Others No Trace Of Luck [Development Thread] [Godot]
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Being worked on! Not sure when, but it's not right around the corner. I have taken a slightly different approach with this update, I have written the entire story first, and am working on the art now.
Some details I will share:
- Next update features Anna
- It will include a sort of NSFW sequence. (Don't expect anything too crazy though, somewhere between the Lisa beach scene & the Ashely poker scene)
- It's not poker, I haven't really made poker a part of her plot yet.
I am tempted to share some of the early art but I think I would like this one to be a bit of a surprise.
Cool, take your time
I recently got into ai art myself and quickly realised how tough it is to make something as clean as your game lol. Feel free to say no if you don't want to reveal your secrets but, would you be open to maybe sharing your workflows? Or maybe do some more "tutorials" like you did on the earlier pages, they helped me a lot
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You're in luck, I recently posted a complete guide to my workflows here: https://f95zone.to/threads/your-noob-to-expert-guide-in-making-great-ai-art.256631/#post-17104560Cool, take your time
It's also in my signature down there ⬇
Feel free to post any questions on there, I have no secrets & am happy to share anything I know.
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Some info on what's coming up!
This scene features Anna, as I mentioned before. It will feature a new gameplay system that is not yet in the game: Choices!
(Yes the game really doesn't have any choices yet, other than your choice after the color matching game in Lisa's beach scene)
With choices comes branching! And so I've had to plan out how all the branches in this scene will play out. You can see the completed plan below -- blurred of course, so as not to spoil it!
(Yes I will release this guide as well after the update, so you can fully complete every route easily)
These choices are not big, highly-impactful choices that will affect the rest of the game. Instead, they decide how your day with Anna will play out. There are currently 8 possible endings, with some of them being shorter, some being longer, and one of them being the "good" ending with the best "reward"
Regarding Release Time:
Unfortunately this update has been moving more slowly due to things affecting me in real life that are slowing me down (mainly, I am searching around for a new job, because my current one SUCKS, and this takes up my time.) However, progress is definitely being made!
I already have:
It's hard for me to predict how many images this scene will require, as I have not done a branching style dialogue like this before. However, I suspect it may actually be less than some other scenes in the game.
Art:
Usually I like to post a preview of the art in the current scene, but I would like this scene to mostly be a surprise. So here's an unrelated picture of Lisa doing what she does best!
This scene features Anna, as I mentioned before. It will feature a new gameplay system that is not yet in the game: Choices!
(Yes the game really doesn't have any choices yet, other than your choice after the color matching game in Lisa's beach scene)
With choices comes branching! And so I've had to plan out how all the branches in this scene will play out. You can see the completed plan below -- blurred of course, so as not to spoil it!
(Yes I will release this guide as well after the update, so you can fully complete every route easily)
These choices are not big, highly-impactful choices that will affect the rest of the game. Instead, they decide how your day with Anna will play out. There are currently 8 possible endings, with some of them being shorter, some being longer, and one of them being the "good" ending with the best "reward"
Regarding Release Time:
Unfortunately this update has been moving more slowly due to things affecting me in real life that are slowing me down (mainly, I am searching around for a new job, because my current one SUCKS, and this takes up my time.) However, progress is definitely being made!
I already have:
- The whole story planned out, including smaller details
- All of the branches and routes for the new 'Choices' system
- 15 fully completed images, and ~10 partially completed images
- Add the 'Choices' system to the game (Easy)
- Complete the rest of the art (Will take some time)
It's hard for me to predict how many images this scene will require, as I have not done a branching style dialogue like this before. However, I suspect it may actually be less than some other scenes in the game.
Art:
Usually I like to post a preview of the art in the current scene, but I would like this scene to mostly be a surprise. So here's an unrelated picture of Lisa doing what she does best!
Some info on what's coming up!
This scene features Anna, as I mentioned before. It will feature a new gameplay system that is not yet in the game: Choices!
(Yes the game really doesn't have any choices yet, other than your choice after the color matching game in Lisa's beach scene)
With choices comes branching! And so I've had to plan out how all the branches in this scene will play out. You can see the completed plan below -- blurred of course, so as not to spoil it!
(Yes I will release this guide as well after the update, so you can fully complete every route easily)
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These choices are not big, highly-impactful choices that will affect the rest of the game. Instead, they decide how your day with Anna will play out. There are currently 8 possible endings, with some of them being shorter, some being longer, and one of them being the "good" ending with the best "reward"
Regarding Release Time:
Unfortunately this update has been moving more slowly due to things affecting me in real life that are slowing me down (mainly, I am searching around for a new job, because my current one SUCKS, and this takes up my time.) However, progress is definitely being made!
I already have:
Things I still need to do:
- The whole story planned out, including smaller details
- All of the branches and routes for the new 'Choices' system
- 15 fully completed images, and ~10 partially completed images
- Add the 'Choices' system to the game (Easy)
- Complete the rest of the art (Will take some time)
It's hard for me to predict how many images this scene will require, as I have not done a branching style dialogue like this before. However, I suspect it may actually be less than some other scenes in the game.
Art:
Usually I like to post a preview of the art in the current scene, but I would like this scene to mostly be a surprise. So here's an unrelated picture of Lisa doing what she does best!
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Like the idea of the branching paths and a good route to try and shoot for. Especially if one or two other choices has a pretty good scene/variation so you still want to try and see each path like the Ash poker ones. From the plan, I am guessing purple is an ending and pink a CG?
Also will the Anna update have nudity for any of the scenes? Thought that might have been missing a bit from the Lisa beach update. But was nice to see the animated scene for one of the endings.
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You got it, pink is a romantic event, purple is an ending, and they're all unique (they share the same setting / locations, but the branches do not intersect with each other, every choice brings you on to a new ending.)
