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Well that's maybe too grand a title for this really, but in my spare time I've been messing around putting together a game. It's not ready for release yet but to spark some interest and, if I'm honest to keep me motivated, I thought I'd set out the concept here and post little updates on work in progress as I go along to see if people were interested.
So what is it about?
Good question! It's a sci-fi based game for a start. The MC plays as an engineer posted to a deep space colony supply vessel, the Illustrious. Mankind has gone off and started his process of colonisation and, given how far everything is away from Earth, the Illustrious does a constant run between the colonies and science outposts ensuring all is well, topping up supplies, providing medical and scientific help and rotating staff.
The MC starts the game having been assigned to go help out a science outpost on the planet Sigma Five. The outpost has been reporting a variety of electrical failures of late which are seemingly beyond the capabilities of the ground staff to deal with. As Sigma Five is due a supply run anyway, you've been sent along to assess the situation and, if possible, carry out any necessary repairs.
Your journey..(aha! See what I did there!) ..to the planet is aboard one of Illustrious's transport shuttles crewed by three crew members. Flight Lieutenant Christine (Chris) Jackson; Flying Officer Sarah Halliday and Engineer Martina (Nina) Vasquez.
The game is a semi-open world Renpy based game in which you choose and influence what happens on the journey itself and, more importantly, what happens when you land.....
Content?
Romance! Adventure! Spanners! Danger!
The MC will have the option to try and follow romantic paths with those he meets (sorry it's male MC only. I tried gender options at first but it was a nightmare! Perhaps an option for later). However, some of them have their own romantic agenda's and entanglements already and I'm trying to build the game in such a way so that, whilst some of the characters you meet will be easy to conquer, others will be less so and may even interfere in your plans.
"Wait...like an Eric?!" Hell no. Not -like- an Eric. But if someone has caught someone else's eye don't expect to find things easy is all I'm saying. That's assuming you can keep them alive and safe in the first place. Assuming you even get to Sigma Five in one piece!
There is an element of peril in this game too. Both the MC and certain of the NPC's could well end up dead, or at least no longer available for you, depending upon what you as the player do. What will come first? The mission or a chance to fuck the character that has taken your fancy? And if the latter, I do hope you've ensured everything is safe and well first....
Tell me about the tags dammit rather than waffling on!
Oh right. Tags would be..um...
Sci-fi (naturally); 3dcg; big tits; cheating; creampie; exhibitionism; group sex; handjob humor; male protagonist; masturbation; multiple endings; oral sex; romance; teasing; vaginal sex; anal sex; bdsm; blackmail; corruption; domination (both ways if you're not careful!); milf; spanking; voyeurism; games; monsters...spanners?
Wait there's no incest!
*looks shifty* Um...there -might- be later but I haven't decided on that yet.
There's no NTR! *insert cheers or boos as you see fit*
Well no. But there might be competition for whoever your after. If that's NTR then it exists. If that isn't then it doesn't. Oh...well excluding bad consequences of your game play. Not my fault if the character you're in love with gets abducted by....Anyway! That's saying too much. I want to keep the game play as fresh as I can as it has a lot of plot twists etc built into it. People you meet may not be as the seem! And some of them certainly have their own agenda's.
Wait! There's no harem tag there either! What gives?
Well you could end up having sex with more than one girl. But the only real way that would happen would be if you chose the bad route as an MC. You see you can either play this game as the all round good hero who will, no doubt, sweep up the woman of his choice off her feet; save the outpost and return a decorated hero or you could play like a total bastard and shag them all. I mean the choice is there but....who would play like that?
I see Games in the tags. Do you mean mini-games?
Only optional ones as a rule. No mini-game will ever be required to be passed to progress. By games I mean things like strip poker etc.
What's the grind mechanics like?
There isn't any. You start with the stats you start with. Everything else is up to you.
So when is version 0.1 with five minutes gameplay?
There isn't one. And won't be either. The game will be released in complete chapters so you won't ever hit any loose dead ends. The plan is that each chapter would play like an episode of television which would then carry on into the next release. So expect a good couple of hours play each time (especially if you revisit choices etc)
As to the first part with luck and some leave from work, it should be out by the end of August.
Will there be a walk through?
Never. Nope. No. Non. At least not from me. It's a game and, let's be honest, it's only a glorified VN. Given there are no "be at location x with a cheese under your arm at 9am" to progress type situations, then there is simply no need for one. Just play the game and hopefully have fun.
Patreon?
Newp. Certainly not for part one at any rate. This is a hobby of mine and I'm doing this for fun. If there is demand then I might set up a tip jar purely to buy a better video card to speed up renders. The programming and writing I'm fine with (unless I try anything to complicated then I hit a roadblock for a bit until it's thrashed out) but the renders I'm restricted by what an nvidia 2gb can kick out. Given each chapter will take a lot of renders it will be that, more than anything, that would slow the release of further chapters. Remember I'm not releasing it as V.0.2.1a etc. Every release has to be complete else I don't let it out in the wild. Not that there's anything wrong with part releases. It's just not the way I want to do things.
Anyway, that's the summary. I'll keep you posted as progress is made. Do feel free to ask questions if you wish..or ignore this completely!
