knightofsolace

[Progress Report]: 25th of April

Hey everyone,

It's been so long since I've worked on nothing but new content that... well...

I've forgotten how to fill out the progress reports without spoilers. Let's see...

Progress on Version 0.80 is going well. Detective Keegan is officially in the game, along with advances along the main story. The speaking of the main story, that's been my focus for the past few weeks of deve...

[Progress Report]: 18th of April - With Sumire!

Hey everyone,

Bit of a slower week this week. I spent some time updating Lovestruck's looks as well a setting up some of the environments you'll see her and Keegan in. I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, and I'm still focused on the progress of the main story. All of that said, I did promise some updates on Sumire and here they are! Let's start from the top:

2021-04-19 00:02:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Detective Keegan and the Story Progression of Superheroes Suck

I told you that I'd get the greener eyes and freckles.

Anyway, hey everyone! Surprise mid-week update. Funny story about the model above. The generic police uniform can't actually contain Detective Keegan's abilities. So, I had to go with a looser top. I hope nobody minds. 

Sumire's touch-up / Redesign reveal will be this weekend and I'll gather some feedback like we did wit...

[Release] Superheroes Suck Version 0.75.1

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Android Version: 2021-04-12 00:15:12 +0000 UTC View Post

[Progress Report]: 4th of April

I know it's going to be the 5th when I finish writing this post, but dammit, I finally got the build completed four minutes before midnight and I am sticking to my guns!

Also, hello everyone,

It's done. 

This has easily been the most extreme development cycle in the game's history. Redesigning the Academy lead to an absolutely monstrous workload. I had to repla...

[Progress Report]: 28th of March

How did anyone ever let me get away with this?

Hey everyone,

Today, I wanted to show you a little sneak up of what's going on with the Academy, as well as show off the replacement for Chrys' very first event in the game. As you can see...

It was needed.

After I was finished with the i...

[Progress Report]: 21st of March

Hey everyone,

The Introduction's overhaul has been completed: from the few additions at the very beginning to the replacements made to the hospital scene as well as the tour. I'm still filled with a mix of "this took me weeks when I first started" and "I can't believe this is all I did this week." I severely underestimated just how much I would need to change when I made the spoiler fixes I men...

A Simple Before and After

Hey everyone,

It's about twenty minutes until midnight and I just finished work for today. I wanted to show you all something before I take ride on the dream express.

Whenever I work on revision or replacer content, I often feel guilty because it's not "new." There aren't any new story lines or plot threads or animations or big reveals - it's the same content, just retold. Falling behind on content like this is the worst feeling, because it makes it seem like I'm wasting time on s...

[Progress Report]: 14th of March

Hey everyone,

It's been a character heavy week! I've designed two brand new characters for the game, redesigned two others, and somehow managed to finish touch-ups on the first half of the game's introduction (this is everything before the hospital). Next week, I'll be tackling the latter half of the introduction (the hospital and tour) and then hopefully tackling Chrys' first two animations (t...

The Game's Protagonist - I need your feedback!

Hey everyone,

I want to talk about the game's protagonist.

A common critique I receive on Superheroes Suck nowadays is that the protagonist isn't really "vocal." This was a design choice early on in the game. I wanted more or less a faceless viewpoint that my players could use to experience the cast and its story. I didn't want to alienate anyone by making him standout too much: his most defining feature at this point in the game is that he's old enough to smoke. He's also suppose...

[Progress Report]: 7th of March

Hey everyone!

Well, it's been two weeks since I've officially gone full time on Superheroes Suck and I promptly let the sense of power go to my head and bit off more than I can chew! What does that mean? That means it's time to finish the revisions once and for all. Let me explain.

As of the last update, Harper and Valentina's training events have been fully replaced and the general pacing of the game has been greatly improved. My ...

Detective Keegan - The Rough Draft

Hey everyone,

I've been plugging away at some of the next content for Version 0.75, and I wanted to show you the progress I've made on Detective Keegan using the winning results from the poll! With that, I tried to envision a shapely career woman who had her own way of doing things. Above you'll see her "normal" outfit, and...

The curves! Detective Keegan is probably the only charac...

[Release] Superheroes Suck Version 0.70

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Android Version: 2021-02-28 21:54:00 +0000 UTC View Post

[Progress Report]: 14th of February

Hey everyone,

The early build of Version 0.70 comes out next week! It feels like an age since I've released something, and I am so happy we're finally getting back on track. This last week of work has been entirely on the main story, and I am proud to say that we've repeated a miracle of yesteryear and there will be two patrol events in it! That's all I can say about that without spoilers.

Starting February 22nd, I will be working on Superheroes Suck Full Time. For a few months, anyway.

But Solace! You're no where near your goals! How can you afford to work on Superheroes Suck full time!?

Fear not, easily panicked figment of my imagination!  For you see...

I am losing my job.

So, 2020 was kind of a wild ride, right? And this year has already been coming on pretty strong. Well, it's got one last shot on me. The hospital that I work at is declaring bankruptcy, and my last day of work will be on the 20th of Febr...

