Kaos_Theory

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Don't forget about the influence of the Oogle Corp and their drug Nyct-X. Such abrupt changes in behavior of people are caused by the drug being dumped into the city's waters.
I'll be honest and say that while the game itself is good, I didn't get far enough to find out about this, I noped out on the story when my wall popped up, but to AbyssGames keep up the good work and let's hope you have more fans of this game (y)
 

swiver

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Don't forget about the influence of the Oogle Corp and their drug Nyct-X. Such abrupt changes in behavior of people are caused by the drug being dumped into the city's waters.
I'll be honest and say that while the game itself is good, I didn't get far enough to find out about this, I noped out on the story when my wall popped up, but to AbyssGames keep up the good work and let's hope you have more fans of this game (y)
yeah correct. despite my (agreement with) critique, the sensibility is by no means broken, the narrative really holds.

For my part only certain thoughts/conversations could be smoother here, more elaborate there and yes sometimes there's room for a completely different thing to write. It isn't drastic though, in that it doesn't effect really the plot. It'd just take it to the next level, so it's not just the story and scene tickling your... errm... senses but also the words.
 
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shotzpro

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The update wasn't just that 1 flashback scene, it was adding new features, updating visuals, introducing new animations, ect...
But you can put this together with the progression of the story, doing it separately just gives me the impression that you are wasting my Patreon
 
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swiver

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But you can put this together with the progression of the story, doing it separately just gives me the impression that you are wasting my Patreon
Bur it wasn't released in lieu of an update; they normally release a chapter every couple of months. This patch was tacked on a few weeks after Chapter 4 was released. Just like the patch continuing the h-scene (was it 4.1?) was a week or two after 4.0.

This was explained as not wanting to make people wait for finalisation and I think just revisions after release upon consideration-like. It's par for the course in true serialisation (like big novels a hundred years ago), but even if it had been artificial serial releases like today's TV... I mean I kinda enjoyed the small after-bites like they're special episodes or something.

The practice is also not uncommon for the VN world, at least schedule-wise, as this was released in similar fashion public then patreon versions (or the other way round for dates of single version) or like standard then extended updates or bug-fixed version or whatever terms you're used to.
 
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AbyssGames

Developer of "Shadows Of Ambition"
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But you can put this together with the progression of the story, doing it separately just gives me the impression that you are wasting my Patreon
I’d argue I’m doing the opposite. The update time is fairly quick compared to others in the genre, especially for the amount of content added. I could’ve waited, but since this was a rework of chapter 1 and the introduction of the game, I think it’s important to get that out as soon as possible as new people try the game every day. First impressions are important, so I didn’t want to lose potential new players by delaying a QOL update with fixes, animations, ect…
 
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I'm curious what AI engine is used for this art? A self-taught or any kind of commercial one? Like, IDK, adult DALLE/midjourney version?
 

Vicissitudo

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Stable Diffusion
I'm just curious, do you work directly on Stability SD3.5 and/or CIVITAI?

I started exploring a bit them and read/watch some tutorials but I haven't much experience in this field, except for Firefly/OpenAI which I use regularly (for other purposes).

Thanks!
 

AbyssGames

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I'm just curious, do you work directly on Stability SD3.5 and/or CIVITAI?

I started exploring a bit them and read/watch some tutorials but I haven't much experience in this field, except for Firefly/OpenAI which I use regularly (for other purposes).

Thanks!
No, I work with a fine-tune checkpoint of SDXL. As it's supporting better resolutions. (Easier upscale to 1920x1080).
 
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Chapter 4 is absolutely terrible. I haven't had something make me hate men in all my life haha
SoA was on my favs list.. until ya shat out Chapter 4. WHY?
However. I already modded it for.. well.. uses... it has such potential I might just re-write that
entire chapter. News flash. We don't actually behave like that. Worst attempt at male jerk off
fanservice I have ever seen.

Before someone nerds up and defends it, I want SoA to be amazing. And it can be. But Chapter 4...
Is dousing your nuts in napalm and lighting a match. How much do you have to say slut in one chapter?
And I'm sorry to de-fantasize you, be we are territorial AF. No way is it believable at all that after Rob,
Alice would even consider sharing Luke with any one. And how fuggin thirsty are Sophie and Kate?
Quit writing us like we're gender swapped dudes. I know what tits look and feel like. I have them.
They don't amaze me like they amaze you. I have Gods gift of an ass, seeing another girl's ass doesn't
make me go stupid levels of horny like a dude.

I mean if I wrote a scene with 3 dudes in a locker room changing and they are all drunk on
each others nutsacks and going heart eyes over Bob's massive cock.. come one guys! Let's double team him!
You guys would be losing your shit and hating me. You're not like that, right? Guys don't act that way right?
Guys who like girls would never act like that right? And sorry guys, like Santa Clause sleep overs aren't
nude pillow fights and lusty lesbo antics.. usually. We're a lot less gay than you like to fantasize.
Especially if we can have Liam or Luke's penis. This isn't NTR, it's a harem starter.



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SymbioticLife

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Chapter 4 is absolutely terrible. I haven't had something make me hate men in all my life haha
SoA was on my favs list.. until ya shat out Chapter 4. WHY?
However. I already modded it for.. well.. uses... it has such potential I might just re-write that
entire chapter. News flash. We don't actually behave like that. Worst attempt at male jerk off
fanservice I have ever seen.

Before someone nerds up and defends it, I want SoA to be amazing. And it can be. But Chapter 4...
Is dousing your nuts in napalm and lighting a match. How much do you have to say slut in one chapter?
And I'm sorry to de-fantasize you, be we are territorial AF. No way is it believable at all that after Rob,
Alice would even consider sharing Luke with any one. And how fuggin thirsty are Sophie and Kate?
Quit writing us like we're gender swapped dudes. I know what tits look and feel like. I have them.
They don't amaze me like they amaze you. I have Gods gift of an ass, seeing another girl's ass doesn't
make me go stupid levels of horny like a dude.

I mean if I wrote a scene with 3 dudes in a locker room changing and they are all drunk on
each others nutsacks and going heart eyes over Bob's massive cock.. come one guys! Let's double team him!
You guys would be losing your shit and hating me. You're not like that, right? Guys don't act that way right?
Guys who like girls would never act like that right? And sorry guys, like Santa Clause sleep overs aren't
nude pillow fights and lusty lesbo antics.. usually. We're a lot less gay than you like to fantasize.
Especially if we can have Liam or Luke's penis. This isn't NTR, it's a harem starter.



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Ma'am, this is a Wendy's.

But seriously, I am sorry you feel that way - even though I didn't write those scenes I did take part in proofreading and making suggestions - but nobody is pretending that girls are going crazy over each other in changing rooms. Yeah, it's written for a mostly male audience. This is porn at the end of the day... it's fetish, not reality and people need to know to separate the two.

But if you wrote a story/scene with 3 dudes going off on each others nutsacks or some dudes massive cock... I really wouldn't care? I'm sure there ARE such stories out there, written by other women or gay men, and it's certainly not my place to tell them they can't have their fantasy. Why should it bother me?
 
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