RPGM Abandoned The Way Out [v0.16] [S&T Interactions]

[S&T]

A lot of new games that seemed to be inspired by harshville lately. The more the merrier in my opinion!
I do agree that the filter feels like a bit much though.

Overall, I really like this game! The writing is good, and the domination is delightfully dark. I haven't finished the update, but I hope to see some male-dom in the future. (Or even Futa-dom)

As much as I like Harshville I actually never really thought of this as being very Harshville-esque but maybe it is a bit. Do love your games as well though so appreciate the comments. I think I'm just going to call the art style experiment a failure and get a normal render update out tomorrow.

There won't be any Futa I'm afraid but in terms of males, it's not an exclusively female world (just the current circumstances) so it might come up at some point but probably skippable one way or another.

 

[lakano]

A lot of new games that seemed to be inspired by harshville lately. The more the merrier in my opinion!
I do agree that the filter feels like a bit much though.

Overall, I really like this game! The writing is good, and the domination is delightfully dark. I haven't finished the update, but I hope to see some male-dom in the future. (Or even Futa-dom)

as someone who isent a big fan of harshville thats a huge turn off i see the apeal but its not my thing just constant misery porn and neing railroaded into scenes i like willing submission myself

and maledom is everywhere un this site its oversaturated

 

[Taipan010]

Some great writing to be found here, I really enjoyed what you've put together so far. Unlike some I hope you stay away from Futa-doms.

 

[lakano]

i actually kind of like the artstyke its at least different ...i dislike pretty mich everything else about it

boy there is nothing more arousing then the very real very curent hell of modern capitalisem it seems try hard and to try hard ti be edgy why is it even a game cant it be just another shitty visual novel ?

 

[troy251]

this is not just a game man... this is art. I haven't played a game like this in a long time. beautiful opening, prologue, content..
relaxing sound in backround.. and no exaggerated content, neither more nor less. exactly as it should be. excellent. we need more games like this when protagonist is very submissive and ready for all orders. don't stop here bcz u did a really good job at first.

 

[BigPoppaLoppa]

All good until this

 

[hanswon]

I thought this game was going to be a meme before I saw it was serious...

But, good luck. It's still early, so who knows how it might turn out.

 

[kazhir]

That was good actually, keep the good work, and the kinkiness

 

[Reapergod36]

So far the game isn't very interactive, you go from one story event to the next and have little choice in the matter. It's the RPGM version of a walking simulator, things happen, is all I can describe it. You do not have any agency as the player and so it's more like RPGM but no game, just a visual novel. On top of that the art style I believe is 3D models that have been rendered and then someone took a smudge tool to all the stills for a artistic choice. It looks bad and doesn't help the humiliation scenes.

 

[WirelessW]

So leaving apart the graphical problems, why is the first person I see my grandmother? I feel like you should start as you mean to go on.

Otherwise this is good so far, albeit I would like a little more agency for the player. Willing submission and degradation is so much hotter, after all.

 

[S&T]

All good until this

Hmm, that's a bit weird. Trying to figure it out. Anyone else having this issue on Android?

 

[Kinjiru]

Not a fan of the art style personally but wish the creator the best.

 

[S&T]

Alright so 0.16 is now uploaded, links in the OP.
No new content but I've reverted back to normal type renders. Never again shall the filters be touched!
Thanks for the feedback on that little experiment.

Addressing a couple of other points that's come up:

The map005.json not loading on Android
Have researched this a bit. The json file is there and not corrupted from what I can make out but there seem to be a security setting in some browsers that can interfere. Still looking into it though.

Grandma the first thing you see in a porn game
Haha, yeah...sorry about that. She's maybe not the sexiest cougar out there. Something for the GILF audience perhaps?

More Agency for the player/maybe too linear
Yes, I've thought about this as well. A lot. While I don't necessarily feel that all stories need to have a lot of options and paths I do have an idea for the next bigger update which would introduce more of a game mechanic to it. To be fair, from a story perspective it will still be pretty linear though by design. But I do want to introduce a bit more player input to Emma's journey.

Positive feedback
Really appreciate everyone who's called out you like it so far (the visuals aside then perhaps). Thanks a million, it's the first project I've actually put out there and I'm doing it alongside my normal work and life so again, it's really rewarding to hear the positives as well.