This scene won't have any full nudity, however the scenes will overall be much more intimate than Lisa's beach scene, and you will see much more of Anna than you have seen so far
. After this scene is complete, I think all girls will be set up to more sexy scenes.
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Latest status:
It's coming together really well. I haven't been this happy with a scene for a while. There's no nudity in this sequence, but I think most will be very happy with what you get to see! Some Lisa fans are definitely going to become Anna fans after this one! I have also found some new tools and techniques that really let me step up my game on certain types of art.
Progress:
Enjoy this picture of a duck
It's coming together really well. I haven't been this happy with a scene for a while. There's no nudity in this sequence, but I think most will be very happy with what you get to see! Some Lisa fans are definitely going to become Anna fans after this one! I have also found some new tools and techniques that really let me step up my game on certain types of art.
Progress:
- 75 fully complete, production-ready images
- This covers the intro sequence + 50% of the branches in the choice-sequence
- Story is fully planned
- Probably somewhere between 20-30 more images across the remaining 6 sequences
- This scene relies more heavily on character art. I have not started the character art, however in general I can do all of the character art in 1-2 days of work
- Putting it all together
Enjoy this picture of a duck
Appreciate the frequent progress updates. Looking forward to seeing this new Anna scene.Latest status:
It's coming together really well. I haven't been this happy with a scene for a while. There's no nudity in this sequence, but I think most will be very happy with what you get to see! Some Lisa fans are definitely going to become Anna fans after this one! I have also found some new tools and techniques that really let me step up my game on certain types of art.
Progress:
Still to do:
- 75 fully complete, production-ready images
- This covers the intro sequence + 50% of the branches in the choice-sequence
- Story is fully planned
- Probably somewhere between 20-30 more images across the remaining 6 sequences
- This scene relies more heavily on character art. I have not started the character art, however in general I can do all of the character art in 1-2 days of work
- Putting it all together
Enjoy this picture of a duck
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As a tease for the update, what makes you like the most for this new scene compared to the existing ones? Is it related to the new art tequniques?
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I think the main reason this sequence has turned out well is because I wrote the whole story first, and then created the images to match the story. This works especially well with Anna, because she is such a fun and wacky character, so she can get into a lot of silly situations. So this sequence just has a lot of really fun scenes.
In the past, I've done it a few different ways. Sometimes, I created images and let them decide the story. Other times, I went back and forth, creating a high level story, then some images, then story, then images. Each method has its benefits.
Also, I just think the choices / branching into smaller paths is more fun than one, much longer single path. And so when you get to the end of this update, you'll still have more to go back and play.
The new art techniques also help. I think my favorite image in the entire game is in this sequence. After I finally release this update, I'll let you all know which one it is.
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Art for the next update is officially done
It comes in at 140 full images and 19 character art images.
The story has 7 choices to make which results in 8 different endings. Each choice leads to a fully unique scene, so to fully complete this scene you simple need to select every combination of choices. I have a guide that I will post a little bit after the full release of the update.
The remaining work for this update is really just putting it all together. Hopefully, not too long!
It comes in at 140 full images and 19 character art images.
The story has 7 choices to make which results in 8 different endings. Each choice leads to a fully unique scene, so to fully complete this scene you simple need to select every combination of choices. I have a guide that I will post a little bit after the full release of the update.
The remaining work for this update is really just putting it all together. Hopefully, not too long!
H2Ooze
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Loved the pool scene with Anna in the most recent update, boss. The true ending was great
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Liked the new pool scene as well and the caught in classroom animation.
Think it could also be fun to have the choice be more direct for the scene direction. Like at the pool you could have the option to suggest just feet in, underwear swimming or maybe something like finding the light switch and turning it off for a skinny dip scene (if other stuff like getting the quiz perfect are met). Other times, the surprise like the kissing scene can work as well.
Any teaser for how spicy the next Lisa update will be?
Think it could also be fun to have the choice be more direct for the scene direction. Like at the pool you could have the option to suggest just feet in, underwear swimming or maybe something like finding the light switch and turning it off for a skinny dip scene (if other stuff like getting the quiz perfect are met). Other times, the surprise like the kissing scene can work as well.
Any teaser for how spicy the next Lisa update will be?
And what one was your favorite image you mentioned earlier?
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Yes I totally agree, this was something I realized too while making this update. I think the choices are more fun when they have an immediate impact on the scene. For example, I created the "Anna is the teacher now" quiz sequence as my first "testing" of the choice system, but it surprisingly ended up being (in my opinion) the most fun "choices" in this update - even though it's very short and not very impactful. In the future, I think I will be doing more stuff like that, with choices that affect how a scene progresses rather than choices bringing you to entirely new scenes.
Here's what I will probably be trying for future updates:
- Instead of a large number of different, distinct endings, I will have a small number of "endings" (probably just 1), with choices inside the scene that changes how it plays out, such as what you described.
For my favorite image, it was actually this one:
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For Lisa's update, it's going to depend on how the story plays out, my main priority is to make sure the scene faithfully represents her as a character and how far she is comfortable going when considering her current status. But, as a general rule, I would expect roughly similar level of spicyness to what you saw with Ashely in her poker scene (albeit, with an entirely different tone.) This will only be her first poker update, she will have at least one more that will be much more "climactic."
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By the way, did anyone run into a bug in this update where it would not let you start Anna's next sequence? I am trying to track down a save file from somebody who had this bug. Specifically, others have said they completed Lisa's beach scene but haven't received the text from Anna after that.
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Mine worked fine but I also got the update from the patreon. Idk if that had something to do with it
Yes i can have acces to the update with a old save and if you save your progress when you have a choice to make, you will have the dorm of the protagonist at image
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Oh thanks for noting this, I will have this fixed in the next update!