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As c3p0 stated the reason is in the post a couple of posts above your own and also posted on the very first page...
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i would have wandered aimlessly and pretended I saw it coming as is the norm. Then nod sagely when there was a semblence of concesus.
You know... I could actually see you doing that, with the exception that you left out that before leaving you'd pose a query ("could it be?", "what if...?", "maybe...?") that would leave the masses starting off on a whole new tangent.
I can identify and agree with that... hell, if anyone's played my game or read my post they'd know by now that I go on tangents often. Heck, once could say my entire storyline of the game is a tangent.
I am the firm believer of "Dazzle them with your brilliance or baffle them with your bullshit..." sort of guy.
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That in itself I could possibly get to grips with, but the thing that throws me off and have me deciding to abandon it myself, was the mention of sandboxing...
I honestly liked Book One, but if there's going to be sandboxing in the new releases than sadly that's the end of the line for me.
Motoko Kusanagi due to some changes to Ren'Py and our needs, we just felt that the game would have more longevity and options for players (and our plans) than Ren'Py would provide. There are just some things that we wanted to be able to do, that just wasn't possible to pull off in Ren'Py without there being a ton of bugs that players could end up experiencing depending on their systems. So, the decision was made to move to Unity, which might take a bit more work to program, but is much more stable for the features we'd like/need to add to the game.
FaceCrap I probably should be a little clearer on what I mean by sandboxing...
By sandboxing, it is our goal by the time players return to being the Antichrist, that they will be able have periods of time in a 'day' to visit the characters that they wish to visit to build relationships and bonds with them. During that free period of time, players will be able to pull up a map of the city and choose who they want to visit... be it Claire, William/Billy, Edith, Brent or Carley, Emi or any of the other characters that players want to visit, have relations and forge bonds with.
We felt, with the approaching war that will be coming, that it would be important to give the players the opportunity to romance the characters that they want to romance and forge bonds with (kind of like a dating sim), while still providing the story and movement that people have come to expect from us.
This will also help players have the ability to have the people that they want to have on their team when it comes to the war and also have built up their own MP (magic points), spells and skills that they can use in that battle.
Hope that explains it a little better for you.
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I think all of that sounds great, and you've probably already done this, but if not definitely take a look at some of the Ren'Py games out there that already do all of those things before switching everything over to an entirely new engine.By sandboxing, it is our goal by the time players return to being the Antichrist, that they will be able have periods of time in a 'day' to visit the characters that they wish to visit to build relationships and bonds with them. During that free period of time, players will be able to pull up a map of the city and choose who they want to visit... be it Claire, William/Billy, Edith, Brent or Carley, Emi or any of the other characters that players want to visit, have relations and forge bonds with.
We felt, with the approaching war that will be coming, that it would be important to give the players the opportunity to romance the characters that they want to romance and forge bonds with (kind of like a dating sim), while still providing the story and movement that people have come to expect from us.
This will also help players have the ability to have the people that they want to have on their team when it comes to the war and also have built up their own MP (magic points), spells and skills that they can use in that battle.
Hope that explains it a little better for you.
Noteworthy examples off the top of my head are Long Live the Princess, Lust Academy, and of course the 800lb gorilla that is Being a Dik.
Yeah, we've done that (really enjoy LLtP and Lust Academy, haven't tried BaD), also Epadder also works on other games besides our own, so he's got plenty of experience in both Ren'Py and now, Unity.
We've already made the decision to change over and have already started the process a while ago and have way, way too much invested in the changeover, so won't be returning to Ren'Py.
UPDATE: Moving Forward but Still Getting Left Behind – May 8, 2023
(As posted on our Patreon Page)
Hello everyone, as promised, I want to take a little bit of your time to let you know what happened last week and what the doctor had to say…
The week had started like any other lately when I have doctor’s appointments… try to cram as much work in as possible.
For those that follow me on Facebook and our NASCAR racing page, you’ll know by now that when Tuesday rolled around and while pulling into the parking lot of the doctor’s office, I got the dreaded, but somewhat expected, phone call from Mike that our Crew Chief, Dave, succumbed to his battle against cancer and passed away.
