Others Simbro ResErection [Development Thread]

[khumak]

Personally, I think it would make a lot of sense for Alice to develop a serious voyeur fetish assuming it's going to be a slow grind to get to where we can fuck her. I want to see her peeking on the action in the bedrooms, glory hole, and showers when MC is getting it on with the girls (or the thugs in the case of a female main character). I'm less interested in her peeking on customers but that's fine too. I've always been a sucker for scenes like this:

 

[DickyBurns]

Anecdotally, it can be very interesting and satisfying to try and somehow remix a scene concept that obviously belongs to one gender in some way to make it work for the other.
No idea what this team is wanting to do with that, but I could imagine their writer being just as engaged in remixing scenes so nothing is locked out.
On the other hand, if you bind yourself too hard to that, you may feel inhibited from making more interesting content that ties the gender deeply into it.
Write for one gender exclusively first, then consider what could be done to remix it as the other gender after and just take it as it goes, don't full beholden to such a policy. Different can be good.

I was wondering if it would be better to make 2 separate versions of the game, Pimp edition and Madam edition, for these reasons? Each with its own story, rather than trying to shoehorn events into a story arc where they don't really fit.
Many of the assets would be the same, as well as the overall goal of dominating the city sex business. It would likely mean more coding, I'm not familiar with game making. But if the first one makes money for the team, then a sequel logically follows (Hollywood style).

 

[khumak]

I was wondering if it would be better to make 2 separate versions of the game, Pimp edition and Madam edition, for these reasons? Each with its own story, rather than trying to shoehorn events into a story arc where they don't really fit.
Many of the assets would be the same, as well as the overall goal of dominating the city sex business. It would likely mean more coding, I'm not familiar with game making. But if the first one makes money for the team, then a sequel logically follows (Hollywood style).

IMO, it's a lot easier to just substitute a thug for the male MC when playing as a female main character and substitute a whore for the female main character when playing as the male main character. Then most scenes can be used interchangeably regardless which version you play. It's just a minor swap to replace a single character in certain scenes.

There are still some scenes that wouldn't work for like the dildo masturbation scenes for the female main character. You might have some other scenes that you want to also be exclusive to 1 or the other character but most scenes could work for both if you used substitutes like that.

 

[Febui]

Then most scenes can be used interchangeably regardless which version you play.

This is false, at least for scenes, as opposed to animations themselves. But, the animations aren't important here, this started with Eva as an example. It's about writing the scene, not animating it.

I was wondering if it would be better to make 2 separate versions of the game, Pimp edition and Madam edition, for these reasons?

On absolutely no level whatsoever, toward no end would that be a sensible solution.
"Just don't make yourself feel beholden to doing the same scene for both genders" does not take so extreme a measure. Just... pin a note for yourself that says "Don't feel beholden to doing the same scene for both genders"
Literally problem solved.

 

[DickyBurns]

On absolutely no level whatsoever, toward no end would that be a sensible solution.

Even on the level of making as much money as possible in the long run?

Do popular games have sequels, and do ppl play them? When the latest GTA comes out, do those who played the previous ones say, "Nope, it will be just like the last one but with new heroes, sidekicks, villains, and scenes."?

The dev has assembled a team, I don't see why the party train has to stop at one game. If the team makes another, but with a different gender protagonist, I bet we'll play it.

 

[DickyBurns]

Personally, I think it would make a lot of sense for Alice to develop a serious voyeur fetish assuming it's going to be a slow grind to get to where we can fuck her. I want to see her peeking on the action in the bedrooms, glory hole, and showers when MC is getting it on with the girls (or the thugs in the case of a female main character). I'm less interested in her peeking on customers but that's fine too. I've always been a sucker for scenes like this:

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In the old game, there were events which lowered Alice's "dignity" by 5 pts. Maybe with your idea its the same, but each time she peeps on ppl fucking it only drops by 1 or 2.
I can also see where after an event like the Halloween orgy this could work nicely. Alice sells tickets to men, she still stays outside the room, but peeps in. The last scene of the day shows her in a private place, playing with herself (still wearing her costume). Dialog box reads, "Alice's dignity drops x pts."
No doubt there are other events where it could work too.