EDIT - Maps, since that came in, sort of, just here below now and it's already in the roadmap anyway
They can look better, yes. And they will. The intention is to have them look a lot crisper with lighting and shadow effects and such. Ypu'll need to bear with me on this though, it's quite a lot of work to do and I didn't feel it was really critical at this stage, it's still just version 0.16 so nowhere near a 1.0.

 

[baneini]

The filtered rpgmarker assets looks flat out bad.

 

[WirelessW]

Removing the filter is definitely an improvement.

It's really cool to see you're so responsive to feedback and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes from here.

 

[lakano]

So leaving apart the graphical problems, why is the first person I see my grandmother? I feel like you should start as you mean to go on.

Otherwise this is good so far, albeit I would like a little more agency for the player. Willing submission and degradation is so much hotter, after all.

my point exactly willing submission player agency is why i like these games to begin with ...this has no reason to be a game could havebeen just a visual novel or comic im just tiring my hand having to click through shitty dialouge

 

[lakano]

Alright so 0.16 is now uploaded, links in the OP.
No new content but I've reverted back to normal type renders. Never again shall the filters be touched!
Thanks for the feedback on that little experiment.

Addressing a couple of other points that's come up:

The map005.json not loading on Android
Have researched this a bit. The json file is there and not corrupted from what I can make out but there seem to be a security setting in some browsers that can interfere. Still looking into it though.

Grandma the first thing you see in a porn game
Haha, yeah...sorry about that. She's maybe not the sexiest cougar out there. Something for the GILF audience perhaps?

More Agency for the player/maybe too linear
Yes, I've thought about this as well. A lot. While I don't necessarily feel that all stories need to have a lot of options and paths I do have an idea for the next bigger update which would introduce more of a game mechanic to it. To be fair, from a story perspective it will still be pretty linear though by design. But I do want to introduce a bit more player input to Emma's journey.

Positive feedback
Really appreciate everyone who's called out you like it so far (the visuals aside then perhaps). Thanks a million, it's the first project I've actually put out there and I'm doing it alongside my normal work and life so again, it's really rewarding to hear the positives as well.

EDIT - Maps, since that came in, sort of, just here below now and it's already in the roadmap anyway
They can look better, yes. And they will. The intention is to have them look a lot crisper with lighting and shadow effects and such. Ypu'll need to bear with me on this though, it's quite a lot of work to do and I didn't feel it was really critical at this stage, it's still just version 0.16 so nowhere near a 1.0.

what is the point of making it rpgm if i its just a linear slideshow ? is it like a kink to have to keeo theleft mouse button pressed for 30 minutes ? this could have been in vn or even a comic it might even been good ..

 

[starvoyager]

i usually try not to compare people on here's game to one another, as it seems a bit unfair to say "oh hey, this game is inspired by this game, and it's trying to emulate the feel of it", and can make it sound like i just think it's an inferior version, when it's just a somewhat similar tonal and fetish-y experience

with that said, i do think it has the same general genre as harshville and new beijing and CBDE, and similar ones

i'm most o theway through day one, and i really like it so far, the theme of forced submission is one of my favorite themes, and it's implemented really well so far, the renders are really nice too!
i do think the fileter was a bit too extreme before, and i really like the current censors, i do think maybe a mild filter could have worked, but i'm not sure how much i'd defend that ideapoint

either way, the game is really good so far, and i'm always happy to see another social-degredation game!
<3

 

[SoSiHi]

CBDE ? :O

 

[S&T]

my point exactly willing submission player agency is why i like these games to begin with ...this has no reason to be a game could havebeen just a visual novel or comic im just tiring my hand having to click through shitty dialouge

I suppose some people like willing submission, others like forced submission. Some games will have one or the other or both. Each to their own and nothing wrong or right in that sense. I personally enjoy both.
All I can say regarding the dialogue is that when I write it I explicitly target non-shitty as my aspiration.

what is the point of making it rpgm if i its just a linear slideshow ? is it like a kink to have to keeo theleft mouse button pressed for 30 minutes ? this could have been in vn or even a comic it might even been good ..

The engine question is fair I think. I did consider using RenPy (and also looked at a couple of point-and-click engines(oldschool!)) for a while but there's aspects to RP gameplay I don't particularly like. There's aspects to RPGM I'm not a fan of either but at some point you have to make a choice. Even though the story is quite linear I think it would have been even more of a non-stop slideshow in RP and I didn't want that, just down to personal preference. The sections of just walking between the girls in the house I feel add a (small but still) break from the VN type experience. Again, that's personal preference. Some will like it, some will not. You don't and that's fine.