New Project

I've been working on something new in my spare time, and I'm ready to talk about it some. The working title of the game is "Damsels and Dungeons," but the name may change.

It's a departure for me, in that it's not a Ren'py game -- in fact, it's being written from the ground up, using Python and the Pygame extension. Ren'py is made primarily for graphic novels, and while one can do other things with it, it's essentially non-structured programming approach is ideal for a linear story and lends itself to very messy code for anything else. Using Python and building the game from the ground up is more time consuming, but also gives me a lot of control to make the game work the way I want to.

I'd like to say I'll be able to release a demo version sometime in January, but the December LL update will take priority, and I can't entirely project the programming challenges ahead for Damsels. I won't release it until it has all the elements I want the demo to have, it's reasonably bug free, *and* it's fun.

One thing it will *not* have is RPG Maker style map exploration. I've played a number of RPG Maker erotic games, with high hopes, and ultimately found the process of moving around the map trying to remember where the baker was to be unfun. I love maps as tools for conveying information, but maps as ways to obscure information is far less appealing.  Damsels will be a menu driven game, and easy to navigate.

All the women will be portrayed using the latest Genesis 8 models -- LL used a mixture, for a variety of reasons.

Here's the opening script -- subject to revision, of course. 

Years ago, in the valley of Sharyon, the avatar of the Inanna, goddess of Love and the Desires of the Flesh, battled a succubus demon, each marshalling large armies. The avatar won, but most of the soldiers died, and the rest fled. The devastation was great, and for years only monsters inhabited the barren land, building burrows and tunnels in the earth. But then time passed, and the land became lush again, and a forest grew as well. But the magic left over from the great fight still remained…

That magic imbued the possessions of the warriors who fell here with power -- and more. Some were blessed by Inanna with the power to increase desire. Others had darker magic, able to curse or gift their wielder with strange attractions. A few women are willing to brave the strange gifts of goddess and demon for the chance to arm themselves with the powerful magic in the valley. You are the heir to this land, and you’ve recruited some attractive adventurers to explore it and root out the monsters that have taken hold here … with the intent of building a harem while you’re at it.

I'll be talking more about this game as time goes on, and I expect it will at some point become my primary project.