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Thank ye for confirming my magnificent logic and impressive intuition. Damn I love myself.
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i would say Sorcerer 2 would work if it was new MC, completely disconnected from the first game, otherwise it would be absolute nightmare managing hundreds of (semi-optional) MC's kids, TRS1 was much more timid in that regard
Not really, no. Why? The children don't need to be shown constantly. In TRS2, you know Cade, Samuel, Angie and the Mevaar Triplets are there. You see them randomly (mostly Cade), but you know they are there because there are those random mentions of them.
Canonically, everyone who was fertile in Sorcerer got knocked up. You can keep the kids out of sight and out of harm's way fairly easily. Ship them off to see Kaede. Sleepovers with other kids whose mother isn't needed for the scene. School during day time. Or just in a sanctuary of some sort, 99% of the kids don't really care for adult supervision if they have interesting things to do and other people to play with. If aligned with Gorgons, there are probably 20 or so volunteer nannies. Or you just hire one or twenty. He can afford it. It isn't the first time rich people's kids see their parents in passing and during holidays. Not really in the case of Alexander but point.
And considering that, most likely, the story involves someone trying to destroy the MC and the fledgeling house, the kids wouldn't even be there for 99.9% of the time because of the "unwritten" rules involving them (i.e. you don't harm kids unless it is based on a real story where kids got harmed). And beyond that, it's just writing and variables.
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Don't separate MC and his children too much; they (and players as well) need some level of connection and %99.9 is waaaay too distant IMHO. I read everything you wrote about him and he is not someone like that, don't betray your own creation please.
I think you need some time away from TRS universe, so, don't try to create ideas about Sorcerer 2 while developing TRS please... for all of our sake.
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lore and story aside - i just think it's too much extra technical work, unless kept to absolute minimum (rare mention here and there, maybe scene or two for a whole game) - amount of work could ramp up really quickly, on top of it - those kids also come with mommies, families and friends, it's A LOT of preexisting characters who will need to be mixed with no less amount of new ones to keep things fresh... to be honest i'm already struggling to keep up with all TRS2 characters even though TRS1 didn't had too many of them, but in case of Sorcerer it can quickly become overwhelming, you need if not fresh start, but severe culling to keep things sane for a player
but eh, it's just my opinion, you already showed yourself as talented dev and writer, so i'm sure you have everything planned and under control
It's a matter of perspective. 99.9% is basically realistic since it depends on the story that is being told. And if the main characters aren't home, there is 0 need for the kids to be there outside of written lines. If they are home? They don't need to be front and centre, either. They can have similar background appearances as all those random things in the background, being there. But not being focused as is. They didn't take much as is to make. Most of the time, there isn't much need for that much movement depending on what they do either.
As for TRS2, I only render it at this stage, and it has been written and completed text-wise. Been for a month or so. And my brain never rests...
The funny thing is there isn't that much difference between the amounts of characters between TRS and Sorcerer. If I counted it correctly ages ago, I think TRS2 has maybe four more "meaningful" characters over Sorcerer. But I get what you mean, and it always depends on the story being told. Sorcerer 2 doesn't need as large an expansion to the "romantic" cast as TRS2 did since the core is there already. Outside of those affairs? Think of a politician; they encounter hundreds of people during their work, and there can be easily twenty people they need to meet daily basis. Leading a house isn't much different. So what is needed is needed.
But when you look at it from the outside, it looks like a colossal amount of work. It isn't, and it always depends on the story being told and what kind of scene is being done. If it is a scene during the daytime, it usually is at work (potentially) or somewhere else away from home where the kids aren't "allowed"; they aren't going to take them to the association or meet Bruce. Is it morning at home? Some of them can be eating breakfast in the kitchen. Or playing outside, or being on the computer/console. Or just sleeping on the couch or something in the evening. At the moment, I can comfortably render 16 or so characters in the same scene if I want or need to, and rarely all the cast needs to be on the same scene at the same time.
