Weekly report 21
Added 2020-09-25 18:49:13 +0000 UTCHi everybody.
I hope you're all doing great.
We're back to work and have started planning the next release.
Here are a couple of updates:
Planning phase:
Like what we did for the previous update, we'll take about a week to plan the next release: outline the story, come up with quests, draw storyboards, write spit drafts, and estimate the number of tasks.
Myrtle's story:
Although we liked Holly's development in 0.3, we don't want to stop experimenting. Therefore, for the 0.4 release, we will focus on Myrtle's story only. Instead of having sex scenes with different characters, all new adult content will be with our woodcutter's wife. The overall aim is to improve our approach by finding out what works best, has a better pace, and feels more satisfying to play. We will keep you up to date with our plans once we've finalized them.
Translation kit:
I'll be making the translation kit for 0.3 during this weekend. If you'd like to translate the latest version of the game, do let me know, and I'll send it to you once it's ready.
Upcoming poll:
This weekend we'll also start a poll on the animal to be added to the game for petting + advancing time based on suggestions that Best Friend patrons have made. Best Friend and Close Friend tier patrons will be able to vote in this poll.
Changes planned:
There are a couple of things from 0.3 that we want to change in the next release:
- Celestina's content will not be required to unlock Holly's cutscenes in the crystal ball. There will be a pop-up message that clearly communicates the optional nature of her scenes.
- There will be a notification when Holly asks the MC to go to the mudbank, showing how it looks like on the map (many had difficulty finding it).
- We'll change the way we do Lambert's photos to help the players find them. We're not yet sure how, exactly, but from 0.4 onward, you shouldn't need to visit any tutorials or hints outside of the game to find them.
That's all for now.
Have a wonderful weekend
Cheers
Comments
Just make the hint thumbnails a little bit more obvious without completely tipping your hand. I kinda like the ridiculous difficulty on some of the pics personally, though.
Brandon Shane
2020-09-26 14:39:41 +0000 UTCHave Lambert have a location where he is always at a fixed hour like under his favorite tree in the morning or something. Then, he can decorate the place with stuff from where he usually goes making photographs, like scuba diving gear hanging from the tree that he got when making Mirtle pictures, or special mushrooms from the forest when he went over there to photograph the pixie. Each time there's new Lambert paparazi to find Lassie will see the hint at Lambert's place. You'd just have to add a new hint prop image to the place everytime there's new Lambert content.
Tora Productions
2020-09-26 10:54:04 +0000 UTCyeah, we do need to come up with a solution. I don't like that people have to leave the game in order to look for hints. There have been many ideas, but they all have their pros and cons. The problem with Lambert himself giving you the hints is that it may be fine with 4 photos, but how about when there are 14 or 24. I don't know, we need to do a couple of experiments and see what works best, but all suggestions are welcome.
MagicNuts
2020-09-25 21:54:43 +0000 UTCMirtle Woohooo! For Lambert perhaps you could have him have some sort of hint when Lassie goes talk to him. For instance if he has taken a saucy picture of Mirtle and he is hiding by the lake then he'd have some scuba dive prop on him or near him when Lassie goes visit him. Some hint indicating where he is hiding taking pictures. -- Mortze
Tora Productions
2020-09-25 20:20:04 +0000 UTCThanks, man. That's the idea. It was nice having several characters in one release and it added variety. But I think we need to try out different approaches and see what makes more sense and feels more smooth. We'll see, but I agree that it might feel more satisfying to advance a great deal more in your relationship with one character.
MagicNuts
2020-09-25 19:54:50 +0000 UTCyeah, I can't wait for that story too. π
MagicNuts
2020-09-25 19:52:38 +0000 UTCAmazing work on this game so far! Definitely liking the idea of doing updates that go deep with one character / plot. I find it a lot more satisfying to progress through the seduction rather than push many things forwards a little bit.
John Chou
2020-09-25 19:51:12 +0000 UTCWe need Gretta's story and MC needs to hookup with her π₯΄
CeCe
2020-09-25 19:47:17 +0000 UTC
