Others Lewds: The Cult of Sex [2023-05-29] [LewdsDev]

[69ztare]

I don't like Reigns, so a NSFW Reigns doesn't appeal to me.
But a tip:
In Reigns most of the endings give you a sensation of "it was consequence, not my direct decision". Even the plane crash gives me this idea. But becoming a nun? Seriously? It's not even said what's religion of the church, so we could very well be in an Aphrodite's temple with lots of orgy. And this decision is too big for me to accept that "I" did it (it's not something like "I will take a vacation"). Something better would be "you decided to share your faith in a sad place in which it's forbidden, and they kill you", or "you become so sinless that the divine decides you are too good for earth and they take you to the heavens directly". Or, at least, put an extremely convincing figure in the middle of the story so we can better accept it was consequence, not a direct decision.

 

[Sammy90]

Thanks for the feedback.

Obviously, the game hasn't been in development for very long, but I felt like I needed some external advice on what works well and what doesn't, just so I don't waste time working on the wrong things.

Yes, the pictures are pixelated because AI art is flawed and I don't have an artist, so I assumed that would be the less bad choice. Since no one liked it, we're just going to use high-res versions from now on.

(We will switch to more than 2 choices in the sex scenes at some point just to make them more interesting, but we'll stick with the limit for most other kinds of choices.)

Hey what's the name of this girl? Thanks

 

[moogoo]

Hey what's the name of this girl? Thanks

it's AI-generated.

 

[nitu23]

Really needs a conditional statement or cooldown on each card that prevents you from getting the same card several times in a row. Really sucks to get a game over because you get "you found 5 bucks" or "your parents sent you money" 5 times in a row.
This is also missing the roguelite progress that continues between runs like Reign has. That's probably on the list of things to add, but there's really no reason to play this game for more than one run. As far as I can tell after a couple of runs, there's no recurring interesting characters to learn about or recruit like Reign, no meta-items that unlock new scenes or save you from situations, and not any sort of interesting plot or device to keep you interested.
The "modernity" setting is really boring to me, especially without a hook that explains the looping nature of the game.

Edit:
Also, just to throw it out there: procedural npcs and sex scenes seem like they're going to add variety, I know, but they actually all just become the same, boring lists of actions and attributes. I would highly recommend creating a handful (more is better) of actually well-rounded, curated characters that have set appearances, preferences and stories. Write some scenes that have actual detailed, descriptive prose.
Pepper in the procedural characters in places like the nightclubs, sure, but don't make them a focus. I can't explain how unsexy statements like "he pulls out a whip" are.

 

[LewdsDev]

Thanks again for all the advice, I really appreciate it.

 

[TerumiNin]

Yeah that was really bad too but assumed it was because it was a demo that supposed to end when I got "you continue to be depressed" 4 times in a row after it said "you're no longer depressed" a few cards ago.

 

[vrtrtr]

Is this really how people play porn games or why do so many newish games have phone interfaces?
I wish you all the best, but I'm not gonna touch this again.

 

[KopretCZ]

So.. I guess that thanks to all this super supportive support from our comunity made dev to give up? Patreon or blog is not even working anymore. He wasn´t here basically since he joined. Kinda sad. Was curious to check it out. Guess it should be labeled as abadonned.