Unity Wings of Empire [v0.3.0d] [Droid Productions]

[MrPles4nt]

Game looks sick! Had a question about the use of Unity, is there a mechanics reason its being used over Ren'Py like does the gameplay get more intense than the usual AVN

I ask cause I've been thinking about potentially making my own adult game down the line and I have years of experience with Unity but not much with Ren'Py so I've been contemplating using Unity instead, I always wonder why other Unity devs do the same

 

[Griffihn]

where the femboys at? Rome had femboys, the tradition must live on

you're confusing Rome for Athens. publicly, romans despised femboys. so much so that being one in public was often punished with slavery for going against public morals. there are even a couple of poems about it. privately, that's another thing altogether. there were quite a few senators that only touched their wives in order to have kids...

is there a mechanics reason its being used over Ren'Py like does the gameplay get more intense than the usual AVN

as far as I know, it's a pain and a half trying to code in the mini-games in RenPy. like the name says, it's based off python. it's also a lot easier to go 2.5D or 3D in unity outside of animations and cinematics. if you understand unity and have experience with it, stick to it.

 

[Droid Productions]

Guess I should probably start a new save for this one? Nice work, Droid, wishlisting now

The saves are backwards compatible, as always. Having said that, there's a fair amount of new content, both main-line and side-quest wise. I also loosened up the restrictions a little, so more events can take place both evening and night (the bar sequences especially).

 

[Droid Productions]

Game looks sick! Had a question about the use of Unity, is there a mechanics reason its being used over Ren'Py like does the gameplay get more intense than the usual AVN

I ask cause I've been thinking about potentially making my own adult game down the line and I have years of experience with Unity but not much with Ren'Py so I've been contemplating using Unity instead, I always wonder why other Unity devs do the same

So, there's multiple answers to that one One is that stuff like the tactical map combat (inspired by the Space Combat sequence in Rogue Trader) would have been very hard to do in Renpy. Similarly, a lot of the UI and VFX work gets harder than necessary, and I would have had to go a different path for character animations (which right now are Daz->Spine2D->realtime playback for idle animations).

The other is that my day-job was as a normie dev in the games industry, and unity was a much more logical choice since I was already using it.

Having said that, it's worth spending the time with Renpy to understand the things it does well. It took me years of messing around with Love of Magic before I had things set up the way I wanted (and people expected):
- Save anywhere
- Rollback (harder than it seems, especially if you don't plan for it)
- Just get used to renpy's hotkey setup
- The QoL things they expect from a renpy game (tons of save slots, ability to tweak text speed, skips, etc).

All of that needs to be set up in Unity before you can start with the actual game side of things.

 

[Skybreaker1337]

Usually I am into redheads, but for some reason not a single woman that we have is attractive to me. I am not sure why rofl. I am an assman, so the tits aren't important to me, so I don't think the factor is that they all have small tits. I am thinking perhaps the filters or something. Still keeping my eye on this one lol.

 

[sisco1986]

im confused with the color coding of the text, the first 10 minutes it looked like it was a pseudo walkthrough feature but after a couple of scenes the green choice takes you out of almost every sex scene the game has so... what are the colors for?

 

[Droid Productions]

im confused with the color coding of the text, the first 10 minutes it looked like it was a pseudo walkthrough feature but after a couple of scenes the green choice takes you out of almost every sex scene the game has so... what are the colors for?

These ones? They just tell you when you're about to gain a stat-point by following an action. They're not meant to be a 'click on green items for optimal output). Having said that, the game is extremely forgiving; you can't permanently lock yourself out of a sex scene (the relationship gates are all replayable, even if you say no to the girl the first time).

I would try to hit the various relationship gates, though; there are events planned down the road where the girls will react differently if you're in a relationship with them than if you're not interested.

