You are correct! Mortze did in fact do the art for Gates: The OpeningAm I completely off my rockers in thinking you did the beautiful renders for Gates: the opening? My appologies if so.. also didn't know that iksanabot wrote those for LoP, esspecially LwT and it's expansions are some of my favourites of their offering, will most likely join you over on patreon once I've had a look at the demo. Thanks for sharing
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any lop games for example have some hard fetishes, like (gang bang , cheating, swings etc)
in seducing the throne they were kinda "free minded womans" (i dont like calling a woman whore or that kind of Word but damm... that game did have some scenes a bit too much for those of us that like more vanilla games)
and i was replying to mortze (the games he said him and his friend worked, dunno if tora worked on them)
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I have no idea why "free minded womans" made me laugh. Thank you.
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Loved the Elsaverse games (not so much other Tora games,) but I did always agree with the common perception about the MCs being beta to the titular characters. Doesn't necessarily make them weak, but it did get repetitive given it was a basic theme in most everything Tlaero wrote. It was just her thing. I'll give this a quick spin and see how it goes.
{Edit} - OK, I tried. Doesn't really seem like my thing I guess. If this is indicative of the story to follow I won't bother, unfortunately. As for the girls, didn't really care for Sarah or Lilly, but both the girls in the gym were fine. Professor had a bit too much Miranda in her for comfort.
{Edit} - OK, I tried. Doesn't really seem like my thing I guess. If this is indicative of the story to follow I won't bother, unfortunately. As for the girls, didn't really care for Sarah or Lilly, but both the girls in the gym were fine. Professor had a bit too much Miranda in her for comfort.
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Renders are good. Story is pretty cliche. MC is definately a beta although it sounds like we can change his personality more towards an alpha (though your either born with an A type personality or your not).
But from the devs past works I can guarantee you will eventually see NTR in some form or another (avoidable or not who knows at this point).
I am sure some will like this game but I have played enough games where the MC is a weakling and heard enough devs try to say "he can change" to know it wont. So this is gonna get a hard pass by me.
Most people arent badasses in real life and look to games to not be reminded of the parts of themselves they may not like so not having a strong MC is going to limit how popular your game will be. Just food for thought.
Good luck
But from the devs past works I can guarantee you will eventually see NTR in some form or another (avoidable or not who knows at this point).
I am sure some will like this game but I have played enough games where the MC is a weakling and heard enough devs try to say "he can change" to know it wont. So this is gonna get a hard pass by me.
Most people arent badasses in real life and look to games to not be reminded of the parts of themselves they may not like so not having a strong MC is going to limit how popular your game will be. Just food for thought.
Good luck
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This was funny lol, I liked it a lot. And I was curious how Serena would fit into this picture considering the events of Saving Chloe, especially considering she was my favorite of that story. I'm glad this intro made the timeline clear. Tlaero had been a big inspiration of mine for a few years now, so it really hurt to see her retire the name. But Mortze is still here delivering the only way he knows how and iksanabot wrote my favorite LOP game LWT (didn't care much for the sequel because it felt too rushed but I'm looking forward to the expansion later this year)
But I really like this so far. Tora P. is left in good hands if this new partnership is anything to go by.
The only thing I'd say I didn't like was the animations. If the animations aren't legitimate, I don't think you need to loop 2 images to simulate animations such as that last BJ scene. A lot of Ren'Py games do that already, but it never did sit well with me personally. I say either animate it properly, or leave the scene as a still image.
But I really like this so far. Tora P. is left in good hands if this new partnership is anything to go by.
The only thing I'd say I didn't like was the animations. If the animations aren't legitimate, I don't think you need to loop 2 images to simulate animations such as that last BJ scene. A lot of Ren'Py games do that already, but it never did sit well with me personally. I say either animate it properly, or leave the scene as a still image.
