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New Plan - VR (with video)

This is what I've been working on for the past couple weeks

https://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ph5c37eb054dd1e

Patreon does not support Pornhub embedded videos, so just follow the link above to see the demonstration.

I've discovered VR.  It's really awesome - so I've come up with a new plan, outlined below:

1) Finish up the current Twine version up to the end of Part 3
1a) That means cleaning up most of the large bugs and finishing the crucial artwork pieces.
2) Start building out the new game starting at Part 4 - I really, really do not want to go back and redo the entire thing again.  I'll be starting at part 4 and moving forward in VR from there.
2a) I will start by building vignettes and short scenes in VR.  Anything related to coding or scripting is difficult for me to do, but I can stumble through it if I have to.
3) Use Twine strictly to outline the plot.  It will become more of a book than a game.  Because of this, I should be able to advance the plotline at lightning fast speeds compared to what I've been doing so far.  There's a general storyline outlined all the way out to part 9 but I haven't even touched most of it because I've been bogged down in the coding of the game portion.

Here's the deal.  I like coding, but I absolutely get trashed by syntax and details.  I'm not good at it.  I can half-ass this project to the finish line and create something decent on my own - but in order to achieve the full potential locked away here, I'm going to need a team.  A team that I can pay.

Music - pretty much all done, but I have a contact who can make more if necessary

Coding - I'll need help with Unity scripting

Texturing - Ideally ModeSeven, I think they are more than skilled enough to do it and I can build the texture mesh outlines so it's easy for them to just modify existing textures rather than trying to create new ones from scratch

3d Modeling - I can do a lot of this but if you think you can do better, please let me know.  I'm open to accepting help from whoever wants to help.
- Characters (avatars)
- Environment
- Parasites

Animation - I can also do this part, but again I'm open to help
- Expressions & Mouth movements
- Full body animation

Voice - I have a contact for this.  Voiceovers are going to help a lot for the immersion.  Not plotline explanations, but the general grunts and short statements made by the character as well as internal thoughts.

So far, all the work in the game has been bought and paid for and I thank all the patrons for making it happen.  This is a game that doesn't use stolen porn as part of its assets, and I'm hoping to keep it that way.

I've got a lot of logistical issues out of the way, so the next step is to work on a full demonstration piece with self-infestation by a werm parasite.

This is also an opportunity to restructure the patron tiers.

$2 - twine only, you will receive plotline updates
$7 - Video links of the VR vignettes and progress
$20 - Downloads for the raw asset files, which lets you play as the characters in VR and experience self-infestation among other things

Finally, I'll have something unique for the $20 donors.

Okay so that's the plan, let me know what you think in the comments and with your likes!

Comments

I’ll be sticking around till the conclusion of part 3, but past that I must respectfully withdraw as I have no interest in funding VR animations or a VR project. Especially one that isn’t going to be a standalone experience built on fairly robust 3d animations, IE a movie in VR. I wish you the best of luck and I hope it works out, but this is not a direction I wish to be a part of.

The decision to go for VR seems very abrupt. Maybe something to pursue in your spare time for a project down the line in my opinion. All said, I hope your successful with VR, but if that's the venue this project is moving towards I can't say I'll be able to support it.

Finder

Yeah I don't have the money, capability, or interest to do VR. If this is going to move to a VR only experience I'm out. Your idea is cool and I'm glad you're excited but I'd be playing monthly for something I could never enjoy. Good luck with this but if you go this direction you're losing my patronage, sorry.

CthulhusDream

VR isn't even real VR as of yet. The system is very hit or miss and its not very friendly if you have certain optical conditions. In fact it can cause severe migraines from short play times. I won't touch VR until I see they design a system that goes beyond what any of the current systems offer. The focal point of VR is what causes the problem. But then again you never hear about the health problems related to VR. Just all the hype. I'm out too if its really going the vr route.

lightningshifter

Yeah, if you weren't going to lose me with moving to VR (you were, by the way), you definitely lost me with "more of a book, less of a game." Not interested in VR. At all. It's a lame gimmick, and I'm certainly not interested in supporting a game that's moving onto a venue that I don't have the equipment for and never intend to acquire the equipment for.

StarcraftJunkie

only VR narrows your audience even more, besides, I ain't playing VR with porn on my screen

Vr is too expensive in my country. It will be a bad idea to start an only Vr project I don't mind if it's in 3d but not Vr only please

Badaxe

Mmh it's ambitious . Honestly it's cool you get that idea for make the game more realistic . But like you said go back to rewind all things is out of question . What i think is you should doing is put down the story complete . ( finnish the game or the story on paper ) It give you and us a base for works ( artist can paint some scene for the story ) For animation , yeah give some scenes or event a little animated video would be thrilling . Vr ... Awesome ... but none many of us are tuned with that . it's a very cool idea don't give up this project but it's too soon . Or let's see if you can make an little escape game of a maze damaged space ship in the theme of parasite infection ( An side story , the player had to flee fom werm around the ship and collect some gear to escape ) Or re create the story part the Mall in Vr ( have the most scenes and possibility and you play the vilain ^^) Anyway , thk for all . It's good news . Happy new year and keep going . Let's see what happens !

Mr Allaria

Even as someone who has access to VR, this does not interest me in the slightest. The strength of this project has always been the writing and the core choices - frankly, most of the more 'gamey' and interactive elements (the old walkaround mode, the brain infection minigame, the new sex minigames, the new infestation minigame) outside of the interactive fiction at its core have never appealed to me. The new art is excellent, but otherwise I feel like a lot of the 'mechanics' just get in the way.

Anonymous X

please dont go vr only i really like the game but cant afford vr gear

LonewolfCavalry

like the others only gonna stick around until vr becomes main then drop out

I like twine because it let you do some part of the imagining. Besides VR is a gadget

Sirine

Not everyone can afford the equipment necessary to support the transition. You stand to lose a lot of people if you make the switch

RatMan

Not interested in VR -- even though I could afford the hardware. I wouldn't mind seeing what's possible in Unity though -- without VR.

Mouseguru

if this does switch to mainly vr,ill stick around until the vr versions start then when the vr version becomes the main im out

Gizmo

Ultimately any product (game, porn, whatever) that you're invested in creating is likely to be of a higher quality than a product that you're not invested in. That said, I enjoy the game in its current iteration, both the text/audio style and the art assets that are used. That's the game that I elected to become a patron of, and that's the direction in which I'd prefer it to continue.

Jello

Sorry friend but if development switches to VR primarily i'm out, might watch the vids if they're sexy but I can't afford the tech.

Verse Jumper

While i am a big fan of VR this sounds like a bad idea. i highly advise you not to do this. also be carefull with that VRChat based video. the VRChat devs are not a big fan of content like this being streamed or posted online.

Sentinel373

I'll post videos of point of view animations using a video player which doesn't require VR

Anon Smith

This is a profoundly stupid idea. You're going to lose a lot of support for trying to switch to a nearly doa system from something as open to everyone as twine is. You keep adding more complexity to work you seemingly already struggle with. As with deamonmaster if this is your plan, I too won't be supporting this.

Troqu

Please don't go VR only. I don't have the equipment for it and I'm not interested in it.

Lee Thompson

Well, this seems like a completely terrible idea. On the upside, since I have no intention of supporting it I'll have a few extra dollars a month.

deamonmaster

This seems like profoundly unwise mission creep.

RHüz

It's a neat idea, granted, but I feel like it leaves those of us without VR equipment out in the cold.

Jerking off in VR.... that's kinda scary...


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