VN Others Long Story Short [v0.10 Steam] [TTrickGames]

[Morrigan12345]

I remember 3 games like this - Culture Shock, Couple's Adventure, Pandora's Box. And they all run into the same problems that delay the release of the update, giving out small content for several months. 1. Scenario, excessive number of characters, in this game it seems to me that it was possible to easily throw out the girl from the beach and the sister? of the main character, leave Vanessa Ann and Alex Joe and Chris. 2. The sameness of the storytelling tools, photos on Instagram, SMS, calls, send photos - this is good, but you can add more original ideas, for example, something like the inscription on the wall of the house "whore" or something like that, traces of love found on clothes, in general, small details, or small scenes that do not suggest strong costs. 3. Technical, any author behaves like an author, he works with graphics and begins to obsess over improving it, and self-realization of his skills becomes more valuable to him, there is a strong emphasis on super 10k quality and animated videos, although if all this game was made in 600x800 resolution it would not have changed anything for me, and if instead of video there were only pictures, I would not have noticed any difference, as I think most people would have. 4. The narration sags and the game turns into just animated porn, after all, each sexual act should be preceded by a certain series of events that makes such interaction unique. 5. A lot of text, I've played all the games here, and I can barely remember two or three games out of a thousand in which I read the text in full, almost always I quickly run through it through the clamped control, after all, in such games the text should be capacious. not descriptive, brief in scenes and a little slogan-like. These are probably the 5 sins that kill these great games, yes, the Short Long Story is more closely related to the 3rd reason - but it's really true, no matter how technically cool a scene is, I'd rather exchange it for 5 scenes, albeit in poor quality and without animation. Otherwise, such projects simply fail, and it's not a matter of lack of time or opportunity, but simply incorrect optimal planning.

 

[xorihe3734]

...in this game it seems to me that it was possible to easily throw out the girl from the beach and the sister? of the main character...

I've played all the games here, and I can barely remember two or three games out of a thousand in which I read the text in full, almost always I quickly run through it through the clamped control

First:
YOU LEAVE EMILY ALONE!

...

Sorry, I had a bit of a melt-down there and didn't read the rest of your post.

But seriously, Emily ("the sister?") is the main reason I have any interest in this game at all.

Second:
SOME people play visual novels to actually READ them. I understand that isn't how YOU play them, but it isn't
"a problem" just because a game doesn't cater to how YOU play, when many other people DON'T play the same way.

 

[Kaed1107]

So is this game just going to turn into a wallpaper release thing, like what DeviantWiz did with My Wife's a Star? I really hope I'm wrong. Such a shame for an excellent game. I even bought it on Steam, but it's been abandoned there since release

 

[19Castiel23]

I remember 3 games like this - Culture Shock, Couple's Adventure, Pandora's Box. And they all run into the same problems that delay the release of the update, giving out small content for several months. 1. Scenario, excessive number of characters, in this game it seems to me that it was possible to easily throw out the girl from the beach and the sister? of the main character, leave Vanessa Ann and Alex Joe and Chris. 2. The sameness of the storytelling tools, photos on Instagram, SMS, calls, send photos - this is good, but you can add more original ideas, for example, something like the inscription on the wall of the house "whore" or something like that, traces of love found on clothes, in general, small details, or small scenes that do not suggest strong costs. 3. Technical, any author behaves like an author, he works with graphics and begins to obsess over improving it, and self-realization of his skills becomes more valuable to him, there is a strong emphasis on super 10k quality and animated videos, although if all this game was made in 600x800 resolution it would not have changed anything for me, and if instead of video there were only pictures, I would not have noticed any difference, as I think most people would have. 4. The narration sags and the game turns into just animated porn, after all, each sexual act should be preceded by a certain series of events that makes such interaction unique. 5. A lot of text, I've played all the games here, and I can barely remember two or three games out of a thousand in which I read the text in full, almost always I quickly run through it through the clamped control, after all, in such games the text should be capacious. not descriptive, brief in scenes and a little slogan-like. These are probably the 5 sins that kill these great games, yes, the Short Long Story is more closely related to the 3rd reason - but it's really true, no matter how technically cool a scene is, I'd rather exchange it for 5 scenes, albeit in poor quality and without animation. Otherwise, such projects simply fail, and it's not a matter of lack of time or opportunity, but simply incorrect optimal planning.

The game is already boring. You also say that some characters should leave the game. If I'm still following this game, it's because of Emily and Alex.

