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See how long it actually takes you to throw together an update even remotely on par with a monthly update of this game.

Two hours, one of which was for testing which the developer doesn't seem to do at all. This was one of the largest monthly updates in a long time and it has 9 scenes that take about 3-10 minutes to write depending on how quickly you can write and what degree to which you have a preconception of what to put in the scene. This is leaving aside that 60% or more of the writing is basically copypasted from other scenes.
Other than implementing a new global variable that's totally at odds with how the game has heretofore stored data for anything and I assume was done automatically by twine, this month's updates in terms of bugfixes and other backend changes was literally less than the changes to modAss() and btnDom etc. I make every time there's a new patch which took me (the first time) like 30 minutes regexing through the file in vim with zero prior knowledge of twine or the game's internal structure besides a rough idea of what sugarcube variables would be named.

Pretending the developer is an amateur when this game has existed longer than the total training cycle of most professionals is absurd as well.
I don't expect better from the developer (he's entitled to do as little as he wants and clearly it's enough to satisfy patrons) and neither should you be claiming that this is what 100-200 hours of work looks like is an insult to software developers and writers everywhere.

 

[Five9]

Are there any plans to add more interactive male characters? I want to play female mc more but there is only John content.

 

[Smallfrie]

Two hours, one of which was for testing which the developer doesn't seem to do at all. This was one of the largest monthly updates in a long time and it has 9 scenes that take about 3-10 minutes to write depending on how quickly you can write and what degree to which you have a preconception of what to put in the scene. This is leaving aside that 60% or more of the writing is basically copypasted from other scenes.
Other than implementing a new global variable that's totally at odds with how the game has heretofore stored data for anything and I assume was done automatically by twine, this month's updates in terms of bugfixes and other backend changes was literally less than the changes to modAss() and btnDom etc. I make every time there's a new patch which took me (the first time) like 30 minutes regexing through the file in vim with zero prior knowledge of twine or the game's internal structure besides a rough idea of what sugarcube variables would be named.

Pretending the developer is an amateur when this game has existed longer than the total training cycle of most professionals is absurd as well.
I don't expect better from the developer (he's entitled to do as little as he wants and clearly it's enough to satisfy patrons) and neither should you be claiming that this is what 100-200 hours of work looks like is an insult to software developers and writers everywhere.

Oh my god!? Feel free to come out with a viable product first! Unless you are a pro writer it will take hours or days co come up with a proper scenario. That is + patron pools take time. Picture hunting+design. The actual programing is just a fraction of the full time devs work on a proper game. (bug hunting without player feed back/test is extreem long at late stage.)

 

[HaseoOfDeath]

Trying play this game.... 1 click - 10 seconds delay... any possobilities how fix this? Thanks

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Are there any plans to add more interactive male characters? I want to play female mc more but there is only John content.

No. John and Chris is where most of the MM content will be found. Outside The Pit, no more charcaters will be added

 

[Snugglepuff]

I like how you are twisting what I am trying to convey.

No twisting going on.
Perhaps try not to throw out so many excuses or "reasons" when one is more than enough.

I have a hard time remembering the names of people I meet in person. A shit memory is not an excuse, there are medical terms for that.

Medical or otherwise, having issues remembering somoene's name is something that happens and is a fine enough reason on its own.

The problem is that you have literally thrown out multiple excuses, even in the same post as another one, but won't just settle on a single response that would have meant none of this would have gone beyond two posts... Get a grip.

To put it bluntly, I don't "in most cases" give a fuck remembering the names of characters in a game.

Right here, we've got another excuse you're giving.
So, which is it?
You don't give a fuck about the character's names, or you have a hard time remembering their names?

To quote you:

Quote mining... Nice and disingenuous, particularly when making accusations of twisting people's words.

You do know, skip dialogue is usually an option, or clicking next without having to read everything is also available... right?
How is utilizing a common feature in a game considered me blaming it?

You do know you're ignoring all the other times outside of dialogue her name appears, right?
There's one really, incredibly repetitive example that I'd love you to explain away from this screenshot from a brand new freeplay mode game:

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So you're telling me you've never read the names of the rooms?
You've never noticed the notebook link indicating new information in it when in the MC's bedroom?

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You've never looked at the notebook sections just to make that "new" indicator go away or even to check information you might've forgotten?

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[JustinTime847]

Is there a reason Elsa can't seem to get pregnant? She doesn't have the same "isPregnant" variable as the other women.

 

[BubblesTheAllMighty]

No twisting going on.
Perhaps try not to throw out so many excuses or "reasons" when one is more than enough.




Medical or otherwise, having issues remembering somoene's name is something that happens and is a fine enough reason on its own.

The problem is that you have literally thrown out multiple excuses, even in the same post as another one, but won't just settle on a single response that would have meant none of this would have gone beyond two posts... Get a grip.



Right here, we've got another excuse you're giving.
So, which is it?
You don't give a fuck about the character's names, or you have a hard time remembering their names?




Quote mining... Nice and disingenuous, particularly when making accusations of twisting people's words.




