Version 0.18 is released!
Added 2023-01-18 17:42:08 +0000 UTCYou can find it in my Mega folder. This time, as you can see, the compressed version is significantly bigger. That's because I bumped up the quality of pictures (it's on part with the png version now) and added the music. Now, there could be some compatibility issues with the music lines in the script, so report any problems you have, I'll try to do something.
Now, about this version. It's big. It has more than 290000 words, more than 1000 images not counting the backgrounds, 259 new sprites and total nine days for the story. New characters, new locations, everything is new. I hope you will enjoy it.
So, that's about it. Thank you — and I hope you will like this new version!
Comments
Not showing the points was a deliberate choice, so that the game wouldn't turn into a mechanical process of acquiring as many points as you need to progress. Plus, most of them essentially lose their importance after a certain point, and there are so many different types of points, it would be unfeasible to count them all. As for gaining them, I'd say that I tried to make the choices pretty obvious, and since you get 90% of points in the first four acts, it's just natural to assume that those are the most important dialogue options.
Yeda Games
2023-02-22 17:05:51 +0000 UTCJust found this and I'm enjoying it. One tiny annoyance I had though is that you can't your sub/dom/straight/bi/ect points in game anywhere and unless you pull up the walkthrough there's not really an indication to the player that they're gaining them. Accidentally locked myself out of Vanessa's route the first time because of that.
Zdragon57
2023-02-22 15:53:52 +0000 UTCEh, the walkthrough is already basically a book, I could print it and put if on my shelf. It's not the productivity that matters at the end of the day. Quality over quantity as they say. I hope I'm making quality.
Yeda Games
2023-01-21 02:23:17 +0000 UTCFun fact - the average novel contains 90-130k words, so even with RenPy dialogue formatting, you're challenging Robert Jordan for productivity. ;)
Merlin1941
2023-01-20 04:13:48 +0000 UTCWell, to be perfectly honest, this number includes RenPy syntax which isn't actually dialogue, just some technical lining, and it can be anywhere between 5 and 20% of the size. But yeah, I write a lot. It's not really about working ethics, I think. More like about free time, since I do spend every last minute of mine with Blake.
Yeda Games
2023-01-19 12:25:34 +0000 UTCNot to be unkind to other devs, but sometimes I read your status updates and I'm just blown away. 250k words!? I look at games that I've liked over the years and wonder what could have been had they had an ounce of your work ethic and output. Just. Amazing.
Paul
2023-01-18 19:28:45 +0000 UTC
