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What should my next game be?

Note: This is a very long term poll and the results will apply after my current main project is completed, which may take even longer than a year.

The reason this poll is done now is to give me an early understanding of what people would like to see from me in future, and have a better early preparation without having to guess if my next project will be liked or not.

As such, this poll will last until my current project is...

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Daedalus Street preview

The Daedalus Street has been described as a labyrinth akin to the dungeon, even in the anime the navigation was shown as such, so I thought "Why not use the current dungeon crawling system, but for a town level instead?" and here it is.

Performance-wise it is OK for now, while the geometry is actually lesser than the average dungeon floor, there are way too many draw calls for my liking, and the (dynamic) sky is a little heavy on the CPU, so I may have to tune it down eventually.
Th...

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Would you rather pose variety or a smaller build size?

Currently some characters such as Hestia have a pose for each emotion (Happy, angry, sad...) but also alternative sprites (such as Hestia wearing a dress) with a single pose, just minor alterations to their facial expression.

Having a single pose with only variations in their facial expression would allow me to lower the build's size by around 200mb, and future sprites would have a lesser impact on the build's size.

However, a single pose for each character would also decrease t...

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Legacy of Hestia - R4

Changelog:
-Fixed: Aspect Ratio, all of the aspect ratios are now supported.
-Fixed: HP and MP sometimes showing up with decimals during battle (After increasing endurance or magic).
-Fixed: Gallery will show the locked thumb when a CG has been locked (Cheats or altering of the global save).
-Fixed: Part of the input (such as hide through mouse) would get disabled after accessing the hub, until the game was restarted.

-Changed: Syr sprite has been altered sl...

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How important is early hentai content for you?

As I have mentioned in previous posts, it will be a while before significant hentai scenes will appear in the game, however I realize how important early hentai content may be for some people, so I have began thinking about ways to add hentai content without altering my plans for the main storyline of the game.

While I do not have any clear idea yet, depending on this pool results, I will go for a mix of side events/mirror events separate from the main storyline. A sort of "what if" wh...

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Ganesha preview

R4 is progressing nicely, and hopefully I will be able to release it within this month.
I just finished Ganesha's sprite and the background for the party held by the gods... That scene will play slightly differently depending on the choices you have made.

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Aspect ratio fixed

I have been made aware of an issue with the aspect ratio recently, unfortunately I was under the wrong impression that the game scaled automatically (which partially happens when compared to the older versions of Unity), but that doesn't cover all the aspect ratios other than the native one (16:9 in this case).

Fixing the issue was rather easy (an extra component and some settings tweaking for each UI element, and a line of code for the camera), most of the time was spent pondering whi...

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Airmid preview, and R4 plans.

Airmid will make an appearance in R4, and her role in the game will be more of doctor, to avoid her role to overlap with Naaza.
So while Naaza will sell potions and other remedies, Airmid will be the doctor that will patch you up.

In R4 I will resume adding content, since I am fairly happy with the overhaul I did in R3, and no bugs have been reported thus far (Aside from some aspect ratios not being supported that I need to look up on).

R4 will cover the whole part where the ...

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Legacy of Hestia - Walkthrough R3

Added the maps for Floor 5 and 6, and the gallery.
As I had mentioned a few posts back, I went for a different style this time... Hopefully following the walkthrough will be much easier when compared to Overlord H's.

Download Link:
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Legacy of Hestia - R3

Download only if you want to see the overhaul or if you are playing for the first time, no new content has been added.

If you see no thumbnail in your save slots, that is normal. R2 saves are supported.
If you load them, then save again, the thumbnail will show up.

Changelog:
-Fixed: HP and MP not increasing when your Endurance and Magic did.
-Fixed: Input is correctly blocked when showing UI in the title.
-Fixed: You can no longer move when some UI ...

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Battle system overhaul

Among the current features, the battle system was one of the most incomplete ones.
As of R2, only goblins exist, and only one at a time can appear, making the whole experience quite static.

In R3 I tackled those issues, with a few extra improvements to the UI:

  • The background was redone to look a little more akin to the current floor you are in, and more detailed.
  • The need to click "attack" is no longer necessary, you just select the one you want to attack, which...

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Gallery & More!

I have added the gallery to the game, restarting will not be necessary to view them... If you have unlocked them by seeing them at least once, they will appear in the gallery.


The gallery in Legacy of Hestia may look simple when compared to Overlord H's, but it is actually much better, and not just because of the number of CGs visible at once.
First of all, I have decided against adding categories... While it may seem like a good idea at first, the reality is that unless you h...

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More sounds!

The music variety when compared to Overlord H is huge, while it has fewer tracks right now, they are less likely to repeat and fit the scenes more. This has not changed.

What was missing so far were sounds (UI, and other dialogue related ones, such as Ais cutting down the minotaur), and those were recently added to all the existing and new UI. However, that is not all... I have also added a new audio setting: Ambience.

Hearing chatter when entering the pub, your footsteps when wal...

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Dungeon overhaul, not just the visuals.

Last time I had improved the lighting, and while it made quite the difference visually, the dungeon itself was still quite "poor".

The floor did not quite fit, neither did the ceiling and for the most part everything was flat and boring.
The main problem is that the dungeon (at least in these floors) do not have much else other than rocks and lights. No roots, no vegetation, and no man-made stuff.

Still, with some variation, just the usage of rocks to cover the empty area and ...

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R3 plans

The focus of R3 will not be adding new content, but overhauling and improving what is currently there: Sounds, dungeon, battle system, adding a gallery, and so on.

Currently the bare bones are there, but it needs the extra details to make it feel less of a concept and more of a game.
 

