The Void of Deviance v0.1.3 (Hotfix + Extra Content) Pre-Release Update
Added 2022-02-28 22:53:03 +0000 UTCHello everyone!
I hope you all are doing great! I'm really grateful for all your support ever since the beginning. As a newly emerging developer, I cannot stress the impact of your support enough. :) <3
There's a lot of things for me to share. I will try to explain them as much as possible as I might be unavailable for a couple of days. I unfortunately have urgent academic deadlines that must be taken care of. But first:
******HOTFIX EDIT : LINKS ARE UPDATED FOR HOTFIX
Hotfix + Extra Content Notes:
So sorry for the buggy and complicated release of this update. I fixed the bugs and now the game will not reset your stats or points when closing/opening the game or saving/loading. Additionally, I added another function to the phone that shows daily task/work content you can do. I'd hate to release a hotfix in which the only difference is resolved bugs so I added a bit more content as work and tasks. Please note that these tasks and works are repeatable because with improved stats they offer more content. Some of them have longer scenes while some only have a tiny amount (Susan, Claire, etc.) Currently, all the characters except for Leah, Mary, and Wren have either work or task to offer. I hope you can enjoy the content better and thank you so much for the support <3 **********
>>>Links to the update<<<
PC: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17rvErdApELWl_-o0NOPlhdxG3Tbki6O3/view?usp=sharing
MAC: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_Jb4t-A86rbpgXuLrfvcxEgcydEruy6F/view?usp=sharing
MEGA
PC: https://mega.nz/file/RxtmlaxR#eCBU_-6LtUVD_RMoTaC30OSNFudBJtQ_1Mamayku5Bg
MAC: https://mega.nz/file/clNgEJZY#ufiUsNV4OZKwZ2EsGjQCYx1veup33aq82KYfKE3aPOY
Let's get to the update. v0.1.3 is finally here! and I'll be honest with you, it has been hell for me working on this update. Not that I didn't enjoy it, mind you, I really enjoyed actualising my plans for this project but I made the terrible mistake of coming up with unplanned stuff to add along the way so it's a complete chaos out there.
However it all boils down to my biggest sin on this update. I thought that exploration and players testing things for themselves for a ground establishing update would be a better approach but I'm probably wrong as the gameplay looks too complicated for an erotic game at the moment since there's not much content to accommodate all the mechanics I mentioned. This will of course be fixed automatically as from now on content will be the focus; the gameplay is already implemented and future updates will only focus on gameplay either to fix pre-existing stuff or to rework/tweak unenjoyable mechanics.
My approach to this update was like weaving a web, I tried to create a frame for the gameplay and tried to include as much of the elements I had mentioned as possible, so there are lots of holes in the gameplay. I did not put a day cap, I want you to feel free to try everything out, but please do not commit too much to your save as this is basically the game reinventing itself. :)
A note on future updates before I move onto the contents of the update: From now on, as I have promised I will be opening polls after the all-patron release of v0.1.3 about the characters in the game. You will vote from a selection of characters and then the selected character will be voted a path(intimacy-devotion-bondage) so that character at least will have decent amount of content to accommodate the mechanics of the game. This will allow for me to explore consistent kinks and erotic content on the said character instead of spreading the erotic content and fetishes around. :D
About v0.1.3:
Two cool(hopefully you will also agree) things about this update:
1) The file size is reduced by a substantial amount!!!! From now on updates will be more optimal in terms of file size.
2) We now have sound effects!!! Yaaaay!!!! :P I added sfx to the sample prologue erotic scenes as well. We have sfx for "fart/whip/urine" :)
I tried to include small dialogue interactions with the characters viewable through map, and added small interactions here and there. In terms of content, the amount of erotic content is probably similar to the one in v0.1.2, if not more actually. But the problem is that it is so spread that it will probably feel less, and much worse, completely missed out due to state of gameplay being complicated. Therefore I will try to include a very brief info on where content is. Please, please just bear with me on this update, I can foresee that it will be frustrating for the player to not be provided adequate info within the game. This will be taken care of in the future updates.
Some mechanics are implemented, fully function, but they do not matter as there isn't enough content yet for them to function (health, body and genitalia status, a majority of stats both for player and characters.) Looking on the bright side, they all work as intended.
