Overlord070
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URM mod is your friend.
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I understand where you are both coming from - there are mods which will let you change your character's name, if you want to.
However, keeping the names fixed was a conscious design choice for a couple of reasons:
1. It lets us record voice lines. Our voice actress can say other character's names and it stays consistent. If we let players enter custom names we'd have to write dialogue in an unusual manner to avoid peoples' names being said.
2. The style of game we're going for features an MC with an established background and history. They aren't a blank canvas which the player can project themselves onto.
There are two kinds of MCs in games. You have MCs with virtually no background, no name, no history. Think of the MC from Milfy City where the player can name them, and then project themselves onto this character. Their background is generic and a lot is left up to the player's imagination. They're blank canvases.
Mommy's Boy is different in that the MC, Lauren, isn't a blank canvas. The player can empathise with Lauren and guide her actions going forward, but she still has her own personal history, baggage, etc. Most of which the player won't fully know until more of the story unfolds.
Mommy's Boy isn't a game where the plot neatly opens up at the beginning and you get the full growth of relationships developing over time, like Milfy City. Rather, you're viewing a microcosm of Lauren's life in the final arc of these characters' stories.
When the game begins:
Lauren's marriage has already ended a long time ago.
Lauren's relationship with her sister, Casey, is already broken beyond repair.
Lauren's parents are no longer an active presence in her life.
All that remains is her underachieving son, Jacob - the last good thing in her life which she clings to.
In spite of everything, Lauren has finished climbing the corporate ladder as a single mother and achieved financial security for her and Jacob. In any other medium, this would be the happy/bittersweet ending.
However, this is an NTR and corruption story, so we don't get the credits rolling alongside an upbeat tune.
Everything that has happened before the game begins haunts Lauren as Vicki closes in on her son.
All the unresolved issues of her husband abandoning her.
The broken bond with her younger sister.
The absence of her own parents.
Sure, you could change Lauren's name if you want, but I think she works much better as a predetermined protagonist.
Very good game. Renders great. But the new hair colour is so bad. She used to look more natural and prettier
Forgot for a moment that this was an FMC game. Still, there are options that allow for custom names while still working with VA's, using pet names or the like, such as "son", "mom", "kid", "babe", "sweetie", "handsome", "ms.whatever/mr.whatever"(Change first name but not last). It might not seem as natural, never calling certain characters by name, but can still be intimate and immersive and it allows players the option to customize a bit more and immerse themselves a bit more. That said, it's obviously your game, and you have to do what you think is right for your game.
I think my main issue was that, for some reason, I was still looking at this game as a male MC perspective. I rarely, if ever, find myself getting immersed in FMC games, so a lack of custom names probably won't be much of an issue anyway.
redharvest1
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You saw the tag saying Female Protagonist and chose to play anyway just so you could bitch and whine? Only two type of people see posted warnings about content they don't enjoy and decide to willing expose themselves to it so they can feel justified in crying about it... Trolls and Karens. Which one are you?
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Still using the same voice for different characters I see. Personally it puts me off listening to lauren then changing the scene to Vicky and it's Lauren talking again. Unless the voice actress is very gifted at doing impressions, this isn't it. It is immediately noticeable that it is the same person. Same goes for Madeline. It's like having a narrator telling a story and trying to do different voices on the fly. Either just voice Lauren or please get a few more people to do the others. Heck, even doing some audio processing to make them sound a little different would help.
Can the Dev say if this is on the cards or if the plan is to keep going like this?
Can the Dev say if this is on the cards or if the plan is to keep going like this?
homejorz
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The Target of the NTR/Corruption being the son correct? Because generally, and I know this doesn't matter for a fictional story, most dudes aren't gonna turn down a hot milf looking to give sexual favors XDPOV of son is told in NTR recollection events.
This will be a long-term project, but we're not going to drag the story out unnecessarily.
With respect to your final question, I don't want to spoil any endings.
You're correct. There isn't going to be sex for a while.
Personally, there are few things more disappointing than jumping into a new NTR/corruption game to find the target of corruption/NTR being fucked senseless almost instantly with no resistance, no build-up, no remorse, etc. (Some examples of games on here that get pacing extremely well are: Knightorare, A Rift in the Crypt, and Mirage's Defection.)
That's why our game has the formulaic structure of days that repeat on a cyclical nature: Lauren wakes up, she showers, cooks breakfast, works, makes dinner, cleans, relaxes in the evenings, sleeps.
You have to establish what is routine and normal in their daily lives before you can effectively deviate from it through either NTR or corruption.
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It's on the cards!
We're currently looking for alternate voice actresses for different characters.
We'll be fixing Madeline and Casey first, since they don't have that many lines that need re-recorded and replaced.
Exactly. He's not likely to turn down sexual favours - which is why Vicki poses such a threat. Lauren will need go do something drastic to capture and hold Jacob's attention.
So ignore this game till mid 2026 when it has some tangible sex content. Got it. /S.POV of son is told in NTR recollection event
This will be a long-term project, but we're not going to drag the story out unnecessarily.
With respect to your final question, I don't want to spoil any endings.
You're correct. There isn't going to be sex for a while.
Personally, there are few things more disappointing than jumping into a new NTR/corruption game to find the target of corruption/NTR being fucked senseless almost instantly with no resistance, no build-up, no remorse, etc. (Some examples of games on here that get pacing extremely well are: Knightorare, A Rift in the Crypt, and Mirage's Defection.)
That's why our game has the formulaic structure of days that repeat on a cyclical nature: Lauren wakes up, she showers, cooks breakfast, works, makes dinner, cleans, relaxes in the evenings, sleeps.
You have to establish what is routine and normal in their daily lives before you can effectively deviate from it through either NTR or corruption.
Jokes aside, I'm down for a slower, romantic based approach to the game, but unfortunately, if you don't give something people crave for (sex), they'll lose interest very quickly (this is F95Zone after all...), regardless of how immersive the story is.