Unity LOK: Rebirth [v0.1.8.0 Test] [The Tribe Devs]

[Pikant]

Hello all! I come to bring you the new Monday post:
Patreon post (with gallery):

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Public post:

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Highlights are:
- we now have a website:

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- 75% of the male idle animations are done
- lots of art was done, especially hands and tools lol
- Uylani is hot

Now to reply to your messages!

It's not the height of the hammer that bothers me, it's that the blade and hilt are both on the anvil. In most cases, that would create enough of an angle to bend the blade when you hammer it. Kills the immersion, you know.

This is a great point. I used a reference video for it, but I'm no blacksmith of course. If you can send me a picture of how it should look like instead, cause the video had several angles, I'd be very happy to fix this position!

for some reason... scenes are bugged in a way? there is no animation, there is just a stuck picture with animation's text going

Oh you must be looking at the old version, as Mad mentioned, follow the patreon link on my profile, and get the launcher from there, you'll get the latest version with the animations in!

There is no animation yet. Because it's not finished. Because it's v0.0.0.

Yep, but as mentioned, you can get it with the launcher from patreon, it's free! just delayed for non-patrons, but all the patches are public by now!

Because the animations were unfinished at the time. Keep in mind the demo isn't indicative of the game's current state. A lot more animations are finished now and the game has switched to a 2.5D perspective instead of 3D. A new demo release is expected relatively soon.

Very well said! We should also begin the testing in-game of the new movement animations now that the new coder is on-board. So hopefully, if everything goes well we really should be able to show something new soon. I cannot throw estimates for the rest of the group, but if Kuja doesn't get a stroke from overworking 2-3 weeks should be enough to also complete the female animations. Truth be told we went a bit over the budget funds from patreon this month, so we may have to actually slow down, but hey, I'm 100% willing to give it my all as last month.

You guys should really download the launcher on their patreon. This will help you to always have the latest version. Already 2 patches have been released for the demo (which is now finished), but the creator of this thread never updated it.... The next release, expected to be soon, will be the 1st version of the game, no more tech demo!

Yep! Fingers crossed about it!
I'll repeat it again, for those who skip to the end of text only: download the launcher from patreon, it's free and you get all the updates there!

 

[Pikant]

Yet another Monday post is up!

Highlights:
- Male idles completed
- Female idles being done
- Combat animations begun
- Uylani's front view done, plus pretty clothes
- Male backside art done and ready to rig

Patreon post (with gallery):

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Public post:

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[zero942]

could you put the game in Mega please?

 

[Pikant]

could you put the game in Mega please?

Why? You can simply download the launcher from the patreon in my profile, or the website, and it updates the game for you whenever there's a new version.

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[Eepy Poss]

Why? You can simply download the launcher from the patreon in my profile, or the website, and it updates the game for you whenever there's a new version.

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some people just do not like having launchers and would prefer a standalone download. I'm the same way, personally, and its mostly the fact that I'm not going to launch it every single day like its a free to play mmo or something so having a launcher is the most pointless thing to have for a porn game that isn't updating that often with a substantial amount of content. I get why you do it because it streamlines the updating process but I would just rather have a download each large update because I'm probably just going to skip some versions depending on the patch notes.

 

[chopolander]

I agree... We already have to deal with launchers like steam, origin, uplay to have to install a game of each... XD

 

[Pikant]

Oh well, as a Spine user, it also has a launcher, and the moment I double-click it it updates Spine on need, then start Spine. And basically this one can do the same: you don't want to update, you start the game, or you update or choose a version, it's two clicks instead of one, but it also lets us give the patreon perksmore easily, and it's free for everybody.

Anyway, Idk how that works (me dumb animator), but I suppose the person who made this thread may be the one you'd want to contact about it?
I think it's more important we as developers focus on making content rather than changing something that works at the moment. I hope you'll understand!

