MercernayMage

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Anyone else having a problem where they can't actually select which choice you make? I click on the choice I want to make and then the game simply sits there. Either that or after a short period it seems to randomly pick one of them regardless of which one I clicked on.

Downloaded the 0.14 version and it works fine there (although it is labelled as 0.13 shrug).
The engine code between 0.14 and 0.15 is pretty identical. It was really just content. Does 0.15 always do that? By any chance, are you loading before seeing this issue?
 

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Main story stuff, Latte's portrait, another drawn sex scene, a simple tutorial for combat.

I didn't get to that save bug in time.
 

MidaHanna

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I agree, a forced backstory like this is a great way to alienate a potential audience.
And it could be said for many games. What's your point ? It appeals to some and not to others. Like every other porn games on this website.

Geez, if you don't like it then just ignore it like I do with fetishes I don't like...
 

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For me, in the latest version I again only get to see a small fraction of each character on the sides of the screen in dialogues. I would have hoped this would have been fixed by now. Or is it intended?
 

RedPillBlues

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And it could be said for many games. What's your point ? It appeals to some and not to others. Like every other porn games on this website.

Geez, if you don't like it then just ignore it like I do with fetishes I don't like...
Just saying that its a very niche fetish that could easily be expanded by simply having an option to start as a girl. It wouldn't take much writing and would open the game to a lot more people. That way he can have the best of both worlds. I mean maybe this is just a passion work for him and he doesn't really care about the revenue he put in, if so that's great for him. I'm just thinking about it from a business perspective I guess; sorry.
 

MidaHanna

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Yeah, of course, it doesn't take much writing in games like Newlife where you're """free""" to do what you want. In a 'story-based' game like this one, it does take 'much writing' cause it's the plot.

Like saying "Just FYI, Aeris shouldn't die in ff7 cause many people like her and don't want her to die, you're alienating a lot of players" Nope bro, that's a plot point, you can't just change whatever you don't like everywhere.

And personally, I think even if it was important to get the revenue to him, I personally wouldn't want to alter my work just because the fetish I put into it liked. Like changing a colour on a painting just cause others don't like what I did. It would suck to alter my writing 'just' to please people that might not even look at my game in the first place.
 
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LoneWolf999

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Just completed the game and i loved how the story is progressing and the art style. But i believe if more CG's are added between the narratives it would take it to another level.
do you plan to add more CG into the game? like at the Duan plotline, i've noticed there was not even one CG.

It's my opinion though.
 

MercernayMage

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Just completed the game and i loved how the story is progressing and the art style. But i believe if more CG's are added between the narratives it would take it to another level.
do you plan to add more CG into the game? like at the Duan plotline, i've noticed there was not even one CG.

It's my opinion though.
Two more drawn sex scenes are currently on the way from 5ish, one for the cat girl sex scene, and the other for 2nd Blackfire scene. Duad will get his portrait after those. Art moves at the speed of 5ish. I'm just a side project to her. I generally try to keep an art piece in her queue.


For me, in the latest version I again only get to see a small fraction of each character on the sides of the screen in dialogues. I would have hoped this would have been fixed by now. Or is it intended?
That is not intended, but I have no way to reproduce and therefore fix the issue you are seeing. Could you give me a screen shot of the issue?
 

MercernayMage

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Just saying that its a very niche fetish that could easily be expanded by simply having an option to start as a girl. It wouldn't take much writing and would open the game to a lot more people. That way he can have the best of both worlds. I mean maybe this is just a passion work for him and he doesn't really care about the revenue he put in, if so that's great for him. I'm just thinking about it from a business perspective I guess; sorry.
The plot of this story, is that the main character was transformed into a girl. He was removed from his place of power and comfort, and stuck into a body that constantly betrays him. To change that, would be to change the entire narrative. Every scene and character interaction would need to change. I'm writing a classic fish out of water story.

As for business perspective, to answer that, we'd need market data. By writing a fetish story, it helps my work stand out in a sea of other erotica. Okay, but it will also alienate people due to that fetish. Is it gain, wash, or loss? That is where I'd need market data to answer with any degree of accuracy. The counter to this argument, is that by including a different route that is selectable, I'm purely adding fans. Well, do those fans convert to patrons? At their conversion rate vs TF/TG fans or better? Unknowable from my point of view. Also, I'm just one person writing this. If I have to half my speed writing a bunch of stuff the other group doesn't care about, IE non TF/TG stuff, would my other patrons get bored and leave? Unknowable from my point of view.

I did business analysis for a few years. I can't answer clearly if going the fetish route is a positive or negative thing. A lean, market competitive project vs a circus tent project is a classic business argument that can only be solved with market research. Probably the only people that could answer that, are the people whose ads play on this site.
 
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LoneWolf999

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Two more drawn sex scenes are currently on the way from 5ish, one for the cat girl sex scene, and the other for 2nd Blackfire scene. Duad will get his portrait after those. Art moves at the speed of 5ish. I'm just a side project to her. I generally try to keep an art piece in her queue.
Understood. Keep up the good work!
 
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