I'll try to keep this short and try to understand your experience through your feedbacks. You should test the game for yourself and please, if you can, share your critique on it with me <3 :)
Characters that have content in this update in order of the size of their content, first one having the biggest.
Leah - Sarah - Mary - Astrid - Isla - Kurushi
(Non-erotic and really small content) Claire-Emily-Gabriella-Susan
All the characters on the map have dialogue interactions.
Tiny Walkthrough(Contains Spoilers for gameplay, skip if you wish to explore for yourself)
Starting at day 14 the first event of Luscious Fall will be available. You need reputation, and personal stats to successfully view the scene.
Some scenes offer more, or less based on your stats.
To access Leah's scene use ask on her and click on the last option at the bottom to increase her condemnation level. once her condemnation stage is "1", if you click the last option again the scene will trigger.
increase Astrid's devotion level by talking to her with "adoration" option, when it is stage "1" ask her "Can I stay with you?"
Sarah's Task scene has three different punishment options depending on her condemnation level (level 0, 1, and 2) try to fail it as much as possible if you wish to view them all.
Content for Task and Work are divided into the days of the week for the characters that have this content so far. You can try out each character to see on which day the character is offering a work or task. In the next update I will be adding this to the phone menu, like a planner, so you will be able to see which character can offer more interaction on which day.
Characters will have more options and variations for work and task on different days per the said character as well. also the characters that have short work task scenes won't remain like that, I intend on making each work and task option erotic and enjoyable.
Make sure to comment and message me if you have questions. I will just be unavailable for a few days. I hope you can enjoy the update and I wish you all a great week. Thank you sooo soo much for all your support <3 <3 <3
Comments
Thank you for the feedback, Icarus_fell. From the posts I published on Patreon regarding the gameplay, I thought it would be clear that those symbols are for paths,(in order: Intimacy- Devotion- Bondage- Condemnation) unique for each character. They do progress. You get a notification if your action/choice affected one of those stats, you gain more points for certain dialogue/action and less point for others. After reaching 77 points, they gain a level and those 0's change accordingly. Since those are the main content for a character, there is not much need to advance in them, as I have mentioned before, Poll and voting system will determine the character so I can provide a lot of content for those paths. Currently the game might feel grindy, but the thing is the "grinding" part of the game is also erotic content. As you gain points for MC's stats, the work/task content for most of the characters offer more choices, as well as scenes. I believe I have been transparent about the development of the game, and have mentioned many times that v0.1.3 will be a game changing update, so naturally most of my workload would be coding and establishing the gameplay. Regardless, I made sure that there is still more erotic content than the update v0.1.2 and the previous ones. I especially and specifically made it sure. Now, if you have content that you have blocked, since you will not be mentioned the existence of such content in the game, it might feel like there is so little content. For the next update, I'm working on implementing a cheat menu for early access Patrons to easily test stuff out, so they will have easier access to content. I am sorry I did not have too much time to test out the player perspective, but I'm trying my best to make the game better however I can. There will be more balancing to be done but regarding the "mess" state of the game, I hope you can forgive me considering this is barely the update v0.1.3, and it is an update that completely changes the very structure of the game. I hope to do better, and I hope you can bear along with me. :)
2022-03-11 17:49:33 +0000 UTCWhen i interact with a character, above the menu (ask, work, task, etc.) there are four symbols and under each one of them there is a 0. I assume those are the stats, even tho i don't know wich symbolt is wich stat. But my question is why they always remain 0? Shouldn't you progress after a while by doing tasks or working? Right now the game is a repetable grindy zero content mess.
AxelF
2022-03-11 15:58:33 +0000 UTCYes I made the terrible mistake of incorrectly coding objects that is why all the stats and points will also reset if you close and reopen the game :( Thankfully it was an easy fix and I plan on releasing a hotfix for v0.1.3 soon as soon as I fix some other stuff with the code :) I'm terribly sorry for the unnecessary complexity of the game's current state. I hope everyone can forgive me as this is my first attempt to introduce a gameplay. I will try my best to provide a satisfying and fun game <3
2022-03-02 20:02:34 +0000 UTCI have noticed that if I spend motivation points the go to a prior save that I will not have the motivations points that I had in the prior save but the number of points that I had from the scene I was last at prior to loading the save.
Bluntforce
2022-03-02 17:32:43 +0000 UTC
