Consultation and brainstorming!
Added 2024-09-21 16:12:50 +0000 UTCHi, everyone. I've made today's post public as I want to get as many people involved as possible. Update-wise, My life is still stupid-busy, but in what free moments I'm able to snatch, early prep work on the next release is continuing. The story of Slave to Love now has a beginning, middle and end, and is largely fleshed out. I'll shortly start making scenes for it, and coding the new quest, integrating it with the game. Some new character models are made for new girls we'll be meeting in this quest and Sapphory City has grown again, with the exterior of the Great Arena and Slave Pens now added.
But I digress. The purpose of today's post is a little more long-term. Over the coming updates, and now that we're into Act 2, I'd like to start getting the long-trailed economic system in place. Missy will eventually be able to progress through her careers at Cervexa and the Pit, and a third Red Light District location is also in the works. Each of these will have a progression that will enable Missy to eventually start farming money from them. But... then what? Well... that's where I'm up to.
As numerous games have taught me, money is pointless if there isn't anything to buy with it and annoying if you have to grind it to be able to play the game. So I don't want either of those things. I have a few ideas, but I want to open it up to the floor what features or things in the game you think would be good to have to buy.
A few guidelines for suggestions:
No, I'm not adding any more outfits or underwear. It's already a ton of work to render the options that are there now.
I don't want to lock anything that is required to progress the game behind money. This is in line with the game's commitment to be grind-free!
New ideas for consumables are welcome. Now that you can get Missy to higher levels, I'll be adding a few more powerful ones anyway, though most of this will come after the combat overhaul.
Naughty and functional are both fine. One idea I quite like is for the player to be able to buy toys from Jan Winters that will unlock new options for using them in scenes.
Otherwise, no wrong answers! Please feel free to answer below, on Discord or by PM/Email.
One last bit of news, I'm hoping that things will have eased up enough by the start of next month to do Kinktober again over on Deviantart. This will be the third year I've done it and it's always a lot of fun. Each day participants are provided with two prompts and submit art that fits. I usually use scenes from the game, but have been known to put together unique scenes. Give me a follow over there to keep up!
Until next time!
Trinian
Comments
Money is power, so there should be a ton of oppurtunities to let dom players avoid sub content or even get a dom scene. I don't like the idea of saying "Take these 20 bucks and let me off" to the prefects. But there could be some kind of rather expensive chocolate, that Missy can use for that. Or use it to persuade the prefects, that Missy should handle the punishment of a girl who misbehaved. Didn't you plan (longterm) to let Missy run around town naked? There could be a licence for that, which costs money. Or maybe it was always allowed, but just too cold. Now there is a new kind of costly bubble gum: while you chew it, it regulates your body temperature. Or some Nano-Technology thingy. OR some bet / power play / science experiment lets you earn money by spending a day naked. OR both. Invest in the technology, get the oppurtunity to earn money form it. Regarding extra scenes: You can have the first scene for free and require money to repeat it. Yes there is a gallery, but for role playing it still makes sense to actually do something again!
MrEdwards
2024-09-24 16:37:45 +0000 UTCMissy can work for support his mistress and buy new toys for example, in the way her mistress can have more fun. Or maybe not work at all and become her pet.
Ariel Herrera M
2024-09-23 15:21:16 +0000 UTCThere was a strip poker mini game or something similar in the apartment building with a couple characters iirc. It could be cool to see that get developed more. Maybe you could place bets that make it so the loser faces a harsher penalty. Another idea could be using money to buy toys or bondage equipment that would unlock unique penalties for the loser.
BiggestGamer2001
2024-09-23 08:53:44 +0000 UTCNot sure if this meant betting on your own match or betting on a match between 2 random girls. Could be fun to pay to watch random matches, and then if you lose your bet you can get punished along with the loser.
BiggestGamer2001
2024-09-23 08:45:33 +0000 UTCFor doms repairing school uniform if you get into fights and get below certain HP or perform certain OP moves that tears your own clothing. For subs offering money to mean girl patrols to avoid them messing with your uniform in time for inspection. Perhaps even repair items for other NPCs to up relationship with them. Maybe some unique characters that crave extra money for relationship. A girl that likes to be spoiled and a findom type. Memberships to gym, clubs? While paying for those isn't instantly fun they are spaces for scenes. A rather out there idea is, in an all girl high school, some item would be recognized as a status symbol. Since clothing/panties are out, maybe necklaces that don't have to show in cgs? Or a new phone model that's out every couple weeks that they just can't resist to buy? Keep up the good work!