Being that I was 40 minutes early for my appointment, I sat for a few minutes in the parking lot talking to Mike, hung up with him and talked with the wife who had come with me before going in, 10 minutes before my scheduled appointment, checked in and sat and waited to be called...
45 minutes after my actual appointment time and still sitting (thinking about and remembering Dave, thinking about having yet another funeral to attend) in the lobby waiting to be called, I told the wife that I was DONE... any patience I had for humans and doctors at that point was gone. But the wife told me to wait while she went up to the counter and asked what the holdup was (the doctor got behind... well, obviously... in his appointments) ... 5 minutes later and nearly an hour after my scheduled appointment I was finally called into the back.
After waiting another 25 minutes, the doctor eventually came in, looked at my MRI and documents, did some tests, scratched his head and said he was at kind of a loss.
Yes, I have some obvious damage to the shoulder, but not damage that he is used to seeing that would be restricting the shoulder's range of motion to the extent that I clearly have... and he really tried to move the shoulder and it was locked in a couple of positions that even I hadn't tried before.
He was understandably frustrated (as I’ve been), as it is clear that there is some damage (but not what he thinks is worth replacing it for), that there is definite spurring, bursitis, arthritis and the socket is definitely larger and causing the shoulder to sit deeper than it should, but the positioning and location of my pain and the failed range of motion in it is telling him that the pain and stuff may not be coming from the shoulder itself... but actually from the scapular nerve that runs from my neck, under the Supraspinatus tendon and clavicle.
So, he gave me a cortisone shot, recommended 6 more weeks of physical torture and to DEFINITELY make an appointment with my neck and spinal surgeon, Dr. Fischgrund, as he believes the true source of the pain that I am experiencing and that is likely coming from having damaged my neck in the fall.
Also, he said that at some point, he is going to want to go in arthroscopically to clean up the spurring that I have that is deeper into the shoulder (where I am not really experiencing a ton of pain) and get that cleaned up to keep from tearing at the muscle and tendons there.
So, in short, I've been spending the last 7 months being checked for shoulder problems when it really looks like the trouble is at my C5 vertebra which is just BELOW the replaced vertebra in my neck.
I am currently waiting for a call back from my neck/spine surgeon’s personal secretary to find out when my appointment is with him, which… hopefully… will be today that I get the call.
Wednesday was spent doing little things on the game, as my arm was quite sore after the shot and being manipulated A LOT by the shoulder specialist… and, admittedly, I was a bit doped up.
Thursday was spent driving an hour out to Great Lakes National Cemetery for my uncle’s funeral service, quietly visiting and talking with my aunt and family, before driving back home, stopping to get some dinner with the wife and mother and then trying to unwind the rest of the day/evening.
Friday, I spent some time with the crew working on the game, making sure with Epadder that the galleries, replay and interface was looking right and worked the way we had discussed, while also doing some miscellaneous stuff before having to go out to the riding mower and do the first cut of my lawn… came in, popped a pain pill and waited for the day to end.
Saturday, knowing that I still had some yardwork to do in the backyard, was spent working on some Game Chapter Outlining, making sure the Chapters are balanced, that you… the players… get plenty of choices, outcomes and sexy time and then went in the backyard and started cutting up the lumber from the grape arbor that I had to take apart after it blew over during the wind storm that took down the tree limb last May, before the city fined me… then took a pain pill and waited for the day to end.
Sunday, worked a bit more with Epadder and Sierra3 going over some interface work, while also continuing to work (under the influence of painkiller) on Chapter Three’s outline and preparing the characters and locations for that release, which will include something along the lines of the above render that started this super long post… where, under the couples therapist’s suggestion, Carley step a little out of her comfort zone and update her wardrobe to show off her wonderful body and assets a little more.
Which you can see her doing, much to the pleasure of Brent who is recording the moment. *wink*
So, that was my week in a nutshell, I am still waiting to hear from Mike or Dave’s wife to find out when and where his services will be held and, as a sidenote, like to be perfectly clear that this “last man standing” game that I seem to be having with everyone I am friends with and care about dying on me REALLY FRACKING SUCKS!!
