Unreal Engine Project Extermination: Operation GroundZeroes [Phase 2 - 2023-07-16] [MATEYDEV]

[a_bored_guy]

I'm confused by half the comments in this thread(read several pages) -- Does this have adult content, in its current state, or not? If so, what is actually there?

It does have, but its minimal, there are like... 3? defeat scenes but that's pretty much it
From what i have understood, the dev wants first to finish the fundations of the game (IE game mechanics, structures, enemies, etc) before doing the adult content

 

[Dr_Kek]

It does have, but its minimal, there are like... 3? defeat scenes but that's pretty much it
From what i have understood, the dev wants first to finish the fundations of the game (IE game mechanics, structures, enemies, etc) before doing the adult content

honestly good shit. hopefuly we get phase 3 or whatever soon.

 

[PawgLara]

Good stuff, dev said anything about final release date?

 

[Alket]

Good stuff, dev said anything about final release date?

Nothing set in stone, but he hopes to have an early access build to put on Steam by the end of the year/first months of 2025, by that point the game needs to have an established gameplay loop, that's the current task.

 

[Sig_hai]

How do I save? The note says I can save in system -> gameplay at save zone I can't find it there? Am I missing something?

 

[Sherlyct]

How do I save? The note says I can save in system -> gameplay at save zone I can't find it there? Am I missing something?

This ver, doesn't have save yet.

 

[banshe]

A new and interesting update on patreon, though for those looking for adult content flr this game, they will be disappointed. Sounds like the dev is dedicating to making a primarily non adult game and adult bits are being relegated to mods which the dev sees as not necessarily something he alone must work on. (In other words, he is welcome to modders to add their own adult stuff to his game)

He compared it to Skyrim or Fallout where the game will have a solid gameplay loop and many mods can be made for it.

Which is fine.

But I think he's overestimating the reach of his own game if he expecting a considerable number of modders to pitch in. Granted his ideas are solid and he is pushing to publish it on steam, and that will certainly increase the visibility of his game, but I wonder just how much.

Hope it all works out in the end.

 

[Rocketeer29]

A new and interesting update on patreon, though for those looking for adult content flr this game, they will be disappointed. Sounds like the dev is dedicating to making a primarily non adult game and adult bits are being relegated to mods which the dev sees as not necessarily something he alone must work on. (In other words, he is welcome to modders to add their own adult stuff to his game)

He compared it to Skyrim or Fallout where the game will have a solid gameplay loop and many mods can be made for it.

Which is fine.

But I think he's overestimating the reach of his own game if he expecting a considerable number of modders to pitch in. Granted his ideas are solid and he is pushing to publish it on steam, and that will certainly increase the visibility of his game, but I wonder just how much.

Hope it all works out in the end.

From the few replies I've read so far, I understand that he can get help way better from the game developers community if he's starting to make a non-adult game, rather than starting the game from scratch with the NSFW content because of the opinions he will get from the developers about people making those kind of games. So I think firstly he wants to finish a base game without focusing on NSFW content, after that, he'll start making it NSFW.

 

[Deleted member 2018405]

A new and interesting update on patreon, though for those looking for adult content flr this game, they will be disappointed. Sounds like the dev is dedicating to making a primarily non adult game and adult bits are being relegated to mods which the dev sees as not necessarily something he alone must work on. (In other words, he is welcome to modders to add their own adult stuff to his game)

He compared it to Skyrim or Fallout where the game will have a solid gameplay loop and many mods can be made for it.

Which is fine.

But I think he's overestimating the reach of his own game if he expecting a considerable number of modders to pitch in. Granted his ideas are solid and he is pushing to publish it on steam, and that will certainly increase the visibility of his game, but I wonder just how much.

Hope it all works out in the end.

He isn't expecting modders to pitch in and take up the slack for porn, it's just an option for them, and it's always been the intention that more stuff can be added with mods. He'll be working with Gato (anim person) to make a "official" but legally separate mod that contains the H-content he wants to include. This is pretty explicitly confirmed IIRC in the discord server, he's not ditching the sex, he's separating it so he can post on steam w/out getting the game delisted or taken down entirely.

 

[Alket]

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[Makaron22]

he's separating it so he can post on steam w/out getting the game delisted or taken down entirely.

On Steam there are already games like Carnal Instinct or Wicked island... Probably idea is to focusing on game completion and polishing, rather than anything else.

 

[SweetCupcake]

see you in 2027

 

[VamJamA4]

On Steam there are already games like Carnal Instinct or Wicked island... Probably idea is to focusing on game completion and polishing, rather than anything else.

Him pulling the adult content has nothing to do with the game being de-listed. He wants the game to be "mainstream" in Mateydev's own words "like Skyrim." Basically he's attempting to appeal to a wider audience.

