Unity Renegades Vault [v0.14] [Drako Productions]

[DrakoProductions]

Oookay so I decided to give this game a try, despite the virus warnings.
Thankfully the posts above with the detailed feedback made me trust this enough to put the file as "accepted" on Windows Defender, though it didn't like that.

I haven't seen any sexual content yet because I want to be a 'good guy.'

Will there be lewd scenes when I get to bonetown?
Say, our dearest friends get 'captured' and we have to 'save' them? Or perhaps we lose a shared fight?

Currently the Lewd content is limited to the first Slave that can be captured.

More lewd content will follow through future quests, random events and more enslavable characters.

Thanks for trying the game

 

[DrakoProductions]

Hi Drako, I tried out v13.1 for a bit over an hour and have some feedback.

• I like the post-apocalypse setting you've written, it provides an excellent narrative foundation for slavery and depravity. The intro is meaty enough to give the player context for the game without being an overwhelming text dump.
• I recommend adding an instant text display setting, which should probably be default. Even the current "Fast" text display setting is painfully slow. The typewriter text effect is acceptable for visual novels where a line will only ever appear once, but considering how many repeated dialogues there are in this game the slow text is very annoying.
• The story dialogues with the trader Bren should be compressed or better yet only happen once. He repeats several lines of story dialogue every time I trade which creates a lot of extra clicks when I just want to sell some scrap. Also when ending a trading session Bren repeats his dialogue, but he should exit out of talking to him.
• I highly recommend adding some probability numbers for player actions that give random results like scavenging water/scrap or exploring. For example, in No Haven when the player is sending a mission there's a "Success: 55%, Failure: 45%" message to give the player some idea of their chances. Currently the player has no idea why they are succeeding or failing. Also, do player stats like Strength make any difference for the random results? The game doesn't make it clear.
• The wide variety of activities available when training Kyra is awesome. I do wish they were organized into some sort of logical groups (maybe Service, Sex, BDSM), instead of randomly slotted into a grid.
• The multitude of numbers associated with Kyra mean that understanding the results of any action is challenging. I suggest adding little green +1 / red -1 indicators when stats change.
• The direction of stat changes from actions with Kyra could use careful review. For example, giving Kyra a verbal Reward seemed to increase her Fear, but a verbal punishment did not affect Fear, which doesn't make any sense to me. I don't understand what the difference between "Loyalty" and "Bond" are, those seem like conceptual synonyms. Maybe merge them or rename one to make it clearer.
• I really like the game taking a shot at making a complex NPC psychology/relationship system. Does Kyra obey out of fear? Is she a loyal companion? Is she a traumatized mess hiding in a corner? That depth is great. Building a nuanced NPC psychological model is a lot harder than simply giving them a linear Obedience meter like many other games, but I think it is definitely worth the extra effort.

I look forward to trying future versions!
Cheers mate

Thanks for the feedback.

I actually tried adding in the instant text display button the past but failed at the first attempt , the dialogue speed button was my next best attempt. I will make the fast button much faster for the time being. Please note the space bar autocompletes the text as well.

Comments about Bren are well noted and will adjust accordingly. Random outcomes are indeed not yet communicated clearly. I am looking for ways to make it more nuanced as an actual percentage. I tried to do that with training already but should spread this out through every event.

I will try to arrange the sex types better but I am trying to avoid the player having to click to many buttons to reach anything as this might cause frustration as well. For reward and punishment I tried making a very complex justification system that defines outcomes based on past events, but this has not come to full fruition just yet. When it does I will also increase the logic of the outcomes.

Overall this has been great feedback and I will try to prioritize all the points you made!

 

[vtoy2]

Curious now which game you had in mind

I'm not the one who initially said it, but it made me think of Desert Stalker immediately when I saw it, might have been the same for the other person

 

[nononomaybe]

I'm glad my thoughts were helpful!
Thanks for listening and answering player feedback.

try to arrange the sex types better but I am trying to avoid the player having to click to many buttons

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Something like this was what I was envisioning with the grouped grid for Kyra training actions (obviously the visual style of the example is different). Nothing that requires more player clicks, I totally agree it is best to minimize menu navigation clicks.

