RPGM Star Knightess Aura [v0.44.0] [aura-dev]

[bimboform]

I am eternally puzzled by people who play games ‘to get to the good part’. Whether it is 25 hours or 25 minutes if you don’t enjoy the actually game then why are you bothering to play it? There are plenty of videos, art pieces and novels (visual, audio and text) if all you care about is the ‘pay off’.
The ‘reward’ for playing a game is the enjoyable experience of playing.

SKA is a good game.
It has a decent* RPG system. A solid story with engaging characters. Interesting elements and themes, some of them kinky but that is no more relevant than ‘adventure vs mystery’.


* for a one (now two?) person team it is amazing, but RPGs are a very mature area of development.

 

[LuminaJR]

Aura-dev is making a really good work here, and requesting is different from harassing.
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i know Aura-dev is doing real good work here and by the way i was not harassing i was requesting
and i was not spamming on their profile page it would not allow me to fit all of it in 1 post that is the reason for the 3 posts

 

[baneini]

Would be nice if Aura acknowledged things that have happened, readjusted to the new normal instead of pretending to be level 1 Aura every time something sexual comes up.

 

[Gudil]

I just wish there was a way to totally skip the "normal" world scenes, I had to start the game from the beginning on my new phone and it's really tiresome having to rewatch all the content, the skip text option is slow and doesn't help that much. There could be an option at the beginning of the game like this: "is it your first time playing the game?" and if the answer is "yes" add: "do you want to skip normal world scenes?".
PS: Really nice game that I would play even if there was no sexual content, but I wish there was more of it too haha.

 

[bimboform]

I just wish there was a way to totally skip the "normal" world scenes, I had to start the game from the beginning on my new phone and it's really tiresome having to rewatch all the content, the skip text option is slow and doesn't help that much. There could be an option at the beginning of the game like this: "is it your first time playing the game?" and if the answer is "yes" add: "do you want to skip normal world scenes?".
PS: Really nice game that I would play even if there was no sexual content, but I wish there was more of it too haha.

So speed it up?
Open the main menu, go down to ‘skip speed’ and increase it. Default is x10, but it can do up to at least x100.

 

[Gudil]

So speed it up?
Open the main menu, go down to ‘skip speed’ and increase it. Default is x10, but it can do up to at least x100.

Had tried already. It is in 200x and no change* whatsoever

Edit: the change in speed is mininal

 

[crazydan]

I am eternally puzzled by people who play games ‘to get to the good part’. Whether it is 25 hours or 25 minutes if you don’t enjoy the actually game then why are you bothering to play it? There are plenty of videos, art pieces and novels (visual, audio and text) if all you care about is the ‘pay off’.
The ‘reward’ for playing a game is the enjoyable experience of playing.

SKA is a good game.
It has a decent* RPG system. A solid story with engaging characters. Interesting elements and themes, some of them kinky but that is no more relevant than ‘adventure vs mystery’.


* for a one (now two?) person team it is amazing, but RPGs are a very mature area of development.

The criticism isn't that the game isn't good, it's that it isn't really a porn game. I agree the game itself is surprisingly fleshed out for what it is and not half bad, but I played for 6 hours and it was never sexy. A *lot* of the "sexy" content happens purely in text with a static image that doesn't really related to what's supposed to be happening. Before you even get to that there's MOUNTAINS of teenage girl drama about a girl fussing about letting her hair down and deciding if she wants to buy shoes. I'm all for slow believable corruption, but this ain't it. A girl deciding maybe she likes nice shoes isn't corruption, that's just normal! Strangely, the pace of the corruption in Roya spikes near the end of Chapter 1, right before you hit the end of what's available right now.

Honestly, I think the dev should just remove the porn aspect, make it a story about a girl growing up and and learning to come out of her shell, value things she didn't value before, and try to make an interesting non-porn game and sell that on steam. Setting it up as an ero game bring certain expectations that the game does not fulfill.

 

[Pretentious Goblin]

I'm all for slow believable corruption, but this ain't it. A girl deciding maybe she likes nice shoes isn't corruption, that's just normal! Strangely, the pace of the corruption in Roya spikes near the end of Chapter 1, right before you hit the end of what's available right now.

In a normal context, no, it wouldn't be. What makes it corruption is:

1. It's done surreptitiously, often maliciously. If the game consisted of only the current RL scenes, minus the Alicia brainwashing context, then yeah, I'd probably be more inclined to call it a teen drama rather than corruption.

2. It's clearly a prelude to other things that are sexual (e.g. cheating).

3. It comes at the expense of MC's existing lifestyle and social connections, as we see in various scenes, as well as things she starts out caring about (e.g. academic grades).

4. The changes go deeper than just fashion sense, some of the values being instilled are generally considered negative: superficiality, opportunistic relationships, sexism, tolerance for bullying etc. Now, what is considered corruption is at least somewhat subjective, but I think it's safe to say that these traits are not something that the average player of RPGM games finds agreeable. Hell, there are even scenes where MC loses interest in game development.

The hair, the glasses, the shoes are all normal things, but in the context of a nerdy person unwittingly being changed into something very different, they're all a canary in the coalmine, and I'm glad this game takes the time to be comprehensive with the process. The sexual content so far is okay, but if I wanted to see a heroine being harassed and blackmailed, there are probably hundreds of other games I could choose from. That's not the main draw here.

