Still alive and kicking, working on the project as always! I got caught up in this NWN server called Thay for a bit, but it gave me the downtime I was trying to find to finally get my ass back into gear. (sounds silly, but it's true!)
This'll probably be my last post until I actually release Chapter 2/begining of 3. I'll respond to comments, but don't expect any new posts for a while.
Noticed people were posting in other parts of the blog that I hadn't even noticed... I feel really stupid now, going back to check it out and respond to 'em, sorry if it seemed like I was ignoring you guys! (I didn't even realize folks were commenting on them until I checked recent comments...)
And uhh... For those of you who found that future plans thing... Yeah most of that needs to be revised and edited. They're old notes and while the general gyst is similar, the plotline has been altered (in my opinion) pretty drastically.
I start my new job tomorrow! It's a minimum wage back end job at a local goodwill, but a job is a job, and money is good. Seems I'll have time to work on the game in the evenings since most days they have me working the morning shift.
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ReplyDeleteHow is your new job, now that you've been at it a week?
ReplyDeleteIt's good but I was more tired than I thought I'd be those first few days. Figure I'm getting paid to work out though, heh.
DeleteLooks like I won't be getting anything done on Saturdays (it's our busiest day), but otherwise it's going grand!
Hello, just wondering if you would consider adding readable erotic books and dairies to your game written by guest contributes? Or a simple long quest through the game where it begins with Nytarra meeting a newbie writer and she helps them by becoming a co-writer
ReplyDeletewhere she tells them what has happened to her so far and they write it down knowing or not knowing it's about her. But Nytarra can embellish a little bit or a whole lot about certain things, like making them hardcore erotic or more innocent, or another where she tells about a battle going very differently instead of like how it actually happened, some examples for these:
1)Like the battle with Pheobe where instead of beating her in a single fight, Nytarra and the others retreat but are forced to leave Sen behind to Pheobe's mercy, it can than switch to Sen's PoV where she's raped by her and than switch back to Nytarra and the other's coming in at the end and defeating Pheobe to save Sen.
2)The first scene with Bryll, instead of just talking to Nytarra she also cups her ass and gives her a kiss before leaving.
3)If you gave in to the temptress, instead of having sex Nytarra and the Temptress just cuddle.
The writer than publishes them as a short story series, Nytarra earns some money each time she gives the writer more to publish. This also gives some npc's dialogue about the series and depending on withier Nytarra made it lean towards erotic, innocent, or made no changes, they will make mention about it being steamy, romantic, or a thriller. And having scene's with your party members when they find out about the short stories and how you describe them in the series.
Or a quest where Nytarra sneaks around taking magical pictures of her female party members nude or in a sexual act, and the same with certain female npc's. She can be caught and depending on the person she will be punish by them giving a unique scene for female party members like Sen spanking her.
Good luck with your job.
Yo, thanks! Right, where to begin on this one...
DeleteDiaries written by guest contributes? Well... I guess if folks wanted to send me a PM over on LoK or HF (preferably LoK, I haven't touched HF in like... four months.) I could potentially add in a small "erotica" section at the libraries and add their works under it. They'd have to use a "real sounding" name for the author name or it'd be left anonymous with an OOC "contributed by" at the end.
Hmm... There's a few issues with that idea. Don't get me wrong, it's an interesting idea, but it runs into two issues: Timing and application.
Timing: The issue with timing is that on average, the point from when a manuscript gets to an editor, to the point where the book is actually published is anywhere from 11 to 17 months, not to mention the 1-9 months typically needed to write a book. That's not including the weeks to months it can take to roll in profit.
Application: My goal is to attempt to make CGs for all the various scenes that are in the story. Mind you this is a horrible idea on my part because I'm really shitty with any kind of visual art (Choir boy/math nerd, hehe). While following a relatively linear storyline, I try to offer various options to players when possible. Something that I've found can be difficult, and as any dev will tell you, the more choices that matter, the harder it is to make a conversation because I then have to keep track of every new idea I pop in there.
