Proof of Life #148: Developing Side Quests
Added 2022-10-10 22:01:03 +0000 UTCHeya folks, it's the perverted duck (not a seagull), N_Taii! Not a surprise, while it's still barely Monday where I live, I'm writing a short PoL to let ya'll know what I've been up to.
Well, first of all, unsurprisingly , I've been fixing all manners of bugs and discrepancies that have been reported to me for the demo. I'm still waiting a bit to see if anything else gets reported before I release the final patch before the public release.
As for the rest, well, it's as the title says really. I'm planning on having both first side-quests for Haylen and Lily's storylines in the upcoming update, which will set up how their own corruption will go. Their content will be relatively tame in terms of sex scenes. I worried a lot about that, wondering if I should twist in such a way that allows me to add a lot of "juicy stuff" in Update 1, but I decided against it. Gradual and believable corruption comes first, and there will be plenty such scenes in the future anyway.
You see, Haylen and Lily's NTR triggers are just like an onion, they (will) have a lot of layers, and will mainly rely on psychological manipulation. Unlike blackmail and such, which are relatively straight-forward, manipulation requires far more work to appear believable. You have no idea how many time I replayed the Lily content I've developed so far, just to modify the dialogues again and again so it conveys exactly what I want to convey without being overly verbose. It's a surprisingly difficult exercise to delve into someone's psyche without going overboard with the text and write a thesis about it^^
Once I'm finished with both side-quests, I'll be going back to Rose and Cyanna and see how much content I can add to the main storyline before the release of Update 1.
Anyway, I can't really explain any further without spoiling the story, so I'll stop there. I'll see you again next Monday, the day before the public release ; )
Thank you for reading, and have a wonderful week!
N_Taii
Comments
Sounds promising, it's probably a long way off but I'll be looking forward to that! I know you might not necessarily have this in mind and that's fine, but every time I see a bar in an H-game, especially RPGmaker games, I'm immediately praying for some Karryn's Prison-style harassment from some rowdy patrons. That bartending minigame is heckin goated.
realname_tba
2022-10-24 00:28:02 +0000 UTCThanks a lot, glad you're enjoying the game : ) I can't reveal much about Lily though, as that would be kind of a spoiler, but you'll see the early premises of her corruption in the next update. (btw, I am planning on doing 2 different NTR endings, one where the women would be shared around, and one with the women remaining relatively exclusive to the antagonists. Thought this might interest you^^ )
N_taii
2022-10-23 23:35:14 +0000 UTCJust finished the demo finally, this game is shaping up to be your best work yet by a sizable margin. Not sure what your long-term plans are with Lily, but I'm really hoping they involve her becoming some manner of free-use tavern wench eventually. Workplace sexual harassment is one of my all-time favorite porn themes, especially waitresses/tavern girls.
realname_tba
2022-10-23 17:14:55 +0000 UTCFor the time being, I'm finishing up both Lily and Haylen's first sidequests, which require a bit more work. Then, I'll handle the main quest, and I'll see how far I can get. Since Cyanna's questline is part of the main story, I can't focus on her specifically, because I have to follow the main questline's progression before we reach any of her scenes or events.
N_taii
2022-10-16 14:37:51 +0000 UTCI would love to see the first Cyanna corruption event in update 1. :)
Pete
2022-10-15 11:06:27 +0000 UTCOh, okay. Before fix4, the game had a few constantly running events in the background that affected performances, and I thought this might have been related, but guess not since you're playing fix4. Yep, I'm keeping eyes on this, and already read several forums to get an idea on how this could be fixed, but I found very few had such an issue, and those who had found out it had to do with their computer, so I'm very limited with what I can do as the dev.
N_taii
2022-10-12 21:30:54 +0000 UTCIt was the fix4 version, and yes my experience was very similar where it seemed like just the visuals had frozen but sound/music and key press response sounds still happened. Not a huge issue but something to keep an eye on in case it's more common than just singular machine/software conflicts.
Vitreous Humour
2022-10-12 16:47:24 +0000 UTCthe only bug I noticed was a missing file error with the card game
Kyle Mill
2022-10-12 00:44:44 +0000 UTCIts entirely possible I hit skip by mistake. I remember the scene so i did not miss it fully, I just didn't remember it being that impactful as a reason she would be that desperate.
Kyle Mill
2022-10-12 00:42:14 +0000 UTCThat's weird, the scene should be mandatory. Did you possibly skip over it with fast-forward, or you didn't see it at all? I need to know because that would be quite a substantial bug^^ It's when the both of them have a talk in the Duke's manor, the first time you gain access to it.
N_taii
2022-10-11 23:25:23 +0000 UTClike I said, I must have missed that. without it, (spoilers) I felt that she wouldn't be desperate enough to go with his plan. especially since the dude basically abducted her.
Kyle Mill
2022-10-11 23:15:19 +0000 UTChim*
N_taii
2022-10-11 13:02:25 +0000 UTC(Spoilers) - - Well, such a scene happen when Leto meets up with her in the manor, and she expresses her worries to her (before he slaps her ass)
N_taii
2022-10-11 13:02:13 +0000 UTCI've heard about random freezes from someone else, yes, who also mentioned the music was still going on and it seemed he could move around, but the screen would stay frozen. I'm not sure if it was your case as well? I any case, freezes tend to be beyond my control, as from what I gathered from forums and such, freezes mostly depend on the machine rather than the game itself, so there isn't much I can do to fix it. Just curious, but what version of the game did the freeze occur? The fix4 version, or something prior?
N_taii
2022-10-11 13:00:51 +0000 UTCJust FYI, in case it hasn't been reported before, for me there does seem to be a bug where if you leave the game open for a few hours (regardless of doing anything) it can freeze up and stop responding. Just force closing and restarting the game resolves the freeze.
Vitreous Humour
2022-10-11 01:29:53 +0000 UTCI've liked your stories and how they play out. I did wonder about rose though, it almost seems like that first scene with her and the magic necklace was too fast in coming on. Unless I missed something, it almost seems like there should be a scene where she expresses her fears at the towers not responding to her.
Kyle Mill
2022-10-11 00:03:19 +0000 UTC100% agree
jay
2022-10-10 23:34:48 +0000 UTCThat’s honestly no problem at all. After such a great demo you can take all the time you need.
Mr. V
2022-10-10 23:28:38 +0000 UTCThat's what I've realized in other games I'm playing as well. I'm gradually coming to terms with the fact that I don't have to shoehorn in as much sex content as possible in every update, and that smooth progression is far better in the long term.
N_taii
2022-10-10 23:23:35 +0000 UTCThanks, I won't : )
N_taii
2022-10-10 23:21:44 +0000 UTCAround the 15th of November. I know it's half a month over the montly updates schedule I mentioned, but I have a lot of extra things to take care of with this demo (fix all the potential bugs, prepare the public version to be posted on other sites, answer feedback, etc...) so to make sure it has a decent amount of content, I pushed back the release date.
N_taii
2022-10-10 23:21:24 +0000 UTCGradual and somewhat realistic is what is so great about your work. Many creators just have their heroines get corrupted in an instant and that doesn't feel right at all. It cheapens the eventual outcome! Glad you're sticking to your guns on the story you're planning!
Vitreous Humour
2022-10-10 23:05:58 +0000 UTCNice don't overwork yourself!
EndyTU
2022-10-10 22:36:16 +0000 UTCDo we have a date for update 1 ?
Mr. V
2022-10-10 22:05:27 +0000 UTC
