HTML The Up And Cumming Pornstar [Ep.4] [Gabe Inhalls]

[NombreGenerico]

Not gonna lie, this last chapter disappointed me a little. Not for lack of content, you have created a very complete challenge with many possibilities and basically a television series script, but... I was looking for gay content and I have only seen 3 scenes in this last chapter... I understand that there is a larger audience to satisfy, but compared to chapter 1 and 2, it is not enough for me. I would love if we could have more than one option when choosing a scene with a homosexual theme, or more hookups with other characters, like Yousef's or Bo's.

Another thing I would like to ask is if the characters will have 'memories', because Yousef has a dialogue in the first chapter in which he says that he regrets not having selected us as a companion, and I don't remember reading any comments from him in chapter 2 or 3 of how 'lucky' he was to have a scene with us then.

Yousef is my favorite, without a doubt, but... I keep Matt in my heart after those scenes in chapter 1. I would love if I do Matt's route, and in chapter 2 I could have some control over who to do the trio with , but no matter how hard I have tried, I can only do the second challenge with only 1 couple. Obviously this is easier for you as a writer, having to control fewer variables, but we perceive it as less content. I assume that you know that not all of your audience will play all the routes of your game, and whether you like it or not, it is content that they are not consuming because they were unaware of it or preferred another route (but if you do not allow them to choose, they are not seeing all the possibilities).

I reiterate that I have hope in the game, and this is not a criticism, this is a comment that seeks to help you know what your audience wants (and yes, not all of the audience will agree with me, but a part surely will). I don't want to talk about the Patreon stuff, I'm not the one to comment that and I don't see it necessary to discuss the topic either.

In summary, this last chapter has been a bit 'Meh' for me due to the lack of content that I consume. You write great and it shows that you like this project, because you pay a lot of attention to the details. And I warn you that if you expel Yousef from the competition you will have lost a follower... If you don't put someone else to replace him

 

[Gabe Inhalls]

Not gonna lie, this last chapter disappointed me a little. Not for lack of content, you have created a very complete challenge with many possibilities and basically a television series script, but... I was looking for gay content and I have only seen 3 scenes in this last chapter... I understand that there is a larger audience to satisfy, but compared to chapter 1 and 2, it is not enough for me. I would love if we could have more than one option when choosing a scene with a homosexual theme, or more hookups with other characters, like Yousef's or Bo's.

Another thing I would like to ask is if the characters will have 'memories', because Yousef has a dialogue in the first chapter in which he says that he regrets not having selected us as a companion, and I don't remember reading any comments from him in chapter 2 or 3 of how 'lucky' he was to have a scene with us then.

Yousef is my favorite, without a doubt, but... I keep Matt in my heart after those scenes in chapter 1. I would love if I do Matt's route, and in chapter 2 I could have some control over who to do the trio with , but no matter how hard I have tried, I can only do the second challenge with only 1 couple. Obviously this is easier for you as a writer, having to control fewer variables, but we perceive it as less content. I assume that you know that not all of your audience will play all the routes of your game, and whether you like it or not, it is content that they are not consuming because they were unaware of it or preferred another route (but if you do not allow them to choose, they are not seeing all the possibilities).

I reiterate that I have hope in the game, and this is not a criticism, this is a comment that seeks to help you know what your audience wants (and yes, not all of the audience will agree with me, but a part surely will). I don't want to talk about the Patreon stuff, I'm not the one to comment that and I don't see it necessary to discuss the topic either.

In summary, this last chapter has been a bit 'Meh' for me due to the lack of content that I consume. You write great and it shows that you like this project, because you pay a lot of attention to the details. And I warn you that if you expel Yousef from the competition you will have lost a follower... If you don't put someone else to replace him

Thank you for the feedback. I understand when people complain about the lack of content on one route, but when the complaints are coming from both sides, I have to find a healthy balance. I try to keep gay and straight content about equal and I try to find a balance between how much content I put in and how long an update takes me to make. For example, I could've added more days, the shoot could've extended to five or even seven days. And I could've filled those days with gay and str8 content but then the update would've taken around 8 months to produce. So yeah, I have to balance all these things to make the best version of the game overall. I don't mind if people don't like one or two episodes cause that happens with all media. Sometimes, you're not gonna like the challenge. Sometimes, you're not going to like the content. But in the end, if you like the series as a whole, than I'm satisfied.