I, hereby, DECLARE: NO-ONE, and I hope you all are HEARING/READING THIS IS, is NO LONGER ALLOWED TO DIE BEFORE ME!! Quit freaking leaving me BEHIND!! UNDERSTOOD?!?!
Good.
One last thing, before I let you go… NEVER be afraid to say what you want and/or need to say to the people you want… I am finding, with people who’ve been leaving my life, that there is no WRONG TIME to tell someone how much they mean to you and how much you care about them!
Well, now that that is out of the way, I am going to get back to work here, I am really behind now because of my screwed up life and last week and I just want to get this damn Prologue out to all of you… so, please, have a good week, take care and, as always, thank you for your love, support and the well wishes you’ve been sending!
Love you all,
~Jack
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I offer you my condolences, loosing somme one dear to you is never easy no mather how expected the news is. Take the time you need to mourn. It is important. I'm personally not feeling well enough to be at work right now. If you are and manage to pull it off you have all my admiration and you are one hell of a tough guy.
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Somehow I doubt, that I will have enough time in freeroam to built up my character MP over 9000 or add everyone into my own private harem. Is just a feeling I have.
The only way I know to do that, would sucks on many sides, so
Good to hear from you, not so good to hear about your running the gauntlet with your back again and, of course, sucks a lot to hear that you've losed some of your friends and family (again).
My best wish and thoughs to you two.
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I am not sure if I am worthy of admiration, I just tend to deal with bad stuff better by having something else to focus on, otherwise I'd find myself spinning into the abyss. So, work is sort of my escape from real life... not really sure that is worthy of any admiration. But love you bud and head up... if there is one bright side to it, I have been escaping quite a bit lately (well as well as my health will allow) so that you'll have something to help you escape too!
Yeah, that is maybe a discussion that we can all have in the near future, a way to make it so that players can rack up points and relationships in the game, without having to use something like Save Editor to do it... maybe, if players want, when they get to the end of the current content and in between releases that they could still live out the day and build up their characters and save before the new release and content... and, maybe, if there is enough players that enjoy the game and are interested in creating content as well, like we see with fan-art like with "A Wife and a Mother", I might release some of the characters as a means in which players can add mods and character side stories of their own for other people to enjoy and add new content for players to build relationships and points.Somehow I doubt, that I will have enough time in freeroam to built up my character MP over 9000 or add everyone into my own private harem. Is just a feeling I have.
Yeah, not to fond of having to run the gauntlet again (actually, more like having to listen to the wife tell me: "I told you that you were overdoing it, idiot."), but I'd rather deal with my neck and back again than keep going to funerals... this getting old, sucks.The only way I know, who would do that, sucks on many sides, so
Good to hear from you, not so good to hear about your running the gauntlet with your back again and, of course, sucks a lot to hear that you've losed some of your friends and family (again).
My best wish and thoughs to you two.
Love you, my friend and thank you for the wishes and good thoughts! *hugs*
I am going to hold you to that promise, bud!! Love ya and thanks for the condolences, hope that you're doing well and work isn't dragging you down!
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Told you.
And yes, I myself see that too. Not in that amount of things, but I'm not anything near twenty anymore and from the few things I've know now from my parents, if I drawn a bad lot at the genetic raffle, it will sucks.
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Yeah, I definitely pulled the JOKER from the deck when it comes to the genetic raffle... my prize for winning the raffle has been a wonderful grouping of degenerative bone disease, spinal stenosis, bone spurs and also suffer from spinal cord damage because I spent three months with a fractured C4 vertebra (i.e.: broken neck) before I listened to my wife and went and got the cause of my headaches checked out.Told you.
And yes, I myself see that too. Not in that amount of things, but I'm not anything near twenty anymore and from the few things I've know now from my parents, if I drawn a bad lot at the genetic raffle, it will sucks.
I just play the cards I am dealt... I don't like it, wish it was different, but still do my best to survive the best I can and be a, somewhat, productive member of society... even if it is in Porn or Smut!