HTML Onhold The Company [v5.12.0 Public] [Westane]

[pantypriv]

Get the bones in there, then flesh it out and rework things as needed. Then again, falling into the constant reworking of old content is a pretty easy trap to fall into for newer devs.

Very much agreed.

I'm aware that my initial comment across as...ignorant (because it is), but this was the first game in this vein (apart from one that was text based only) that I played and its still not finished years later? I'm just a bit disappointed/perplexed and becoming more and more cynical, since I've seen so many games by now, build up a fanbase, probably become too ambitious for their (devs) own good, and then its abandoned or "on hold".
And a lot site "health reasons", "family issues", which is some cases probably is true (if Westane is having a truly tough time I sympathize), but its far too common for me to believe in every occasion.
Some take the money and run for the hills, and some burn out or realize they're in over their heads, but can't be honest about it, as honesty is something that's lacking in our age (if I can be so cliched).

So I might have been a bit unfair, to Westane, but its fueled by a trend that I've been seeing.

All that being said...the dom John route, which I discovered by chance back in the day, has taken on a life of it own?
He's potentially so powerful that he can take over all routes, and that's complicated to write/dev routes out of.
Personally, whilst I really like games that have things happen to the MC, that can't be controlled if you make bad choices, I also like to do multiple playthroughs, testing all kinds of things.

 

[Gluttonous]

Should I say expected? When I first saw that the project spent about two years on daily interaction systems outside of the non-plot, and then rolled them back to the point where only some of the UI survived, I already realized that the project's updates were more like being forced onto a chariot and having to continue. I just didn't realize that after returning the focus of the updates to the plot last year, things were still so bad that they couldn't be done.

 

[Diconica]

So I was just reading the reason for going on hold and decided to look at the code of the game.
The biggest issue I noticed is that it was overly manually produced. By that I mean a lot of work had to be repeated over and over again for each character. I think that was a by product of the engine and potential lack of experience.

Right now I am working on a web based game engine for my son to use for D&D like games. A spell and a serum affect the character similarly in a technical manor. A component is attached to the character. The component modifies the character state.
Depending on the state and conditions events can be attached and when the triggers for the events come true the event plays.

What this means is sure I have to create dialog for the characters and events to play out differently but none of the I also need to define a trigger but the rest of the code remains the same for all characters. In truth I could create default character reactions and alternate reactions and dialog and such so it could be attached to random characters also.

Not sure how hard it is to modify the engine to allow something like I have it probably would cut down on the work that is required if it is possible.

It might be a better option to simply limit scope of what you do on this phase of the game and move to a different engine for a part 2 if it is to be continued. In my case I didn't find any of the current engines any easier to modify than it was to simply make my own given what I wanted in it. That probably isn't true for most.

 

[Deleted member 8840571]

Should I say expected? When I first saw that the project spent about two years on daily interaction systems outside of the non-plot, and then rolled them back to the point where only some of the UI survived, I already realized that the project's updates were more like being forced onto a chariot and having to continue. I just didn't realize that after returning the focus of the updates to the plot last year, things were still so bad that they couldn't be done.

You could tell by the way the content was made that the dev got sick of the game. MCS-X leading to game over or your tongue getting cut out? The transformations used to be fun and, while serious, never boring or overtly cruel.

 

[kongDead]

Full save plz

 

[Snugglepuff]

Full save plz

You'll need to specific about all the various choices/paths you want in a full save with this game. If you don't understand why, then you haven't played the game.

 

[Deleted member 8840571]

Full save plz

Content happens as you go along the game, if you want it faster use cheats

 

[Palantir_T]

Hello Admin 7767

I want want to warn you and other peoples about a VIRUS major problem .... My Antivirus detected a TROJAN in "The Company" HTML file...

I can't play this game anymore..
Can you check all your files before spare on download sites please...

Thanks you very much.

 

[f96zonetrooper]

HEUR stands for heuristic.
Your Antivirus has found code in the html which looks like code used by a known virus ... that might be a new virus or a false positive.