Proof of Life #81: A few ideas
Added 2021-06-21 17:32:33 +0000 UTCHello guys and gals, PoL post! Yes, again!
I've had a few ideas related to development and to this Patreon page in general.
About HC2's development
I'm done with most of the H scenes for the last main quest. In total, 3 medium length scenes involving Celis and Aywin. as I said in the last PoL, there will be less H content for this update's main quest, because I have a lot of story to cover. Still, I think 3 scenes isn't so bad ; ) Then, I will add another final side-quest involving all three side characters for those who have finished all of their storylines.
To cover the whole story of HC2, I will develop the very beginning of most endings in this Update, because some story-related things will be explained depending on what ending you choose. For example, if you choose the True/Non-NTR ending, you will find out more about the blue orb, but if you choose the revenge ending, you might learn more about the evil entity, etc...
Also, just to let you know, the artist has finished the pregnant version of some H animations, and the 3rd version of the sexy outfit is also ready for all 3 side-characters as well as Aywin and Celis. Btw, I haven't forgotten about the fairies in the fairy village ; )
A few ideas:
-Add a yearly option for each tier, with a 10% discount for those who subscribe. I'd add it somewhere at the end of the month/beginning of next month.
-I'm really thinking about adding another Update next month dedicated to polishing (reminiscence + extra free roams). That would also give some extra time for the artists to make the assets for HC3 for when I start developing the game along with HC2 (for the time being I really miss some vital assets, such as the characters sprite sheets, etc...). but at the same time, I'm kind of afraid about releasing an "empty" update, meaning no new quests, to Patrons. I'll still need to think extra-hard about this.^^
As always thank you for reading, and have a wonderful week!
N_Taii
Comments
Sounds like really great plans! Lol lewd games don't get enough credit sometimes I find.
SlimeDragon_Steve
2021-06-26 20:38:29 +0000 UTCHope*
N_taii
2021-06-26 17:15:01 +0000 UTCActually, this is what I have in mind for both the NTR and non-NTR endings : ) I don't know if you have already played HC1, but you could see scenes depending on the time of the day if you just walked around the manor. It will be the same for HC2, with a few repeatable scenes everyday around the tribe (number depending on whether you have completed side storylines or not). For the revenge and true endings, though, they will mostly be a series of cutscenes until the end, so not much interactivity there I'm afraid. Hoep that answered your question! : )
N_taii
2021-06-26 17:14:26 +0000 UTCThat actually sounds super cool for the revenge route. Being able to be like, "fine, screw you" and screwing other people. Could even unlock an extra scene where while you do it, Celis sees it, and somehow becomes more depraved than she already is.
LoM
2021-06-26 16:39:35 +0000 UTC@Abgazil I have actually done so in the past (Gamejolt, Itch.io, Fenoxo Forums, etc...), but I noticed that F95 yields a lot more views than all the other sites combined, almost a 100 times more. So I decided to save my time and only advertise on F95 while spending the rest of the time not advertising in other forums to work on the game instead ; ) Quality is the best advertisement after all
N_taii
2021-06-26 16:35:18 +0000 UTCI have promised people a reminiscence room, and I will do it^^ I don't want to rely on save files to see the scense again. Besides, it might be good for me to do the reminiscence and extra freeroams in the same update, so that will provide a change of pace instead of doing 100% only freeroam which could get very repetitive after a while. Besides, I don't really want to add yet another update only for the reminiscence room, I'd like to do all side content in the same update if possible^^ About your suggestion of adding the reminiscence from the get-go in HC3, I completely agree, and will do it like that.
N_taii
2021-06-26 16:32:11 +0000 UTC@Pete Just a precision though: As I said a few weeks ago, I'm going to work on both HC3 and the endings of HC2 over the courses of several months (probably around 2-3). The endings aren't going to take a full update each, maybe half an update at most for the NTR/Non-NTR one, since those two will be free-roam based and will contain a few scenes you can stumble upon during the different days. However, since I will be working in HC3 as well, I will be focusing on 2 things at the same time and most likely won't have time for freeroams, so an extra update for those might be useful indeed : )
N_taii
2021-06-26 16:27:49 +0000 UTCLike say if you walked up to any girl it could give you optional lewd scenes based on the character and the day both if you chose the I believe you mentioned an NTR route and a revenge route. So the MC would either see Celis doing lewd stuff or you'd do lewd stuff with Celis. Maybe a monster or two lol idk.
SlimeDragon_Steve
2021-06-26 16:24:21 +0000 UTCHello, and thanks for the comment! Could you be a bit more precise though, please? When you say interactive, do you mean choices, or some kind of extra gemplay elements (unveiling a mystery by talking to people and performing actions, etc...)?
N_taii
2021-06-26 16:18:56 +0000 UTCJust spit-balling, what if you added some interactive points in the end of the story? Nothing major of course because that would be a lot of time and stress (In my opinion). I love your work so far. I'm not an NTR guy but I love what you do with pixels! ^-^ Also, I really love Celis and Aywin!