 

[Pikant]

Monday post! (read if you're curious about what we plan)

Highlights:
- We planned the next weeks, I'm gonna be in walk and run hell and overwork Kuja
- Skin recolors now possible - Everything is purple!
- Sek, mah boi, is ready for front and back
- Lots of UI, and coders be doin' magic

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[BloatingRanger]

You and Vlad keep saying that you're putting effort into this game, but ever since the reboot/remake of the game I have not once seen any team member focus on sandwich scenes. Not even talk about such a feature.

Has Vlad even written a description for sandwiches in the game, let alone an eating scene? Not to mention the animation streams both of yours and Archie's, the few times I catch you streaming (thanks for finally being able to have VODs available btw) I see stuff like movement and idles and stuff which don't get me wrong, they're cool and all, but the game originally sold me on the idea and hope that Krystal could finally enjoy her sandwich. It was in the game's banner, even. Unless the team retconned that idea in the remake entirely.

i'm not a furry, but with that said I hope you get more support and don't abandon the game, there's potential here for sure

 

[Pikant]

You got me in the first half, not gonna lie.

Speaking of food I'm pressing Vlad to get more cooking minigames. So far we're getting the grill one (there's pics aboe in the thread, don't they make you hungry? ) but I know there will be more. I'm personally a huge fan of baking, but sandwich making would be amazing and SO IN THEME! Aaaah now I want it XD
Let's never waste the meme potential. (I always wondered how that got into a meme lol)

 

[BloatingRanger]

personally a huge fan of baking, but sandwich making would be amazing and SO IN THEME! Aaaah now I want it XD

Good, at least the game will have soul. Maybe the real curse of LoK was that she never could enjoy her sandwich. You have the chance of breaking that curse. Godspeed.

 

[stickitinher22]

I guess someone flagged your comment as trolling then. To be honest, as it is a very rude thing to write, I'm not surprised. Glad to know you didn't just make it up so my bad for assuming so.



Dude, you're not playing the latest version. Play the latest version FFS. It's not my fault you refuse to play it. I'm done explaining it. Your info is wrong.



What can I say, finding the right people takes time, I started in March, then took over as main animator. I can only speak for when I joined the team, and we shuffled a couple of animators and coders. I'd say it's normal in the gamedev industry :shrug:

10k? damn I wish to see those days too XD fingers crossed!

To be fair, I'm frustrated too that despite working our asses off so little is visible. And when the new game is out it's also gonna be a little thing.

Dude, I'll try to improve my skills, and I wish to get the game out as fast as possible as you also seem to wish.

I understand you love this series, and if you were here 3 years ago first of all, this is amazing commitment, and also a bummer to have little to hold. I can only promise since I got on board I'm trying to put in practice the suggestions I read in here as well as on the discord, trying to communicate regularly, get everyone on team to constantly work, so I hope it will pay off.

If you read the patreon, we still need at least 5 weeks (if everything goes according to planning) to wrap things up for a demo that can be rightfully called so. Sucks it can't be tomorrow, but as we cannot hire a second artist or clone Kuja, that's how fast we can go.

If you really love this game, please consider being a bit kinder from now on. I know you don't know me, but I'm seriously trying here and I just want to make good things and reading hateful stuff doesn't really help boost morale.

If you really hate this game, or this team, fine. Just please keep it to yourself, it's not like writing hateful stuff is gonna change anything anyway. Maybe play other games, there's such a fantastic selection in here!

I wish you a great week! And we'll keep trying to do our best to not let you down in the future.

This is a big ass post and I'm not here to debate or argue with you or anything. I haven't seen you on the team before so I was 100% assuming you were new. I used to post quite a bit but stopped for a while. I'm not trying to put you down or anything, I just feel like the community as a whole and a lot of the patreons were led on and lied to. When the 0.8 version was first abandonned in September/October 2019 they had promised a new game sometime in December 2019/January 2020. It took several months for a tech demo to come out in the summer and it was pretty awful. I don't know the new version you are talking about so if you could link that I'd love to check it out.