 

[Dr.TSoni]

your favorite redheaded spyling

Droid knows us too well

 

[okokok]

Major:
Cinematics (especially the battle cutscenes) are loud. Please give us a volume slider for them

Minor:
Rage description on the skilltree is missing it's cooldown
Firemaster rank 3: Tripple --> Triple
In the conversation with Marcus and Valeria you're given the wrong contextual definition for century

Torpedo's could use something to show cooldown. Got caught out by them not being able to be fired on back to back turns

Combat is mostly okay but seeing enemy fighters launch volleys into their own carrier while going for your fighters is hilarious

 

[Kagarus]

Having said that, it's worth spending the time with Renpy to understand the things it does well. It took me years of messing around with Love of Magic before I had things set up the way I wanted (and people expected):
- Save anywhere
- Rollback (harder than it seems, especially if you don't plan for it)
- Just get used to renpy's hotkey setup
- The QoL things they expect from a renpy game (tons of save slots, ability to tweak text speed, skips, etc).

All of that needs to be set up in Unity before you can start with the actual game side of things.

Just wanted to thank you for this - having to fight against the user interface is pretty much my #1 trepidation when I see a game with a non-VN engine.
(Which isn't to say that renpy's way of doing things is the be-all end-all, but when doing things differently that should be informed design decisions, and not "It's a visual novel, how hard can it be? You click and text appears" )

Currently early in the update, loving Jade and the shooting range.
One tiny continuity thing: The introduction mentions that MC got a Facial message from Valeria, but it's not in the Facial App.

Edit: Oh actually, didn't Cass leave with Valeria? (Don't have a save shortly before Act2 end to check.) (In the very next scene I played it's confirmed she did ) Then she shouldn't be available to train with until after Valeria's return.

 

[itsmenotyou]

Awesome thanks so much for this update

 

[Droid Productions]

Major:
Cinematics (especially the battle cutscenes) are loud. Please give us a volume slider for them

Easy enough to do, I'll add it to the next Beta

Minor:
Rage description on the skilltree is missing it's cooldown
Firemaster rank 3: Tripple --> Triple
In the conversation with Marcus and Valeria you're given the wrong contextual definition for century

Torpedo's could use something to show cooldown. Got caught out by them not being able to be fired on back to back turns

Combat is mostly okay but seeing enemy fighters launch volleys into their own carrier while going for your fighters is hilarious

Yeah, enemy AI will remain a WIP for a while. As the number of entries in the codex goes up I'll probably need to add an explicit 'this isn't a codex entry' tag... on the todo list.

 

[LadySmoks]

Usually I am into redheads, but for some reason not a single woman that we have is attractive to me. I am not sure why rofl. I am an assman, so the tits aren't important to me, so I don't think the factor is that they all have small tits. I am thinking perhaps the filters or something. Still keeping my eye on this one lol.

Maybe Droid Productions will do some ginger flight suit walking away scenes?

 

[SpaceLordSean]

 

[Droid Productions]

Maybe Droid Productions will do some ginger flight suit walking away scenes?

I think if these are too small-titted for him, he might be better off watching something else. The Hindenburg Disaster, maybe, or Silicon Valley.

 

[Skybreaker1337]

I think if these are too small-titted for him, he might be better off watching something else. The Hindenburg Disaster, maybe, or Silicon Valley.

Lol. Maybe I'm just biased, but I like tits to be at least as big as I see in real life. However, to be fair I am from a somewhat small EU country and live 2 minutes from the largest and most popular gym, so the amount of model level girls I see daily is probably a lot higher than usual. Not even exaggerating when I say I see better asses IRL than in at least 30% of the games on F95.

 

[Raziel474]

Windows blocks the game as virus every time :/

 

[Avaron1974]

Lol. Maybe I'm just biased, but I like tits to be at least as big as I see in real life.

I would agree but the tits I see most are about 6 foot with beards and they would look weird stuck to a womans chest.

 

[motseer]

Windows blocks the game as virus every time :/

Right click on the file "Wings of Empire.exe". Select "Properties". Check the box labeled "Allow". Click "Apply".

 

[SpaceLordSean]

Having trouble with the skill screen can't click the X to get out

work around play without fullscreen and narrow the game puts the X in a clickable spot instead of overtop available points. also saving and exiting the game then loading bring you out and saves the points spent