I try to pay attention to the little details. Like in Hell Week, the same characters will have slightly different dialogs based on who's playing the character. So thank you for pointing out what Yousef said. I'll add just one little comment in episode two to call back to that. Speaking of Yousef, I don't wanna spoil a lot but I don't plan on eliminating him that early. He's one of my favorite characters to write too so I wouldn't want to get rid of him this early on. But I don't go into the episodes knowing who to eliminate, I just look at who did the best and worst after I'm done with the episode so you never know...

 

[baskon]

Is it possible to avoid the minges here?

 

[likepresto]

Only seeing blank boxes for any of the images/videos/gifs. Using phone with Safari browser with online version. No blockers, all boxes clicked (except the final one to avoid content). Any idea why the images aren’t showing?

 

[Gabe Inhalls]

Only seeing blank boxes for any of the images/videos/gifs. Using phone with Safari browser with online version. No blockers, all boxes clicked (except the final one to avoid content). Any idea why the images aren’t showing?

Safari might be the problem cause it works fine on Chrome.

Is it possible to avoid the minges here?

Yeah there's a content preferences box at the start of the game. You can avoid visuals for str8 and lesbian content.

 

[Remarius]

Interesting and imaginative game. Just two criticisms, the way to win episode 3 was far too complicated - the only way to do it realistically is to have read the route here. Also your day end votes seem irrelevant - I understand the difficulty of writing multiple storylines but why even have them if its pre-determined who goes each day?

 

[Deleted member 6614965]

Do we know if the cover images for the cast are purely AI generated or based off real people?
I'm specifically looking to see if Kenna's black lingerie image in porn scene intros is based off a real person.
I know she's probably the most generic of all of them but let a man simp.

 

[Gabe Inhalls]

Do we know if the cover images for the cast are purely AI generated or based off real people?
I'm specifically looking to see if Kenna's black lingerie image in porn scene intros is based off a real person.
I know she's probably the most generic of all of them but let a man simp.

The faces are ai generated, bodies belong to pornstars. I just use faceapp to swap the faces with the ai generated ones. That black lingerie pic is Nicole Aniston and I think it's for Vixen, Blacked or Tushy.

Interesting and imaginative game. Just two criticisms, the way to win episode 3 was far too complicated - the only way to do it realistically is to have read the route here. Also your day end votes seem irrelevant - I understand the difficulty of writing multiple storylines but why even have them if its pre-determined who goes each day?

I get that it's not that fun when you choose different people and the result ends up being the same but I'm trying to keep things realistic. For your vote to be the determining one, the votes need to be split down the middle. And that's very unlikely to happen when there are so many votes. So your votes are going to matter more as the cast dwindles down. And as for the wins, there are going to be 4-5 challenges the mc can win and the difficulty is going to be different for all. I admit this one was tough so I'll try to make the others more manageable.

 

[GigatonWatch]

I'm enjoying the game, but my only complaint is a pretty major one. Some scenes don't have the link to continue the story.

EDIT: I managed to solve this by restarting the game from the beginning with all content preferences ticked, just changing it and backtracking a bit didn't seem to work.

 

[Blurz99]

While I personally look more actively for the gay options cause my bi swing tilts towards dudes more often than not, I do like to check every choice and the repercussions they may have down the road for both thoroughness and to get a clearer picture of both the plot and the character's personalities.
For instance! Kenna. She's cordial when you're in her good side but a single choice regarding preference showed the MC a rather spiteful and dramatic side of her that we didn't know about (choices have consequences, who would've thought).
And Scarlet on the other hand is really chill even if we don't pick her. Kenna 0, Scarlet 1 baby.

