- Thread starter The Emperor King
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- Mar 13, 2019
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Hello again...
It seems as if my game has failed, both in audience and in quality. Therefore I will take a break from it first, maybe I get the power to create another game or the will to further expand this.
Anyway, I can say that it was a fun little adventure to work on this game here, but I am really dissatisfied with the player count and especially the number of reviews I got for this game. As of writing this I only got a 4* review about version 0.1 and a 1* review which calls my game "soulless". To be honest this "soulless" really hit hard as I tried my best to create an experience for you guys but it is what it is. At this point, I still want to thank the reviewers for their efforts, regardless of the positivity or negativity of the review.
Even though it might be a bit of a "copy", I coded it from the ground up, not a single line of code is identical to another game. I tried my best to make the story unique and as I am a big fan of the Roman Empire and medieval times I found it fun to work in this setting. But as far as porn images go, there isn't much porn in medieval clothing to create a whole game around, so I tried my best to use people in "timeless" dresses or bend the story in a somewhat believable way to change the clothes, but this also seems to be too emersion breaking for many (and I really don't want to use any AI-Art or drawings as I want my characters to be "real" and I never liked any other graphic style).
Nevertheless, I am still proud of me to have come all the way to this point. One of my biggest feelings of joy was when I got the clothing system to work with the speech-box system, all dynamic. I have literally searched for hours and hours on Reddits and forums to find out how to do it, but nobody could really provide a working solution until one day I figured it out myself.. this was fun.
Oh and one more thing.. game development really takes a long time for even the tiniest features and what some people expect without paying a single penny is... interesting. I for myself will look at user-generated games with a completely different eye. If they are just short, a quick cash grab and full of bugs okay, they are shit, but for all the other games out there that release with a decent amount of content, are not splattered with gifs and webms and really try to tell a story, I have huge respect now.
Long story short.. thank you all for the support until now, maybe this game has a future at some point.. maybe not.
Roma Invicta!
It seems as if my game has failed, both in audience and in quality. Therefore I will take a break from it first, maybe I get the power to create another game or the will to further expand this.
Anyway, I can say that it was a fun little adventure to work on this game here, but I am really dissatisfied with the player count and especially the number of reviews I got for this game. As of writing this I only got a 4* review about version 0.1 and a 1* review which calls my game "soulless". To be honest this "soulless" really hit hard as I tried my best to create an experience for you guys but it is what it is. At this point, I still want to thank the reviewers for their efforts, regardless of the positivity or negativity of the review.
Even though it might be a bit of a "copy", I coded it from the ground up, not a single line of code is identical to another game. I tried my best to make the story unique and as I am a big fan of the Roman Empire and medieval times I found it fun to work in this setting. But as far as porn images go, there isn't much porn in medieval clothing to create a whole game around, so I tried my best to use people in "timeless" dresses or bend the story in a somewhat believable way to change the clothes, but this also seems to be too emersion breaking for many (and I really don't want to use any AI-Art or drawings as I want my characters to be "real" and I never liked any other graphic style).
Nevertheless, I am still proud of me to have come all the way to this point. One of my biggest feelings of joy was when I got the clothing system to work with the speech-box system, all dynamic. I have literally searched for hours and hours on Reddits and forums to find out how to do it, but nobody could really provide a working solution until one day I figured it out myself.. this was fun.
Oh and one more thing.. game development really takes a long time for even the tiniest features and what some people expect without paying a single penny is... interesting. I for myself will look at user-generated games with a completely different eye. If they are just short, a quick cash grab and full of bugs okay, they are shit, but for all the other games out there that release with a decent amount of content, are not splattered with gifs and webms and really try to tell a story, I have huge respect now.
Long story short.. thank you all for the support until now, maybe this game has a future at some point.. maybe not.
Roma Invicta!
- Mar 13, 2019
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Don't worry too much about reviews at this early stage. They're likely to be mostly negative since your project is new and lacks substantial content. Building an audience or player base takes time and dedication. Instantly receiving great reviews is unlikely. Take the example of Devolution, a game created by a single person who invested a lot of effort and released it with a reasonable amount of content. I think you should follow a similar approach, rather than launching with just 1 or 2 missions. In my opinion, if you want to attract a decent audience, avoid releasing a game with very little content from the start. Instead, provide players with a deeper experience, with at least a 15-minute playtime, or more, right from the beginning.
~ Wish you the best if you make something else as i really actually loved this approach and was looking forward for more updates sad to see it leaving choice of actors and story was 9/10 imo.
Regarding reviews and playerbase only way it will increase is if you are persistent with updating per week or per x days so many other HTML and other Engine games that basically keep getting bumped and basically drops this one to the second page.
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If you ever decide to develop the game further it would be really cool if you could add:
1. The option to decide whether Dilliona and Cherria are mom/sister, stepmom/stepsister or simply people you live with.
2. A time schedule where you can look up who is where at which time.
1. The option to decide whether Dilliona and Cherria are mom/sister, stepmom/stepsister or simply people you live with.
2. A time schedule where you can look up who is where at which time.
I realy loved this one !
The game mechanic was quite awesome!
Story is unique.
It could be a very special in my opinion, but if you always give up, and do another, and abandon that too, you'll fight yourself a name, a name to know "here we go again"....
I rather do a project what I like,and maybe some of the ppl, rather than start always a newone, and going nowhere.
But, it is your project, your time, your work !
And I am noone, just a random person.
Anyway, I am glad to find this project, and hoping, you'll continue someday !
Happy New Years !
The game mechanic was quite awesome!
Story is unique.
It could be a very special in my opinion, but if you always give up, and do another, and abandon that too, you'll fight yourself a name, a name to know "here we go again"....
I rather do a project what I like,and maybe some of the ppl, rather than start always a newone, and going nowhere.
But, it is your project, your time, your work !
And I am noone, just a random person.
Anyway, I am glad to find this project, and hoping, you'll continue someday !
Happy New Years !
- Oct 20, 2019
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BE CAREFUL THE WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS WERE NOT MADE TOO QUICKLY AND YET THEY DID SUFFER REJECTION, NEVER STOP CREATING AND ALWAYS INNOVATE
- Jun 7, 2020
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honestly, i quite enjoyed it. i think its main issue was the grind and lack of a timetable of where people are at certain times making it difficult to know when and where you need to be to trigger events or interact with characters. other than that it was pretty good, would love to see development continue
