Appearances all look great dev. Some thoughts on the playtest so far—
- I like the fact that we start with a backstory instead of a flashback or directly jumping to the present day.
- The plot is clearly established, the $100K is a compelling incentive for Amelie to "work" and allow the story to happen.
- The red pill storyline is very sinister... reminds me of We Happy Few.
- Out of habit, I used 'Z' to skip the dialogue and accidentally picked a choice which was a non-sexual one by default. The transition between the dialogue and an upcoming choice is too smooth, so it's easy to press a key like you're expecting more dialogue, but you end up picking a choice which you didn't know was coming.
- The screen turns black too often and requires input to proceed. To some users who aren't familiar with RPGM, it might appear stuck or broken. Please avoid black screens.
Just two questions based on the playtest:
1. Are the pills a possible plot point for a Sane vs Corrupt route? Will there be a choice to consume the pills and engage in sexual activities vs. not consuming the pills and keep going for a sane route.
2. Lingerie vs Clothing... Is Amelie wearing any underwear beneath her outfit? This was an inconsistency in older versions where she wore lingerie at her house, but she was surprisingly nude beneath her clothes at work.
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Hey there,
so as for the storyline:
My take on this story is Amelie was drugged a few years ago with those sexually stimulating pills. Those pills stimulate a person so much that they are incapable of rational thinking and just engage in sexual acts. Amelie was always directed by the club/pleasure house owners to do so and she obeyed them because she lacked any form of self composure. Anyhow, as time passed by her body developed some sort of a resistance(albeit small but enough to make her question herself) to those pills. The boss was fascinated by this discovery as he was always under the impression that those pills brainwashed them completely and the girls became mere dolls in his hands. The boss could have locked her up and made her take heavy dosage of those pills then and there but he decides to test this new development inside of her. He draws a line of $100,000 just to corner her and make her panic. He wants to test if in case someone developed a free will like this further, will a sudden panic mode cause them to collapse even further and be fully mind controlled by him according to his own free will?
As for amelie, she wants to stop taking those pills but she can't because if she withdraws, she can even face death as a withdrawal symptom. This is shown when she gets a panic attack in the hotel room. She has to take those pills for the moment to even stay alive.
As for paths:
I have planned two major paths and one subpath of one of the major paths.
PATH 01: She follows the sexual stimulation of those pills and engages in sexual activities to earn that amount. She still wants to be free but can use the help of the pills for the moment and who knows, maybe can live a very sexually active life?
SUBPATH: often players can get choices to engage in sexual acts where she can make money. However, there are also open world events/side quests where you get an option to engage in sexual act just for the fun of it. If you do so, you walk down a mindless sexual path.
PATH02: She has to take those pills but she refuses to be the person she is. She tries to control that overwhelming sexual stimulation with her willpower. But as willpower is exhaustive, the pills have a harsh negative side effect when a proper sexual stimulation is not met. (It actually has a neurological effect on her brain wherein the negative pain receptors are overwhelmingly sensitive thus she suffers immense pain when something negative happens) In this path, if you walk down the sane route, she gets more and more desperate for money as her conscience attacks her more and more. If the player fails to find a hidden path to make money without indulging in sex, the player has to go down a non-consensual sexual path where she decides to engage in a sexual act against her will.
As for clothing, she is not wearing anything under that shirt because I like her that way.
anyhow, that's what is planned for now. This storyline can help me present some H scenes with Amelie much faster and is not boring to develop by myself. Anyways, as you already know I am also on a timer in my real life so I'll try to work when possible on it.
thanks
