VN HTML SlutEd [v0.15] [Shark in a Hat]

[shark_inna_hat]

I want to put out one update relatively quick (2 weeks max). After that - monthly if there are any people at all willing to chip in a dollar or two, else... well, if I'm homeless and broke - updates will probably be limited to whenever I can steal some wifi at mcdonalds

 

[BlandChili]

Okay, future (planed) content spoilers ahead. Things might change but that's what I have planned.

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This is close to what I'd personally want already, so you're actually pretty close to the tone I'd be interested in with what you have.

I suppose I'll have to wait and see what you mean by the blackmail more or less "black", I have no issue with Ben being in control or dictating events to the MC, I would just personally find it hotter to willfully submit to it (or any other sexual advances) consensually, instead of her being unrealistically forwards and then the character in question blackmails her anyway.

 

[mrnow19]

Okay, future (planed) content spoilers ahead. Things might change but that's what I have planned.

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Sneakpeek into the changelog (things already done)

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I'm a big fan of the direction things are heading. The pace of development is crazy fast, probably due to the solid engine + dev tools you've put together. I look forward to seeing where your game goes!

One question I have is how Sandbox-y do you plan for this to go? At the moment it feels VN-like, with various plot arcs explicitly drawn out from day to day. But clearly there are plans for sandbox-like content with the WIP open-world stuff and dynamic "sluttiness".

I think it could be fairly challenging to properly balance the story-based components and the sandbox ones; the more sandbox and open it is, branching plot management becomes less sustainable. For example, the farther development gets from day 0, the wider the range of sluttiness you'll need to account for; you could imagine the main character's Day 5 outfit to be very different with a prudish playstyle than with a full-on exhibitionist one.

From what I've seen, the best sandboxes put together a solid gameplay loop that incorporates modular story elements rather than linear ones. You might already have this thought through, with the sandbox stuff being outside of school and main plot happening during school or something. Even that's not perfect, as some players will want to play hooky to flash strangers at the beach.

I'm not suggesting you shouldn't continue with the current design, just noting that the story and sandbox components look like they might be at odds with one another eventually. In any case, I look forward to the next update! Especially the sample mod, that'll be fun to tinker with.

EDIT: also get yourself a patreon or buymeacoffee (do they do NSFW?) or something. People will pay for this level of quality and update frequency.

 

[atrebor68]

A good game. Good graphic and a old but always interesting gameplay.

 

[Power Broker]

EDIT: also get yourself a patreon or buymeacoffee (do they do NSFW?) or something. People will pay for this level of quality and update frequency.

I don't recommend Patreon, they are heavily in the SJW camp, which means: strong censorship, no fictional rape, no fictional violence (except to show how bad violence is), no fictional blackmail, no fictional beastiality, no fictional incest. Your game must be pure. If an author doesn't want to restrict his creative freedom, he shouldn't use Patreon.
And SlutEd with its theme of non-consensual blackmail will surely run into problems with them.

Subscribestar seems to be a better alternative, contentwise.

 

[Joe Steel]

Patreon is much likelier to be in the "avoid criminal prosecution worldwide" camp than in the mythical "SJW camp." Hosting porn isn't a winning strategy for them. Subscribestar is more accommodating to porn content, but the cost to them is that they cannot pay using PayPal, for instance, and they have to charge less (but are also much less flexible in payouts). Subscribestar also is much less well-known because only content that is unacceptable to Patreon is really going to use Subscribestar.

Never attribute to mythical "SJW camps" that which can be adequately explained by smart business practices.

 

[Power Broker]

Patreons ban of incest content wasn't caused by legal prosecution or a change of laws, but by Paypal more or less demanding it due to their concerns about their image; not working together with Paypal is, therefore, another good reason for Subscribestar.

At least the German version of Patreons rules and guidelines makes it quite clear that it is not about avoiding prosecution and obeying the law, but about pandering to an ideology. They prohibit more than the law requires them to, and they write in an ideologically charged way.
This, by the way, is no contradiction to your statement; in fact being "in the SJW camp" as I called it can be caused by wanting to make "smart business decisions" as you said.

The result, however, is still the same: censorship and restriction of creative freedom.
If our hat-inhabiting shark wants to make a game where a women is coerced into sexual acts, blackmailed and maybe fucked by a dog, he will get into trouble with Patreon.

 

[blackravenoz]

Looking forward, love your drawstyle

 

[Sinvx]

I can't seem to play the game. The show tutorial, and skip tutorial buttons don't work, restarted the game, now start new game doesn't work.

