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0.5 Development Update 3

Hey, folks.

First actual dev update of 2021! Woo!

V0.5.0 is in Beta stage, and early access is coming soon enough. On one hand, I am happy that it’s out. Lots of work went into this update, new environments, new characters, and even some new tech.

On the other hand, the reception has been mixed, to say the least. In the last dev update (the one before the alpha release) I posted some previews, and got quite a lot of strong feedback. I realized some of my mistakes and scrambled to change the most egregious bits.

And now, for the first time ever, I’m receiving quite a few messages that essentially say “I am canceling my pledge because of the new arrival” from folks here on Patreon. This is a bit disheartening. (And I must note, the folks saying this are perfectly courteous and reasonable, please don't think bad of them.)

Now, I’m not saying that there’s anyone to blame but myself. I should’ve been more open to suggestions and generally more transparent about the new main cast addition. Yona’s concept was defined way back in 2019, and I should’ve remembered that many folks came on board much later.

Still, I am holding out hope that some people will warm up to her after a few events. And I am seriously considering adjusting her visual design while there’s still time to redo starting events and move forward with an updated model. If you aren’t on Discord, please join us on https://discord.gg/8D3FgkR If I decide to move forward with the model rework, I will be vetting the changes there in real time.

And now to the upcoming stuff. Next update is still at least a week away, more likely, about two weeks. There will be a continuation of Yona’s starting arc, and quite possibly, her very first lewd event will be in there, too.

In addition to that, Lyriel’s side event leading to a new repeatable lewd activity will be added. Here’s a little teaser for the said side event:

And since Lyriel is leading the pack in the “Story advancement” poll, so expect some progress with her and some actual, non-dream sex with her in the very near future.

See you soon!

Comments

Yona just is a bit too damn niche to be introduced without issue, I think. A game with any form of sex involved will be subject to a lot of strong emotion and even stronger preferences. I can only speak for me, but when I saw the Yona model being introduced I had just reached the end of current content and despite a new set of content was introduced in perfect time I stopped playing the game. It didn't appeal to me, but that's not really what made the game lose it's drawing power, it was the entire "okay, so next there's gonna be tentacles too I guess" factor of introducing a non-human (Rae looks human, so her demonic origin isn't really the same thing as a green goddamn giantess with tusks) in a game with no real leanings towars all that outer area sort of stuff.

Jethro Del Cielo

I don't mind Yona as is. If you change her, however, she is kinda like a second Naomi do to her physique. Maybe make her more curvy and buxom kinda like Rae, only with actual boobs. :p

Dark Walker

All lives matter, no matter what colour. Here’s what else matters; a good story. And I LOVE this story. ‘Nuff said.

Kevin Ducharme

On one hand, Yona doesn't interest me much on the surface level. Orc girls have never been my thing, and that's cool, probably not going to interact much with her on the lewd side of things. Rae's perfect in most ways imaginable so. :P I think the other thing is that most of these people will naturally assume Yona as the new focus of content being added, because, well, she's new. She's her own character and is going to need more attention than other old favourites, for instance. As a result, some people's favourites are going to get a lot less attention for at least the next few updates, and for that to be the foreseeable future I imagine would probably be too much for people to subscribe to if it's such a polarizing turn off for those people. I'm rather neutral on it but I can see why people might want to unsubscribe for a while and maybe come back later. But I am looking forward to seeing how she changes things up story-wise!

Conor

The whole POINT of a harem game is that you get a bunch of different types of girls into the mix so everybody gets stuff they want. We have 3 tiny girl archetypes and Naomi is the only big girl, people can get over having one girl they don't like out of 5. If it makes you feel better, I subbed specifically BECAUSE I wanted to see Yona, and my only disappointment with her thus far is that I can't walk in on her in the shower yet lol

Wayte13

Like you don't already know! ; )

Wild Bill

I sincerely think that it is necessary for everyone, some people like me are more attracted to succubae and elves while others are more attracted to orcs and goblins. I hope that these people will give your work a chance. Keep courage

The preview pictures seem an interesting development... Cait and Lyrielle are becoming friends, but what they are hiding? Why are they blushing?

Paulus Domitius

It seems to be a recurring thing among supporters that they somewhow manage to convince themselves that their artistic vision is for no good reason more important than that of the actual artist, and they get butthurt over actual integrity and the weirdest, tiniest digressions from their own (utterly unimportant) vision. This cancel culture phenomenon seems very common among creators who manage to grow their fanbase to a certain size, so consider it an achievement, if nothing else.

Jacob A

Hey orcs need love too. Welcome to the house Yona

hisstoryman

Honestly for the most part she follows those tropes all but one atleast and appears to have another quality im not gona say becuase it could just be me be reading into things a bit to much. But if it ends up being there could lead to a pretty good story

Shane Klein

Haven't played the update, but I generally don't like Orc heroine archetype (Green skin, fang, direct, simple-minded, cast out due to mating tradition, etc., I don't know how much this one will follow the troupe outside of obvious appearance). Funny that this happened since I kinda resigned to *reluctantly* give her a try since they seemed weirdly popular for some reason That being said, introducing new heroine while the last two is still waiting for actual sex scene is a real problem imo.

Good.T

Fuck the haters. I'm gonna 2x my pledge soon as I get home from work!

oh come on...she's not even ugly....you just have to watch out for the fangs now and then!

Gene Smith


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