All I'm saying is that a lot of the team simply set their expectations of what they wanted to a really high level and created a system that 99% of us didn't really envision when we play this game. We aren't playing Skyrim here, LOK is a sex game. We want to see a sexy bombshell Krystal get corrupted and taken on a foreign planet of lizards. That's why we play this game. The lore and other functions behind it make it really cool too but that isn't the "essence" of what the game is supposed to be, although it can make it more enjoyable for sure. I thought the 0.8 version was awesome, and if the Tavern scenes were created with dancing Uylani, the Sek progression after he saves Krystal, her potential pregnancy and her corruption and removal of her wardrobe etc. The game was going in the right direction and to just turn around and decide to create a game where like 50% of it is picking berries to make potions to heal during combat, or moving boxes around to solve a puzzle for a key to unlock a scroll is just not what the game was built on and should be IMHO.

Regardless, I hope you guys continue working on it and eventually create a masterpiece as the hot babe Krystal deserves. The ideas are all great, it's just putting it into motion. Just don't get detracted from the vision and essence of the game. I remember a post a while ago from one of the Devs who said that the tech demo/release would be delayed a month (it was something along those lines) because you guys were creating music for the game. While all that is fine and dandy, I'm sure a Patreon who is supporting by giving $20 a month or whatever would not be too happy that the only update he got was music lol.

Just don't lose track. Break things down so they're easier to tackle and complete and slowly build the universe and world.

Wish you guys the best. You seem like a good dude who is genuinely trying to support the game. A lot of people believed that some of the devs were taking advantage of their patrons (I also did). I don't think you would be the type to do that.

 

[lonelywolfy]

Hmm... Just...

We aren't playing Skyrim here, LOK is a sex game. We want to see a sexy bombshell Krystal get corrupted and taken on a foreign planet of lizards.

You should say 'I want' more than 'We want'. If I just want animation, I go online, there's already everyone doing porn with krystal.
I'd like to have a game with my game, thanks.
I really apreciate that "sex game" are begening to be more than 2000s flash games were you just move a chara from sex scene to sex scene.

 

[Pikant]

I just wanted to say thanks for keeping an open mind and the good wishes.

About the patreon, I think Vlad answered, I think this can also be discussed internally after the release of the demo when we're less stressed hopefully?

I can totally see why Vlad was upset and didn't give the most polite response possible, could we maybe tone down the attacks in this regard? I think it's common knowledge that it will be harder to get an agreeable response if you use harsh words. Let's be better people, shall we?

Dear D4n0w4r, perhaps we have communicating issues cause we misunderstand your tone? I'll show you how you could have asked the same questions in a better way:

I found some typos in the game that I'd like to report, I understand work can be hectic and these may have slipped, I hope they will be fixed in future versions. It almost seems like Vlad is a bit overwhelmed in this period as usually his work doesn't show as many errors, I hope he's ok.

Also, I appreciate your attempt at being more transparent through the frequent postings and updating the trello and streaming almost daily, would you maybe consider also turning the income visibility public again? In my opinion it would help the project because_____
Thank you for your consideration and I hope to see more updates soon.

So if this had been the question, I'm sure the reply would also have been better.
By the way, hey, if you found some typos and you'd like to report them, I think we'd be super happy to remove them from the game. So in case you feel like reporting them please do.

And as said above, I think we can investigate this and discuss the matter. I'm sorry this is upsetting you and I'd be interested in hearing why you'd think it would be better if you'd like to discuss it.

Btw "it gets buried because it's really not important and we'd rather focus on the game" looking at the speed of progress this project have, it looks like you check every 10 minutes if the money continues to flow(let's not forget the fact that this project will be abandoned as well as the previous one)

(Since I already pleaded for a better tone, let's answer on the contents.)

