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Mini-game questions and discussion.

Added 2016-07-21 18:14:48 +0000 UTC

Header image is some anon's fanart. Quite a cute rendition of Mahalai Hehehe.

Okay I was doing some testing when reworking the minigame. I mentioned some changed mechanics like no longer need to mouse hover and raged animation will follow Siggy's icon instead.

Here's a dev screenie of what it currently looks like:

I did some adjustments with the icon sizes.

There's no Bloodhunter Icon yet in this debug screenie, but you can already see Siggy's normal, chased and attacking icons.

Anyway, as I kept on testing the minigame and after having a fuck ton of complaints with how difficult it was, I wondered if it was the appropriate minigame for the scenes specially since the minigame itself was literally in the way of the sex scene for anyone to fap or enjoy.

So before I go on ahead and continue to code the new minigame mechanic above, I was thinking of spicing its actual gameplay a bit with a better idea and sex scene transition. Not to mention no longer having to ultra spam click to win it.

Anyway this is something I am just mulling over and is not a final decision. In fact, I skipped coding the minigame and went on to another task until we have further discussed this. I am only presenting it as an alternative because this new idea and the old will probably both take 3-4 days to finish. (With the new version having placeholders til I can close a deal with the animator applicants.)

NEW RESIST MECHANIC

So, right after Siggy gets sexzattacked, gets her armor shattered and have entered the sexzone where no one will be allowed to interrupt but the involved;

(Imagine Faceless Void's chrono sphere if you play Dota. Only both of you can move in the zone. or kinda like trial by combat. A sacred tradition thing.)

Anyway, the scene will automatically take you to to the new minigame and by default RESIST the follow up rape attack:

Scene above will be animated.

Siggy will stand up from the fall as the enemy comes into the screen.

You, puppeteer must focus and evade or submit her to the enemy.

To explain the mechanic, in the original minigame, it usually takes 30-45 seconds of clicking to win or lose the game. In this minigame idea, the enemy will attempt to attack you 3 times (up to six on later enemies) and once you get hit, you've already lost the minigame and will redirect the scene to the rape department.

To win the minigame, you must observe the enemy as they will randomly throw attacks of 3 different types. Usually, there's a pattern or body language to read for you to react the correct evasion move. Example, the Ganker / Devourer above will look at Siggy's feet for a brief moment before doing a sweep attack. Signaling you to JUMP to evade it.

Harder monsters will confuse you or throw feints to make the minigame challenging later on.

Here's a few more sketches with other enemies:

Blood hunter doing a straight punch. DUCK!

Rapevine ground spike attack... WEAVE! Now, there will be some evasive moves that can dodge two types of attacks. Like WEAVE and DUCK will evade Blood hunter's straight punch, but NOT JUMP!

Timing is not going to be super strict since you only have one chance to evade. (Will become 2-3 chances but we'll save that for DASH edition or if the vanilla requires it sooner. Or never if the minigame can prove itself balanced.)

EDIT:Forgot to mention, If you win the minigame, you mitigate the damage and Siggy will have a simple attack animation kicking the enemy's butt, getting a free counter damage and stun to that enemy!

ABOUT INDULGE BUTTON

It works like this... you can surrender and press it anytime, but the later you press it, the weaker the bonus you will get. So if you plan to indulge and powerup, you can press it before the enemy attacks for the first time.

(or later if you think the enemy has some tricks up his sleeve. Bloodhunter punch timing becomes random OMG)

If you ever lose and Siggy gets violated like any other day, it will be like how the original Indulge works. You just watch and end it whenever you desire so. (And taking the intended damage afterwards.)

Now, if we do go with this, remember it will be in the next playable demo as sketch placeholders until we get an animator to commission the sprites to.

For now, I've moved on to a different task until I hear your thoughts about this. Just for reference' sake and rough estimation, you can vote your thoughts, but I would prefer it if you voiced your opinions and discuss it here. I can also see your pledge tier easier that way for voice weight.

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-kReig out!