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

I remember 3 games like this - Culture Shock, Couple's Adventure, Pandora's Box. And they all run into the same problems that delay the release of the update, giving out small content for several months. 1. Scenario, excessive number of characters, in this game it seems to me that it was possible to easily throw out the girl from the beach and the sister? of the main character, leave Vanessa Ann and Alex Joe and Chris. 2. The sameness of the storytelling tools, photos on Instagram, SMS, calls, send photos - this is good, but you can add more original ideas, for example, something like the inscription on the wall of the house "whore" or something like that, traces of love found on clothes, in general, small details, or small scenes that do not suggest strong costs. 3. Technical, any author behaves like an author, he works with graphics and begins to obsess over improving it, and self-realization of his skills becomes more valuable to him, there is a strong emphasis on super 10k quality and animated videos, although if all this game was made in 600x800 resolution it would not have changed anything for me, and if instead of video there were only pictures, I would not have noticed any difference, as I think most people would have. 4. The narration sags and the game turns into just animated porn, after all, each sexual act should be preceded by a certain series of events that makes such interaction unique. 5. A lot of text, I've played all the games here, and I can barely remember two or three games out of a thousand in which I read the text in full, almost always I quickly run through it through the clamped control, after all, in such games the text should be capacious. not descriptive, brief in scenes and a little slogan-like. These are probably the 5 sins that kill these great games, yes, the Short Long Story is more closely related to the 3rd reason - but it's really true, no matter how technically cool a scene is, I'd rather exchange it for 5 scenes, albeit in poor quality and without animation. Otherwise, such projects simply fail, and it's not a matter of lack of time or opportunity, but simply incorrect optimal planning.

Throw away Ann and Van, the game instantly doubles in fandom and becomes one of the premiere slice of life games on site

 

[Morrigan12345]

I just tried to combine and analyze some typical problems for my favorite games that seemed similar to me. and they delay the release of games and do not make it bad, I understand that everyone likes something different. and it is good when there is a lot of everything and it is of high quality, but we need to compromise, and remove something, otherwise we end up with a game for six months - for no one. It does not matter whether you like Emily Vanesa or Anne, we just do not have a game.

 

[ffive]

Throw away Ann and Van, the game instantly doubles in fandom loses 90% of the content

Fixed.

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

Fixed.

You're not wrong - and id wager thats a big part of the problem

 

[Joshy92]

So TTrick must use DAZ, but the renders seem to look different to the usual DAZ game, or am I being blind?

 

[GetOutOfMyLab]

So TTrick must use DAZ, but the renders seem to look different to the usual DAZ game, or am I being blind?

He indeed uses Daz.

 

[Joshy92]

He indeed uses Daz.

It just has a different look to the usual daz stuff I see.

Obviously I can't mention other games, but the overall graphics and stuff is different.

 

[ffive]

It just has a different look to the usual daz stuff I see.

Obviously I can't mention other games, but the overall graphics and stuff is different.

The light setup for scenes has big impact on appearance, and most of the amateur porn game makers struggle with it. Then there's a matter of used models, a lot of games rely on the same few popular packs (same with hairstyles etc) So if you pick something different from the basic stock, that can make a lot of difference to what people are used to seeing.

 

[xorihe3734]

I just tried to combine and analyze some typical problems for my favorite games that seemed similar to me. and they delay the release of games and do not make it bad, I understand that everyone likes something different. and it is good when there is a lot of everything and it is of high quality, but we need to compromise, and remove something, otherwise we end up with a game for six months - for no one. It does not matter whether you like Emily Vanesa or Anne, we just do not have a game.

Waiting 6 months between releases doesn't mean we do not have a game, it just mean...you have to wait 6 months for more game. It sounds to me like you want instant gratification. You don't want to read the story and you don't want to wait for content. Seems like you just want that quick hit of renders for you to look at. That doesn't mean the game has problems, that just means YOU aren't getting what you want.

I'm not trying to be a dick. There is nothing wrong with how you consume content, but you are characterizing things that don't cater to your personal preferences as "problems", but what you are describing as "problems" are things I, and I'm sure others, actually WANT. Personally, I prefer a dev take their time and (hopefully) provide more and better content all at once. I'll wait 6 months and there will be a game then.

There are hundreds of other games in the meantime. If you don't just mash Ctrl, the content lasts you longer.

 

[Manshino]

It sounds to me like you want instant gratification. You don't want to read the story and you don't want to wait for content. Seems like you just want that quick hit of renders for you to look at. That doesn't mean the game has problems, that just means YOU aren't getting what you want.

I'm NOT talking about Morrigan12345 but in games with instant gratification someone wants a better story, in games with a story someone asks for more action, in games with story and action someone criticize every plot flow. What's the moral? We're never happy with what we have. It's the human nature

 

[Joshy92]

I love Ann's boobs. They are the perfect size.

 

[SamualHand]

I love Ann's boobs. They are the perfect size.

They are in line with her body, like a 12 year old girl, ofc they are to small for hear head...

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

It just has a different look to the usual daz stuff I see.

Obviously I can't mention other games, but the overall graphics and stuff is different.

like others said, lighting is different, and many of the characters are highly customized.

Some would even say 'too' customized, as in it doesn't resemble the work of someone buying every asset piecemeal

 

[SamualHand]

Some would even say 'too' customized, as in it doesn't resemble the work of someone buying every asset piecemeal

You need to make it believable when Ann takes away her Mission Impossible Mask revealing she is an Alien and we are going over to a gore Movie!

 

[DressedToThrill]

You need to make it believable when Ann takes away her Mission Impossible Mask revealing she is an Alien and we are going over to a gore Movie!

Missions Impossible-mask? Don't you mean Martian Girl-mask from Mars Attacks! (1996)? Even the head is the right size.

 

[superseveneight]

You need to make it believable when Ann takes away her Mission Impossible Mask revealing she is an Alien and we are going over to a gore Movie!

You could even say she's... an Aliann.