MindWizard
2024-09-22 16:06:45 +0000 UTCI would love to see the money be used for Items you can buy to unlock bonus scenes with whoever you decide to have as your girlfriend. Depending on how far along you are you could have certain toys influence the scenes.
Ebrithil
2024-09-22 11:38:35 +0000 UTCI quite like this idea of Missy eventually being able to get her own play dungeon. Where she can either be a domme or get dominated (or both). Something you can build up over time by buying new toys and furniture for it. Without having much effect on the rest of the game because it's a secret only the girls she brings there know about. Though if you can bring multiple girls there and have multiple scenes with each of them, that would end up being a lot of extra writing and rendering for some isolated side content.
Trisk
2024-09-22 06:02:09 +0000 UTCI really like the idea of buying toys to unlock optional scenes and/or alternate versions of scenes. There could potentially be sexy outfits that function the same way as well. I know you said no new clothes, but what about costumes that are only used in specific scenes? If Missy got something like a harem girl outfit or latex catsuit she wouldn't be casually wearing those around town. Another option could be to directly unlock some scenes with money by letting Missy act as a customer in the Red Light District.
Trisk
2024-09-22 05:21:18 +0000 UTCBut I'm definitely primarily a fantasy writer so it's probably flavoring my thought process a bit.
Basteala
2024-09-21 23:34:09 +0000 UTCYeah it might, assuming it wasn't like some kind of small nanobot or something like.
Basteala
2024-09-21 23:33:42 +0000 UTCif you want to make a chariter who requied money to get a scene
demo lord
2024-09-21 23:18:14 +0000 UTCI think that probably falls under Magic rather than technology!
Trinian
2024-09-21 23:01:30 +0000 UTCWhile I don't know the tech level of Sapphoria for such things, one thing that comes to mind is an innocuous object Missy can pick up and equip that provides a small benefit in combat...but it comes at the cost of randomly causing wardrobe malfunctions in scenes for the wearer--her skirt falling or shirt coming undone. Something that could spell disaster if Missy is breaking the uniform regulation.
Basteala
2024-09-21 22:44:21 +0000 UTCOne idea would be betting on the pits. If you cant afford to pay your debts you could suffer consequences or you could pay money to do more with the loser in private.
Limbo main
2024-09-21 17:43:43 +0000 UTCto add to this idea you could have scenes with a dungeon where you can be submissive as well and bring your romance options to the room to dominate you with the equipment you buy. With the idea of rent I think a different angle would work where you can also be required to pay the bad girls to stop them from harassing you or if you want to stay Poppy's slave. For dominant players it could be you have to pay to be a member of the bad girls as well. you could add a lot of smaller things to avoid consequences as well if you don't feel like fighting. When you are running late for class for instance you could pay the bad girls to be able to just walk passed. get caught by the prefects? pay them to look the other way. Poppy could ask for lunch money or you will be punished. You could pay jess to be nicer to you. stuff like that
Limbo main
2024-09-21 17:42:26 +0000 UTCI don't see much that you can do with money other than perhaps making the fights easier for people who hate the mechanic via items or powerups, so that could perhaps be a solution to the "how hard can fights be?" question, and maybe unlock additional scenes/unlock scenes you didn't get previously?
Jake Bradshaw
2024-09-21 17:33:43 +0000 UTCAlternatively, the money could be used to bribe. So, if the normal story contains a lot of punishment for Missy and the player doesn't like this part so much, the player could opt out of it by paying a bribe (and if the player were more on the dominant / not-so-fair-minded side, one could imagine the player bribing a teacher to punish another girl with no real reason). Something like that. I hope that these two suggestions help and that other players like it as well.
Frank Baum
2024-09-21 16:23:05 +0000 UTCFirst of all, great news that you can find the time to continue on the game. I take it as good news and not only from a game perspective. When it comes to what could be done with the money she makes? Well, I think you could add the toys. You could also go as far as have her rent / buy a room of her own where she could invite / bring along other girls and play with them. This would allow you to continue on your main arch and have this side development in parallel. Here, in my opinion it is absolutely fine to hide content behind this in-game money. For example: If you play Missy in a dominant role, she could work out her little dungeon where she would bring her slaves and do more and more kinky stuff - not only based on the toys / equipment she buys but also on the level of sluttyness and domination that she gains.
Frank Baum
2024-09-21 16:20:56 +0000 UTC