Simplest example. Alexander visits Maera, the kids come to greet him, some stuff with them, and then they are ushered out of the room because there are things that need to be discussed. The kids will be annoyed, but they will obey. Or Alexander goes to visit, let's say Susan, and he brings the kid he had with Miyuki with him. After greeting, the kids go play together because it's more fun than hanging around adults who talk about boring stuff. And if, for some reason, Susan didn't have a kid with the MC? You can start the scene from the bit where the kids aren't in the room. Or have a movie night/evening at the end of the day, Miyuki, Oriana, Alexander and their kids in front of the TV. Done. Time skip and have a sex scene with either Miyuki or Oriana (or both, not that neither of them were bi). If there aren't kids for some reason, you can skip the TV scene. All of those are "small touches" and can happen randomly, and frequency is unknown until I make them. It doesn't need to be a huge couple hundred renders scene. Small touches. Important things, but not the focus.
And realistically, Sorcerer wasn't exactly built to have a sequel in mind as is. It doesn't need to. And outside of a handful of characters, the kid is a kid. At a distance, it doesn't matter if they are in the background who they are. Especially when we are talking about Daz stuff, they all look the same no matter what you do outside of skin tone.
As I said, my brain never rests...
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I downloaded a compressed, but corrupt 18.32 file
Can you help,,, Day18.rpa // Day33.rpa
And thanks in advance
I downloaded a compressed, but corrupt 18.32 file
Can you help,,, Day18.rpa // Day33.rpa
And thanks in advance
Ask and you shall receive. Day18.rpa, Day32.rpa and just in case Day33.rpa
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TRS 2 is almost finished (2-3 updates to go) but there is another game that he has already started writing... so maybe after that... who knows
But what i can say is that all his games are engaging and well written!
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I really really enjoy this game, but as i'm sure many have noted, the sex scenes are some of the worst I've run into. I love the character models, but the whole game feels smaller than it should. The lighting and camera work are making an impressive, well designed and visually beautiful world look like a sitcom or a stage play. This game would be tippy top gear with some improved visual direction. I'd love to see it remastered some day because the plot and setting are so much fun.
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At this stage, I'm testing what characters I can use and how. And can I make certain characters. The goat men need fur badly to look even close to what I want. Have to see what I can do about that. And I need to get some effects to that staff somehow... Ah, well, have to try stuff.
This is more of a character concept render and relevant to the next one if you make the right choice. You can block a portion of the game in the second "update." Fun times ahead. I apologize for the image being a bit fuzzy, some render setting does it, and I haven't found out which. Or there might be some sneaky "fog" plane there. But the characters and props are more important than the location, which I can always kitbash from other sets.
This is technically an actual scene image. However, I did this one to test which version is viable to do, and as much as I like Kitsune's as is those tails are resource heavy. So will it be this or the other one I haven't shown you? Well, you have to wait and see. And obviously, there will be a few other changes to it, so it isn't completely spoiling things
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Dev: I've been embracing my inner pyromaniac recently. With all the volcanoes and things. Thus, some more fire! Recently, I've struggled with creating characters. Well, that isn't entirely true, but it is because I'm not there yet for those characters. Once I reach the spot? Some of my more liked characters were created about 5 minutes before they appeared.
Just a portrait-style fantasy render this time. And some of you have seen the one with the parasol before. She just had different hair back then. Although, she started as a completely random character meant for something else (the original name was Dragon Lady because she had a dragon tattoo on her back). She was transformed into something else, and from that into this. And during that transformation process, she might have found her role... Will she appear? I don't know yet, as there is a lot to write, but it would make sense that she would appear.
And then the lone fantasy render. I'm not happy with the trees in this one, and the ground needs more cover. Either that or all the vegetation needs to be gone. But otherwise? The lighting is spot on. But this is why I try things out, and at times, like the volcano render above work awesomely, and at times, the results are meh.
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Bouncing ideas, figuratively speaking. I'm at a stage with my assets that I can do a lot of different things, character-wise. Hardware-wise, I'm at the point where I can ignore most hardware restrictions. To a point. There are certain limits that I still don't want to go over. Case in point, thanks to the 9 tails that have dForce fur, this takes 54 GB of RAM to render. That isn't much, but it does limit how I can use a character. And yes, you'll get to see the characters, somehow. And then some, just the first part of the next one, is dominated more by humans, but it will change as things progress... And now, relaxing cup of tea.
