December Escape Game - Some Details

Alright! So, I spent the weekend brainstorming and mapping things out. Then I spent what time I could today doing research on the handful of new assets I need. As much as possible, I'll be using existing assets. Purchasing like 40 new assets for a one-shot game would be stupid. But there will always be a few new things I need. And I needed to map it all out. Or, well, at least the core stuff. Speaking of which...

I now have a solid idea what this game is going to be like. I knew from the start that I wanted to make an escape game of sorts. Something somewhat similar to games like Aelie's Lia Games. Not entire the same, given that I both tend towards actual sex scenes more and I hate that method of interaction with the environment. It always felt awkward to me, even if the games themselves are good. Hence, mine will be done in Twine. And, you know, with a greater number of visuals...though sadly not hand drawn ones.

The currently-not-yet-named protagonist will start the game in bondage, waking up in the entrance chamber of a Dungeon. The armbinder and chastity belt sceen in the sample images, plus a specific gag which is one of the new assets I've earmarked to acquire. You, the player, will be given the choice between two paths. Go deeper into the dungeon to try and use the monsters and traps to your advantage. Or head to town to try and get help there. Both with lead to you needing to puzzle your way through the correct interactions to get various bits of gear removed (and some added!) in order to either retrieve the chastity belt key...or wish the belt away with the power of a Dungeon Reward at the end of the dungeon. The major choice will be the first one. But, with any luck, I will have enough time to create some variant options in places as well, giving you the player a bit more agency in the outcome.

On that note...I've completely mapped out the 'correct' path through each major route. My intention is to complete the core elements of first the Town route, then the Dungeon route. And any time left after that (if I'm not already being overly ambitious), will be dedicated to making variant options within the routes. Originally, I'd hoped to make Three routes, with the third being a puzzle route which didn't involve you having to get...involved...with either monsters or people. Since some people might be put off by either or both. Unfortunately, when I was estimating the total render numbers for each route, I realized that trying for a third route would put me right back where I was in trying to do too much. So...just the two. I'm currently estimating a total of around 80 renders for the whole thing, maybe a bit more. Though I'm keeping most of the renders simplified.

As for the graphics. You can, hopefully, see that I'm trying to put together a slightly more stylized protagonist this time. And I may farther put renders through a filter as well. I'd hoped to show some experimentation with that today...but ran out of time. As for the protagonist, I'm currently leaning to one of the two on the right. Feel free to weigh in if you have an opinion! I'll likely be finalizing her design sometime tomorrow night. Note that any of them will likely undergo some tweaking still. These are basically just roughed out test versions. (The only differences between the two uploaded images is lighting).