i mean there was free cites a soild game even after all these years
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Actually, that light is in the poi with the door that needs to be hacked located in Imogen's barrow, near the hunting spot.
Not only. One player complained recently that they cannot fully engage in slaving trade and slave-based economy. And he was right, the game so far is not about running a slave enterprise. As another player pointed out:
"I dont see any reason to limit your slaves at all...its only a coders problem, not logistic, not logic, just coding nightmare since they need space, food and a schedule on who sleeps with you, could be auto picked the ones who performed best each day or you need a big orgy bed for the best performers and a few bedrolls for the worst..."
So, there are some wishes for the game to be not only about having manly adventures and collecting playthings to love and torment.
And if you're referring to FC as an example of a great HTML based econo-simulator with lewd content capable of managing +100 NPC then I have to disagree. The static nature of text-based game dealing with a supposedly dynamic theme of running a business makes for a mediocre experience. You're just clicking through walls of text, micromanaging this or that until your eyes get tired. Your competition is imaginary, some other freecities appearing only in end of week reports, so there's very little sense of actually competing against anyone. Does a twine/sugarcube engine allow for creation of AI players whose intelligence and agency is not expressed through some random or criteria-triggered events, but are moving pieces in a playthrough, the way that AI players in Civ merchandize actually build their own civilizations, grow cities, expand territories, produce, move troops and all that jazz?
I've included the slave trade in the calculation in my reply; realistically i'd guesstimate no more than 5-10 of such slaves (for the total amount of 20-25 slaves in the household) since more than that and it becomes quite difficult to keep track on individual characters, their training goals etc. Not to mention simply not enough time in the game day to take care of them all.
The other player's quote is a bit misleading when you take it out of context -- while they've said that, they've also specified what sort of gameplay they had on mind, which was simply having some slaves working at stores, and some keeping the household running (cleaning, hunting, raising crops etc) Couple dozen characters should be quite sufficient for it in practice, there's no need for UNLIMITED SLAVE WORKS.
No, i was actually completely unaware such game existed. The game i had on mind was Accidental Woman (which am not saying is particularly good, as it suffers from bugs and poor design decisions, but it does implement large procedural semi-active NPC body count)
Yes, any functional programming language will allow this; i'd offer Unholy Arts as a working proof of this concept -- it pits your character against a handful of NPCs who compete with you using the same tools and mechanics you're given. They're pretty much independent and move around the map and interact with one another according to their own personalities and strategies.
That button is labelled "Prostitution Ring" in the game code. So most likely management screen for prostituting your slaves, which is supposed to be implemented in v.0.8.1
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Lovisa starts Rebecca's quest in her background dialog with maxed affection, even if you don't have Rebecca recruited yet.
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Bug:
While hunting, the game will ignore the Rifle choice and treat it as shotgun.
Edit: In Imogen, other areas are fine.
While hunting, the game will ignore the Rifle choice and treat it as shotgun.
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Good game. Just a few things:
-Game is too grindy even for "beginner" mode. The grind isn't for me so I just save edited to increase the money and the attributes. Basically, give myself a baseline to actually be able to fight enemies well and be able to break slaves at will.
-I wish that the dev focuses more on the existing slaves' renders and stories rather than adding new slaves. In a game like this, no matter how much the quests go deep, I would imagine that the end goal for most players is to have a house full of slaves anyway so why not prioritize enriching the existing slaves first?
-As some have mentioned, increase the slave cap. There's never enough space for some people who just don't want to let go of anyone.
-I love how each slave has an interesting background. However, I think it's a wasted opportunity if it's not further explored in dialogues and sex in the form of "special dialogue" when they reach a certain status such as but not limited to:
+Rebecca/Aria (initially rude, strong willed, and rebellious) having special dialogue when they reach devoted/broken/cum-slave willpower status.
+Piper/Amelia (naturally sub) having special dialogue when they have high willpower.
+Caitlin/Lovisa/Juno/Rebecca (Pure/Vanilla) having special dialogue when they reach high corruption or get "Perverted" trait.
Anyway, I like the direction that the game is headed. These are just my insights as to what might be overlooked at the moment.
-Game is too grindy even for "beginner" mode. The grind isn't for me so I just save edited to increase the money and the attributes. Basically, give myself a baseline to actually be able to fight enemies well and be able to break slaves at will.
-I wish that the dev focuses more on the existing slaves' renders and stories rather than adding new slaves. In a game like this, no matter how much the quests go deep, I would imagine that the end goal for most players is to have a house full of slaves anyway so why not prioritize enriching the existing slaves first?
-As some have mentioned, increase the slave cap. There's never enough space for some people who just don't want to let go of anyone.
-I love how each slave has an interesting background. However, I think it's a wasted opportunity if it's not further explored in dialogues and sex in the form of "special dialogue" when they reach a certain status such as but not limited to:
+Rebecca/Aria (initially rude, strong willed, and rebellious) having special dialogue when they reach devoted/broken/cum-slave willpower status.
+Piper/Amelia (naturally sub) having special dialogue when they have high willpower.
+Caitlin/Lovisa/Juno/Rebecca (Pure/Vanilla) having special dialogue when they reach high corruption or get "Perverted" trait.
Anyway, I like the direction that the game is headed. These are just my insights as to what might be overlooked at the moment.
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i dunno if Grim has already answered this, but its not THAT hard. especially now that steam doesnt seem to care that much about content anymore.
i have expressed my personal opinion to him though. i think he should post it on steam as a free demo. its only $150 to list a game on the platform. and then just keep the current sub model thru SSA (maybe patreon as well. they are a bit more iffy due to the content of the game. offer subs for extra content, but the base game remains free for everyone.
while a small portion of players contribute financially, the volume of free players means that there is a steady stream of bug reports/player feedback, something that is vital to an solo indie developer like Grim.
and just to clarify, its just Grim. a few of us volunteer time and effort because we like the game (and Grim). but the overwhelming majority is all Grim's effort.
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clarification: the $35k has no timer on it. that has been a common misconception that the date given was a deadline. i think Grim already fixed that in the latest version.
also, i played the shit out of S4P and Conquest. after awhile, the non-uniques become nothing more than drones in my eyes. you end up chasing the story content for some variety. its a good game, but when i hit 50 slaves it became a chore to keep up with the micromanagement.
its also got multiple years of development. this game barely has one.
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Thanks!
Almost everything on this list is planned in future updates, so stay tuned!
I have a heavy render and quest focus on existing slaves atm. Got a bit distracted by all the Stretch goals but they're nearing completion.
Increased slave cap can be expected in the 0.8.2 release, which also introduces random slaves.
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one guy spent all his time drinking and gambling. made a good living at it. hunting is more viable now. so is gardening/food trading. slave training/trading will be viable soon. prostitution is coming out next major update.
however, you currently can generate a good amount of money of having your girls work at the academy/arena/performing.
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im not kidding. after playing free cities and strive 4 power and s4p conquest obsessively at different times. ive found that micromanaging more than a handful of slaves makes the interactions less enjoyable. in fact, if im not mistaken the corporations expansion in free cities was born partly out of the drive to reduce the amount of slaves a player needed to manage to be able to min/max his income, and abstracted it so player focus could return to individual interactions with his slaves.
trying to micromanage too many slaves makes things... impersonal. forgettable. disposable. in my opinion.
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its coming along. keep in mind that Grim is self taught, and is still learning. its not his profession, its a hobby that grew over the course of just under two years.
he still has a way to go, and is improving his knowledge and skills as we play the game and provide him with feedback.
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