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But they don't look different, we just see them from different perspective. Everything that Mc has seen, the lab thing and the party invitation actually happened. In the lab he couldn't hear them and then he arrived mid conversation when Rachel was talking to the other guy. It's not like he sees things that didn't happen.
Perhaps... maybe that was just the impression I got. Regardless, that kissing scene is ambiguous on purpose. Notice the other hand. It's flailing on the side. The cheek touching could be construed as an attempt to to push his head/neck away. And can we really tell what the whole action is like from one still frame? If you take a picture during any activity it can look quite different than whats actually going on.
That's kind of the point I am trying to make, that one still frame is all we got, if we had more maybe the situation would be different.
I'm glad I could provide something of tiny value with my time.
I did mention in my piece that this is still in early stages by mentioning 0.2.2. But I wanted to inform the dev that it felt weird to me. It still took me about two or three hours total to go through with the prologue and that's a pretty long time. Of course the past events didn't happen the way MC remembers!
The beating scene should be blank (or red) because he lost it totally. I didn't spend time with "compressed" JPGs from but I didn't see any changes in 2560x1440 fullscreen between original PNGs and WEBPs I converted with ImageMagick's convert command using their default settings. I just wanted to let the dev know that there was another image format around that could bring a better compression rate for less loss of image quality. It's ultimately his choice what to do with his art and how to bring it to the masses.
I understand you wanted to work it out on "one" session. But it sometimes felt it didn't go anywhere. Especially those awkward silences with both characters giving multiple "..." lines in succession.
You do what you want to do with your story and your game. I just wanted to let you know that the narrator felt unnecessary to me as I had just got used to MC narrating (and it felt better because I'm MC in the game). I only want you to get better in writing and the only way to do that is to give you feedback. To me, your renders that are brilliant at best, and I'd like your writing be brilliant as well. If you really like the narrator dude(tte) echoing what happens in characters' thoughts and in your renders, keep him/her.
Maybe give us a choice to give our own save description instead?
Awesome!
You should play around with WEBP too. Who knows if you'll find the answer for the size problem there. Many VNs have switched from JPG to WEBP and from MP4 to WEBM to save space and bandwidth. As I mentioned earlier to Hordragg, I didn't see big differences in image quality between PNG and converted WEBP on my 1440p screen. It has 70% more pixels than 1080p so I should see if there was big differences in image quality.
The Dev wants you to believe whatever you want. The ambiguous look of the scene is intended to do just that... I provided you the data I felt you needed, how you compile it is up to you... Don't shoot the messenger. I just didn't set up a breakup forever path because the whole story goes around his love for Rachel (That's what drives the MC to do whatever he's going to do in the present story, that's a given...
open script, delete that line, save and see what happens... worst than it is right now it will not get...
Thanks M'95.I loved the prologue and the emotions it made me feel, It was like being a teenager again with all the insecurities.
About the poll, you should be able to make a poll here on F95, as I dont think many here have a Patreon account.
Thanks for this great escape from my boring life
I know, I know... But if her hand wasn't on his cheek I feel like a lot of this heated "discussion" wouldn't have happened. Would that be a good thing or a bad thing? I don't know, I mean obviously there is interest in the game so that's good but the pages and pages of back and forth make me wonder.
That was a Nice discussion and a valid one.
When we the player see that scene it is from the MC memory 22 years later and from his prospective. It's one single render, not and animation, not a series of renders. To me it is a traumatic moment frozen in time for the MC, hence why we as the player only see that one image of the kiss, it's the part burned into his memory. From there it is up to us as the player to get the rest of picture from others, like Anderson or Rachel.
Well, as I understand it, Jackie survived being shot so she is still in charge of her criminal organization back in Eastern Place. Anderson and Rachel (plus baby?) had to go on the run to survive. Where is the big question. It seems unlikely that they would then join a rival organization, that the MC wouldn't know that it was them for 20 years, and then he suddenly bumps into them right after dreaming about them. Also unlikely since I'd expect Jackie would find them much easier that way.
Yeah, that's why I get frustrated with so much of the whole "cheating, lying whore" argument. Just because that is what he remembers doesn't mean that's the way it happened. He is biased (as we all are) to try and cast himself in the best light. I doubt he has a perfect memory after 22 years, no matter how traumatic an event. Just wish people would let Kinky tell his story and wait to see what happens instead of trying to argue that everything should be changed.
That would be a really cool story arc, and of course revenge on Jackie would be legendary. Of course hopefully this time the MC learns the value of a good double-tap!
hmmm I am quite certain Jakie is ded as a rock. She just called up the dude with her final breath. As batshit as she was, her role was to pass on the torch to the MC. To make him "king" according to her. Her dying to make way for a new king seems fitting.
Yeah, fairly sure Jackie survived since at the end her eye turns and looks at "you". Also I believe Kinky Shop said so or eluded to it on this thread (somewhere).
I remember seeing something like that as well. I hope she did pull through so I can see her get shot again. Best antagonist ever.
