Dev Update #43
Added 2025-01-26 19:56:05 +0000 UTCMy Work This Week
This week I've been doing quite a bit of writing on the character bios but I'm still not quite done. I should have them finished this next week though. E4 wise I have a pretty detailed plan of what's happening on each day and I can start writing the script properly. Last update I think I mentioned it takes place over 2 weeks, more specifically it will likely be spread over 12 days so I've mostly worked out exactly what's going to happen exactly when and how to make the game's flow feel natural when it's split over so many days. I really want to start working on the animations but I'm not quite ready for that. I've also been really enjoying choosing Halloween outfits for the some of the girls and I might reveal them as VIP posts in the future.
Welcome Note (email when you subscribe)
I have finally added a 'welcome note' to Patreon because of how often people can't find the download. Took me long enough to realise that this is the obvious solution that I should've done this a long time ago. I don't think current subs will see it but you're not missing out on anything - just a short message from Elmwood's Vice-Chancellor welcoming you and reminding you that you can find the download at the top of my About section.
Survey
I meant to finish off the survey this weekend but the Q&A bit has... a lot of responses... (which is amazing). But between the two feedback boxes we have 147 responses - some of which are very long and have multiple questions each. There are lots of great questions and suggestions there - too many for me to go through all of them - so I didn't want to rush choosing which ones I address and so I'll be doing this Q&A section this week (probably in three parts).
And to add to that, the last survey review post had even more suggestions in the comments and some suggestions which I really really like. Particularly a suggestion to be able to filter out replay scenes by what they contain. So if you were in the mood for anal - you could tick an anal box (why is this sentence so weird) and then it would only show you anal scenes. Or you could be more specific and specify anal + a particular girl and it would show you her anal scenes. Or a filter for threesomes/foursomes etc. This would be amazing when we have lots and lots of replays and it's probably one of my favourite suggestions ever, so thank you, Liam. I won't be introducing this anytime soon and this only really sees values when there are loads of scenes but I'm definitely planning on having this in the future, probably in E7.
And there were a couple of other very interesting suggestions on that post which I'm considering too, such as scenarios where using your perks incorrectly might hurt you - maybe some girls aren't impressed by your strength, maybe some girls would get bored if you use scholar to talk about academics etc. While I don't want to punish people for having perks, I do like the idea behind this so it's something I'm going to be thinking about.
Sometimes you guys have such amazing suggestions and that's one of the reasons I love doing the surveys so much. Remember that you can always pm me any suggestions or ideas you have to make Elmwood better.
Hope you all have a great week!
Comments
Thanks! Really appreciate the feedback and kind words :) Skill points are given each episode (30-40) and these are given at the end of lectures but I like to award them early on in each episode rather than later. So in future if an ep takes place over a week I'll normally only show a couple of classes at the start of the episode and give you skillpoints then - rather than when you would actually have completed all your classes for the week as the episode might be nearly over and you wouldn't have as much chance to use them
WickedWare
2025-01-29 11:24:04 +0000 UTCI just downloaded your game today and just want to say I liked it very much. I like how you keep each character different and they aren't all just copy paste of each other, they each have their different personalities and traits (I like their traits by the way it keeps things interesting and makes you think how/if your going to approach them). The D&A tree is also a really good idea because it does give options to try different things in new playthroughs. So far I'm loving Katie, Chelsea, Ella the dopplegangers Tasha and Ashley. Not a fan of Nina or Molly and if it were up to me I'd swap one of them out for Kat but since they are main girls I guess you have plans for them in future (they do have interesting traits though). Not sure if you can answer but are talent points given once per episode or is it after the character has finished his classes for the week? I don't normally comment on patreon but thought I'd drop a comment on what I think will be a great game so keep up the good work.
Plebslayer
2025-01-29 07:17:08 +0000 UTCI have considered this - if people still can't find it I will do this too
WickedWare
2025-01-27 17:10:23 +0000 UTCIn addition to the welcome email, you could have a pinned post that's constantly updated with links to either directly download, or to the latest download post. That's something I've seen quite a bit from other developers.
Liam Edwards
2025-01-27 02:30:47 +0000 UTC