I do wanna say though that I agree in that the MC may have a bit too much power. Don't get me wrong, the choices having meaningful consequences keeps one engaged and it make for a more fun and dynamic story! It's great to feel like you have the power to meaningfully alter the results.
But branching points having too much weight to them is something that's gonna make the production go twice as slow to account for them.
So far we haaaaaaave... Carter & Scarlet's potential break-up (can we have carter pls, we'll kiss his booboos away (this is more of a subplot and it's fine)) and 2 potential contestants leaving (now you have 2 timelines to keep track of).
And it's only episode 3 :/
(I actually didn't know we couldn't check the third floor on episode 3 if we hadn't gone to talk to Carter in episode 2, that's cool ... but it also has a lot of weight to it XD)

And while I don't think the gay/straight/bi content balance is broken by any means (I was pretty happy with my options and I found the Jackie and Bo challenge path fun for the bi vibes (Matt, my dude, get a grip and suck our dick)), while typing and reading the comments I did remember that the patreon version exists and has extra scenes. As a disclaimer I have not played that version so I don't know how many or diverse options are opened to the player, but it did come to my attention that one can't quite get the "full experience" from the regular game and thus unless you know they have played it, a "there's too few scenes of x content" complaint really only has 3/4ths of the weight it would otherwise have. Maybe those scenes make up a world of difference, maybe they don't, but you can't quite take those at face value as is.

I look forward to episode 4 \o/

 

[bryan2k]

Gabe Inhalls what is planned for episode 4 ? can you tell something about ?

 

[Gabe Inhalls]

Gabe Inhalls what is planned for episode 4 ? can you tell something about ?

This is full spoiler territory so if you want to go into ep 4 blind, don't read this. I've got a rough draft for episode 4 and I'm liking it. For the challenge, contestants are going to shoot solo scenes. I wanted to make sure there was one solo challenge and 13 contestants is the perfect time to do it.

For the rest of the episode, I set up a lot of plot lines at the end of ep 3. Your relationship with Kenna, your relationship with Carter and Scarlet, if you won the challenge; who did you save, some beef the mc is not involved in; all those paths will be explored. There are some hookups in the game that are locked out based on your choices from previous episodes. And I don't want you to restart the game everytime you want to sleep with a character so most of the hookups from this episodes are not going to be locked out however the passage will be slightly different; the dialog, how you get to the sex scene and what you talk about afterwards will be altered based on if this is your first time with that person or your second/third/fourth. There are some characters that I have not given that much love yet such as Farrah, Taylor, Sarah and Matt so I'll try to highlight them a bit more. That's all I wanna spoil right now, hope that was a good teaser.

 

[Evi]

The story and concept is really good Are you thinking about adding a female protagonist?

 

[Gabe Inhalls]

The story and concept is really good Are you thinking about adding a female protagonist?

Not in this game but I would love to have a customizable protagonist for the second season. But it depends on how much I'll be making by then. I'm trying my best to put out quality content and I'm hopeful that by the end of this game, my monthly earnings can be around 2k. Enough for me to quit my part-time job and dedicate more time to the game. Cause right now between school and work, I can dedicate around 4 hours a day to the game and I'm not going to take on a challenge like double protagonist with only that much time. But if I can make a living out of the game, I would love to have a female protagonist, it would make the project appeal to a much bigger crowd.

 

[Evi]

Thank you for your answer That sounds very responsible and reasonable of you. It's obvious that you have a specific plan and that's great. I hope it works because I like html games with character customization

 

[bloodyeys]

Hello, enjoyed the game so far! Any news for the next update?

 

[linksign]

There is no way for the MC have sex with Sarah no matter what choices are made, correct?

 

[Gabe Inhalls]

There is no way for the MC have sex with Sarah no matter what choices are made, correct?

Yeah, the Mc has no scenes with her or Tay yet. That'll change in ep 4.

Hello, enjoyed the game so far! Any news for the next update?

Still early in development. Just finished the after elimination discussion and some events from the day after.

I've been focusing on the patreon exclusive game. It's not a grand project, and every episode is it's own thing, so it won't affect this game's development time but I wanted the first episode to be a good representation of what I had in mind so I put a little bit more effort into the development. The first episode will be out by the end of the month.

Also, I've got a new laptop and unlike the old shitty one, this one can run Daz. So I've been experimenting with 3d models. The game's art style has not been recieved that well, so if I can learn how to produce quality renders, the visuals will change in the future. But there's still a long way to go for that and I'm just figuring things out at the moment.

Lastly, I finished rewriting the rest of ep 1. So yeah, not much in the case of ep4 but I've been working on other aspects of the game.

 

[Snow.Peaches]

you really to capture the vibe of an actual reality show,like i play it only 40% for the lewd

 

[admiral2]

is this gonna be updated?