HTML Orphan [Ch.3.2] [Exalted Text]

[Orlu]

Is the astoundingly obnoxious text transition effect new? I don't recall this, but it might be aggravated from having to click through from start to new content.

 

[dingdong247]

Is the astoundingly obnoxious text transition effect new? I don't recall this, but it might be aggravated from having to click through from start to new content.

Found a fix for that nonsense.


Look for this code in the index.html file and delete it:



@keyframes passageFadeIn {
0% {
opacity: 0;
filter: blur(3px) brightness(1.1) contrast(0.9);
transform: translateY(15px) scale(0.98);
text-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(255, 232, 180, 0.25);
}
20% {
text-shadow: 0 0 4px rgba(255, 232, 180, 0.1);
}
50% {
opacity: 0.6;
filter: blur(1px) brightness(1) contrast(1);
transform: translateY(5px) scale(1.02);
text-shadow: none;
transform: scale(1.05);
}
100% {
opacity: 1;
filter: none;
transform: translateY(0px) scale(1);
text-shadow: none;
}
}

 

[Exalted Text]

Found a fix for that nonsense.

Look for this code in the index.html file and delete it:

Can dig through HTML files to try and get rid of a 0.2 second passage FadeIn but can't edit their own reply in a thread to avoid a triple post. This forum never fails to surprise me in both the best and worst ways. I spend hours a day skipping through my own game to test out passages and it doesn't bother me.

I don't really see why it would bother you unless you were solely focused on skipping through passages as quick as humanly possible. Perhaps I should be forgiving of this, since all my latest updates require starting a new game.

But my instinct is to smite you and drink mead from your skull.

I'll meet you halfway and throw up a poll in the Discord. Feel free to cast a vote.

 

[dingdong247]

Can dig through HTML files to try and get rid of a 0.2 second passage FadeIn but can't edit their own reply in a thread to avoid a triple post. This forum never fails to surprise me in both the best and worst ways. I spend hours a day skipping through my own game to test out passages and it doesn't bother me.

I don't really see why it would bother you unless you were solely focused on skipping through passages as quick as humanly possible. Perhaps I should be forgiving of this, since all my latest updates require starting a new game.

But my instinct is to smite you and drink mead from your skull.

I'll meet you halfway and throw up a poll in the Discord. Feel free to cast a vote.

I fixed the triple post, now fix the fade in. I've typed less than 10 comments in my 20 years on the internet, this bullshit made me add another one. Is a simple setting to toggle this on and off too difficult, oh great one?

 

[there]

This is my first time playing this game and I have to ask? Is it common for the audio to mix together resulting in 2 audio or music files being played simultaneously? If there is something I can do to fix it please let me know because overall I really like the music choices in this game and would love to keep playing them individually if possible.

To be specific the song "bad-era.mp3" keeps on playing alongside other songs like "sunny-stars.mp3"; such as in turn 93 when smoking alongside the high elf.

 

[adrienbarnes]

There's an image missing, of the raven-haired courtesan. banquet_raven.png

 

[Honorable Lord L]

I hit 'wake up' at the title screen then it's just a disclaimer page that doesn't seem to go away, how do I actually proceed to the game itself?

After using chrome instead of firefox I was able to see the option, but for some reason this game really doesn't like firefox. It's much laggier and I have to hit tab to reach the option on it.

 

[adrienbarnes]

I hit 'wake up' at the title screen then it's just a disclaimer page that doesn't seem to go away, how do I actually proceed to the game itself?

After using chrome instead of firefox I was able to see the option, but for some reason this game really doesn't like firefox. It's much laggier and I have to hit tab to reach the option on it.

you gotta zoom out

 

[Honorable Lord L]

you gotta zoom out

In hindsight I should've guessed. The lag issue remains via firefox though, dunno what's up with that.

 

[Exalted Text]

There's an image missing, of the raven-haired courtesan. banquet_raven.png

Thanks for the heads up, I'll have to fix this in the next patch.

I removed the image from the public version, but not the code in the passage.

In hindsight I should've guessed. The lag issue remains via firefox though, dunno what's up with that.

Hrm... Not looking forward to troubleshooting this.

This is my first time playing this game and I have to ask? Is it common for the audio to mix together resulting in 2 audio or music files being played simultaneously? If there is something I can do to fix it please let me know because overall I really like the music choices in this game and would love to keep playing them individually if possible.

To be specific the song "bad-era.mp3" keeps on playing alongside other songs like "sunny-stars.mp3"; such as in turn 93 when smoking alongside the high elf.

