I think it's a remake but the main thing that seemed to hold up the first game was art development time, and AI honestly fixed that and fits with the game theme so well. I finally supported on Patreon as this kind of game is just peak for me. I like the direction it's going compared to 1.
I hope there is a wiki eventually as well as information seems scarce.
I hope there is a wiki eventually as well as information seems scarce.
Trarr the undead old man
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Yalp, never thought I would see the day that my computer can't run a glorified visual novel (with probably more text than visual) but today seems to be the day. Lmao.
RapidMagic0705
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AI art is a shame, and honestly TOO MUCH freedom is given to the player, id rather a more streamlined experience with the parasites where certain characters get certain parasites. Might sound like a bad idea but I think it would actually improve the game. the mindbreak mechanic sucks too, like missing out on content because you let the character get mindbroken is dumb
Zariaswell
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I disagree that the art is serviceable. The problem isn't strictly the "AI Slop" of it all, it's that the art isn't remotely hot for the kink because of the use of AI. You can't really have this type of niche kink without good art that actually backs up the vibes of it. Like you can't be throat fucking someone with a parasite cock and just have a picture that generic and bland, you have to actually take advantage of the concept. Or like the mind break scenes are literally just every single AI gooner art you'll ever see. You can't actually engage with the kink visually with art this bland and meaningless.
yeah i really felt like the authors went down the deep end. sad to see, the scenes were fun in their first game.
Estona
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- Jul 7, 2020
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Comments on this version compared to the previous game:
Mindbreak really shouldn't progress unless they're infested or you interact with them. Mainly because then you can't see each character's full story and reactions to the various parasites because if you ignore someone while dealing with detection (which can get punishing because you can only mitigate 14 per day) they end up already at 50% mindbroken before you've even done anything to them.
This gets compounded by infesting yourself with anything beyond a couple, as you now need to deal with detection *and* your own mindbreak.
I miss the other characters having reasons to infest them and start controlling them to access other areas. Or have them actively contribute to lowering detection instead of just reducing it once fully mindbroken.
Some character events require certain color parasites of a certain type, but will allow you to enter the event with the right parasite, but wrong color. There should be a check in place to not show you the event, or at least a "continue" option so that you don't have to roll back a day. That's the other thing - there always needs to be a way to bypass any infestation beyond the initial to the MC. Sometimes we change our mind, or didn't realize we'd have the option for multiple parasites.
That's my other pet peeve. The back option rolls you back to the start of the previous day, and not before you selected the option. Make a couple wrong choices (as in, you don't have the proper parasite color) and you're back in time several days.
Mindbreak really shouldn't progress unless they're infested or you interact with them. Mainly because then you can't see each character's full story and reactions to the various parasites because if you ignore someone while dealing with detection (which can get punishing because you can only mitigate 14 per day) they end up already at 50% mindbroken before you've even done anything to them.
This gets compounded by infesting yourself with anything beyond a couple, as you now need to deal with detection *and* your own mindbreak.
I miss the other characters having reasons to infest them and start controlling them to access other areas. Or have them actively contribute to lowering detection instead of just reducing it once fully mindbroken.
Some character events require certain color parasites of a certain type, but will allow you to enter the event with the right parasite, but wrong color. There should be a check in place to not show you the event, or at least a "continue" option so that you don't have to roll back a day. That's the other thing - there always needs to be a way to bypass any infestation beyond the initial to the MC. Sometimes we change our mind, or didn't realize we'd have the option for multiple parasites.
That's my other pet peeve. The back option rolls you back to the start of the previous day, and not before you selected the option. Make a couple wrong choices (as in, you don't have the proper parasite color) and you're back in time several days.
Parasite Infection
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Hello everyone in this thread.
These are great comments. I'm reading through them - a lot of the complaints are going to be addressed relatively soon with normal development.
1) The balancing of mindbreak and pacing of the game are going to be overhauled. The UI is being overhauled right now.
2) The AI artwork was a product of the original artist simply stopping their art - they stopped drawing for reasons beyond anyone's control. Each image in the first game was roughly $200 and it took years of accumulating the artwork to get everything in place, and even then there is a lot of missing art.
3) The first game, canonically speaking, is part 1, 2, and 3. Parts 4 and 5 were an effort to generate more content and resulted in burnout and massive writers block. They aren't that great imo and there's tons of unfinished portions.
4) I'd appreciate it if you didn't pirate the game.
These are great comments. I'm reading through them - a lot of the complaints are going to be addressed relatively soon with normal development.
1) The balancing of mindbreak and pacing of the game are going to be overhauled. The UI is being overhauled right now.
2) The AI artwork was a product of the original artist simply stopping their art - they stopped drawing for reasons beyond anyone's control. Each image in the first game was roughly $200 and it took years of accumulating the artwork to get everything in place, and even then there is a lot of missing art.
3) The first game, canonically speaking, is part 1, 2, and 3. Parts 4 and 5 were an effort to generate more content and resulted in burnout and massive writers block. They aren't that great imo and there's tons of unfinished portions.
4) I'd appreciate it if you didn't pirate the game.
Parasite Infection
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Jesus christ I forgot about that. Yeah there were a lot of weird experimental things I was trying to see what would work as far as gameplay - all I had access to in the beginning was macromedia studio and twine.
GreatDictator
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Since you're reading this thread I just want to say that I really have enjoyed the game over the years. As I mentioned I've been following it from the beginning through just about all the iterations, and they were all pretty good. I wasn't a fan of some of the specific mechanics, like the neuron minigame, but overall nice job.
Estona
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My main request for the UI is that we can have the option to show all the parasites we have. Clicking to cycle through gets tedious and (in my case, probably others) the far left of the screen is mostly wasted space anyways when playing at 1440p.
My suggestion is since there's 5 slots they're always "werm, canal, starfish, choker, egg" regardless of color, as having them around is slightly annoying. Perhaps have the image of them faded out when you have none of that particular parasite.
As for the art, I have no issue with using AI for this. Yes, providing an artist with funds would be better, but the art style as it is right now is perfectly fine by me - especially since the more... esoteric and niche... one gets with art requests the higher the price seems to go. Plus it can be difficult to keep a singular artist "on call" when developing a game as a hobby when it may be several months between requests for art.
As someone who bought your game on Steam (lol), I don't care if you use AI art, as this "niche" game doesn't role a bank (yet?). I just hope it's updated and not abandoned.
Nishee
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450 dollars for a coffee? Wow, must be sum good-ass coffee! 
EDIT:
Right, i've spent a good while playing this game now.
I have to admit, it's not good... It needs a complete and total overhaul... They should take inspiration from something like TiTs (Trials in Tainted Space), if they can whip up that type of menu, and that type of world navigation, this game might actually sell! But if they keep expanding on the gameplay it currently has, it's doomed to fail, i think.
EDIT:
Right, i've spent a good while playing this game now.
I have to admit, it's not good... It needs a complete and total overhaul... They should take inspiration from something like TiTs (Trials in Tainted Space), if they can whip up that type of menu, and that type of world navigation, this game might actually sell! But if they keep expanding on the gameplay it currently has, it's doomed to fail, i think.
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Game won't work or launch......
any before anyone suggests... I tried the command line too...
any before anyone suggests... I tried the command line too...
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I don't know if you figured it out or not, but the problem is in the video driver or it's simply not installed, maybe you have some kind of specific video card, the developer should know better.
It's not a command you put in the command line.
What you have to do is:
- create a shortcut to "Parasite Infection2"
- then go to the Properties of the shortcut and put the command separated by a space at the end of the target field.