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Legacy of Hestia - Walkthrough R2

This walkthrough only features the four floor maps with the treasure locations, and some data (such as battle chance).
It will be expanded once the gallery is added, and all the other mechanics are completed.

Download Link:
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Legacy of Hestia - R2

Changelog:
-Fixed: Loading screen stops working after loading the dungeon once.
-Fixed: Many typos throughout the whole game (Thanks Shazamin!).
-Fixed: The game will no longer automatically save on the slot your mouse cursor is hovering on (When in dungeon mode).
-Fixed: Game will no longer freeze when opening the menu while the character is moving.
-Fixed: Saving and loading the game soon after entering the dungeon will no longer teleport you elsewhere.
-F...

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Preview #2

After thinking about events I might add to fill the dungeon yesterday, I came up with some... A good part of them cannot happen so early in the story, so I will keep them for a late use.
Speaking of which, if you have some ideas for encounters that could happen in the dungeon, do let me know either here or on discord!

One of those events required another new character, so that is what I spent most of today with.
This is the 13th character that will be introduced in R2, so I thoug...

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Battle system (WIP)

I have finished all the content for R2 today, so the build is theorically ready.
The catch is that the stuff happening inbetween where you left off in R1 and where the content in R2 starts involves the dungeon, which is still not complete.

This is not a really big issue as the gameplay can be skipped, in fact I do plan to add a difficulty setting in future to let people play a visual novel only, without the dungeon crawling elements.


That being said, I am still trying ...

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R2 Preview

I just finished putting the last touches to the indoors of the Hostess of Fertility pub after adding a bunch of characters that will be introduced in R2 (So far, 11 new characters, including Riveria shown in the screenshot above).

As early as R2, the choices you have made in R1 will affect how the story progresses the first time you eat at the Hostess of Fertility, with three different outcomes (one of them is the "canon" path).

Things I should be adding to the dungeon are not y...

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Lighting improvement & Inventory updates

It is kind of unfair calling it "old" since no one visited the first floor yet, but while rewatching the anime for the umpteenth time, I noticed the floors are much darker than what is shown in the game.

I tried to replicate the result (and wasted more time on it than I would like to admit), but at the end I did not like the result (Way too dark, I personally did not like it.)
I was thinking of adding a dark fog based on distance, similar to the classic dungeon crawlers, but it did ...

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Game phases

The game will be composed of four phases: Novel, Hub, Romance/Hentai screen, Dungeon.

You have already played through the Novel and Dungeon part in R1, and they are pretty self-explanatory: You play a normal visual novel, with dungeon crawler elements that happen during the story.

The hub (screenshot above) will serve as a way to connect the novel and the dungeo...

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Floor 1 to 4 done.

The maps for the floors 1 to 4 are done, while structurally similar to the 5th floor, they have a different hue.

In R2 you will get to explore those floors as part of the main storyline: When entering, you will be presented with a big open space (as shown in the screenshot above), this is known as the "Beginning Road" where beginners train.

While the maps are done, there is a lot left to do: I need to connect them, add a way to exit the dungeon, and of course fill it with tokens...

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Legacy of Hestia - R1

Changelog:
-First release


Download Links (Windows - 64 bit):
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Download Links (Linux - 64 bit):
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Overlord H - R48

Changelog (Patch 2):
-Fixed JhaizaCurrentObjective.rpy, line 696.
-Fixed Yuri thumbnail (Replay scene 70).
-Fixed Solution Thumbnail (Replay scene 63).

Changelog:

-Fixed: Minor typos.
-Fixed: Correct total items percentage would not get displayed in the gallery.
-Fixed: Windowless Underground Chapel text no longer breaks in two lines.
-Fixed: Entoma's room is no longer silent.

-Changed: Nigredo gallery category has been remov...

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Can you guess... ?

I am almost done creating another map for my next project, Legacy of Hestia, which will release at the beginning of next month.
Can you guess which map it is? There is only an element in there which may give it away, assuming you have watched the anime.

The map is still kind of incomplete: It is missing a lamp, a few textures, lamps are lacking lids and the magic stone inside of them, among many other things. I was also thinking of replacing the pavement texture with someth...

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Overlord H - R48 (Patch 1)

Changelog:
-Fixed Albedo event for CG 24 not showing up if you had confessed to her near the end of the game.
-Fixed Lupusregina event for CG 18 and mirror event 89 if you had confessed to her near the end of the game.
-Fixed Solution CG 12 thumbnail not showing up and returning an error.
-Fixed Yuri's CG 16 thumbnail showing in the wrong place, and returning an error.
-Updated supporters list.


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Overlord H - R48 (Walkthrough)

Changelog:
-Added R48 CGs.
-Added R48 Mirror events.
-Added the new categories and removed the old ones.
-Fixed typos for Mirror event 83 and 84.

Download:
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Overlord H - R48

Changelog:
-Fixed: Minor typos.
-Fixed: Correct total items percentage would not get displayed in the gallery.
-Fixed: Windowless Underground Chapel text no longer breaks in two lines.
-Fixed: Entoma's room is no longer silent.

-Changed: Nigredo gallery category has been removed, all of the other missing categories have been added.

-Added: Scene replayer.
-Added: 28 side events.
-Added: 6 mirror events.
-Added: 26 CGs.
-Added: 25600 words (...

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Replay scenes

I have just finished creating a scene replayer for the game, initially I wanted it to look the same as the gallery, but I had a few issues along the way...

Some of the older scenes were not thought with a scene replayer in mind, making them impossible to be replayed, if not with some editing (Which may lead to bugs);
Then there are some characters with many SFW CGs, but few NSFW ones, meaning having a category for them would be a big waste (The replayer is for NSFW scenes only).
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