Our Red String Chapter 5 Enhanced edition! (revised)
Added 2020-10-18 23:18:54 +0000 UTCHello! As I said on my previous post, I've been re-working some stuff on ORS and here's the result! Having some free time during September helped me see a few things that needed to be improved and tweaked to get a better and more polished product, and I want ORS to be the best it can be...
This means, as always, that there might be some problems moving forward if you use old save-files. I know it's annoying, but this is a work in progress, after all... You will be able to play chapter 6 with older saves, but is probable at some point you'll experience some minor bugs, or have problems accessing new scenes, so I'd recommend starting a fresh save at some point. I've tried to make starting over worth it, though...
So, what's new in the enhanced edition?
- Added cheat mode! When starting a new game, you can choose to start with every skill at 10 points, so you don't have to worry about missing skill-based branches.
- ANIMATIONS! I've been experimenting with the idea and implemented quite a few animations during sex scenes. It's a feature that has been really requested and I've decided to give it a try... They are just simple 2-frame animations, but it's the best I can do considering my work-load and schedule. I want to hear your opinion on them... Do you like them? Do you feel they add something of value and are they worth the time and effort needed to create them?
- I've added a couple things to strengthen the driving narrative of the story, making Ian and Lena's personal goals a bit more clear. Lena's situation at the café is also re-worked and better tied to the narrative and gameplay.
- I've added a few new interactions with Axel and Ivy that will open up interesting plot points in the future. Not including them felt like a missed opportunity.
- I've restructured Ian's training sessions to be more coherent. I dug myself in too deep giving the option to choose between two martial arts, but it's something I wanted to explore. Now the progression is clearer and makes more sense, and there's also a new goal related to that path of the game: an upcoming tournament!
- I'm reworking Robert scenes to make him more likeable. Don't worry, you'll still have the jerk you love to hate, if you don't correspond his advances. But I felt Lena had a lack of appealing options 5 chapters into the game, so I want to make Robert fun to pursue if you as a player are into it.
- There will also be a new naughty scene you'll see over the phone... Just make sure you're in good terms with Jeremy ;)
- I'll implement a way to track the current day in game, so you always know where the scene you're playing is happening in the chronological order.
- I've also made some minor tweaks to some stats and restructured the way I compute the variables in the script, but that shouldn't concern you.
- Some other minor tweaks and re-writes I can't remember now, but most importantly...
- A character changed race
- Solved previously reported bugs and typos
I hope you enjoy the new version and keep supporting the game moving forward. It really means the world to me.
BloodyMares helped me out a ton with the bug report and more stuff, but not only that, he's also creating an awesome walkthrough for the game! Check it out here!
Now back to work on Chapter 6...
Comments
Is there any version if this game for android?
Nat77
2020-12-09 14:11:23 +0000 UTCGreetings. First of all, thank you for the enhanced version, will finish playing it over the week. I wanted to give my own two cents about the new animations, so far I have seen three scenes and my conclusion is this: 1) "Why change what is working?" I seriously do not know where this is coming from. The sex scenes in ORS work without any kind of movement whatsoever, the music, the art and the masterful writing (in short: the whole atmosphere) are making sure it is a sensual and arousing experience. ORS does NOT need animations. 2) "Go big or go home!" I have seen games where animations actually enrich the scenes. But that has to be done right. The animations I've seen so far don't pull that off, especially with scenes where you have a full view of both partners. It's basically just hip movement, in and out and in and out (from one partner). That alone is not enough, good animations should affect more than just one body part, for example the faces of the characters should change accordingly to the movements (The boobjob scene with Allison goes in the right direction, and that only with the flickering of one eyelid). Which means the creator has to do a lot more work on this, and that will clash with the schedule. As it is, I can definitly live without. Just my own opinion, feel free to disagree.
Flover
2020-10-19 20:35:05 +0000 UTC
