HC3: The Peacekeepers (demo version, Public) is now available!

Thank you for the feedback, and glad you liked it! You have no idea how complicated it was to make it work with the guards moving and all, and I messed up more than once until I got it right. I also spent an ungodly amount of time setting up every NPCs on different timeframes, but if I want the city to really feel alive, that was mandatory^^ The Triple Trident game is actually a plugin I bought from someone that was selling it, and as a customer among others, I can't really request any changes to be made to the code. If I could, I'd ask to have a limited amount of cards of a certain rarity that can be used during duels, just like FFXIV, so that I can avoid people taking all their best cards to steamroll their opponents. But that wasn't possible, so I had to streamline the duels to make sure players were always up against opponents a little stronger than them. But in regards to the AI, it actually has several difficulty levels, from 0 to 4. At 0, the AI is actively trying to lose, so all the opponents are set to 1 for now. I'll up it with new opponents, but I'm not sure how "smart" the AI from 2 to 4 is. We'll see. Thanks for pointing out the bug, I've fixed it for the next version (btw this wasn't the first interaction with the loanshark, there was another one before that, so maybe you've missed it?^^) Don't worry about your English, it's not my mother tongue either. French is my mother tongue, so if you want to write in French, go ahead, just not in public comments^^

N_taii

It's been a while since I posted here, but with the recent release, I thought I had to. It was a really, and I mean REALLY good demo. Everything fits so well. I've played for something like 4h. And I did not get bored or anything. I just love roaming in the city. It's a lively one ! Speaking with all the NPC. The guards moving is a good idea, the small events about 'em doing their job is nice too. I'm thinking about the guy who thought he was a merchant, but he was just a drunkard. I love how there is some humor here and there. Tracking the small stories is also fun. I did not used the PDF that you gave, and I was able to follow everything, especially the fishermen one. Visually, the sprites are really good. I love the main girls design, and their picture while speaking is nice. I love the city too. A lot of silhouette event, but I'm in love with 'em. I'll love to watch some of the main girls. The orb adding is a good idea. It just let you know that something is going one, whitout telling what. You still have the thrill to look for it, it's such a good feature. Special mention to Triple Triad. I don't know if you can tweak the AI a bit, but it plays the same cards at the same moment, no variation if the player don't make some. It was a fun though. It's one of my favorite mini-game in FFXIV and FFVIII. I guess we could have in the future some horny card design. I don't know if it's a good idea, but I liked it in the Queen of Opala games. It gives the player a reason to actually play the mini-game besides just liking it, there is a reward :D I guess the only minus point would be that you can't see if there is some people in the baths if you don't actually enter it. You have then to get undressed & stuff, it can be a bit tedious. But it's only cherry picking. Also, I had a "bug", the first time you see the fisherwoman and the loanshark talking, they are not hidden behind the roof ? Maybe it was just my imagination. I think that your game is again on the road to be a masterpiece :D English is not my mothertong, and I can be a bit rusty. I can speak french if ncessary.

Kono

Thanks for the feedback, really appreciate it. I'll see about the doors. The black screen allows for a few things to run in the background without being seen (not always, but sometimes), so I decided to uniformize all doors to have half a second black screen. I could see about reducing the wait time, but I'd have to track all doors manually and change it, so I won't make it a priority for now.

N_taii

Really good job with HC3 so far, everything both looks crisp and plays very smooth. Can't wait to see where the story goes from here! - Only critique: Would love if the black screen when opening doors would go a bit faster / or removed completely.

Zellemate

Thanks for letting me know, I'll have it fixed in the next version

N_taii

In the childhood part when Haylen introduces Cyanna there's a "her" instead of "here". That's the only typo I noticed lol

Kudo

Thank you for your answer! Yep! The maids and sergeants are special, they are related to the main heroines and have the same antagonists. I will look forward to their reunion after corruption. I fully agree with NTR trigge's approach, which makes Rose's princess identity not wasted, not just limited to romantic relationships, which is in line with everyone's imagination of princess stories. I'm curious how Cyanna's ice will be broken! Corruption too fast always loses the flavor of NTR. It is indeed better to take it slowly. The early story sets the stage, and after finally having sex in the middle of the game, the heroine begins to transform, and the move towards corruption is the essence of NTR games I'm sure all the waiting will be worth it after the main scene!

Medamayaki

Thank you for the answer. I cant wait to see what you will create.