Well, we're going pretty fast I'm so proud of the amount of progress we're having, especially these last weeks! Check the trello link in my signature, we're really completing lots of stuff here, and I'm so proud of the whole team for it!
(I completed haf of the male main movement just this week!)

It's no secret that if we had more funds we could put more hours in. I freelance for several projects, but this one really growed on me because it's so charming (despite being so lewd lol, but I don't judge!)

Why do you say this? and is there anything we could do to improve?

I think in the end what's important is that we keep this steady progress, and any further help is of course welcome, but again, aren't we all here cause we want a good game?

I don't know what keeps pushing people to say this project will be abandoned (except that amazing quote that still makes me giggle from the other thread), I still see this version as a natural evolution of the project. I would have not worked on the previous version, but this is such a good gem, and it was possible because of that initial time of care. Many projects take years before hitting production, and there's overwhelming evidence the team didn't stop for a bit, especially in these last 3 months.

Anyway, I'd prefer to invest more of my energy in making the game, so I'll try to keep posting the updates here but I'm counting on you to be comprehensive so that I can afford the luxury to only come back here for your constructive feedback and updates. Please try to be excellent to each other.

[edits: I can't spell D:]

 

[TitleA_A]

We aren't playing Skyrim here, LOK is a sex game. We want to see a sexy bombshell Krystal get corrupted and taken on a foreign planet of lizards.

This is important. ^

Interested to see what happens, regardless.
This game would honestly fly if it was anything similar to Perveloper's "Captivity".

Replace shooting with flexible melee features.
Embrace maledom/femdom ryona grapples.

If that was the basis of the game to hold it over in the meantime,
I guarantee there would be less pressure of dev' crunch from impatient supporters feedback.
Build around something with good replayability.

When in doubt: Less dialogue, more sex.
The quality of the sex animations really should be the main the focus of the game.

K's dialogue misses so often, I'd rather just see the character do work.

 

[whatever4096]

This is important. ^

Interested to see what happens, regardless.
This game would honestly fly if it was anything similar to Perveloper's "Captivity".

Replace shooting with flexible melee features.
Embrace maledom/femdom ryona grapples.

If that was the basis of the game to hold it over in the meantime,
I guarantee there would be less pressure of dev' crunch from impatient supporters feedback.
Build around something with good replayability.

When in doubt: Less dialogue, more sex.
The quality of the sex animations really should be the main the focus of the game.

K's dialogue misses so often, I'd rather just see the character do work.

I've said something like this already. It's important to remember that this is primarily a game about sex. There's nothing wrong with some ambition and fun gameplay elements but the sex has to take priority or most people are going to lose interest.

 

[Pikant]

Monday post up!
Patreon post with gallery:

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Public post:

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Highlights:
- Cooking minigame in the works
- Male movement animations half done
- Dialogue UI refined
- Lots of coding and rigging

 

[stickitinher22]

Highlights:
- Cooking minigame in the works

This is exactly what I've been talking about. Why spend time on this over other stuff? It should be a quick animation/cut to black screen like the carrying the cauldron scene. Then later on make it a mini game if it makes sense like the mini game of making good/ruining pelt leading to different interactions.

But why is a cooking mini game viewed as a highlight?

 

[MrCrazy123]

This is exactly what I've been talking about. Why spend time on this over other stuff? It should be a quick animation/cut to black screen like the carrying the cauldron scene. Then later on make it a mini game if it makes sense like the mini game of making good/ruining pelt leading to different interactions.

But why is a cooking mini game viewed as a highlight?

Features? In a video game? Fucking devs man, wasting time with features. Unbelievable.

Just endlessly fleecing patrons, wasting time creating a game instead of creating a game in a different way that I think is better somehow.

 

[D4n0w4r]

Features? In a video game? Fucking devs man, wasting time with features. Unbelievable.

Just endlessly fleecing patrons, wasting time creating a game instead of creating a game in a different way that I think is better somehow.

I would rather see these tags get fulfilled first instead of fixating on superfluous gimmicks.