 

[Arik4321]

Stucked in entrance room so I started doing fantasy world quests for legit 4 hrs(I play on story mode) hoping to somehow progress in mental world.....then realised that I could have just talk to rose in relationship room all this time, I thought that room was done so I never check it. Oh my fucking god Im retarded. .......it's 4am now what the fuck am I doing with my life. fuck me.

PS.Glad to hear that the game is still just 20-25% and the segg will start around 30%

 

[Stormaggeddon]

So I am stuck on the Demonic Vaults Quest I have learned the spell to open a demon's domain, I have found the demon's anchor (I have no clue when or where I found it). But I can't seem to open the the domain to the demon. There is a spot that sparkles in the middle of a room in the vault but I cannot seem to interact with it at all.

 

[Pretentious Goblin]

So I am stuck on the Demonic Vaults Quest I have learned the spell to open a demon's domain, I have found the demon's anchor (I have no clue when or where I found it). But I can't seem to open the the domain to the demon. There is a spot that sparkles in the middle of a room in the vault but I cannot seem to interact with it at all.

Go learn the Open Domain spell from the Black Priestess in the church in Trademond.

 

[Stormaggeddon]

Go learn the Open Domain spell from the Black Priestess in the church in Trademond.

I already did that I currently know Open Domain 1. Like I said " I have learned the spell to open a demon's domain, I have found the demon's anchor (I have no clue when or where I found it)."

 

[Pretentious Goblin]

I already did that I currently know Open Domain 1. Like I said " I have learned the spell to open a demon's domain, I have found the demon's anchor (I have no clue when or where I found it)."
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Ah, my bad. The entrance to the domain is past the gate with the minotaur, upper portion of that map. I've already closed it, but it's a few tiles above Aura here.

 

[RagueltheUFO]

In a normal context, no, it wouldn't be. What makes it corruption is:

1. It's done surreptitiously, often maliciously. If the game consisted of only the current RL scenes, minus the Alicia brainwashing context, then yeah, I'd probably be more inclined to call it a teen drama rather than corruption.

2. It's clearly a prelude to other things that are sexual (e.g. cheating).

3. It comes at the expense of MC's existing lifestyle and social connections, as we see in various scenes, as well as things she starts out caring about (e.g. academic grades).

4. The changes go deeper than just fashion sense, some of the values being instilled are generally considered negative: superficiality, opportunistic relationships, sexism, tolerance for bullying etc. Now, what is considered corruption is at least somewhat subjective, but I think it's safe to say that these traits are not something that the average player of RPGM games finds agreeable. Hell, there are even scenes where MC loses interest in game development.

The hair, the glasses, the shoes are all normal things, but in the context of a nerdy person unwittingly being changed into something very different, they're all a canary in the coalmine, and I'm glad this game takes the time to be comprehensive with the process. The sexual content so far is okay, but if I wanted to see a heroine being harassed and blackmailed, there are probably hundreds of other games I could choose from. That's not the main draw here.

I low key don't think the game development isn't a big loss for Aura. Like she wasn't getting people to look at her game anyway, doesn't seem to take criticism well (if it's even that) and she would just make it for that one person who really likes the passion project. However, I just see it as her wasting her time if she's not getting good critique and she's being coddled about it. But that's just me given the context of that scene and it's not a big deal to lose that passion when you feel like you're not being appreciated in the first place.

Contrast to getting fucked over with the studying and then there's a problem.

 

[Sexy Manga]

I have a question, is there already a translation in German?

 

[aura-dev]

I just wish there was a way to totally skip the "normal" world scenes, I had to start the game from the beginning on my new phone and it's really tiresome having to rewatch all the content, the skip text option is slow and doesn't help that much. There could be an option at the beginning of the game like this: "is it your first time playing the game?" and if the answer is "yes" add: "do you want to skip normal world scenes?".
PS: Really nice game that I would play even if there was no sexual content, but I wish there was more of it too haha.

If you are playing on android, then the "real" skip option doesn't have UI support, yet. On PC you can press CTRL and skip through everything. On android, you can currently only trigger fast-forward (same as holding enter on PC).

I have a question, is there already a translation in German?

Not that I'm aware of. I once got a DM from someone asking for permission to translate but I haven't heard from them since.

 

[Stormaggeddon]

Ah, my bad. The entrance to the domain is past the gate with the minotaur, upper portion of that map. I've already closed it, but it's a few tiles above Aura here.

That is what I thought but when I try to interact with the sparkles on the ground happens. I have even tried to access the Open Domain skill and it is greyed out. Its really frustrating. I am almost wondering if I might have missed something.

 

[Pretentious Goblin]

That is what I thought but when I try to interact with the sparkles on the ground happens. I have even tried to access the Open Domain skill and it is greyed out. Its really frustrating. I am almost wondering if I might have missed something.

Okay that sounds like a bug, so best to attach your save.

 

[Stormaggeddon]

Okay that sounds like a bug, so best to attach your save.

Okay well I have restarted. I used a save editor to edit my stats so I am wondering if that might have caused it. I was only on Day 15 so shouldn't take me to long to get to where I was at. If it happens again I will upload my new save.

 

[ciri_in_trouble]

Pretty sure this dev is friends with one of the moderators and they delete some of the unfavorable reviews. My 1-star review got deleted and I don’t see anything overly critical of this game allowed to get through, even though it has plenty of faults.

Can you just post your review in a pastebin or on this thread?

The weird review rule you have to watch out for is that you're not supposed to mention other games, so it could have been pulled for that. I guess it's an anti-advertisement rule.