Trolias

Glad it did! Rather than polish (well, except for bug fixes), I will rather focus on story content for November. but if I find ways to further polish the demo, I'll do it : )

N_taii

Can't say for sure, but a rough estimate would be 1 and a half year to 2 years. Big maybe there though, but it seems realistic.

N_taii

Hey, thanks for the feedback, I'll keep it in mind! : ) To answer your question, the maids and the sergeant will be used as "utility characters", where they will make appearance when I think it fits the story. They might appear a lot, like Vaeri, or less, depending on the situations and scenes I come up with. I wanted to avoid blackmail for the NTR trigger, but I'm not saying it won't be used as an argument from time to time. As for the corruption, I'm planning on going a bit more slowly than HC2, even if it affects the intensity of the scenes at the beginning, which might feel a bit lackluster, but it'll make people look forward to the later stages of corruption.

N_taii

The demo made me very excited for November! Can’t wait to see the polish in the first official release!

jay

One more question - I played through the demo but the next time i will be playing the game is after the full release because i dont want to play through the updates. Do you have any rough estimations? I am thinking maybe year and a half of development?

Trolias

First of all thank you for your hard work! Just finished this version, the new pixel characters are awesome. In a lot of places like music, art, maps, details I can feel progress and maturity and it's amazing Girlfriend Sister Mom Childhood Friend I really like the setting of the story and character identities this time, and the excellent character tags can get players into the situation quickly! I am very happy to see the changes in side heroines compared to HC2. This time their relationship is much closer and they continue to participate in the main plot. Haylen's identity allows her to always care about MC, but Lily also finds her position through the tavern. I feel a little pity for Solana but I really like Lily's performance. She often teases the MC and shows her affection for him. The constant contact with the MC makes the side heroines more personal. It's business as usual but behind the scenes they have some kind of secret of their own! By the way, will the Maid and Sergeant have more appearances, like Vaeri did? The new extra characters keep the scene fresh, but it's also good to pick a few characters to keep the scene coherent. On the main story I like your choice of the identity of the main heroine. Corrupting the heroine is going to be a big part of the antagonists' plan. And you can see Cyanna's fans in many places. The noble status and popularity add more contrast. I thought antagonist would blackmail Rose with his love with MC, please forgive my superficiality HC3 is exciting just for the theme choice, Rose's NTR trigger design is awesome! While entering the main story with this, predictably gave both sides a good excuse Rose is for dreams and obligations, antagonists are just to assist her... at least on the surface And it was forced by the situation, not a betrayal, which made Rose easier to forgive when it came to a happy ending. Maybe you already have a plan, but I still want to give some ideas I think the beginning of an NTR game is always the most exciting as the heroine takes new orders step by step with the corruption stage. Rose's mental defenses will be very high at first. The identity of the opponent must be disgusting to her. Compared to HC2, we need a slower corruption in the early story. In NTR games, it's always the most exciting when the heroine agrees to a new scene for the first time But for the foreplay, not that much has changed Masturbation→Fondling→Handjob→Blowjob For example, I always feel that the progress is still a bit fast, and the scene of this version of maid gave me some inspiration. In HC2, it is too easy to be seen naked. If you don't get naked so quickly, but keep it first, it can be used to create a sense of stage when there are fewer and fewer clothes, and it also makes these scenes juicy It's like when there are curtains, formal wear → pajamas → underwear → toplessness → nude But this can be tricky to handle in a single task, maybe split into paragraphs or recalled through memory Mainly combined with foreplay, can have more changes and expectations, and let antagonist and Rose conduct psychological offensive and defensive battles, while feeling ashamed, psychological defense is gradually consumed For example, when it progressed to Handjob, because I had only seen the outline before, the antagonist deliberately did not ejaculate to make things difficult for Rose. After a while, she finally showed her breasts to help him get more excited... It could be during a battle when the situation was urgent and there was only one tent Cyanna had to change into armor in front of the antagonist Rose must take the initiative to remove her clothes during certain ceremonies or confinement of the Holy Land, revealing her skin in front of the antagonist... Because corruption has to be slow then exposure and shame would be a good spice Especially when the heroine is active rather than passive, revealing a little body will be a relatively easy condition to accept. At the same time, it will help promote their psychological changes and make corruption more reasonable. Anyway, these are just some of my thoughts. Sorry for writing so many words in translation, but I really like this game ;) I'm looking forward to the next update!

