The Game User Interface!
Added 2024-11-24 16:30:02 +0000 UTCSo, first of all, let us take a look at the results of the poll last week! The Hotel made it a little closer in the end but could not hold up against the Farm. I think ponyplay is such a huge turn on for most in the femdom world and I gotta admit that I get to tackle that in a big side quest. I am not quite sure how to approach the story line, if you visit it or you get abducted and have to flee...we will see, I guess.
I have started some Femdom City renders in the meantime, getting familiar with the old engine again. It has been a long time. But it made me wonder what you guys actually prefer: The interface of Femdom City or the interface of Shadow over Blackmore.
In Femdom City things are more minimalistic, you can see the whole picture on the screen and the text on the bottom. It is classic visual novel style.
Shadow over Blackmore is more like a picture in picture. It reminds me a bit of old dungeon crawlers of the late 90s-early 2000s. The text is not on the bottom but on the right.
In RenPy, the new game engine of choice, both are very easy to do. So it is more about what you guys prefer.
This is not a poll about which game is better. If you like Shadow over Blackmore, think about if you would like it more with a visual novel style like femdom city has...and vice versa.
Very interested in what you think, let me know. I actually don't know what I prefer tbh. I like the whole screen animations of femdom city but I also like the unique look of shadow over blackmore.
Let me know in the comments how the next game should look, have an awesome sunday and
stay kinky!
Comments
which one? here is a list with links: https://www.patreon.com/posts/all-darktoz-19751202
Darktoz
2025-01-16 08:33:58 +0000 UTCWhere do I download?
Duo
2025-01-16 06:59:19 +0000 UTCare you on android?
Darktoz
2025-01-01 09:46:42 +0000 UTCI have to say I like the idea of the ui for blackmore but the buttons are very small and I miss them more often than I hit them. If there was a solution to that it would help me a lot
serenesentinel
2025-01-01 03:37:37 +0000 UTCAh, then will there be a Mac compatible version as you use VN Maker for the refresh?
Derek Z
2024-11-25 08:24:11 +0000 UTCI voted for SoB for couple of reasons, first it looks fresher and somehow more game oriented. Also the roleplay aspect goes better with the interface in SoB especially if later on you want to add more use for items/accessories then SoB interface is more intuitive and nicer to use.
Sam T
2024-11-25 00:29:39 +0000 UTChttps://darktoz.itch.io/femdom-city-mantis
Darktoz
2024-11-24 21:46:54 +0000 UTCI like the interface as it is for Blackmore feels real “gamey” if that makes any sense. As for how we are taking to the farm my idea is that word got out some from down town kidnapped us. So those from the farm then demand for the matriarch that they be allowed to have us for a day as well. The farm levying cutting of the delivery of goods, and the production of food if their demands are not meet. Seems like a good way to not just have it be another kidnapping, and I assume that the farm does actually produce food in some way. Like maybe that’s where the material to make the Candy the woman of Blackmore give out come from?
Lost Soul
2024-11-24 21:27:12 +0000 UTCHello I need Femdom city link to download Thanks❤
Sabir221
2024-11-24 20:31:22 +0000 UTCRenPy is the game engine for shadow over blackmore and future games. Femdom City is done in another, older engine called VN Maker
Darktoz
2024-11-24 20:25:55 +0000 UTCmaybe you could try doing something like in Ace Attourney 123, were you have an option to change the oppacity of the background (high oppacity, medium, low). idk, thats what came to mind reading the comment.
Gabriel GODoy
2024-11-24 20:04:13 +0000 UTCUI of the next game? But we're only at the end of Day 4. Does anyone know how long Blackmore's Dream was supposed to last? 1 week, 10 days? About the poll, I guess we are animals of habit, at first I hated the interface because it took up the whole side of the screen and now I find it unique, I got used to it and I started to like it 😎.
PickerPatron
2024-11-24 19:36:29 +0000 UTCShadows UI has grown on me, I think I prefer it now...
Patreon_of_the_Arts
2024-11-24 18:54:22 +0000 UTCI'm just happy that you are using RenPy as the game engine for Femdom City...I can't play the old PC files of the old game on my Mac.
Derek Z
2024-11-24 18:45:28 +0000 UTCHello Darktoz! Although I like the big picture of Femdon City more. However, it always bothers me that the text in the picture covers up the actual eroticism. And I really don't like pressing the "h" key every time. Maybe a large image with text underneath is possible. So unfortunately I can't choose one of the two.
Osirion3
2024-11-24 18:04:41 +0000 UTCi find it gives the game its personnal touch , an old 90's game as you said, a kind of dark atmosphere enhanced and in fact you can write a bit in the main square so to me i wouldn't change that, maybe the ball and book upon a bit smaller to gain space but just my point of view ;)
elchacal51
2024-11-24 18:03:35 +0000 UTCShadow gives better game/interactive feeling. The more choices there are, paths to take, or explore, the more I'm leaning toward that. (Plus, with Bellatrix looking at me like that, I wouldn't even dare to vote otherwise even if I wanted. :D )
Zoltán
2024-11-24 18:01:24 +0000 UTCShadow over Blackmore has a really nice, oldschool rpg look to it. It also puts all text and UI stuff in an area that is "out of the way", so to speak. Nothing intrudes on the scenes.
NotTheBatmanWeDeserve
2024-11-24 17:51:20 +0000 UTCSince my very first game that I played from you is "Femdom-City MANTIS" I'm still a total fan of this game. So I voted for it.
Frank Kuschmann
2024-11-24 17:40:40 +0000 UTCI love the interface of Shadow. I think it's well done and doesn't take away from the scenes!
JeanD
2024-11-24 17:07:12 +0000 UTCIU of Shadow is well suited to the style of play. I’m not sure it fits all games. Thank you
Bootsfetish59
2024-11-24 17:00:01 +0000 UTCI've found this tool useful when doing accessible design. https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/
Aaron
2024-11-24 16:57:36 +0000 UTCwhat if femdom city has a black background for reading as well? would it be easier to read if the text is below the picture instead of the right?
Darktoz
2024-11-24 16:55:35 +0000 UTCit will not look the same. for me as a gamedev it is good to know and understand what people like more. like having the text displayed on the right or below the picture for example
Darktoz
2024-11-24 16:54:20 +0000 UTCI think giving each game a personalized GUI helps creating an identity; I don't see any point in making every game look the same
Gabriel GODoy
2024-11-24 16:49:26 +0000 UTCI like both in end 😁 you can make new update
ليتس بلاي
2024-11-24 16:45:31 +0000 UTCI don't really know how to explain it but the Shadow over Blackmore's interface feels like it belongs with the city. Not to say I dislike Femdom City's interface but The Shadow Over Blackmore is much more iconic I feel, and way more suited to the atmosphere of the game
Alfonso Tutto
2024-11-24 16:44:34 +0000 UTCI would sincerely like to be able to visit the pony farm several times during the game, but I must also say that I love the idea of pony kidnapping and training.
Edgar Salas
2024-11-24 16:37:23 +0000 UTCThe text is easier to read in the Shadow layout. More consistent contrast with the background.
Aaron
2024-11-24 16:35:43 +0000 UTCOneI love The Asylum too
Sauron
2024-11-24 16:35:24 +0000 UTCI personally like Femdom more due to the easier use and visual ease. just like you said, Blackmore has that 90s-2000s dungeon crawler feel which makes them almost incomparable to each other gameplay wise.
Kai TheWriter
2024-11-24 16:34:08 +0000 UTC