 

[shark_inna_hat]

I can't seem to play the game. The show tutorial, and skip tutorial buttons don't work, restarted the game, now start new game doesn't work.

Can you check the browsers development tool console (usually shift+ctrl+i) for errors? Maybe you have some extensions blocking javascript or local storage, or maybe you're trying to use Internet Explorer?

 

[Sinvx]

Javascript exception: DOMException: Failed to set a named property on 'Storage': Setting the value of 'sluted_rollback_inventory' exceeded the quota. Is what I see.

 

[shark_inna_hat]

Ok, that's something already reported, but not something I fan fix. On chrome(-ium) browsers all games/app run locally (crom you drive, not from a web server) share the same namespace for local storage, and the amount of storage is quite limited 5 (maybe 10) MB. The issue is that other games/apps filled up all the space so mine can't write anything.
Solutions:
1. Install Firefox - on FF every folder is it's own namespace, so if you run out of space, just change the name of the directory.
2. Run Chrome on a different profile. localStorage should be unique per user.
3. Clear browser data - you don't have to delete all of it. With the game open press ctrl+shift+i (or comand+snift+i?) to enter the dev tools, click on the 'application' tab (it can be hidden under the '>>>'), and finally under 'storage' select Local Storage (file://) if it's not selected already. You can right click and clear all of it or delete key/value pairs. The keys that start with 'sluted_' are from my game, the rest - I've no idea.

 

[slappymc]

Really enjoying it so far, good art (even if it's just filtered, I still like it better than the usual generic pornstar stuff a lot of games use) and good writing, tho I have a few suggestions for further updates. Haven't read through all the comments, so apologies if anyone has already addressed any of this stuff.

1. The shops have a lot of options, which is great, but the way you preview what something will look like is kind of clunky. With the layering it's probably harder, but perhaps mousing over an item could hide any worn clothing that would cover it up so the player can see it on before buying. Alternatively, have clicking on it do that, and have a button to move the item into the buy list.
2. Adding/removing an item from the buy list sticks it at the bottom of the shop list, messing up the ordering.
3. Some sort of more granular ordering in the shops would be good, maybe just a [BRA] or whatever prefix so they sort out into subcategories nicely.
4. A strip all button would be nice, or maybe just a strip button next to each layer to easily remove a particular item.
5. Some information about how lewd a clothing item is. You can kind of guess based on how revealing etc, and in a shop, wearing/un-wearing will show you, but it's not very clear.

 

[SukhiX]

why don't the cheats work?

 

[crescentnoar]

Love the art style... I'll be looking forward for the update

 

[Salavator87]

I would like to see an option for when the Mc does have sex to either remain a virgin and only does anal or bjs. I get annoyed with every game that treats it like some ladder step system in order to unlock vaginal sex she must blow someone ten different times and so forth.

what I mean is when the option to have sex comes up alow her to choose bj vaginal Anal or any combination of the three. Don't just lock us in with to get option "C" first you must have "A" than "B". I hope that cleared up my messy writing.

 

[eeee]

update soon?

 

[shark_inna_hat]

update soon?

Yes. Any day now.

I'd put my Lazy Ass Developer Excuses here

If I had any!

Truth is - it's taking a bit more time to write all the stuff then I figured it would. So the update won't be as big as I'd like it to be, just bug fixes and the missing free-roaming content (there will be something to do at almost every place you could visit on the first day).

After that - the next update will drop around x-mass and it should have at least 2 school days and the free roaming content for all the other places that won't make it in this update (spa, club, park, gym, maybe even photo studio) + some nice clothing if you've been nice (and some naughty clothes for the naughty).

Sneak-peek into changelog (may change, and there might be something I forgot to add)

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There's also gonna be a standalone executable version - basically the same things as the html version + electron to run it.
I've also got myself a Buy Me A Coffee (

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) account, so if anyone wants to be featured as a supporter in this coming update - feel free to send me some rupees/caps/septims and drop me a line on what name should I put in into the credits.

 

[mesungehaul]

Getting an error every time I click anything that leads to a new "node":

Error processing node "pre_new_game": list index out of range
Error processing node "new_game": list index out of range

etc...

Notes:
- I'm on Linux
- Using Vivaldi (tried Firefox too, same result)

 

[atrebor68]

shark_inna_hat , how is the model girl of the game ?
( please don't tell "is my gf"...)