alexander3rd

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Looks like its gonna be a very interesting story, a lot of effort was put into prologue.

Keep an eye out.
Appreciated! Time will tell what it's going to be, but the story is my main focus. Not much of a coder, nor an artist here, so I'm at least trying to make up for that in writing :D
 
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Arcane666

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I enjoyed trying this out. Maybe it has been mentioned already but it's not necessary to display a new image for each or every second sentence of text. Changing images too often can make the novel a bit tiresome to read as the eyes constantly move from image to text. I eventually had to turn of transitions completely which helped somewhat but I still moved my eyes a lot. On a positive note, reducing the number of images may lessen your workload or make it easier to add more story each update.

Sometimes it's a good idea to change the camera angle completely when displaying a new image too, especially if the placement or movement of characters isn't required for the narrative. You did that a few times to good effect. But you could also do something similar when showing someone leaving or cleaning a room. For example, instead of having images of characters moving from one place to another, you could change from bird-eye to facial expressions etc. The same is true when all characters in a scene are stationary, for example when sitting at a table or having a conversation.

I think it's a good start overall and I'll keep an eye on this. Keep up the good work.
 
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alexander3rd

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I enjoyed trying this out. Maybe it has been mentioned already but it's not necessary to display a new image for each or every second sentence of text. Changing images too often can make the novel a bit tiresome to read as the eyes constantly move from image to text. I eventually had to turn of transitions completely which helped somewhat but I still moved my eyes a lot. On a positive note, reducing the number of images may lessen your workload or make it easier to add more story each update.

Sometimes it's a good idea to change the camera angle completely when displaying a new image too, especially if the placement or movement of characters isn't required for the narrative. You did that a few times to good effect. But you could also do something similar when showing someone leaving or cleaning a room. For example, instead of having images of characters moving from one place to another, you could change from bird-eye to facial expressions etc. The same is true when all characters in a scene are stationary, for example when sitting at a table or having a conversation.

I think it's a good start overall and I'll keep an eye on this. Keep up the good work.
Good suggestions, thank you. For some reason, it became a bad habit very quickly to change / adjust the characters for every sentence. At first I thought this approach could be better than having an image every 5-10 sentences, but in reality, even I don't look at every single tiny change, when reading the story. Also, yes, it adds a ton to the workload. Anyway, I'm trying to balance this out and your suggestions will help (y)
 

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Luke and Lucy [Ep. 1 Full]
Release Date: 2019-03-15

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I do not have the changelog or Mac version. But from what I can see on Patreon, this update adds 375 images and 4 animations.
(There is a Episode 1 0.3 version for $5 Patreons with 419 images, 1 animation. Released 2019-03-20. This is not that version.)
 

alexander3rd

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Good drop the authoritarian busybodies at patreon and make a subscribestar account.(y)
Can't be too careful these days, it's a backup. There are only 5-6 pages of adult creators on SS last I checked, but in case Patreon decides to genocide us NSFW folks - at least we have a backup platform to use. I post the same content on both and update both profiles equally.
 

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Just a heads up for those playing the new update: old saves not working and may have to start over. The game is still just the first chapter so shouldn't be too bad.
Edit: Can still skip past already seen parts till Lucy starts cleaning.
 
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alexander3rd

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Just a heads up for those playing the new update: old saves not working and may have to start over. The game is still just the first chapter so shouldn't be too bad.
Could you post a screenshot of the error message renpy puts out on our Discord server? I'll check it out.
 

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Interesting beginning, the animations for every choice made from the Emplore are very well done, Congratulations Dev. I want to see what comes next.
 
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alexander3rd

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Interesting beginning, the animations for every choice made from the Emplore are very well done, Congratulations Dev. I want to see what comes next.
Thank you!
Next comes ep. 2, which is much more focused on the story - amount of events, and animations.
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Tom10

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Nice game ! Not that many sex scenes at the moment, but from the start you could tell this is more of a story-based game
 
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alexander3rd

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@Bar Man , @Kasey
I had no idea it'll cause such an emotional reaction, actually good to hear. I wrote the episode with character development in mind, so every emotional event in ep. 1 should change the characters one way or another later on. It's quite a lot to handle for a first time project, so thank you very much for the positive reviews!
 
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