Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Things keep moving along

So, I had a week of "business as usual", as far as the game goes. I am still working on Malena's relationship, and the extended ending you can get depending on your choices. I have several scenes planned, but I wonder if they wouldn't be too many, maybe I'll have to recycle one or two for other events. The basic structure and some scenes are already there, but I would like to throw one or two twists in it, to avoid it being just a straightforward showcase for these scenes, we'll see what I can come up with.

Other than that, I am still playing around with the RPG maker, and I think I might even have a decent idea for a game. I am not going to really work on it, as I have TOTDC to care about, but I might start to steer my experiments with it toward something more practical, beyond just getting familiar with the program, or messing with the mapper (I really like having the possibility to make more intricate maps, after years of RAGS and its room systems ^_^). If the thing ever grows beyond a certain point, I could probably release a demo, but it certainly isn't around the corner (although not having to search for pictures makes it easier to just go in work for a while in the designer and then leave, which helps speeding things up a bit).

This should be about it. Nothing really exciting (other than the scenes I have written for Malena ;p), just a very ordinary week. Hopefully I'll be able to report about more interesting stuff for next week, see you soon! ^_^

13 comments:

  1. Hey MDQP, love your work. The Malena stuff sounds great and I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say that a long hot ending with lots of content sounds great. Though you should probably sign post it like you did with the hypnotist.

    Anyway great stuff and the RPGmaker sounds intriguing too! Glad you're enjoying it.

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    1. Hi there! Happy to know you like my game. :D
      What do you mean by "sign post it"?

      Trying out a new system after years of RAGS is pretty fun, and I like being able to create better maps and minor NPCs in a faster way. It has its downsides, but I am liking it so far. I don't know how many people would be interested in RPG maker games among my audience, but I might do something, just because I am enjoying messing around with it. ^_^

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    2. By signpost it I merely mean indicate that any further down this path locks the game into a fail state (Like the final visit to the hypnotist)

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    3. Oh, I see. Yeah The game makes it obvious, but for the sake of making choices matter, if you always go along with Malena, you don't get a say in the final choice (but since the final choice happens right after the last date it would be an easy "fix" for players.

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  2. Hey MDQP, been following your work since a year ago, and is still fascinated by how the game has expanded, Also excited about the Malena's quest/storyline/ending? Since it's a nice change from how slavery usually only shows up during a bad end and the player don't really get a chance to play Celeste in her life as a slave. Anyways, love your work, keep up the good work!

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    1. Ideally, I would explore all paths to completion, but I would never have the time to actually write/code it for every ending, in reality, so hopefully this one will be fun enough to make up for the other endings. ^_^

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  3. Love the game too. Keeping my fingers crossed for things in all areas of your life going as smooth as possible.
    And RPG Maker game? Yaaaaay! I am toying with VX Ace version of it and having a blast, even just doing silly stuff like lust systém, and adding things like Status Effect that is permanent and can be used as a kink. I think the RPG Maker has a lot of posibilities and I trust that game made by you in it would be an absolute blast! :-)
    Also yay for some love-filled slavery!

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    1. What can I say? I love it when people say they love my game. ^_^

      Sounds like we are experimenting on similar stuff with the RPG Maker. I am trying to think what would be the best balance, since I would prefere to have a simple enough system, but with some variance (for example, the lust/libido system should produce either no sex scenes with low lust, normal sex scene with medium lust, and "slutty" sex scene at high lust. It would mean that I'd have to write 2 scenes for most sex encounters, though, so I am wondering if that would be the best choice. Also, I'd probably have at least one status like "hypnotized" or "obedient" that gives special scenes you can't refuse, but that would bump the number of scenes to 3 per sexual encounter, so things would take longer to write).

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  4. i hate to be "that guy," but is there any real estimated release date for this malena update? i've really been looking forward to this, so i'm hoping that it comes out relatively soon.

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    1. I don't really have a release date, for now. I plan to add more stuff besides the ending to Malena's romance, so it's still too early to plan a new update. At the very least, I would probably bring ALL the romances to their natural ending for chapter 1. I would also like to add the side quests for Darenzia and Piper, that would be nice. Plus a lot of minor stuff.

      I have a long list of things to do that I want to get through, so it's going to be a while, regardless of what I decide to do.

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    2. oh well. i find that both expected and rather disappointing. XD
      then again, i may be slightly guilty of internet impatience, so that's my own fault. looking forward to it regardless.

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    3. Eh, it's not like I am not guilty of impatience as well. I can't tell you how many times I downloaded a new update for a game I like, only to find just one extra scene added, sending me into a fit of rage (and I know how much it can take to make a game XD).

      I can imagine my slow schedule can be excruciating to some, although I do try to at least have enough new content to justify the wait. ^_^

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    4. yeah, i'm absolutely positive that you can't devote 100% of your time to this. don't worry about it. XD
      as for justifying the wait, you've never disappointed before, so i wouldn't expect it at this point. :P

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