 

[yankee4dtm]

Even on the level of making as much money as possible in the long run?

Do popular games have sequels, and do ppl play them? When the latest GTA comes out, do those who played the previous ones say, "Nope, it will be just like the last one but with new heroes, sidekicks, villains, and scenes."?

The dev has assembled a team, I don't see why the party train has to stop at one game. If the team makes another, but with a different gender protagonist, I bet we'll play it.

To actually make money on two separate games, each game has to be able to stand on it's own merits. People buy the latest GTA game because you have new locations, new characters, new stories, and new art assets to take advantage of new systems.

A game that has been split in half to separate the male and female routes, with the same overall story, in the same location, with the same characters using the same assets does not get the same level of interest. It's a blatant cash grab that would be recognized as such by most players, and would simply lead to an increase in piracy, instead of an increase in sales. Especially if its a porn game.

Developing two games in parallel like you describe also means you can't take lessons learned after the release of one game to improve the other. If there is some bug or a game mechanic that the players really end up hating, it'll be there in both games.

Make one game first, and if you want to make a second later on, do it after the first has been out for a bit so you can figure out ways to improve.

 

[DickyBurns]

Developing two games in parallel like you describe

Huh?
I said sequel, as in one, then the other.
This is all academic anyhow. The dev will dev how he wants to dev.

 

[PoxyCrazy]

I want it to be like in the original that the character can be chosen I mean the sex I want the character that I play to be female not male

 

[Ray123]

It looks even more amazing than the original game.

 

[Enola Gay]

By far.

 

[SUVA2000]

estimated launch date ??

 

[Deadbody2911]

can't wait for it

 

[borekben]

Android version ? 2.7?

 

[ToxicLemming]

In the old game, there were events which lowered Alice's "dignity" by 5 pts. Maybe with your idea its the same, but each time she peeps on ppl fucking it only drops by 1 or 2.
I can also see where after an event like the Halloween orgy this could work nicely. Alice sells tickets to men, she still stays outside the room, but peeps in. The last scene of the day shows her in a private place, playing with herself (still wearing her costume). Dialog box reads, "Alice's dignity drops x pts."
No doubt there are other events where it could work too.

Agreed. The slow corruption of Alice was one of my favourite things about the original, and to have a modern update but still keeping within the original concept pleases me alot. I can't wait to get started!

 

[TheGentleViking]

Bro, what's up with the main post changes!?

 

[Deleted member 2631085]

Tried the demo. Didn't run into any bugs. It's a really good foundation!

Simbro never looked this good

 

[khumak]

Poked around in the demo a bit and I like the art style. I did find the navigation options kind of unintuitive though. Part of it may just be that there's not much to do yet, but unless I'm missing something it seemed like you can't really do anything without having to keep bringing up the menu rather than being able to interact with something in the room you're in.

Also, minor issue but for the main character at least it looked like MC's body clips through some of his clothing options. Shoes and/or boots are where it seemed the most noticeable.

 

[TheGentleViking]

Poked around in the demo a bit and I like the art style. I did find the navigation options kind of unintuitive though. Part of it may just be that there's not much to do yet, but unless I'm missing something it seemed like you can't really do anything without having to keep bringing up the menu rather than being able to interact with something in the room you're in.

Also, minor issue but for the main character at least it looked like MC's body clips through some of his clothing options. Shoes and/or boots are where it seemed the most noticeable.

You're right, part of it is due to a lack of content. The other is the lack of in-room icons. We hope that will be fixed in the coming updates.

Yeah, the model for the male and female are old rigs and have clipping issues. Our animator has fixed the rigs but in doing so destroyed all the old poses and animations. So, we are using the old models until the new rigs get proper animations.

 

[vvvoy]

have you ever add front and back models for females?