I'm generally disappointed with the audio system so far.

It's very easy for this to happen and I've had issues fixing it up to this point. Expect a complete overhaul of it soon...

 

[SifRed]

quick question: if I follow the accademy route can I be both the mage apprentice and follow the ascender route or its either one or the other?

 

[2dEnjoyer2042]

would it be possible to separate the audio into separate streams so some things are muted and others arent?

For example i really like the ambient music in a lot of the scenes so far, but i find that the NSFW music in a lot of cases really doesnt do it for me and destroys my immersion.

Similarly the sound effects like the gasp when you wake up from the nightmare i find intrusive at times, though to a much lesser degree.

I saw you mention you're not satisfied with the sound system, so idk how feasible this is to implement (or if its even something you'd be interested in adding), but if you dont ask you dont get so i thought i'd give it a shot.

 

[ddaisy]

It's very annoying that every time I load a save I have to fight with music settings until I give up and just mute the game for a while. Overlapping sound tracks and inconsistent volume levels are very common outside of a freshly started playthrough.

 

[vt57]

wow just staring chapter 1 and after few page the route or scence already being block behind the pay wall, good 1st impresson. It's so rare to see HTML project on this site its going to be success, either abandon/onhold or just rush ending. I'am really sure you will get farrr with this current idea.

 

[Exalted Text]

wow just staring chapter 1 and after few page the route or scence already being block behind the pay wall, good 1st impresson.

There are only 2 locked scenes, they are both towards the end of their routes.

So an hour+ into the novel, if you actually read. You're an illiterate liar.

I'am really sure you will get farrr with this current idea.

Begone, filthy peasant. You should be gooning in some trash heap far, far away from this thread.

would it be possible to separate the audio into separate streams so some things are muted and others arent?

For example i really like the ambient music in a lot of the scenes so far, but i find that the NSFW music in a lot of cases really doesnt do it for me and destroys my immersion.

Similarly the sound effects like the gasp when you wake up from the nightmare i find intrusive at times, though to a much lesser degree.

I saw you mention you're not satisfied with the sound system, so idk how feasible this is to implement (or if its even something you'd be interested in adding), but if you dont ask you dont get so i thought i'd give it a shot.

It's very annoying that every time I load a save I have to fight with music settings until I give up and just mute the game for a while. Overlapping sound tracks and inconsistent volume levels are very common outside of a freshly started playthrough.

I fixed the triple post, now fix the fade in. I've typed less than 10 comments in my 20 years on the internet, this bullshit made me add another one. Is a simple setting to toggle this on and off too difficult, oh great one?

You should be happy with the next update.

 

[ZKKR34]

You guys are playing this? All I know is that "This is a tale that prioritizes player." Us Joi-cels keep getting mogged.

 

[DiroGoodboy]

Is the patreon stuff exclusive forever or just early updates?

 

[wiseold6996]

Tried it not bad, story is enagaing. need more pictures or scenes. I just saw the elf scene, it's only talking no pic except her smoking. Same for the peeking bat scene. I wonder if it's the the same for other sex scenes.

 

[Nevart]

Well met, one and all, I just finished the game for the first time and wanted to leave my thoughts behind. (V.3.1)

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[Exalted Text]

Well met, one and all, I just finished the game for the first time and wanted to leave my thoughts behind. (V.3.1)

Wow, a review with some meat. Love reading posts like this. Cheers.

No setbacks. No (actual or possible) losses.

This only gets worse by the fact that the game doesn't really seem to care about your weapon choice (or stats?) at all. I started the story with one point in Mind and one in Might, so, naturally, I opted to not engage this monster in close quarters seeing how I lacked not just my (possible) full Might, but also Mobility for evasion. I chose the sling as my weapon... only for the MC to then not only proceed to wield a spear anyway, but also lead from the front.

This is the one (and only) sequence in the game right now where you can actually die... quite brutally.

When I first published Chapter 2, I had one player in the Discord tell me that it took multiple playthroughs before he actually survived the arena. However, choosing the sling and then ending up with the spear/polearm shouldn't happen... Maybe you found a bug? I'm curious now; first I've heard of this happening.

The choices in the arena are linked to your stats and weapon selection, which synergize with your strategy/approach.

Overall

And finally, here are some minor points of varying importance.