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Our idea for this game is that you will be able to customize the player's personality. That is, when making dialogue choices, certain choices will affect personality statistics. Each girl has a personality she prefers, so you get a relationship bonus with a girl for displaying the personality she likes. In addition, sometimes options in the game will not be available if it goes too far against past choices. However, you will always be able to make new choices to move your personality back in a direction that gives you the option that you want.
I might not have explained this clearly, but it will be explained very clearly in episode one when you actually define your character's personality early in the game (at least, the personality starting point).
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I understand your criticism and see your point. Someone else has also found the naration to be a bit overbearing. I will try to pull back on that a bit in the full game. We are still kind of finding the voice for this game.Nice introduction but the main character and his inner dialogue was certainly the worst part of it. I couldn't stop thinking about why he just didn't masturbate in a WC in the school... The other characters and their dialogue was good as well as the imagery (although a bit grainy sometimes).
Looking forward to the first "real" episode
Regarding why he didn't just jack off in the bathroom - I guess you had to suspend your disbelief a bit. But also, some people feel more awkward about that than others. I jerk off every day but I've never jerked off in a public bathroom. I don't look down on others for doing it, but it just doesn't feel comfortable to me. And I am not at all shy.
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Thanks MaxCarna, nice to see you here!
I very much want to develop the personalities of each girl. I will. This introduction was conceived of as just a way to show some images and to prove that we were serious about working together. In the full episodes, developing the characters will be a priority.
Best regards!
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Thanks for the detailed feedback. I will see if I can make the animations look better slower. Also, we will keep in mind that there is such a thing as making an image too comical - we discussed that several times during development of the introduction. WE don't want to try TOO hard to make it funny. For the full episodes, we are going to try and find a balance between humour and drama that is similar to movies like Forest Gump, and Jerry MacGuire.
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Someone else mentioned the same thing. I understand. The idea for the introduction was that the MC had a 1-in-a-million boner. The kind of boner that only 1 in a milllion men might ever experience once in their life. So insistent, so large and hard, that it makes them sorry something is really wrong. It was supposed to be kind of funny, but it also will eventually tie into the larger story of the game. But I failed to write it well enough if you found it overdone. I've already said this in reply to another post: we're just trying to find our voice with this game. We'll listen to feedback, and improve.
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I'm noting all feedback that occurs more than once. Grainy images, and overbrearing narrative have been noted and we'll work on that. Music would be lovely, I agree. we'll see if it's in the budget after the first of JunePretty promising so far. Made me laugh a few times, poor guy, hits a bit too close to the truth.
Visuals are good, tho a bit too grainy in some scenes, bit too strong color contrast ( like it's on SweetFX, especially with "glowing" character eyes), and one or two odd facial expressions ( though really minor, and look kind of funny)
With gifs: I think very, very few VNs do it well and end up a waste of effort; I'd go with more plain pictures, from different angles.
Only major complaint is too much of descriptive: "You decide...you see...you go to ... etc". I'd tone it down a bit, use just plain monologue ( more), and let an image speak on its own ( at times).
Characters seem interesting, look natural, pretty good dialogue/introduction/variety.
Some music would also be welcome.
Thanks for your feedback!
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I like games where you start off as nothing special, but work toward becoming very special, and irresistable to the women you want.
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Hmm, I understand. I don't want patrons to drive us in directions that we don't want to go, but on the other hand, I feel a strong need to reward patrons with something for their support. On the surface, the reward is that the game gets made, but that doesn't really work unless there is enough support to get the game made. It's something all developers who use patreon are probably struggling with. I'm open to ideas.
One thing is for sure, I won't make a game I don't like. If we don't get support except from people demanding stuff I don't want to write, that will just be the end of it.
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I don't mind making fun of myself here - this surprised me, because I thought I was kind of famous in the adult game world.
Hyped , I am iksanabot, the writer, and I am coding the game too. I wrote a bunch of games for Lesson of Passion, most notably, Living with Temptation, Living with Temptation:Wife Gone Wilder, Living with Temptation: Foreign Affairs, and Seducing the Throne. Both LWT2 and STT have expansions coming out (this year, I think).