Medamayaki

Well, all I can say it that I aim at 1 antagonist corrupting 1 heroine, so it won't be the duke for Cyanna, since he's already got Rose on his hands

N_taii

Thank you : )

N_taii

very excited for haylen scene in future. does that boy guard will be corrupting her or it will the great duke, who has started corrupting rose.

harsh vardh

Really enjoyed the game. I see what you did with that scene when you go see Rose at the Manor with the window... well played, I really liked that. I'm looking forward to the next update.

Kudo

Thanks a lot for your kind message, really appreciate it. Glad you enjoyed the demo : )

N_taii

Hey, I've tweaked a few things here and there on the main map. I know it's late, but this should help with performance issues during the childhood part.

N_taii

Hi N, Just finished the final scene and wanted to pop in to say well done on the update. I really enjoyed it and can't wait to see the next steps of the story! Without spoiling anything I will say I really like the method of corruption you are using for the main scene of the update!

narlaun

Ah. Sorry, was busy playing. Good. I'll let you know as anyone else should, if there be re-occurring issues. Hopefully all is good.

Jazuke Taizago

Added the original files back and updated the links. It should be good to go. Sorry about that, first releases are always a bit rocky, but now that I've pinpointed the issue, upcoming Updates should be good.

N_taii

Okay, this should have been fixed in "fix2" that I just uploaded. I tested it from the playable build and didn't run into any issues myself, but please let me know if anything happens.

N_taii

I've never had that happen to me, but that seems to be an issue with some people because (maybe) of the map being bigger and more detailed than usual. Unfortunately, it isn't something I can fix with RPGMaker. Sorry : (

N_taii

If you've donwloaded "fix1", BattleRock BGM shouldn't be an issue anymore, or is it?

N_taii

Yup, sorry! If you read my message in the thread above, I've finally located the issue. I'll soon have a new fix working, and I'll make sure this doesn't happen ever again.

N_taii

Okay, it would seem not only the music, but also one sound effect was missing. I added everything that was missing and now it works perfectly. The issue was that RPGMaker didn't recognize the audio during the card game as being "used", so when exporting to a playable build, it ignored everything that wasn't used in the game to make the files lighter, and it also ignored all the audio used during Triple Triad. I'll have to add it in manually from now on for every Update, but that's not big deal. It shouldn't happen anymore from now on once I've uploaded "fix2". Please wait a few minutes, and sorry again!

N_taii

Damn. Give me a minute, I'll go try something else to fix this issue. Since it worked perfectly during the testing phase, I assume something happened during the deployment. Maybe encrypting the sound files messed up with the plugin, I'll see.

N_taii

Even after the fix the bugs pop up. Only after engaging in a TT game though. Reloading fixes the issue.

EntrTheChad

The forced Card Duel is having an OGG file error constantly. I suggest just giving the ability to turn down the Duel completely, as it is directly connected to the MSQ or just fix it completely. I see there happens to be more OGG errors as well, according the other Chats here. I managed to resolve the OGG issue by making Copy of Wind1 SE and Battle1 BGM and rename them to Wind7 SE and Fes-BattleRock(Trident1) BGM. It works, but perhaps not the intended files to be used. Everyone here should do that too, i will post this on the 20 dollarinos cost one too, so they at least know the temp solution.

Jazuke Taizago

Getting odd performance issues, game slows to a crawl during Tavros' introduction.

J

Okay, I uploaded a fixed version. The game files are a lot heavier now, but at least there shouldn't be any BGM missing this time. Thank you for your patience : )

N_taii

All good!

Yep, I'm currently uploading a fixed version onto MEGA that should fix this issue. I'll be switching the links as soon as the new ones are ready, sorry about this.

N_taii

Loving the update. Unfortunately, I'm getting a "Loading error Failed to load audio/bgm/Fes-BattleRock(Trident1).ogg" for example. There are plenty of others that seem to be popping up as well.

A bit of self derision is always a good thing, and it now makes me chuckle when I think about how unoriginal I was in my earlier days. : )

N_taii

"Another book that starts with the unoriginal prefix 'Chronicles of....', can't these authors come up with a better title?" Haha these moments of levity really elevate the experience. I'll refrain from 'live-tweeting' the game, but I just had to compliment that. The writing is once again impeccable.

EntrTheChad

: D

N_taii

Let's goooooo!

EntrTheChad