Some lines of dialogue may be a short; "if corrupted Nytarra, say hi, if Pure Nytarra, say "FUCK YOUR SHIT!" Meanwhile I might also have to deal with two, three, in some cases even more variables/triggers in the future. Lets say you talk to Sen after a quest... I have to account for Nytarra's Purity, sexy skill, "happiness" variable for Sen, not to mention any triggers such as if they're in a relationship, what kind of relationship it is, what choices Nytarra made recently... By the end of this project I could see a simple paragraph long dialogue taking two, three pages simply due to conditions.
So now that I went off topic there... The point is if, for instance, I gave the option for Sen to fuck Pheobe in that and it went to her PoV, I then have to give the option for if it had been Lucien, Lendell, or one of the students. Then I have to have their responses when they find out. That simple PoV if I do it suddenly becomes 3 or more CGs I have to create, meaning extra data in the system needed for download. (part of the reason I'm still debating if I should actually add CGs or not...) I then have to proceed to make character responses and CGs for every time Nytarra discusses a change in view from what really happened.
Point being, it's an interesting idea and one I'll throw in the "look into" bin, but it's a lot of work for a little reward.
In response to the pictures idea:
Hmm... That's kind of being implemented but not really. See, there'll be scenes with Nytarra potentially having the ability to walk in on some of her party members nude or in a sexual act... (Hell, they're on the road, not a ton of privacy when changing and all that) but really only a corrupt Nytarra would want to take pictures, and if all goes according to how it's currently being perceived in my head, well... A corrupt Nytarra will be (correction: will have the ability to if she wants to be) swimming in a sea of pussy and dicks anyways, so she wouldn't have much use for pictures.
Thanks again, it's been rather hectic but things are settling a bit, finally got myself a work shirt and some gloves today, heh.
I kind of liked the idea, CG is always good, but Grape is right it takes a ton of work/data/time! but a good thing, the diary...something like cases of a naughty mage would sound cool! by the way i'm part of LoK(a member of the blog...no one special! AllenAndArth is the name!) , but, i'm not good at erotica, I can put on the tpc if you fink it's a good idea... Sen spanking Nytarra...Totally worth implementing! and about the book, you could put as items to buy, so that everyone could accompany during the releases, and at the end just make a compilation of them all...
DeleteYeah, feel free to do so, I'm always up for the idea (I'll make a post on LoK when I get a bit closer to where I want to be.)
DeleteGoal is to hopefully have this chapter wrapped up and out of the way. It's taken far too long, and it really shouldn't have.
hey grape! you still alive man?
ReplyDeleteYeah, been slammed this last week at work well into the late evenings, and my GF needed some help clearing out a storage unit.
DeleteI feel kinda bad because the amount of work I've done doesn't nearly constitute the time it's taken. Issue is I'll have an hour of inspiration where I can work nonstop and then six hours where I can work, but anything aside from game mechanics/maps is doomed to failure.
ouch!But, I get where you're coming from...especially the GF part, you're lucky on that count...it's not like she calls you 15 times everyday...trust me! could be worst,sometimes I think she may have tried to stalk me... women can be really creepy when they want <.< >.>
DeleteBut anyway, my rant aside, I get you...just don't rush we can wait
Hey grape drink,
ReplyDeleteReally enjoy the game so far from what I've seen. Haven't gotten very far, but its nice work I've seen so far.
Are you an avid storywriter or do you base much of the world around an inspiration? Just from what I've seen I get the feel of high fantasy D&D-type inspirations but on certain works like in the beginning with the books on magic and demons it seems rather original. Something I'm just curious about.
I'd offer help as well, but I imagine you're quite busy and have planned ahead in many aspects. Not that I'd have much to offer help with, but still!
Cheers,
Z
I don't consider myself a storyteller, but that being said I do a lot of role playing. Years of trial and error both player and DM-wise I guess has given me a bit of a storytelling streak when the mood strikes me.
DeleteI take some pretty heavy inspiration from DnD sessions, A Dance with Rogues, Despair Labyrinth and a few other sources. Actually, the story itself is a bit of a (relatively large) alteration on a short story I wrote/thought up about four years ago called Starlight Rebellion (basically combined scifi with dnd elements such as psionics).