You do know you're ignoring all the other times outside of dialogue her name appears, right?
There's one really, incredibly repetitive example that I'd love you to explain away from this screenshot from a brand new freeplay mode game:

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So you're telling me you've never read the names of the rooms?
You've never noticed the notebook link indicating new information in it when in the MC's bedroom?

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You've never looked at the notebook sections just to make that "new" indicator go away or even to check information you might've forgotten?

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Yet you still don't seem to comprehend what I was conveying.
Because so far it seems to have gone in one ear and out the other.

Also

Quote mining... Nice and disingenuous, particularly when making accusations of twisting people's words.

How is it disingenuous when the original is also quoted?
Do people not read?


Do you have a complex of being right or something?
You're right that this wouldn't have gone past two posts.


I have given the reason and answer on multiple occasions, though i guess my way with words is lacking for you to figure it out.


I don't know your line of thinking just like you don't know mine.

Let me elaborate.

Well let me put it this way, I never cared enough to pay attention to most names in the majority of games to remember them.

To put it bluntly, I don't "in most cases" give a fuck remembering the names of characters in a game.

Right here, we've got another excuse you're giving.
So, which is it?
You don't give a fuck about the character's names, or you have a hard time remembering their names?

Someone with a bit of comprehension and common sense would have figured this out.

Translation. It's hard to remember a name if you didn't care to remember it in the first place.
What's your reason for missing that?

You do know you're ignoring all the other times outside of dialogue her name appears, right?
There's one really, incredibly repetitive example that I'd love you to explain away from this screenshot from a brand new freeplay mode game:

I don't even need to look at the name to know what I am clicking on as I remember placement.
It's called visual memory.

Examples of visual memory include: Remembering the faces and outfits of people you've only seen once.
Recalling specific details about objects, buildings, places, etc.
Remembering phone numbers in the correct order after reading them once or twice.

Two of those I am good at.
When it comes to names and faces, not so much.
I'm more likely to remember the outfit though.

So you're telling me you've never read the names of the rooms?
You've never noticed the notebook link indicating new information in it when in the MC's bedroom?

Leave your room, go to bed, go to work early.
If I see a yellow name that I know has some action, I click.
Do it enough times and you don't even have to look at the names.

You've never looked at the notebook sections just to make that "new" indicator go away or even to check information you might've forgotten?

Nope. What's the point of knowing that when you aren't really playing for the story.

I don't even know any of the characters backstory let alone information on them.
I pretty much skip the prologue apart from entering MC name and gender at the start.

 

[lariso]

Is the sissification good in this game?

 

[qwsaq]

Is the sissification good in this game?

If you want a slow process gradually making a male character more feminine: not really.
If you'd like to play as a sissy getting dominated by everyone around you: yes, the game's great.

TF's are instantaneous. They trigger at night as you build up certain variables and represent rather broad archetypes (Male, Trans, Sissy, Female, Bimbo). There's also serums you can make to adjust things like breast or dick size but they're of little consequence.

 

[uka]

Is there a more up to date wiki or guide somewhere? Even thought the wiki says that the guide has v5.3, it's info is more around v3.3.

It's pretty exhausting having to scour the patchnotes and in-game code to find out what's new.

 

[chichong]

Two hours, one of which was for testing which the developer doesn't seem to do at all. This was one of the largest monthly updates in a long time and it has 9 scenes that take about 3-10 minutes to write depending on how quickly you can write and what degree to which you have a preconception of what to put in the scene. This is leaving aside that 60% or more of the writing is basically copypasted from other scenes.
Other than implementing a new global variable that's totally at odds with how the game has heretofore stored data for anything and I assume was done automatically by twine, this month's updates in terms of bugfixes and other backend changes was literally less than the changes to modAss() and btnDom etc. I make every time there's a new patch which took me (the first time) like 30 minutes regexing through the file in vim with zero prior knowledge of twine or the game's internal structure besides a rough idea of what sugarcube variables would be named.

Pretending the developer is an amateur when this game has existed longer than the total training cycle of most professionals is absurd as well.
I don't expect better from the developer (he's entitled to do as little as he wants and clearly it's enough to satisfy patrons) and neither should you be claiming that this is what 100-200 hours of work looks like is an insult to software developers and writers everywhere.

1st of all, I agree with your points. The amount of content in each update is like a netflix movie (5 minutes action at start, 40 minutes useless fluff and another 5 minutes of action at the end to keep the morons interested). And the cliffhanger is the final chapter. It is about milking subscribers, otherwise the final chapter / conclusion would've been released way before bug squashing and character polishing.

On the other hand, I tried (a couple of times) to add extra flavor to certain scenes - and not only in this game. Let me tell you, writing is hard. Porn writing is even harder. And when English is your 3rd language it becomes a losing battle. You have the scene in your head, you can visualize it from start to finish. But when it comes to actually describe it and make it interesting, you fail miserably. I am unable to build-up tension and release it at the proper moment. Hell, I tried in my own language and I screwed up as well. Anyway, I had to admit I have zero skill in writing. Or maybe is too hard?