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[SoviTeliya]

Now this depends on the dev's preference of learning the harder to work Unity engine (which allows far more complex games), but considering that this game it's about images and scripts, Ren'Py would be far quicker and easier to be used for projects like these.

 

[DrakoProductions]

Now this depends on the dev's preference of learning the harder to work Unity engine (which allows far more complex games), but considering that this game it's about images and scripts, Ren'Py would be far quicker and easier to be used for projects like these.

Did it for the long-term benefits

 

[kilr0y99]

Hi, The game has potential. I did notice that as I slowly trained my strength and endurance, sleeping overnight doesn't seem to replenish stamina. This is what it looks like first thing in the morning even if I just wake and sleep again. Health seems to slowly replenish.

 

[DrakoProductions]

Hi, The game has potential. I did notice that as I slowly trained my strength and endurance, sleeping overnight doesn't seem to replenish stamina. This is what it looks like first thing in the morning even if I just wake and sleep again. Health seems to slowly replenish.
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Thanks for sharing.

Has been fixed in the next update. Hope to have it online by Tuesday!

 

[evilmonkie]

going by the preview images i'm guessing someone confused female domination and male domination for the tags.

 

[hanahsolo]

Can't save game at v0.14

 

[DrakoProductions]

Can't save game at v0.14

Would you be so kind to explain the bug your experiencing?

 

[hanahsolo]

Would you be so kind to explain the bug your experiencing?

Well i go to save game, press empty save slot and it stays empty.

 

[William8]

Thanks for sharing.

Has been fixed in the next update. Hope to have it online by Tuesday!

Does the stamina capacity now actually increase with endurance training? Im on Endurance 38, but can still only do 1 scavenge water and 1 train endurance/strength if im on contaminated water only - and i dont think the leftover energy has changed at all since endurance 15 - hard to tell without a visible number. It almost feels like the fix for the above resulted in max stamina remaining at the same value, instead of letting sleep recharge more of the bar. it solves the problem of it not fully recharging - but not the right way around.

I dont know if the line between the stamina and health bars are supposed to indicate a minimum for actions - but at the moment when trying to scavenge metal or water, it doesnt let me do the action with stamina quite a bit over that line.

The tooltips on attributes are great!

Most things seem to work better now, saves dont remember where you were in a conversation though - so save scumming is not a reliable option to explore conversation options outcomes.

Some conversations doesnt appear in order (i think). I can ask about the boneyard, before Im told about it. Also asking for more work at one person, advances conversation topics at the scrap metal guy - and some of those are needed.

The scrap metal quest asks for 50 scrap metal - but it took all 58 i had in stock to complete the mission - im not sure if i was compensated somehow for the extra 8 - but nobody said anything.

Saving over an old save also doesnt "clean up" the old save data - I started new game, saved over a 0.1.3 file on day 2. then loaded it and suddenly i had a slave - without having gone through that quest.

Training seems really tough to progress - I passed a week or two in game, trying to get strength up for a quest - but really struggled due to only contaminated water available and keeping that water available while training was a chore.

A suggestion: maybe add the inhabitant name in brackets next to cell number? Its simple at the moment with 1 slave, but in the future might be a handy piece of information to select the correct cell.

 

[HunterSeeker]

Is Kyra based off a real life model/porn star? If so, which one?

 

[yourmoming]

even if it is ai slop it has potential, adding some random encounters when exploring to make the experience feel deeper would be nice like finding a female raider and raping/capturing her would be fun, maybe finding a weak and lost chick and choosing her fate, etc...

 

[Frostvred]

Can't save game at v0.14

Would you be so kind to explain the bug your experiencing?

Same deal here.
Simply unable to save. Don't have the saves from earlier version showing up either.

Mid-Game, pop to menu, click save, then a slot. Nothing happens.
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