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The trick is to pick everyone. Then you won't be "forced".
PS. Note that the current arrangements with the King regarding marriage to his daughters aren't really valid anymore.
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PS. Note that the current arrangements with the King regarding marriage to his daughters aren't really valid anymore.
- Nov 14, 2017
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not rly
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no but king got fucked.
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The game needs it. It is a very good game and it needs animation to make it even better than it is.
May I ask, I just started the game and thinking what does the fear skill do? I have a fair amount of the fear skill, is it how much they fear you or how much you're scared of them
- Nov 14, 2017
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I don't think it makes much sense to try to introduce animations into a project as far along as TBAK.
In general animations are simply much easier to handle when a developer moves away from RenPy to a fully 3D engine such as Unity or Unreal. ITRoy has expressed interest in these for his next project, so perhaps in a few years.
In general animations are simply much easier to handle when a developer moves away from RenPy to a fully 3D engine such as Unity or Unreal. ITRoy has expressed interest in these for his next project, so perhaps in a few years.
- Nov 20, 2018
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I was gone almost the entire month of May and the beginning of June, so I've just now finished this latest release.
Should I ever find time in the future — hah! — I would like to see the differences when the MC is committed to each girl individually. I feel like some of them, despite their sometimes annoying flaws, could become seriously sweet and adorable if doted on exclusively. But I may never know if I don't find time to do other playthroughs.
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I agree; starting at this point doesn't make any sense to me. I feel like it would ruin the flow / immersion that exists right now. Suddenly the whole first half of the game feels lifeless in comparison, or all of the scenes without them feel less good. I don't think I would like that at all. Also, some of us are old enough to appreciate porn without animation as well. The days of Playboy and Hustler definitely bring me back.
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I never understand the demand for animations. Unless the animations are really great they always feel enter the uncanny valley really fast. Great stills are much better than almost good animations. And creating great animations take a lot of time better spent on progressing the story in my opinion.
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I tried this game once before, long ago, but bounced early because I found the youngest princess too childish and clingy; thought I'd give it another go and now I find that she might be the least worst of the three. The middle sister is a mean-spirited bully (and likely sadist), and the eldest is a powerhungry traitor who's been embezzling from the kingdom for years in the midst of an economic crisis. Oh well, good thing my MC is a man-whore with low no standards.
So far the prince seems like the most appealing of the siblings, he's just immature and a bit of an idiot, but I don't think he's an option.
So far the prince seems like the most appealing of the siblings, he's just immature and a bit of an idiot, but I don't think he's an option.
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BIT?
afaik he had something to do with kidnapping of his sister and then he killed those kidnappers which general caught.
it looks that he's a gay so it could be humor ending where mc and prince end up together.
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His involvement in the kidnapping hasn't been proved (although his behaviour is certainly suspicious); it could easily be a stitch-up.
The characters in the game treat it as clinching evidence that the kidnappers referred to their boss as "Gaius", because no-one uses that name anymore but there used to be a famous Roman named Gaius Marius. Meanwhile, at least two background characters in the game are also called Gaius.
(Historically of course, Gaius was one of the most common names in the Roman world, but we'll let that slide.)
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Development Update #59
I survived! It has not been a pleasant couple of weeks here, but I managed to make it back from my unexpected and highly terrible trip without any physical damage to me or my car. I also got some work done on To Be A King, as well. There wasn't much creatively going on the last two weeks, thanks to real life stress, so I tried to take it easy. Longtime supporters will know that Roy doesn't really have a "take it easy" mode, so I only dialed back my normal activities to a more moderate level.
Not a massive amount of render progress due to my time away and reduced energy level, but I did get one major thing done. To Be A King has its final chapters outlined with some preliminary scene notes. Detailed outlines for chapters 10-11 are complete, as well. I made sure to get a good balance of content for the different paths without mega releases. It feels good to have that behind me.
As far as future releases, I'm making some small changes. These 1300-1500 render releases with 30+ scenes are taking too long to get out, and I also think my poor beta team could use a break from a solid week of testing per release. Future chapters will be smaller, but still much larger than the average size of the first four chapters (if you remember how short those were). I'm aiming for 800-1000 renders per chapter from here on out (and knowing me, we are likely to trend much closer to that 1000 mark). Assuming no massive life interruptions, and lord knows those seem to happen far too regularly, I can get releases out roughly every three months with that release size.
After Chapter 8 is done, getting the Volume 1 release ready for Steam is my top priority. Not sure how long that will take, but I need to quit pushing that off. Other than that, there is a lot of writing in my future. A couple more chapters, and I'll need new environments and a few new character models too.
Two final notes. High tier ($10+) patrons can look for a very interesting announcement in the 7-10 days. Also, assuming I can get back to something close to my normal render pace, there will be a July release of Chapter 8. I'll be back with another dev update soon. If you're here in the United States, have a great 4th of July weekend!