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YedaGames
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No, but I will give those dreams a proper ending as they lack it.
At some point I just stopped continuing certain routes, knowing that it would be detrimental to the progress as a whole. Since v0.20 the game became more of a skeleton that I will expand later than a proper reflection of what it should've been.
What I said above sort of applies here as well. Although, the femdom and other stuff never went away but I did sort of move on from older character to newer ones in a way, so it feels like you're getting less content if you're locked on a pre-existing route. But it will be fixed later.
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Holy smokes! Is that Dommie? I hopes it does not take you too long to "fix" it
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This scene is already in the game (in the 22nd act), I’m just showing an example of desired type of scenes.Holy smokes! Is that Dommie? I hopes it does not take you too long to "fix" it
IT's interesting that at a certain point it seemed that the Deliverance part was just a sort of "second chapter" of a longer story in three acts, whereas instead it seems it will be the final act then.
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Deliverance was always supposed to be the final destination for Blake, although it initially wasn't planned to play out the way it is. I hoped to introduce yet another split in which Blake could leave the city for an act or two and settle somewhere else before coming back, but it proved to be unattainable.
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Nice stuff! Exactly what a Blake that is committed to Melinda would need as well
oh interesting. I hope one day you'll manage to show us these alternate histories!
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I don't think this particular one will be in the game. That's akin to making an entire act. Given that I want to get completely done with Shattered by the end of this year, this is going to be a massive undertaking. As of right now my priority is to finish the endings and bump up the last act (as of right now certain options to influence the ending are missing, so they have to be done first) then completely remake the older acts between 6th and 10th (as old images are terrible and the pacing was all wrong), and only then I will start bringing back cut content.
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I tested animations at a point, and two or three frames are definitely not enough. In my experience, you have to have at the very least a dozen, which can take as much as a whole day of rendering.
damm what a masterpiece.so much love and effort has been poured into this which is quite visible.the only thing missing is animations apart from that this game is a work of art.waiting for the next update eagerly.when can we expect it?
Indeed, learning that a quality AVN is nearing its end leaves a pang in the heart. Personally, this game has been an adventure that wasn't always easy, but I must say that your way of writing and portraying the protagonists literally wowed me. At the end, we say to ourselves: but when will I see Iris, Vanessa again.... Honestly, a lot of LIs will be missed! I hope to find some of them in your future projects.
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Would be highly appreciated if you tell us when those changes will start to affect our old saves. I will definately keep a version of the completed Version to keep myself occupied while you work on the revised Version.
All the best for you!
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I said it on the previous page, it will be released further this month.
Unfortunately (although, it's rather desirable for me), there will be no future project made by me. Once Shattered is properly finished — to an acceptable degree, as I probably will never be fully satisfied with it — I'm out. It's been almost six years since I've started, I don't have six more years in me, pretty much literally.
Your saves should remain usable no matter what changes I make. RenPy is finicky, of course, so it's never as clear-cut but I script files go through a ton of changes with every update and so far the only problems I've encountered were related to switching between png and webp versions of the game.
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Just to open Pandora's box here a little: You could also add the long awaited Blake with Boobs path. That would take maybe only three more years, but you would rake in the really big money and could die Dommie style in your own dystopian city. Does that not sound more appealing than just stop being a dev? No?
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I don't know if you didn't get the gist of it, or you're being optimistic, or maybe I'm just dumb, but Yeda is talking about life when referring to "I don't have six more years in me, pretty much literally." Big money will not help in the afterlife. But it would be great to reach the state of Blake finally turning into Ambrosia, indeed.
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No, this will never happen. It would require me to make a second version for literally 90% of the pictures (for most of which I no longer have original Daz scenes saved). It's simply impossible on the technical level.
oh, if you start like that you never finish: what about the long awaited gay Blake path? etc etc.
Better to have a dev finishing the game to their own terms with their own vision.
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«Gay path» in context of Shattered just means Blake being attracted to men. And that includes people like Liam or Robyn who aren't exactly boasting masculinity.
However, I do plan on expanding the pre-existing condition, so to speak, as Blake starts game attracted to girls by default but can pivot towards men quite literally after just two choices. And when Melinda asks about Blake's previous relationship, he can mention the guy he jerked off once (that actually happened, and I wanted to bring him back at some point but couldn't find a good role for him). I want to make this attraction to men more logical and less dependent on specific choices (such as watching Mack with Candy which probably shouldn't really give gay points at all). Especially since my patrons voted to give Alice (the guy from the slums you can meet after returning there) a scene in the prologue. I feel like it's a good opportunity to develop Blake a bit in this regard.
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Alice is a he. He looks somewhat feminine and isn’t against dressing up as a girl for his boyfriend but he’s still a guy.Quite interestingly
As for the crush, there’s a bit of that, but mostly it’s Alice thinking that Blake would be better off doing the same thing as Alice does: find himself a strong man for protection and achieve a certain status by providing services to other thugs. Basically, Alice’s logic is “eventually, they’ll get you, so it would make more sense to spread your legs willingly”. Blake may or may not agree.
As for the scene itself, it won’t actually include Blake having sex with Alice, that would be too early for that. Instead, you will have a dialogue with him at his place while his boyfriend is sleeping in another room. Eventually, he will wake up, and you’ll get the choice between staying and leaving. Staying will make Blake rethink some things.