P.S. And yes, the other one has horns that are difficult to see in that small picture, which is why larger one is attached.
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Meet the cast of the next adventure game set in the magics of some gatherings realm ...
Her? Not sure, she has short appearance on the first day. Beyond that? No idea.
Outside of the first update/day/something there isn't anything written for her specifically.
Maybe later. I don't honestly know, not that far in.
I needed to test something for the update 5, I was unsure could I make it, so I made test render. This... isn't exactly it, Tomas and Nisha are in the scene, Malgrin... not so much. But that would be a spoiler if I would show the real scene thus. You get altered version. Outside of the torch flame, which I need to figure, it's okay but its core is a bit too bright.
As for writing. About halfway through update 5 for the next one, got a bit stalled earlier this week due needing to build things cause someone forgot to save things earlier, apparently... That and had to make a custom HDRI which took couple of hours. But even though I'm not exactly where I want to be, I'm happy with it.
Still, lack of male clothing is irritating. But meh, I'll deal with it. Oh, and part of the reason for this render is that I needed up update one character in it before I start rendering.
Her? Not sure, she has short appearance on the first day. Beyond that? No idea.
Outside of the first update/day/something there isn't anything written for her specifically.
Maybe later. I don't honestly know, not that far in.
I needed to test something for the update 5, I was unsure could I make it, so I made test render. This... isn't exactly it, Tomas and Nisha are in the scene, Malgrin... not so much. But that would be a spoiler if I would show the real scene thus. You get altered version. Outside of the torch flame, which I need to figure, it's okay but its core is a bit too bright.
As for writing. About halfway through update 5 for the next one, got a bit stalled earlier this week due needing to build things cause someone forgot to save things earlier, apparently... That and had to make a custom HDRI which took couple of hours. But even though I'm not exactly where I want to be, I'm happy with it.
Still, lack of male clothing is irritating. But meh, I'll deal with it. Oh, and part of the reason for this render is that I needed up update one character in it before I start rendering.
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Dev be already writing update 6 of the next game:
that is supposed to be dominated more by humans, but it will change as things progress.
- a more traditional fantasy story, with a much earlier sorcerer MC,
where we get to witness his development quite closely ... so here we got the fantasy renders that are cooking right now for the next game in the fantasy genre from dev:
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Writing things for the next one has been interesting. Writing one scene and then making the characters has sparked interesting thoughts. It might be beneficial to make a "negative" choice over the positive once in a while. While going for the "maximum points" with someone will show a scene, doing the... I'm not going to say wrong choice here, but a different choice instead maximizing the points might do interesting things...
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” Just a portrait-style fantasy render this time. And some of you have seen the one with the parasol before. She just had different hair back then. Although, she started as a completely random character meant for something else (the original name was Dragon Lady because she had a dragon tattoo on her back). She was transformed into something else, and from that into this. And during that transformation process, she might have found her role... Will she appear? I don't know yet, as there is a lot to write, but it would make sense that she would appear. ”
These thoughts and renders are part of the first part of the next game,
that is supposed to be dominated more by humans, but it will change as things progress.
- a more traditional fantasy story, with a much earlier sorcerer MC,
where we get to witness his development quite closely ... so here we got the fantasy renders that are cooking right now for the next game in the fantasy genre from dev:
”
Writing things for the next one has been interesting. Writing one scene and then making the characters has sparked interesting thoughts. It might be beneficial to make a "negative" choice over the positive once in a while. While going for the "maximum points" with someone will show a scene, doing the... I'm not going to say wrong choice here, but a different choice instead maximizing the points might do interesting things...
”
” Just a portrait-style fantasy render this time. And some of you have seen the one with the parasol before. She just had different hair back then. Although, she started as a completely random character meant for something else (the original name was Dragon Lady because she had a dragon tattoo on her back). She was transformed into something else, and from that into this. And during that transformation process, she might have found her role... Will she appear? I don't know yet, as there is a lot to write, but it would make sense that she would appear. ”
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I really liked this game. Great story. With the way it ended, was there going to be a sequil by chance?