The version of the game that's currently in the OP has been abandoned. There has been a tech demo for the new version, but maybe the mods just
I don't disagree, but technically they have released something playable in the tech demo.
I thought it was Wild Life that set out to do that, or am I misremembering?
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It isn't.
That's a strange system. Especially since we aren't the ones in control of the front page anyway.
And you apparently think that we decided to restart the game on a whim. We haven't ignored the complaints. You should pay attention to the development, you'll see a lot more and understand a lot more.
Yup. That is correct. The 3D was too controversial.
We are getting rid of the 3D. We wanted to take the risk with 3D because Compound learned to use Blender really quickly, and he made some impressive geometry. It had a ton of potential, as you can see here:
Good thing it is still being made.
There is plenty of truth in that. When this project started I thought it will be your good old LOK re-imagined with awesome art by Kuja. You know, go left, go right, pick up jobs and skills to unlock new animations and more jobs. I think it used to be like that in the beginning but then it grew into something more that's maybe not necessarily all good: walking around in this game is unnecessarily slow and boring and progression feels pretty slow too (probably because of lack of content so far in terms of sex animations etc.).
That's dumb. How can they compare you guys to Yandere dev, when you don't even have a cum chalice.
Uhh, no. We restarted before we considered 3D as an option for different reasons. The 3D was much after the fact. It was more of an evolved thing while we were testing out platforming.
That is precisely why we are going through so much effort. We are trying to make the gameplay less boring. We have been working on implementing a clothing/character customization system. Which is mind bogglingly difficult to do, by the way, making character customization work on that level with 2D character models **and** having them work with context-sensitive animations.There is plenty of truth in that. When this project started I thought it will be your good old LOK re-imagined with awesome art by Kuja. You know, go left, go right, pick up jobs and skills to unlock new animations and more jobs. I think it used to be like that in the beginning but then it grew into something more that's maybe not necessarily all good: walking around in this game is unnecessarily slow and boring and progression feels pretty slow too (probably because of lack of content so far in terms of sex animations etc.).
I wonder if the team would reduce the scope of the game a bit if the progress could be made faster? I mean, all that people really want is just sex anims with possible different clothing options, all the quests and story are just a bonus
Perhaps priority should be given to those 2 features, with quests coming in later. Once you have your character art and animations you can then simply add some quests to unlock them without needing to introduce some complex systems.
Yandere memes are some of my favorite memes. Makes me want a cum chalice of my own.
The people that complain about the time it takes to develop the game would also be ones to complain about this exact thing. It's not a wise decision to make a very ambitious game is what I'm saying.
I agree. Game development, or software development in general, is not easy. But you say here yourself that a game of this complexity develops slowly. You also acknowledge that people want faster development. Wouldn't it then have made more sense to stick with something simpler?
Sure. The main thing is the sex animations themselves, I agree. But I do think that the addition of gameplay and writing can elevate simple sex scenes into so much more. I really liked what the writing in the 0.8 version brought to the table.
Just for clarity's sake. You mean expectations that others have of you, and not expectations you have of yourself, right?
If it was anything other than LoK, then I'd agree with you. But I think LoK deserves something a bit more in depth, especially since the simple has already been done before. That said, our ambitions were perhaps too high with the 3D stuff, we just really wanted to make it work because of how much potential there is in it.
We are simplifying it a bit with the 2D stuff, lowering the requirement on animations, and sorting out some other stuff to make it faster.
Well, good things take time, I'm afraid. Some of my favorite games took ages to make. Hell occasionally I still go to dirtyc101's blog to see if he's made any progress on his project. That said, we're a lot more transparent than most, and we're always working on it.
Agreed. If animations is all people want, then there are plenty of extremely talented animators and porn artists out there that do not need gameplay to enjoy. (I recommend oughta) But we're making a porn *game*, one that needs to be fun, well written, and sexy.
If I'm honest, sometimes both. Sometimes I expect more out of myself than I can physically do, but that's what learning is about, isn't it? Anyway, people have a lot of unrealistic expectations for us, for instance the whole monthly update thing, not going to happen. Monthly updates were a struggle even with the older version of LoK, and I don't want to be shoving out incomplete spaghetti garbage for people to pick apart just because we need to release something. I want to make sure we can deliver something of quality.
Great observation. For several months I had been saying that the path the game was taking was bad and I was suffering from a downgrade more than clear, and I was treated like the bad guy in the movie. What was the result?
Oh boy the comments. I requested it be marked "Abandoned" for specifically these reasons, quoting directly from the Patreon. I also requested a new thread be made with the new version's tech demo. As far as I'm aware, there is no automatic tagging of "Abandoned". Love it or hate it, this version is dead.
