RPGM Tower of Trample [v1.18.0.4 + Standalone SC3] [Bo Wei/Koda]

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Koda May (7F) Progress Report
Hi everyone. Per the previous report, I have multiple stuck projects that progressing slowly in part because I keep switching between them. After consideration, I've decided to first focus on finally finishing 7F in ToT.

Aside from being a large floor that everyone has been waiting on for a long time, it's very important to me that it's finished before 8F.

This month I've finally migrated it to the current project file, fixing related bugs (database mismatches, deprecated scripts, etc.) as well as further refining the gameplay loop, polishing the many scenes, and especially trying to deepen the combat and post-game to fully realize the large map and concept.

The ETA is once again simply "before 8F" which Bo has scheduled by the end of July.

Apologies to folks still waiting for Level:0, as I know some patrons joined specifically for that. I intend to complete Level:0 after 7F, and Swan+Crow III after that. Please note this means both are still a few months out if it affects your interest in remaining subscribed.

Thanks as always for everyone's patience and support. If you're curious about 8F, see Bo's Patreon post which includes some yummy pictures. For 8F I am only helping with the screenplay for now, similar to Heelfall's initial release.
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Crazy how Kaori is already my favorite after one cg.
 

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Never saw RPGMaker code before but as a programmer myself this particular section is pretty easy to understand. But usually anything text based isn't too hard anyway. I guess something like Miss Claus' mistletoe parkour was complicated since the engine isn't made for action sequences and it looks shoehorned in and made from scratch.
I'm curious about the QTEs though. Is this a built RPGmaker framework or did Koda make it all by himself?
A lot of the QTE stuff is just found online, same as heaps of the other little gadgets, though the one in the Swan dream sequence is full custom. Anyway, the section of code I showed looks simple, but it's doing a lot of things at once - that code is doing the portrait updates, which are cross-dissolves, doing the bubbles above their head, then the message itself. Those functions are defined by reflection, so they aren't actually being declared as their own functions. Instead they're made dynamically based on the contents of the faces mapping from the second image. Props to Koda - I had no idea this was even possible in Ruby. Say you made a new face for Lily, you add it to the faces mapping like
Code:
:dumbass => "_dumbass_face_1"
and now suddenly you can do
Code:
Lily.dumbass("Ethan you're a fookin idiot")
and despite there not being a dumbass function, it resolves because it's in the face list. Very crafty and very useful.
Tbh the whole code should go open source anyway. At this point money donations don't seem to bring the development forward but maybe some coders could make some worthwhile contributions. There's people who make entire open source software for free, I bet there's at least one person who would gladly work on the game just so it progresses.
It's not hard to make your own contributions. If you want to see the code, you can use the Decrypter program for RPG Maker VX Ace to unload all of the assets, scripts included, and then generate a project file. Then you make whatever changes, and pack the game back up again. If you find a bug you could just send Koda the fixed script file, if the bug is in a script, and that'd be it. It requires more effort than zero but it's effectively open source because of how easy it is to access the scripts. The big difference is that you don't get the assets that are to-be-released, like all of Kaori's stuff.

There are a few reasons why there aren't a lot of community contributions:
  • People are lazy as shit
  • A lot of the actual content changes mean modifying the map files, which is very different to modifying a small isolated script. He can't run a diff on a map to see what's changed, and if he's made any changes to the map at the same time then it's a black and white situation where one of you loses your changes.
  • The missing content in ToT is largely story and porn, which requires competent writing and in a lot of cases some actual knowledge of the bigger story that's yet to be revealed.
  • The art isn't public, since then people would be very spoiled and few would play the game, so any contributors are driving with whatever assets they can get right now.
Either way, some public contributions can and have been done and instigated by the public. There's a generalized version of the Crow QTE mechanic that I think Koda said he's used in Level: 0 that I made out of general boredom and sent it to him in DMs. If you're curious, I've attached it. Just not quite the same as actual content additions.
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khesanh

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Few pictures and most of the angry ppl are turned into patreon pay-pigs once again, fuck this world.
Heh, this entire thread reminds me of the ending of Hallow Mansion. I guess it was made by Boda as a metaphor for ToT fandom. All of us are like the blindfolded amputated doomed fucks relentlessly grinding their dicks on slabs like dogs in heat in vain hope. But in the end all we get is the chimney end.

Hey btw, where did you get that Bearer and Taker profile pic? Love it.
 
