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what did you swap out the keycaps for then?Mine is still qwerty, the biggest hurdle was learning layers, since it doesn't have as many keys as a standard keyboard.
what did you swap out the keycaps for then?Mine is still qwerty, the biggest hurdle was learning layers, since it doesn't have as many keys as a standard keyboard.
Funny story about the Dvorak keyboard layout...
Just various color ways I liked better, it's not even a full swap cause some of the keycaps are weird shapes that 4 years ago I couldn't find good fits for, so it's a real hodgepodge. Like the one on my gaming pc has the textured wasd keycaps from an old corsair board I had cause I got used to those as my wasd. And my favorite color is blue so where able I've swapped in blue caps. I've got super clicky switches on both boards though cause I love me some click.what did you swap out the keycaps for then?
It was easy for me. I played a bit with Poser (and a bit of Daz) more than 10 years ago, mainly to do character portraits for the RPG games we played. I've lost most of them, but here you have...Feel free to ignore this if it's too personal, but was it tough to get to the point where you could be open with your family about creating adult content (and letting them play it)?
Just curious. Obviously there are plenty of creatives who have their family test things, I was just curious if there were major differences in this sphere.
That's actually really interesting to hear, thanks for the background! My wife and daughter don't know about the games I play (my daughter is too young anyway), but I only play them - it would be impossible to hide if I was actually working on them, so I think it's vital that you have "buy-in" from your family on this (but also keep that "work–life balance").It was easy for me. I played a bit with Poser (and a bit of Daz) more than 10 years ago, mainly to do character portraits for the RPG games we played. I've lost most of them, but here you have...
In 2021 (or perhaps earlier) my stepson discovered Daz AVNs. He played a lot of manga AVNs and tried to get me into them, but I never got the feeling. But he recommended a game to me and that's the story's start! My first game was Sisterly Lust and fell in love with that game.You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
And that was a problem. The next games I tried weren't at the same level. Every one of them had something I didn't like (sandbox, NTR, having to choose one girl over another, unclear choices, etc.).
Since he was the one recommending the games, we chatted a lot about them. And one day he told me "Why don't you convert one of the stories you wrote into a game? You know how to code and how to do Poser graphics". And that was the spark for My Dorm.
I talked about it with my wife (she loved my little stories) and she chose one after my stepson explained to her the different genres. "This one can become a harem incest game", she said. It was a (non-adult) sci-fi story with clones and a shady company trying to get the protagonists' family farm on a distant moon.
I started re-writing the whole story (several times) on my 49th birthday until it became unrecognizable. Changed the farm for a Dorm, then added NTR not only as the "bad guys" but as the object of desire (instead of the farm) and kept the Dorm. Changed the family tree, etc.
After a couple of weeks, I had a schematic of what the story would look like. Explained it to my wife and stepson and they loved it. Then I needed to re-learn Daz (I'm still in the process), learn how to code in Ren'py (luckily, I got a lot of help from RiamMar when the game was already running), and then I started writing the new story dialogues and rendering.
I can say I couldn't (or wouldn't) do it without my family supporting me. Doing this takes a lot of time My Dorm "stole" from the family time. I even had a (small) marriage crisis because my wife thought (correctly) that I was spending more time with "the dolls" than with her. We adjusted. I still spend more time with "the girls" than with her, but she loves the story and, sometimes, she even pushes me like "Isn't a new scene to test yet?". She and my stepson became the testers. My goddaughter got an alter-ego in the game and also became a tester ("That sentence said by (insert a young girl here) looks like written by a 50 y.o. guy").
I named my "company" (Tropecita Games) after a nickname I use for my wife.
I guess some devs can do this behind their families' backs if they spend little time on it or if they live alone. I spent more than 40 hours doing the gallery on Friday-Sunday last week. I can't (nor want to) hide it.
Sorry for the wall of text.
Ah, I already know who's in the house bossI named my "company" (Tropecita Games) after a nickname I use for my wife.
Just wait until your Wife makes herself an Account here without you knowing so she can see what you are posting...Ah, I already know who's in the house boss![]()
It's good that my wife stopped located on the forum, where I sit. At least I feel like a boss away from home![]()
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That's so much better than what I'm used to seeing with poser.It was easy for me. I played a bit with Poser (and a bit of Daz) more than 10 years ago, mainly to do character portraits for the RPG games we played. I've lost most of them, but here you have...
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Hi man first thanks for the game and I understand now why I like My dorm like that, sisterly lust was my first game too and I love it too. I just discovered my dorm last week and man he is awesome, I see some similarity between the games. But I have a question for you I don't know how many update will remain for finish the game but you are not afraid about the fact that you have too much girl in the game not that bother me i like them all ( Norah, martha and debbie best girl ) because now we have like 22 girls and maybe after in act 3 like you said for choosing for kate if the MC return from Aruba or something like that it will have 6 more girls, for have a scene with each that will be a little complicated. I will take the example of sisterly lust you build a relationship between the MC and each girl more in depth than in this game so that why I'm questionning mysel about that.But he recommended a game to me and that's the story's start! My first game was Sisterly Lust and fell in love with that game.
Yep, there are some girls I'm really looking forward to getting back to. Trope95 might as well lump some of those together, for efficiency's sake. I'd love a full Erika and Norah scene, or pretty much any other combination, to be fair, since I like everyone.It's not a problem just like trope said a few days ago about alexia or simone that we don't have seen a scene with her for long time, it's just that if you like one girl you can just not see her for long time. Don't get me wrong I really like the developpement about each girl if the next one are like that I'm happy about that.
I agree...BUT the blurring-together obviously becomes a problem sooner for some players than others - not because the characters themselves are not disctinctive, but because old brains have a hard time remembering who some of the peripheral LIs are when they get little screen time. I definitely find myself asking "Who the Hell is that again" regularly already, so the prospect of adding 6 more soon is getting me to the point where I mayI don't see the problem as being the absolute number of girls, but when they stop being individuals and begin to blur together. Which there doesn't seem to be any danger of here yet.
Yes we will have more and more group scene in the future and it's a really good thingsYep, there are some girls I'm really looking forward to getting back to. Trope95 might as well lump some of those together, for efficiency's sake. I'd love a full Erika and Norah scene, or pretty much any other combination, to be fair, since I like everyone.
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As for combining, I have this idea. Kiara and Eileen are to stay in MC's room when the new students arrive. Once MC returns home, he can go back to his room... and live with them. Nice combination?Yep, there are some girls I'm really looking forward to getting back to. Trope95 might as well lump some of those together, for efficiency's sake. I'd love a full Erika and Norah scene, or pretty much any other combination, to be fair, since I like everyone.
Also waiting for this to bear fruit...
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