Monday, June 20, 2016

Party is over!

Or at least, I wrote the ending for the party scene in the game. I think it should be a nice little scene. It also ties in further with the various romances, if you get involved in some sexy business while the scene goes on. It gives you a very little bonus at the end, just to make the deal even sweeter. The wrap-up is a little too rushed, but I opted to just narrate it, because doing the "scene-by-scene" of it could have been a little too much work, and I think the event would have felt too long.


So, next on the list is having something more tangible for your efforts into getting your relationship with the crew high. Maybe I'll use the current scenes I have with Darenzia and Jane for the highest relationship tier you can reach with them, and have shorter scenes for the "climb", that would allow me to progress faster. While I reflect on this, I figured out something I could work on that shouldn't take too much time, namely improving the entertainment district. Right now, it has the cinema and the theater, which are essentially useless, and could use some scenes. I might have some random movies/plays or some random events tied to going to see the shows. I would like to have some gameplay incentives (otherwise, everything relies on the random events), but it's hard to figure out what could be fitting. Another thing I might work on while I figure out the relationship stuff is improve Maltik a little, since it's bare bones. I am not going to commit heaps of time to it, but I assume everyone likes it better when planets are a little less empty.

Now, for something completely different: I got an astonishing 250 AUD donation by J. C. (man, I might have lost count of how much you donated over the years, thank you again), which is already being invested wisely (which is to say, I spent 1/3rd of it on supplies I was holding off buying for a while XD). Thanks to everyone who gave suggestions and talked to me about my idea to setup a patreon account, I am new to this so I really needed to talk about it with others to think about the various possibilities.

This should be pretty much it for this week. The closed beta shouldn't be too far now, as long as I deal with the above list, I don't think there will be anything left to really work on, at least nothing that is obviously lacking. See you next week! ^_^

11 comments:

  1. Hey mate do you know when you plan for a release?

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    1. If things go well? I guess a couple of weeks for the closed beta, then whatever it takes for the bugfixing+polishing. That's only if nothing goes wrong, and I am pretty used to things going wrong, so, take that with a pinch of salt.

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    2. Alright, thanks for that, I hope to see it when its done. :)

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  2. I just want to point out something before the comments get into the usual banter.

    Did everyone read that about JC?

    Holy f*ck! You better had given JC some naked pictures of your junk or something, Mdqp! I mean, that IS astonishing! It really is. Kudos, JC. *High fives*

    ...and, now I forgot the other things I wanted to say so I suppose we can return to our regularly scheduled program. Btw, it's really awesome, Mdqp, that you have a helpful and CIVIL fanbase that are apt in responding in appropriate and relevant ways in your comments' section. Most users are like that, granted, but not everyone gets to enjoy such a nice atmosphere on their blogs; it reflects how you approach and treat your fanbase as much as anything else. Good on you! Cheers!

    *Shakes the rubber chicken furiously and throws it against the hull of her quarters.* Look at it, just mocking me. --Celeste Blake, perplexed Captain of the Drunken Cowboy

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    1. I assume he would have tried to get a refund, if I sent him any nude pics of myself. XD

      Any fanbase eventually draws in assholes if it grows big enough, but in the niche world of MC porn text-adventure games, it might be a little too difficult to reach the critical mass. I mean, I'd like to think it's all because I am a nice guy, but really, it's often out of the hands of the developer (you are bound to draw negative attention if you are an asshole, but being Mr. Nice Guy doesn't mean you aren't going to get any).

      *No rubber chickens were harmed during the creation of this comment.

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    2. I feel like there's a, oh I don't know, an insinuation or something in regards to said mister nice guy, heh. /Anyway/, tapping into that "Mr. Nice Guy" vein, I have a couple of questions of your Blanked game (Eva route). (I haven't tried the other character yet).

      Q1 - Where can I use the mp3 player?
      Q2 - How the *heck* do you subdue Carla??? Of course, in the meantime, I will try to figure this out myself, but she's a tough cookie to crack.

      Btw, if I try to search for these characters in TotDC, will it result in any hits? If not, you should put them in! Neat little Easter eggs from your other game. ;)

      Thanks a bunch, Mdqp!

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    3. Nevermind about the player. Good to have while at the penthouse.
      Still trying to figure out Carla and now the tub. ;P

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    4. You need to swap her sunglasses with your "special" ones, to find the glasses and then be able to swap them, you need to be a bit stubborn when you examine your surroundings, so to speak.

      As for the hot tub, you need to do some examining here as well, and sabotage the motor pump once you find it. You should be able to take him out by yourself, at this point.

      P.S. if you want to ask more questions about blanked, do so by commenting under its page (or find the threads on the hypnopics/TFGames forums and ask there), just to keep the conversations from getting mixed up.

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  3. Are you planning on creating a web version of the latest update of the game?

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    1. Yes, I'll have to contact the anon dev who helped me last time (are you the one, perhaps? XD), once I have the final version (I'll have to ask if he prefers to get it after the first round of bugfixes or before that).

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