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Jessica's ass is incredible. I hope when they add more content for her somewhere down the line that you are allowed to sleep in her bed with your face in her crack, maybe if you are dressed as her dummy.



A chase scene like that sounds really cool and could be a vehicle for different wardens to interact.



To be fair, it's Bo doing F8 and he's been much better when it comes to deadlines than Koda. Still wouldn't count on anything given the history of delays though.
I could see having Ethan sleeping with Jessica (Or any domme) being a fun idea. Having him go to bed with her in his own jester pajamas would be a thematic way of Jessica "Collaring" him. Not only could that be a vehicle for scent play but also an inner monologue about Ethan's pride being degraded by sleeping with his enemy. Not only that but the fear of what they could do to him if he were to go to sleep with her right next to him. There could also be an RNG that randomizes Ethan waking up refreshed, getting lightly humiliated (Think drawn on with a marker or milked in his sleep) to something very bad happening like waking up in a set of stocks and being violently flogged.


Copy-Paste from Discord:

Koda May (7F) Progress Report
Hi everyone. Per the previous report, I have multiple stuck projects that progressing slowly in part because I keep switching between them. After consideration, I've decided to first focus on finally finishing 7F in ToT.

Aside from being a large floor that everyone has been waiting on for a long time, it's very important to me that it's finished before 8F.

This month I've finally migrated it to the current project file, fixing related bugs (database mismatches, deprecated scripts, etc.) as well as further refining the gameplay loop, polishing the many scenes, and especially trying to deepen the combat and post-game to fully realize the large map and concept.

The ETA is once again simply "before 8F" which Bo has scheduled by the end of July.

Apologies to folks still waiting for Level:0, as I know some patrons joined specifically for that. I intend to complete Level:0 after 7F, and Swan+Crow III after that. Please note this means both are still a few months out if it affects your interest in remaining subscribed.

Thanks as always for everyone's patience and support. If you're curious about 8F, see Bo's Patreon post which includes some yummy pictures. For 8F I am only helping with the screenplay for now, similar to Heelfall's initial release.
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Thank you so much for sharing. Kaori is already becoming one of the sexiest girls in ToT and she hasn't even been released yet. It looks like even Lily is going to have some competition for being "Best girl".

If Koda manages to keep his promise and manages to release 7f before End of july (25th of july) I, Staring Cat, will subscribe to their patreon. If not, I shall continue to stare at them and they’ fanboys

sounds like a fair deal
Not a fair deal! Maybe after: Floor 8, Spring Cleaning, 2019, Swan/ Crow 3, Level 0, and possibly a Warrior Guild update but not before that.
 

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I could see having Ethan sleeping with Jessica (Or any domme) being a fun idea. Having him go to bed with her in his own jester pajamas would be a thematic way of Jessica "Collaring" him. Not only could that be a vehicle for scent play but also an inner monologue about Ethan's pride being degraded by sleeping with his enemy. Not only that but the fear of what they could do to him if he were to go to sleep with her right next to him. There could also be an RNG that randomizes Ethan waking up refreshed, getting lightly humiliated (Think drawn on with a marker or milked in his sleep) to something very bad happening like waking up in a set of stocks and being violently flogged.



Thank you so much for sharing. Kaori is already becoming one of the sexiest girls in ToT and she hasn't even been released yet. It looks like even Lily is going to have some competition for being "Best girl".


Not a fair deal! Maybe after: Floor 8, Spring Cleaning, 2019, Swan/ Crow 3, Level 0, and possibly a Warrior Guild update but not before that.
Sleeping at the lower end of the bed like a pet would also be nice. Or even laying under blanket and cuddling her feet like a plushie, sucking on a toe to fall asleep.

Either way, more bed/sleep scenes!
 

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If Koda manages to keep his promise and manages to release 7f before End of july (25th of july) I, Staring Cat, will subscribe to their patreon. If not, I shall continue to stare at them and they’ fanboys

sounds like a fair deal
What if Koda don't manages to keep his promise but Bo Wei successfully release 8F in July? :unsure:
 
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holyyygrail

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What if Koda don't manages to keep his promise but Bo Wei successfully release 8F in July? :unsure:
It's probably gonna happen this way tbf. If not, and if Koda managed to beat Bo on release (which would be pleasing although unlikely), 8F might be delayed in turn so that they could link it better with 7.

I would love for Koda to deliver in time thus said. But it can be hard. We get it. It's ok. Delays have become expected/the norm, not an unexpected bother.
 
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