If a mainstream source is willing to touch this game with a 10 foot pole I would be very surprised. I can't speak for outside of the US, but at least American advertising firms will pull their ads if they see them in association with something dubbed "a porn game" which this game will be labeled as even if the content is no longer in it officially.

The existence of Patreon posts from the dev stating the porn content will be available as a mod will make the porn label permanent.

 

[mrme]

A new and interesting update on patreon, though for those looking for adult content flr this game, they will be disappointed. Sounds like the dev is dedicating to making a primarily non adult game and adult bits are being relegated to mods which the dev sees as not necessarily something he alone must work on. (In other words, he is welcome to modders to add their own adult stuff to his game)

This is nothing new

Edit: Although it does look like we're going to be waiting even longer for the official porn mod.
Whilst the mobile base ship and massive open world do look intriguing. Matty is but one man - that's a lot of pull off.

 

[barr34]

From the dev on patreon:

"I'm not adding porn mods to be the official game contents, sorry but it's no different if it's mods or base contents, it's the DLCs that you guys will have to install later. I'm just trying to make the game easier for my marketing model and not stuck with the tiny channel inside one industry that is so closed and so specific. And I don't really afraid about Steam and Porn TOS there from the beginning. I won't focus the porn mods because it's just mods and I can't just use the porn mods to do the marketing on mainstream sites, I need the actual game to be up there along with other indie quality projects on the mainstream sites. But then again, I won't explain much how the mods will work because the time will tell."

" You will have to install the adult mods on itch. The game is now heading toward something like Skyrim and Fallout. The game is leaving Patreon and is heading to Steam. The game is no longer smut but still nsfw. The mods development and game development are separated and my purpose is to get the game to be actually playable from start to finish. Mod creators could be anyone, not just me. Adult mods or any mods are not essential to the goal of the game and focusing on those are getting the game development to nowhere. Hence it would become milking if I'll still stick around Patreon. The adult mods can come later because making the game 100% playable is what that's matter. "

Welp

One has to wonder then, why the fuck did it start as a porn game, or why did it even have porn content to begin with

 

[Mad Skull]

When i saw the first trailer/video i was surprised of the huge quality of a Porn game, so i subscribed to his patreon to be one of those giving him a push and a help for such effort and passion, and hopefully finally to get an "AAA" quality type in an adult game since a lot of people when think an adult/porn game the first thing it come to their minds are those cheap/crappy flash type games.

But after a few months later i start to see the signals of how he totally abandoned the Adult part focusing in trying to compete with other open world games instead of showing more that initially show us, so i stopped my subscription to his patreon after of 6 months, surprise... a few weeks later he announce he fully stopped/scrapped completely the Adult part, if this isnt bait and switch then i dont know what it is.

Im glad i trust my gut and stopped giving him more money, lesson learned, never give money to another person promising the shinny thing and only pay/buy only when the product is finished not before.

If this is his final product possibly is going to be buried with the rest of the other open world indie games that are worth less a dollar each one, sad final for such great potential.

 

[a_bored_guy]

This is pretty explicitly confirmed IIRC in the discord server, he's not ditching the sex, he's separating it so he can post on steam w/out getting the game delisted or taken down entirely.

As others have pointed out, there are games in steam that are outright porn like mad island (hell that one is a guro fest as well) so i kind of wonder what type porn matto worries would have him delisted, because the only ones i have seen that remove a chunk of their content to be allowed in steam are the ones with loli/shota content and unless matto is planning to add that type of content, it wouldnt make that much sense for that to be the reason, unless it has to do with his nationality and laws related to porn since some devs had to deal with that in the past and their projects had to be shut down (RIP the dev of tommie wants to get married)

 

[musparty]

okay, why this post even exist in this forum then

 

[mrme]

As others have pointed out, there are games in steam that are outright porn like mad island (hell that one is a guro fest as well) so i kind of wonder what type porn matto worries would have him delisted, because the only ones i have seen that remove a chunk of their content to be allowed in steam are the ones with loli/shota content and unless matto is planning to add that type of content, it wouldnt make that much sense for that to be the reason, unless it has to do with his nationality and laws related to porn since some devs had to deal with that in the past and their projects had to be shut down (RIP the dev of tommie wants to get married)

I think Matty is South Korean iirc

 

[a_bored_guy]

I think Matty is South Korean iirc

IF true, then that's more than a valid reason as for why he wants to keep the NSFW stuff separated, since the authorities and the people would have his ass if they picked up wind about it.
Granted since he also said he wants the game to have a reach similar to games like skyrim, its probably a mix of both, again, IF he is actually from SK

okay, why this post even exist in this forum then

IIRC this is a site for adult games, while adult games do include NSFW, there are also games that are not porn but suggestive, which is why games like the killing antidote are going around in the site, and for all the discourse going around this game, it still has some porn (even if it is only like, 4 scenes)