Monday transparency report
Added 2025-03-24 19:15:43 +0000 UTCHey guys! I’ve had a really great week of writing. It feels like I’m finally getting the pacing into the right shape (although the scene I’m currently working on feels a little overlong, but I suck at writing lean on a first draft).
I know that nobody plays the game for the pacing, but it’s a really big deal for me – the slow pacing of the Lifepath was my main problem with it in version 1.11. I’m much, much happier with the speed and feel of it now. I’m making good progress.
On the Discord, Bulb made some interesting comments about earlier versions:
Blunt and penetrating. Like a nightstick up the ass. (Which, uh, gives me an idea for a scene with those two Thai cops, thanks Bulb. 🥵)
This struck a chord with me, because I also kind of forgot how bad and hokey the old versions were in a lot of places. The scenes I’ve been repurposing for the Lifepath have all needed a lot of work to bring them up to a standard I’m happy with. I’m sorry this is taking so long but I do feel like this next version of the game is going to be a lot closer to the game I always wanted it to be.
I’ve been so fucking desperate for everybody to like it that the stress has been killing me. Which is obviously foolish, I can’t make something that everybody likes. But it is at least finally feeling like something that I like, and maybe that’s all I can do.
I want to thank everybody who’s sent me messages of encouragement and advice recently, your kind words have been so motivating. The writing’s nearly there. I’ll get straight back on it tomorrow morning. 🦀❤️🔥
Comments
If Bulb is referring to the old system where the sex scenes looked like turn-based combat, I agree. You spent one turn taking your shirt off, the NPC did something, another turn taking your pants off, the NPC did something and there was like an orgasm bar where you competed to see who came first and only one won, very bad 😣. And it's true that the job was to be a bargirl from day one, now that you're a topless bartender it's softened and everything seems more natural. Without the old system, the sex scenes in the latest version seem better done, although more linear, I don't know if you plan to put dice rolls or give a choice between two or three options during the action, but much better done 😎👍.
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2025-03-24 20:08:00 +0000 UTC
