VN Ren'Py Abandoned The Professor Chapter II - The Black Hand [v2.0] [Pixieblink]

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Pixieblink

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Is there any reason why you removed the audio controls?
Honestly? I though no-one used them.
You see, MY speakers have this button on them....

If enough people want it I could add them back and re-release as a bug fix.
I've been meaning to re-do that squirrel, I think he looks to cartoon'y.
 

tk99

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You've asked (The Prof 1 thread) what you can do to increase your income.

Let me take The Prof 2 for answering the questions from my view:

- Figures
You don't aim at ultra realistic figures/renders. That's not what I prefer, but it's ok.

- Story and dialogs
I really like your story writing. Storybuilding is great, and the pace is (most time) good.
And the dialogs are hilarious.
No complaints here

- Display/Gameplay
Especially in Prof 2 ....
Picture... one sentence (3-10 words) ... repeat
It feels like a comic. Yes, you are delivering some kind of comic. But that makes me to just click through.

- Animations
50-70% are animations.
You are doing a good job on these animations, even if they are pre-made.
But some of them just feel like a fill-in.
The same animation from 2, 3, 4 angels ... 3-15 seconds long.
How long do you need to render them? I don't know your rig, but with mine, it would take ages.
This render time could be used for ore stills, with more expressions and so on.


So less animations/angles.

- lewd scenes
How long did it take to get to the first lewd scene in Prof 1?
How many updates?

You don't have to bring up a full orgy scene in v0.1, but for me it took to long to get to the lewd scenes.
And please ... no fuck them all right now. Just find the right way.
Story building is important, but if it takes to long it's getting boring.

- Updates
Since Prof 1 I only played ever fifth or so update.
It's nice you try to deliver quickly, but 5 minutes gameplay is just not what I like to play.

- Renpy Options
No, i don't like if I'm not be able to change any setting ... Sound, Textspeed and so on.


Conclusion:

Reduce the animations, deliver more content per update (if it takes 2-3x time, it doesn't matter).
For me, 20-30 minutes gameplay would be good, 5 minutes is a no, thanks.


That's just my point of view and some/many people might not share it.
But you asked and I answered :)
 
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tk99

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Honestly? I though no-one used them.
You see, MY speakers have this button on them....

If enough people want it I could add them back and re-release as a bug fix.
I've been meaning to re-do that squirrel, I think he looks to cartoon'y.
Guess you are playing a VN while working ...
You would like to hear the sys/app/whatever notifications.... which you can't, when you turn down the master volume :cool:
 
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stahalle

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Honestly? I though no-one used them.
You see, MY speakers have this button on them....

If enough people want it I could add them back and re-release as a bug fix.
I've been meaning to re-do that squirrel, I think he looks to cartoon'y.
yes please add them back.
 

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The Professor Chapter II - The Black Hand [v1.1] [Pixieblink] crunched

Original Size PC: 685 MB
Original Size Mac: 667 MB

Compressed Size PC: 204 MB
TheProfessorII-v1.1-pc-crunched.zip: -

Compressed Size Mac: 187 MB

TheProfessorII-v1.1-mac-crunched.zip: -

This compression is unofficial and untested, use at your own risk.
Compressing process reduces quality and can break the game.

Tools:
UnRen v0.91 (Sam@f95zone) - YAC v2.1 (hngg@f95zone) - -
 

Pixieblink

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- Display/Gameplay
Especially in Prof 2 ....
Picture... one sentence (3-10 words) ... repeat
It feels like a comic. Yes, you are delivering some kind of comic. But that makes me to just click through.
I DID ask. And thanks for taking the time to answer.
I don't get the above comment. It means... Story-good. Progression-good. Dialogue-bad?

You raised some good points.

Anyone else have any thoughts on this? Now's the time.
Tell me what it would take to bump this game up to the next level.
 

Pixieblink

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The Professor Chapter II - The Black Hand [v1.1] [Pixieblink] crunched

Original Size PC: 685 MB
Original Size Mac: 667 MB

Compressed Size PC: 204 MB
TheProfessorII-v1.1-pc-crunched.zip: Workupload PC -

Compressed Size Mac: 187 MB

TheProfessorII-v1.1-mac-crunched.zip: Workupload Mac -

This compression is unofficial and untested, use at your own risk.
Compressing process reduces quality and can break the game.

Tools:
UnRen v0.91 (Sam@f95zone) - YAC v2.1 (hngg@f95zone) - -
Wow. Thanks dude, good job on the crunch!
 
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TommyTuba

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I DID ask. And thanks for taking the time to answer.
I don't get the above comment. It means... Story-good. Progression-good. Dialogue-bad?

You raised some good points.

Anyone else have any thoughts on this? Now's the time.
Tell me what it would take to bump this game up to the next level.
My thoughts: Update game every 3-4 months, instead of 1 month updates, thus increasing the amount of content by 3-4 times. Add replay gallery, ability to unlock secret scenes and/or images when achieve milestones, x-ray image capability a la Sunshine Love, ability to change boob size(?), more sex in all possible combinations.
 

TommyTuba

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My thoughts: Update game every 3-4 months, instead of 1 month updates, thus increasing the amount of content by 3-4 times. Add replay gallery, ability to unlock secret scenes and/or images when achieve milestones, x-ray image capability a la Sunshine Love, ability to change boob size(?), more sex in all possible combinations.
Just finished playing the update. Your animations are really good. Better than any other game I've at least seen. Great facial expressions. Keep up the animations. Makes your game very unique. Great game. :D
 
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TommyTuba

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Honestly? I though no-one used them.
You see, MY speakers have this button on them....

If enough people want it I could add them back and re-release as a bug fix.
I've been meaning to re-do that squirrel, I think he looks to cartoon'y.
Agree about the squirrel. Didn't realize that's what it was. I thought it was a Pokemon character. :)
 
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