[Progress Report]: 7th of February

Hey everyone,

We are finally onto the newest patrol, with your new partner, Chrys! It's been so long since we've done a patrol update. I've been focusing so much on developing the characters, either through current content or retroactively with revisions, that the main story has really fallen to the wayside. We should now be on an upswing, since I have a whole new cast of characters that I need to get ready to introduce, and they need th...

[Progress Report]: 31st of January

Hey everyone,

It's the end of the month already? That one really went by quick. Above is some of the progress being made on Harper's revisions events! I wanted to give her some content this week so that you guys can see how it's being handled. Her events differ a little from Valentina's - Valentina was supposed to help develop your fitness, but Harper's tutoring sessions are actually there to help with world building in Superheroes Suck....

[Progress Report]: 24th of January - with Harper!

Hey everyone,

I know the above image is of Riley: it's just a little peek into where the next H-event is going to take place for winning the poll. That said, Harper is finally done and I absolutely cannot wait to talk about it any longer! I couldn't be happier with the results. Never, ever before have I had such difficulty in making changes to a character. Most take around two days - one for 80% of the basic work, and then the next day, ...

[Progress Report]: 17th of January

Hey everyone,

I had a different picture planned for this week, but this is the perfect time to finally show off Missus Powell's redesign in game. I made one or two posts about it while it was in progress, and now you can see her with the proper lighting, slight alterations to her clothes, and overall much closer to how she'll appear in game as opposed to a generic, gray background. This is during one of Riley's new events, but don't worr...

[Progress Report]: 10th of January

Hey everyone,

What a past couple of weeks, am I right?

I'm back to working on the game and preparing things for Version 0.70. First I want to make the scheduling clear: I am restarting development as of this week, so the next version of Superheroes Suck should be available six weeks from today for the early release and seven weeks for the public release. On the bright side, because of all the work that was released on Version 0.675...

Miniature Update

Just a quick one, guys. 

My plane landed an hour ago and I'm finally home from the... family emergency. It took a few days longer than expected because of how it happened. I'm going to sleep off the jag lag and start back on work tomorrow. Don't worry - I'll take it slow. Around this time is usually when I schedule a vacation from my real job for my birthday, so I'm not back to work at the hospital until next Monday.

Thank you all for supporting me

~ Solace

Why Version 0.70 will be Delayed

This is a post I never wanted to write. As you all know, I hate delaying the game for any reason, and I always feel like the versions I release never have enough content in exchange for the wonderful support you all show me, but I will have to delay it this time. For reference, the last time a Version update was late was back in November of last year when I was briefly homeless. It's about that bad. In many ways, it's worse.

This Tuesday, I received a call from my in laws that my uncle ...

[Progress Report]: 20th of December

I think I got the image upload to Patreon working again.

Hey everyone,

You're no doubt wondering what I've been up to for the past two weeks, and the answer is: Valentina. Since Version 0.65 ended development with Valentina's revisions, it was a natural transition to just continue those revisions. After all of this time, I can proudly say that Valentina's training events ...

[Release] Superheroes Suck Version 0.65

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Android Version: 2020-12-14 00:01:09 +0000 UTC View Post

[Progress Report]: 6th of December

Hey everyone,

A late Happy Thanksgiving to you all! I hope you guys are all doing well over the holidays. I'm cooped up inside, so I'm probably going to render straight through them, and boy do I need to! Some people think game development is a marathon, and those people are wrong! It's a sprint that never ends! 

The early build of Version 0.65 is uploading right now (the bottle neck is my internet speed), and I've been bursti...

[Progress Report]: 29th of November - Revisions and what they are!

Hey everyone,

I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving. Some of you have asked whether or not the holidays will impact the release schedule. Not at all! I give the gift of renders for the holidays. Anyway, as you can see from the above image, we're finally at Valentina's revisions! I've been really wanting to talk at length about what the revisions are and what my plans for them will be going forward in development. So... I guess I'll do ...

[Progress Report]: 22nd of November

Hey everyone,

If the picture above you're seeing is a little blurry, it's because I have to post it to imgur first, and then link it, and then it shows up here, so it gets compressed twice. The direct upload is still being a little buggy, but onto the progress report!

The last of Riley's triple animation event is rendering today! That puts us on two H-scenes and a total of six animations for the fast approaching release of Version ...

[Progress Report]: 15th of November

Hey everyone,

I'm not sure if the image above is going to show up. Patreon says it's there, but all I see is a blank square... All I can assure you is that it doesn't look like a blank square in the game!

I'm happy to report that Chrys' final event in Version 0.65 is done! This really took a while, and has pushed me a few days behind schedule, but I'm very pleased with the outcome. There weren't any delays, it's just one of those moments in development where you think ...

[Progress Report]: 8th of November

Hey everyone,

What a week. I hope you all enjoyed the public release of Version 0.60! Now I can finally tell you all about what I've been working on for the past two weeks of development for Version 0.65. Before that, though, please remember to vote on the polls! The one concerning whether or not the protagonist should have a face is still tied. At this point, I know everyone i...

[Release] Superheroes Suck Version 0.60

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Android Version: 2020-11-01 23:57:37 +0000 UTC View Post