SlimeDragon_Steve
2021-06-26 03:31:55 +0000 UTCSorry for the unsolicited advice but have you considered additional promotion on Reddit (/r lewdgames etc.), Umlf and other forums? The games are already very high quality so getting more eyeballs on them might be what's missing
Abgazil
2021-06-23 13:53:27 +0000 UTCIt would actually not only be mini-scenes, but also adding the reminiscence room and maybe a tad bit of new content. Also, most of the new scenes would be added at the beginning of the game, which barely has any at the moment, but maybe also some more towards the end. I'll have to see. Your feedback has been duly noted, thank you : )
N_taii
2021-06-22 18:47:56 +0000 UTCTo answer your second comment, I haven't given it too much thought lately to be honest. The last 3-4 months have pretty much remained the same in terms of total revenue, going up during the month but going back down at the end of it, so I'm just keeping the same pace in terms of spendings.^^ However, if my income grows with HC3, my main priority would be to improve the quality of the pixel art in-game, with better sprites and assets, and maybe more diversity in the portraits. Btw, the goal for going full-time is 3000$ (I live in an expensive central European country which is Switzerland^^). To be honest, I'm already full-time on the game, but the 3000$ would allow me to be financially stable enough to make sure I can keep doing this for many years to come : ) Hope that answered the question ; )
N_taii
2021-06-22 18:45:51 +0000 UTCThe problem isn't to know whether I'll do it, but when^^ Because I'm going to add more freeroams to the beginning whatever happens, I'm just trying to figure out at what pace I should do it. Maybe I'll do a curiosity poll to get Patrons' opinions? I just want to add, if I really do an update focused on side-content, there won't be as much content for freeroam as the amount of new content for normal updates. The reason being that I would have to do the reminiscence room, which might sound easy, but is really a lot of repetitive work and testing for each single scene that might take me a third or more of the month. Besides, since freeroam are H content only, they take longer to develop than normal story content like dialogues and such. The third point is that I'm trying to be as original as possible with freeroam events, which, depending on the event, can require a lot of editing (also a lot of planning and trial and errors for some of them^^). So I'm kind of afraid that people might expect lots and lots of new freeroams and be disappointed in the end, and I hate disappointing people^^ Anyway, I'll need a bit of time to think about it, but thanks a lot for the feedback ; )
N_taii
2021-06-22 18:36:36 +0000 UTCAnd here I thought everyone would be looking forward to some good ol' tree gangbang. Because he sure ain't lacking wood^^
N_taii
2021-06-22 18:13:04 +0000 UTCAn update focused on discoverable mini-scenes sounds good, at least for the main characters in Updates 8+.
Benjamin Choad
2021-06-22 08:49:47 +0000 UTCalso one more question concerning you getting more known and your patreon getting bigger and bigger: As you reached your goal - you yourself were not sure whether it is possible to reach (but you did - congrets btw) - of 2.500 per month, are you going fulltime now as you stated or what will you change concerning the future and what are the next steps? A bigger team, more money into art and assets or voice acting? CGs? Just really curious what your plans are (;
Pete
2021-06-21 19:41:07 +0000 UTCI would be really happy to see a polishing/free-roaming update!! With this you would have the chance to really polish and refine the first chapters of the game, cutting one of the games most commented and reviewed weaknesses. Always remember: The game wont only be played by people who follow you now and who play the game now, but hopefully also for generations to come. They all will play the game from the start and while in some forums people quitted the game in the beginning due to the long intro with too much story you can change this for future players to come. Up to now maybe 20% stop playing at hte beginning and after your polishing it may only be ten or five percent... With this said it should absolutely be in your interest to finish the game in the best way possible as this will advertise your whole name and affect everything you work and worked on and I feel that polishing the beginning is the last mayor step you can take to achieve a very refined outcome. The little steps you have taken so far already made big changes to the beginning - if you really would invest a whole update - meaning that you would implement the same amount of content you usally put into one update onto sexual or some other cool scenes in the beginning this would make a big difference. And then HC2 would really shine and advertise your games for years to come. I would even recommend to make an exception and release the update at the same time for everybody (also public) because it would change the games whole beginning giving it a big replayability and at the same time advertising that you worked on the feedback you got. And I think us patreons would be okay with one exception. You could make a big public fan-feedback release out of it and concerning us patreons - I think we all are happy when you succeed and get more known so you can again make more content... so think about it... (; Also, for me it only matters how much content you release. Whether thats for a new side quest or a new main quest or free-roaming events doesnt matter at all (the appearences of some characters rather matter (; )! And as another update would even suite your timetable concerning the dev of HC3 - well perfect. So IMHO please give us a free-roaming update with loads of sexual content for the first chapters refining your game, making it ready for the last releases and the future to come....
Pete
2021-06-21 19:28:10 +0000 UTCI'm glad the fairies aren't forgotten. I hope in HC3 you bring back a fairy guide, that was the wonderful final nail in the coffin from HC1. If the tree to the north gets gangbanged I won't be feeling much this time around.
Orion9137
2021-06-21 18:42:17 +0000 UTC
