Weekly pomodoro report
Added 2018-09-23 20:17:36 +0000 UTCA pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Target: 10 pomodoros
Achieved: 40 pomodoros
This week we developed moar Lifepath. We added:
- Added the option to pick your agent's early experiences with alcohol, drugs & sex
- Created and tested a new workflow method to speed up development
- Added the option for your agent to apply for – and either succeed or fail based on a skill roll – an elite university
- Designed and coded the university relationships system, which tracks your agent's serious relationships, casual relationships, and one night stands
- Designed the kink vignette system, a set of short scenarios that explore how your agent got her Kinks
- Designed most of the university system, covering your agent's final grade, an optional college cheerleading page for US/Canadian agents, and how your agent acquires work/hobby skills during her university experience
I'll post more on the new workflow soon, but so far it looks incredibly promising; the last three days have felt like a huge step forward in terms of productivity and teamwork. I won't be able to work on the game at all tomorrow, but will do my best to get another 40 pomodoros in Tue-Sun.
Comments
Hey guys! I'm *definitely* not stuck about what to do in Bangkok – it's just that I want to do so much cool shit there that I need to prepare the ground first.
Crushstation
2018-09-24 21:08:36 +0000 UTCMy concern as well. It looks like there's going to be a lot of system, not a whole lot of content. I'm afraid that this'll turn out to be vaporware in the end.
DschingisSkyrim
2018-09-24 20:19:13 +0000 UTCYour concerns are very valid (and I share some of them). I think that Crushstation has a problem of overdesigning some elements of the game. It does make the game better, but it is still very much a one man project so the amount of work needed for each improvement is an issue. That's why I suggested doing some work on the introduction to Bangkok next, since the planned improvements (sex engine, NPC generator) already exists in the game, albeit more as placeholders. I'm not sure if you've tried out the devtests of the new character creation, but it doesn't make the intro much lengthier in my opinion. It does make the character more fleshed out, and I think (and hope) that it will make it easier to write the story in the future. There is a danger of overdesigning the character creation with too many variables. Once again, it is a one man (part time) project and shouldn't be too detailed if it is to be finished in a foreseeable future.
Breadloaf
2018-09-24 19:44:05 +0000 UTCAre you stuck with how to proceed with Bangkok? I guess I’m just worried you’ve lost the sight of the forest among the trees.
Tom R
2018-09-24 17:58:41 +0000 UTCWouldn’t these kink vignettes be more powerful as recollections or flashbacks for our agent to come up later? Ie facing a bisexual trick in Bangkok, our agent realizes she did experiment at a party in college. Then give the player the choice of how far it went, and how far she’s willing to take it into the present. Because presumably our agent will face some risk of discovery in Bangkok, and face personal corruption. That’s the direction You we’re taking it based on Dubai, only escalated.
Tom R
2018-09-24 17:57:57 +0000 UTCRather than overwhelm the player with an even lengthier intro, why aren’t you sticking to the original concept? A chicksploitation game where we take a secret agent with some modifiable variables, and get right into it. That’s what you’ve had for a while.
Tom R
2018-09-24 17:53:57 +0000 UTCI’m reading through the pomodoros, and this stuff isn’t bad, it’s just unnecessary at this point, and I’m worried you’ve gone into the weeds on this stuff.
Tom R
2018-09-24 17:43:30 +0000 UTCI guess I’m really confused about the scope of the project. Rather than work on Bangkok, you seem to be doing all this prequel work. I haven’t been playing close attention, obviously, but it seemed like you were taking a moment doing things like building a better...”paper doll” (hairstyles, skin tones, etc) which has been completed. The intro is fine where it is, you have quite sufficient character modifiers, why are you moving backwards instead of forwards?
Tom R
2018-09-24 17:33:58 +0000 UTC