-) Would be nice if we were actually given a full physical description of the protagonist at or near the start of the story. Preferably post stat increases as well. As is, you may be taken by surprise when, suddenly, 50.000 words into it, the MC is described as having blue eyes, or as being a completely jacked hunk, when that is clearly not how you had him in your mind's eye until then. The only constant across all paths seems to be that he is really handsome. Hell, maybe in the future we could even have a very limited character creation at the start. Would be nice.

-) On that note, it should be made clear that Might (and maybe other stats in the future) has a very real impact on your characters's body, instead of it just being seen as power level go up.

-) The player should be allowed a glance behind the curtain when it comes to stats as a whole. Meaning, we should (at the very least) know when one of our stats helps us out, leads us to a better outcome, opens a door that otherwise wouldn't even have been there, makes people react and/or perceive us differently, and so on... Preferably also with the level requirement of the stat in question. For example, Mind 5: You notice a door that you swear wasn't there before... And to go even further, you might even have Mind 10, but now you also know that only Mind 5 was needed to "unlock" this particular secret door. One of the rare cases where giving the player information is better than leaving them in the dark, guessing and frustrated.

Good points. A lot of your complaints/speculation are the result of not being aware of how your Stats/choices are interfacing with (affecting) the gameworld and impacting your results. That's not your fault. I've been trying to think of a subtle/informative way to do this, but I've been putting it off for too long now.

-) Re: STATS

Yeah, maxing out your Might or Mobility are currently very viable ways to experience the game.

1 Might and 1 Mobility is my personal favorite way to start.

Of course this balancing will change as the game progresses...

Often he already is the wisest, the most capable, the smartest in the room with nothing to prove and everything to show. Like he is already perfect/the best version of himself that he could be, save for his power level. Which can and does make it seem like he'll always be as mature and capable in any given scenario as the plot demands so as to not alienate any pathetic potential self-insert readers.

I like to write a dominant MC. If you win/succeed, your MC will lean that way.
If you lose/fail, your MC will come across as more inexperienced/downtrodden in that instance.

I wasn't lying when I said that I'm very inspired by Conan.

-) Gating already written sexy scenes/encounters behind a patron paywall after reading through all those text walls doesn't make me want to support, it just makes me annoyed. Especially so early in development. This is an adult game, meaning these gated scenes are the most important part to show off. The part that makes us play in the first place. The part that makes us decide if we want to support in the first place. Especially especially in such a text-heavy game. If an incentive to get supporters is needed, beyond just the ability to vote and decide on future scenes and content, then just have the patreon version always be one update further along than the public one. But that's just my humble opinion.

If you didn't want to support after the goblin thief scene, or the succubus scenes, or the Khalika (orc warrior) scenes, or the Leoris (high elf) scenes... then I don't think the slapping those goblin maid cheeks will finally give you the post-nut clarity to check out my Patreon.

No, I made the decision to hardgate that content and have people subscribe if they want to experience it... at least for now. I'm sure that version will get leaked eventually, and that will serve as the equivalent of a delayed patreon release! But Orphan is about to hit 250k words total... The average novel is under 90k words... So I don't feel bad for gating a few scenes that deep into the story and encouraging people to chip in with six dollars if they love the game.

I've put a lot of effort into the story, the UI and interface, the images... less than 5% of that effort is currently gated behind the patreon edition. But you're free to have your opinion, and I hope that you can come to respect mine. I want everyone to be able to experience the UNCUT edition, like the game is meant to be. I also need to sustain myself and make a living. I would really love to be able to do this full-time and pump out 30k+ words on a biweekly basis. Orphan will hit 1 million very quickly if we can get to that point. My patrons are currently the ones helping me potentially reach that goal.

-) Some kind of note or acknowledgement that the Mage-Path is currently not able to be initiated would also be much appreciated. I just kept on reading and waiting for the opportunity until that training time-skip in Highrock, and many others probably did too.

Soon, my man. The Academy/Ascender is the Mage route.

It's just a slowburn, after all.

-) The second meeting with the goblin thief was just... strange. Why, exactly, did I have to remind the game of how our last meeting played out? Flags are used for that. Usually. Also felt very disappointed in the fact that the scene was written as ambiguous as possible. Maybe I did rape have sex with her when we first met... or maybe I didn't. Who knows! ...Why wasn't that question included with the others then? I won't lie, I hate this. And I really hope this isn't going to be a trendsetter for this game's future.

I didn't record enough variables and wanted players to be able to continue their old saves.

However, I DID have variables for if you fucked her... And those variables impact the way that you interact with her.

May I find this project thriving and well upon my return, instead of abandoned and forgotten. Best of luck to the dev.

Thanks my friend, I'll see you around.