, but I've had objective reviews removed for 3* reviews that listed out system mechanics and describing a plot as "off topic" while I see all these 1* reviews that essentially scream "I hate the femdom dystopia setting that is clearly described and tagged for this game".
A lot of those bad reviews seem to be from players who went into the VN with wrong expectations or did not spent enough time with the rank system to figure out the dom path.
Some seem to misunderstand the tags. One review complained that anal sex is not an option in every dom sex scenes. (There are some dom sex scenes with anal sex as an option, but it's not an option in every scene.)
One complained that femdom/maledom has to be consensual with safeword ... the tag "femdom" covers both, consensual and nonconsensual femdom, especially if there is also the tag "slave".
It's a VN, not a sandbox or simulation, so choices can only have limited impact on the story. If players want to have full impact of their choices, there is a game called Real Life.
Imho : Even wrong reviews are kind of feedback so I would not delete them, just exclude them.
I think we miss a system to mark reviews that are based too much on personal likes/dislikes or wrong expectations as not relevant (with reason) so that they do not spoil the rating. If a game has a solid technical base like KG, fair ranks should start at 3 stars, even if a player does not like the kinks in the game ... especially games for niche groups have a hard time if everybody who does not share the niche kink can simply downvote a game with a dislike.
A lot of those bad reviews seem to be from players who went into the VN with wrong expectations or did not spent enough time with the rank system to figure out the dom path.
Some seem to misunderstand the tags. One review complained that anal sex is not an option in every dom sex scenes. (There are some dom sex scenes with anal sex as an option, but it's not an option in every scene.)
One complained that femdom/maledom has to be consensual with safeword ... the tag "femdom" covers both, consensual and nonconsensual femdom, especially if there is also the tag "slave".
It's a VN, not a sandbox or simulation, so choices can only have limited impact on the story. If players want to have full impact of their choices, there is a game called Real Life.
Imho : Even wrong reviews are kind of feedback so I would not delete them, just exclude them.
I think we miss a system to mark reviews that are based too much on personal likes/dislikes or wrong expectations as not relevant (with reason) so that they do not spoil the rating. If a game has a solid technical base like KG, fair ranks should start at 3 stars, even if a player does not like the kinks in the game ... especially games for niche groups have a hard time if everybody who does not share the niche kink can simply downvote a game with a dislike.
That's not true, choices we take are calculated fully with several flags. Tess is very efficient on this. The problem is, We don't even get choices like we expect and seems logical. Finally, It's tess story, she gives us choices according to mood swings and cut the paths whenever or however or wherever she wants.
Let us take example of evil dom (just now completed with k1mistress path because demon got pruned), Alessandra is revealing full story to Kane, I know Kane can't do shit because he is still k9 from past one season. But, atleast, I expected some inner dialogues from Kane like "I accept my reality that it is not my time, But I wont forget this Alessandra".
For Evil Dom players (with K1 Mistress path)), the story went too ahead and now everything feel like.. "Okay, that's how it is" meh.. I regret selecting that choice, I definately not ready for it lol.
Any other games where femdom is by mother or sister?
like Real fixed relations written with intent by developer (NOT patched later or changeable by player e.g landlady)
Nope this is supposed to be the MC/Juliette sub romance path. The one where we replace Kyle. That is gone now, all because I said one little comment in discord that she found nitpicky.
Cause I should be held "accountable" for a comment that wasn't any attack or really negative in anyway, but she attacked me, insulted me, now she is removing one of the biggest paths I care for.
Honestly sad about it, it was like one of my most looked to paths, just gone. I was so happy to eventually see a softer side to her, be treated better, see some romance from her, all just gone, never will happen now.
She's probably going to go ahead and ban me from discord soon, she already put me in timeout. Part of me wants to attack her or say something negative, its just not who I am, I will not be that kind of person. I never thought this day would come.
Just letdown about removal of Jules sub romance path. Wasted so much time helping her with errors(had some more ready to send), its just all gone and over now, cause of one comment.