The works behind demons and magic were mostly original. There's some references such as how magic is actually closer to Psionics (Kinetics=Psychokinesis, Mind=Telepathy, Body=Psychometabolism, Anchor=psychoportation+metacreativity) and the temptress is pretty much based around the concept of the forgotten realms Erinyes (most folks would think of the Succubus, but I think the pre-Asmodeus' rise Erinyes more closely resembles them).
Hey, any help is welcome! I kind of have a general idea, but if something else seems better, or if I like something, I typically am more likely to take it in that direction rather than follow the current one, heh. Only big thing that I'm refusing help on is CGs. As much as I stink at it, and as much as I'd love help with them, I made a promise to myself that I wouldn't accept help with CGs simply because I want a uniform "style" to the artwork (at least to the sexual artwork). If I accepted help with CGs and something happened that made whoever was helping unable to continue, I could potentially have to change the entire artwork style mid-game which would be really awkward for both myself and the players.
I know what you mean about writer's block Grape Drink! I'm what they used to call in the old days a manic depressive. Now I guess it's bipolar. But I would have days of great creativity that seemed to never end. Next thing I know the bottom would fall out and I would find myself struggling to put two words together. I'm on meds now, and everything seems to balance out as far as creativity goes. I write a lot more now than I did before. I thought the meds would turn me into a zombie, but that wasn't the case. I'd love to help out with the story writing if possible. That is if you'd like a fellow collaborator who's not looking for anything but to have something to do. For me it would be a challenge to write something like this. But I also know some artists are very picky about their own personal projects. I wouldn't blame you actually.
ReplyDeleteI think this is an interesting game that has a lot of possibilities, and I await the next update to see where it goes from where the group faces the demons. Anything can happen from there! Will someone be turned into a succubus? Perhaps incubus? Or will they become possessed by Jenallia completely? And what about the other character who banished Jenallia? Will she re-emerge, and as who? Perhaps she'll come back as Jill, and become Jenallia's antagonist once again? There's so many roads you could go down!
I usually write stories for chyoo.com under the name 11kestrels. It's also a good site to visit and just browse for inspiration if you need some. Take care and I hope you find your inspiration. Looking forward to the next installment!
Somehow missed this *facepalm*
DeleteWell, my view on it has changed quite a bit. When I started out the project I had a "no outside plot contributions, only suggestions" but now days I think I'd be willing to accept contributions if they're in the form of scripts (going to make a new post explaining that)
Lots of stuff planned, it's just finding the time to get it written down and actually put into the game,heh.
just a poke to see if you are okay...
ReplyDeleteYeah, sorry about that, been caught up with things. Works continuing on it as always, but the amount of "work" getting done can be attributed to the equivalent of two granite blocks grinding together.
DeleteKinda sad about it actually, I had wanted to get something out for the anniversary of the game. Hard to believe I've been working on it off and on for the last year or so...
Currently working on a side-quest in which you have the opportunity to look into a darkness portal. It's going to have a large variety of freakish sprites that may make people's stomachs churn a bit.
hello i was wondering if you coukld post the lasted bugged version the one were the prison is not broken the link to that one died
ReplyDeleteYeah sure thing. I'll get that up as soon as I can here.
DeleteThere we go, should be up now.
Deletesorry to bother you again but i believe you post the wrong i was aking for the one i can play and finished the prison
Deletemaybe im downloadind the wrong one i need the version that is after 0.55 since i cant complete the cafeteria there or can you tell me how to finished i get 8 candy wraps but the last 2 the ones...
ReplyDeletethat you get from the purple hair guy i cant activate him each time i talk to him is says he is busy bother him later but i try talking to everybody even enter the bathrooms but nothing happened.
DeleteYeah, version 0.55 is kind of infamous like that. Every time I think I fixed a bug in that previous folder, it seems to re-emerge somehow.
DeleteThe untested version (what I had done up until now) seems to ignore this issue though (I don't know what I did different honestly, that prison is a giant clusterfuck of events... But it worked!)