Oh! the crew of the transport shuttle. From left to right: Sarah, Chris and Nina.
So what is it about?
Good question! It's a sci-fi based game for a start. The MC plays as an engineer posted to a deep space colony supply vessel, the Illustrious. Mankind has gone off and started his process of colonisation and, given how far everything is away from Earth, the Illustrious does a constant run between the colonies and science outposts ensuring all is well, topping up supplies, providing medical and scientific help and rotating staff.
The MC starts the game having been assigned to go help out a science outpost on the planet Sigma Five. The outpost has been reporting a variety of electrical failures of late which are seemingly beyond the capabilities of the ground staff to deal with. As Sigma Five is due a supply run anyway, you've been sent along to assess the situation and, if possible, carry out any necessary repairs.
Your journey..(aha! See what I did there!) ..to the planet is aboard one of Illustrious's transport shuttles crewed by three crew members. Flight Lieutenant Christine (Chris) Jackson; Flying Officer Sarah Halliday and Engineer Martina (Nina) Vasquez.
The game is a semi-open world Renpy based game in which you choose and influence what happens on the journey itself and, more importantly, what happens when you land.....
Content?
Romance! Adventure! Spanners! Danger!
The MC will have the option to try and follow romantic paths with those he meets (sorry it's male MC only. I tried gender options at first but it was a nightmare! Perhaps an option for later). However, some of them have their own romantic agenda's and entanglements already and I'm trying to build the game in such a way so that, whilst some of the characters you meet will be easy to conquer, others will be less so and may even interfere in your plans.
"Wait...like an Eric?!" Hell no. Not -like- an Eric. But if someone has caught someone else's eye don't expect to find things easy is all I'm saying. That's assuming you can keep them alive and safe in the first place. Assuming you even get to Sigma Five in one piece!
There is an element of peril in this game too. Both the MC and certain of the NPC's could well end up dead, or at least no longer available for you, depending upon what you as the player do. What will come first? The mission or a chance to fuck the character that has taken your fancy? And if the latter, I do hope you've ensured everything is safe and well first....
Tell me about the tags dammit rather than waffling on!
Oh right. Tags would be..um...
Sci-fi (naturally); 3dcg; big tits; cheating; creampie; exhibitionism; group sex; handjob humor; male protagonist; masturbation; multiple endings; oral sex; romance; teasing; vaginal sex; anal sex; bdsm; blackmail; corruption; domination (both ways if you're not careful!); milf; spanking; voyeurism; games; monsters...spanners?
Wait there's no incest!
*looks shifty* Um...there -might- be later but I haven't decided on that yet.
There's no NTR! *insert cheers or boos as you see fit*
Well no. But there might be competition for whoever your after. If that's NTR then it exists. If that isn't then it doesn't. Oh...well excluding bad consequences of your game play. Not my fault if the character you're in love with gets abducted by....Anyway! That's saying too much. I want to keep the game play as fresh as I can as it has a lot of plot twists etc built into it. People you meet may not be as the seem! And some of them certainly have their own agenda's.
Wait! There's no harem tag there either! What gives?
Well you could end up having sex with more than one girl. But the only real way that would happen would be if you chose the bad route as an MC. You see you can either play this game as the all round good hero who will, no doubt, sweep up the woman of his choice off her feet; save the outpost and return a decorated hero or you could play like a total bastard and shag them all. I mean the choice is there but....who would play like that?
I see Games in the tags. Do you mean mini-games?
Only optional ones as a rule. No mini-game will ever be required to be passed to progress. By games I mean things like strip poker etc.
What's the grind mechanics like?
There isn't any. You start with the stats you start with. Everything else is up to you.
So when is version 0.1 with five minutes gameplay?
There isn't one. And won't be either. The game will be released in complete chapters so you won't ever hit any loose dead ends. The plan is that each chapter would play like an episode of television which would then carry on into the next release. So expect a good couple of hours play each time (especially if you revisit choices etc)
As to the first part with luck and some leave from work, it should be out by the end of August.
Will there be a walk through?
Never. Nope. No. Non. At least not from me. It's a game and, let's be honest, it's only a glorified VN. Given there are no "be at location x with a cheese under your arm at 9am" to progress type situations, then there is simply no need for one. Just play the game and hopefully have fun.
Patreon?
Newp. Certainly not for part one at any rate. This is a hobby of mine and I'm doing this for fun. If there is demand then I might set up a tip jar purely to buy a better video card to speed up renders. The programming and writing I'm fine with (unless I try anything to complicated then I hit a roadblock for a bit until it's thrashed out) but the renders I'm restricted by what an nvidia 2gb can kick out. Given each chapter will take a lot of renders it will be that, more than anything, that would slow the release of further chapters. Remember I'm not releasing it as V.0.2.1a etc. Every release has to be complete else I don't let it out in the wild. Not that there's anything wrong with part releases. It's just not the way I want to do things.
Anyway, that's the summary. I'll keep you posted as progress is made. Do feel free to ask questions if you wish..or ignore this completely!
Oh! the crew of the transport shuttle. From left to right: Sarah, Chris and Nina.