What I'm trying to say here is - if you spend days writing and deleting because you are not satisfied with what you've done, at the end of the month the results of your efforts are going to be pretty thin.

 

[HaseoOfDeath]

Is there a more up to date wiki or guide somewhere? Even thought the wiki says that the guide has v5.3, it's info is more around v3.3.

It's pretty exhausting having to scour the patchnotes and in-game code to find out what's new.

So the wiki shows stuff that is in the game despite what it says on the Arcweave. Anything with WIP IS finished. That guide was simply made right before the content completion updates started.

Having the structure should get you where you need to go

 

[Kionatria]

I don't know if anyone had noticed, but in 5.8.1 the MCS-X for Mom may be broken. I only tried the Tightest Family ending, and the ingame notebook doesn't recognize the usage of the MCS-X(it only registers as MCS-3), nor does the MC start sleeping in Ava's room. I cannot say anything about other MCS-X endings as I hadn't tried to finish them(and I won't even try Broken Home and Sell To Company endings anyway), but it should be good to check if it's just this ending or not.

 

[HaseoOfDeath]

I don't know if anyone had noticed, but in 5.8.1 the MCS-X for Mom may be broken. I only tried the Tightest Family ending, and the ingame notebook doesn't recognize the usage of the MCS-X(it only registers as MCS-3), nor does the MC start sleeping in Ava's room. I cannot say anything about other MCS-X endings as I hadn't tried to finish them(and I won't even try Broken Home and Sell To Company endings anyway), but it should be good to check if it's just this ending or not.

It takes 3 days to take effect.

1. Go to sleep AND work for 3 days straight
2. Sleep alone without interacting with Ava or Dakota
3. 4th day, you will get a scene

 

[JustinTime847]

Like Snugglepuff said.

Simply do not Dose Tasha for 14 days and follow that No Dose Route until you get the chance to grant her a vagina.

I'm doing that in free play, but the dream hasn't happened yet. Are there other factors to consider?

 

[HaseoOfDeath]

I'm doing that in free play, but the dream hasn't happened yet. Are there other factors to consider?

Tasha's Date and No Dose Route:
1) Get the gender reveal scene: either the first time you try to dose her (you won't actually dose her then), or visit her in the office early in the morning, you need to go to work early to do that
2) After 14 days explore the office between Morning and Late Morning for an event with female characters.
2a) Tasha will ask you on a date when leaving work after step 2, accept the date
3a) Get the random event where Tasha gives you her phone number and wait 7 days until you get the second date to her apartment and select "Accept her offer and follow her home"
3b) Alternatively, in normal play, on October 21 "Get lunch with Tasha", then "Go to Tasha's apartment" (I'm pretty that one is bugged and doesn't unlock the rest of the events at the moment)
4) "Invite Tasha over for the day" on the weekend, during morning or late morning
5) In normal play, you need to wait for Chapter 4, in freeplay, I don't think there is any time constraint. After 3-7 days, get a dream with Tasha and Saya.
6) Have the "Weird Dreams" conversation with Tasha
7) 2 days later during the second dream with Tasha and Saya, select: "I want this to be who I am. I want this to be my future!"

 

[JustinTime847]

Tasha's Date and No Dose Route:
1) Get the gender reveal scene: either the first time you try to dose her (you won't actually dose her then), or visit her in the office early in the morning, you need to go to work early to do that
2) After 14 days explore the office between Morning and Late Morning for an event with female characters.
2a) Tasha will ask you on a date when leaving work after step 2, accept the date
3a) Get the random event where Tasha gives you her phone number and wait 7 days until you get the second date to her apartment and select "Accept her offer and follow her home"
3b) Alternatively, in normal play, on October 21 "Get lunch with Tasha", then "Go to Tasha's apartment" (I'm pretty that one is bugged and doesn't unlock the rest of the events at the moment)
4) "Invite Tasha over for the day" on the weekend, during morning or late morning
5) In normal play, you need to wait for Chapter 4, in freeplay, I don't think there is any time constraint. After 3-7 days, get a dream with Tasha and Saya.
6) Have the "Weird Dreams" conversation with Tasha
7) 2 days later during the second dream with Tasha and Saya, select: "I want this to be who I am. I want this to be my future!"

I did "4", but "5" hasn't happened yet as a result. What does that mean for me?

 

[HaseoOfDeath]

I did "4", but "5" hasn't happened yet as a result. What does that mean for me?

Retry it and see if it changes. I'd also Go to Work for those 3 days. At night, sleep alone. Don't interact with Dakota or Ava

 

[Xo Mo]

After using TFM in December on someone....
In the training area of the pit...
Their image fails to load...

 

[JustinTime847]

Retry it and see if it changes. I'd also Go to Work for those 3 days. At night, sleep alone. Don't interact with Dakota or Ava

I thought I was doing that, but I was also going home with Sophie/Penny/Tasha during the workweek, so maybe that’s also something I need to stop doing.