Others Seduction Defense Force [DevLog]

[GM_Silver]

BIG UPDATE!!

Sorry it's been almost two weeks since any update here. I've been hard at work, as has Catskull. I've been hammering out a cutscene system, and he's completed both the Slime and the Harpy!! I can't show off the cutscene system properly since this site won't allow video uploads and the gif would be waaaaaay too big, but I CAN show you what our awesome artist did!

BEHOLD THE GIFS!



Aren't they great?? I uh... may or may not have had to take a break after implementing those into the game...

Anywho, next steps? Now that I've got a working cutscene system, I'm actually building a demo! That's right, a demo! Pretty soon I'll be able to get testing feedback, maybe even open up a SubscribeStar to fund the ongoing work? There's only so much I can do with my spare cash, after all.

But yeah, hopefully I'll be able to set up a demo soon. Look forward to it!

 

[GM_Silver]

Another update!

Things are progressing smoothly, but slowly. I, unfortunately, have a life outside making a lewd game and so I can't always push as hard and fast as I did in the beginning. That's just how it works.

But enough about that. You're here to see what I've been up to! Well, it's mostly a bunch of stuff that's hard to show off. I've made a system that makes implementing sound effects pretty easy. In fact, the kobold and slime both have sounds for their sexy animations. I've also gotten the first two big cutscenes encoded (did I mention that already? woops if true), but they're too massive for a gif. I made the enemies do a little fade-out animation thingy when they die so they don't just abruptly disappear, but that's a minor thing that isn't really worth a gif.

One thing I did get a gif of is this:


At Catskull's suggestion, I made the Chaos meter into a bar for easier readability, then added a background to it for better contrast. That little green gem is your mana. I think I'm gonna find a pixel art heart instead since the mana comes from, you know, sex. Eventually I want to find an artist who specializes in UI stuff to get a proper UI done. But that, as with most things, is lower on my priorities list.

 

[polkaStudio]

Good luck mate. Slowly but smoothly is better than going fast.
What are you planning to do with this game after you are finished?
Itch? Steam?

 

[GM_Silver]

Thanks! I'll need the luck haha

Right now? Plans are to do the standard "SubscribeStar for Most Updated, Itch for Public" NSFW game dev thing. I'm trying to get this thing to what I call the "base game" so that I can reasonably ask for money to continue development. I'd love to add lots more places to defend, unique defense scenarios (like defending a merchant caravan, for instance!), characters to seduce the monsters, etc etc.

But that's expensive, hence the subscription plans.

 

[polkaStudio]

Thanks! I'll need the luck haha

Right now? Plans are to do the standard "SubscribeStar for Most Updated, Itch for Public" NSFW game dev thing. I'm trying to get this thing to what I call the "base game" so that I can reasonably ask for money to continue development. I'd love to add lots more places to defend, unique defense scenarios (like defending a merchant caravan, for instance!), characters to seduce the monsters, etc etc.

But that's expensive, hence the subscription plans.

Subscriberstar, I had no luck in registering my account to sell and pass the review process.
They say that they will review my page, but never did. I heard that they are located in Russia so, you know.

As for the features of the game, I think you have a decent idea.
Lot of NSFW game devs don't think about gameplay but only thinks about kinky stuff.
I think the best NSFW games comes with great gameplay.

You might not pop off at the first try, but as you go on, your games will get better and better.
May you push through at hard times.
GodSpeed mate.

 

[GM_Silver]

Well I hope I don't have issues with SubscribeStar, since I don't think Patreon will like some of the stuff I want in the game... I don't think there are really any other alternatives for subscriptions?

So far my gameplay is pretty basic, so hopefully I'll find interesting ways to enhance it. Thanks for the kind words!

 

[GM_Silver]

Minor Update! (for those of you interested)

You may notice a pretty sizeable gap in posts here, especially since I was reliably posting every couple days in the beginning. The gap began when CatSkull began having personal things that interfered with his work on this project. We tried to make it work for a while there, but he has decided to bow out of the project. I don't plan to replace his work, as I like the stuff he made, but I have had to find a new artist. And find a new artist I have! I'm not gonna count my chickens before I've even counted the eggs, but I'm excited to be able to continue on the project. So watch this space for art updates (and updates generally)!

If you're looking at that paragraph and squinting a little like "wait so the art didn't progress but this guy is a programmer.... why did art issues stop progress altogether?" then yeah, I get that. But with a porn game, the art is unarguably more important than everything else. And beside that, I absolutely *suck* at implementing systems if I don't have assets for them. It's definitely a skill issue on my part.

Anyway, things are moving forward again! Thanks for checking out the thread.