Thursday, October 06, 2016

Here is the Patreon page, and the new game reveal

So, I am back with another game, and here is my pitch for it (shamelessly taken from my own patreon page):

Caliross, The Shapeshifter's Legacy, is a fantasy-themed game, which will follow a young up-and-coming historian, as she takes her first steps outside her hometown and into the real world, to learn more about the elusive nature of her own kind, the shapeshifters. Will she become a member of the Mage guild, or of the Adventurer's guild? Will she find out more about her heritage, or will she be too busy working extra time in sleazy bars to make a living?

The game will feature several factions, each with their own goals and objectives. With your actions, you might willingly or unknowingly benefit this or that group, as the event unfolds, but the open-world nature of the game will leave it up to you if you want to get more involved with the politics of the world, or if you want to just do your own thing.

As far as the adult content goes, the game will feature fetishes such as mind control, cowgirl TF, corruption and more, depending on the paths you'll follow. It will have a female protagonist (as hinted above), and will likely have submissive themes, for the most part (I can't exclude some dominant content completely, but it wouldn't be widespread).

https://mega.nz/#!4UJSnagC!-ZaBpXN1Rl-Wiur9_4T89j4oi77c9YF1wQro0kMPbOw

The plan is to release monthy updates and have the latest version be available only to donors, unlocking the previous version to the public after a month. If you like what you see, consider following me, and telling your friends about my game.

Here is a link to the Patreon page:

https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3591468


Do let me know what you think of it, and I hope you'll consider supporting me if you like what you see.

Note: this game requires you to have the RTP installed, here is the link:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/degica-downloads/RPGVXAce_RTP.zip

25 comments:

  1. Well first off the game asks you what your character's name is twice. Once before asking if you want the intro and tutorial and once after.

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    1. This was an easy fix. I missed it during testing because it only happens if you don't skip the intro, as far as I can tell.

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  2. You might want to consider having you just walk through doors unless there's some sort of event that you want to make sure they are ready for before triggering. Having to press the enter key to enter or leave places really breaks the flow of a game.

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    1. You might also want to designate a key, like say the shift key, that will advance the text but not be something that can make a decision. I read quickly so I tend to hit the enter key twice so that all the text appears at once, and sometimes I make choices that I don't mean to because sometimes advancing the text means yes or that I hit it one to many times.

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    2. After I posted this I went and checked the options and the instant text sped helps a lot. I'd still consider adding one in for people on their Xth play through to skip dialog they've read a lot.

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    3. The press for entering/exiting doors was done for two reasons: to make it easier when moving around using the mouse (there is always a chance to exit when you don't want to, and mouse movement makes it a bit more likely) and to improve performance (events that start on touch are more demanding).

      It used to be possible to skip the text by just holding shift, but because of a conflict with the mouse script, it wouldn't be possible to click the mouse to move forward normally, so I decided to compromise with the way it's done currently. I might revert this change, if it seems to be a better solution.

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  3. Most of your spells have their text cut off on the right hand side.

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    1. Damn, I thought I had double checked this one. RPG Maker is crappy when it comes to predicting when the text gets cut off. I have it fixed now, ready for the next update.

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  4. After looking at the light out puzzle in the temple and leaving it I got a black screen that wouldn't go away.

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    1. Walking up the stairs to the temple you can walk right off the path.

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    2. What do you mean by leaving it? Did you light all torches and went back to where you came from?

      I think I fixed the problem with the stairs, you were able to walk above the top of the walls and off the path, right?

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    3. I mean the puzzle where you were trying to make all the round switches red the first thing in the temple pretty much. When I went in I saw what the game was, but I didn't feel like doing it right that second so I pressed escape and the game crashed when I did that.

      And to the second one yeah that problem well I've been using that bug to save time.

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    4. Oh, I see what the problem is, I had forgotten to set the screen to fade-in again after I moved you back inside the temple, that was silly on my part. Thankfully it's an easy fix.

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  5. Good luck on your initial release!! I'm supporting for $5 on patreon now and I'll give the game a try in a bit.

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  6. When you first do the farm job and the guy is hypnotizing you, he calls you "Erica" even if you chose another name.

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    1. I thought I had got them all by now, but I had forgotten to change this one (early on in the development, the name was set from the beginning). I fixed this one. I should probably update tomorrow, there are already enough issues it warrants a fix.

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  7. Donated to your patreon. Great start! :D

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  8. Do you plan on having any content for the maid job?

    A way to grind back up your lost int if you are losing any?

    Is there a cap to the pay 100g for 1 hp training?

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    1. Yes, I plan on random encounters with people in their rooms, as well as the chance to peep on couples having sex and other similar simple ideas.

      You'll have ways to gain and lose intelligence and willpower (one is actually already in the game, just not accessible).

      There is a cap, if I remember correctly I set it to 10 HP, I plan to have it train your willpower after that.

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  9. Can anybody tell me how I even cast spells with this mouse system....trying to get to grip with it through the tutorial....but it essentially just doesn't work...I select the spell....and then spam clicking on the campfire.....and I get nothing but the hint over and over....

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    1. Owww, man, you'll have to forgive me. I updated the link on the Patreon page and on every forum I posted the game in, but I forgot to do it on my blog. -_-

      Really sorry, the link is to the latest version now.

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  10. Hey MDQP,just thought you might want to list it on the Legend of Krystal forums. They have a fairly active mostly RPG Maker subforum. (Though I understand limiting the boards you post to may be necessary for your sanity :)

    J

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    1. Ah-ah, I probably should list it there, but yeah, I am more or less at capacity already (the HC and the TFGames forums are already keeping me very busy, and I did post in another forum as well), I would end up spending more time answering questions and checking e-mails than actually working on the game. Of course, everyone is invited to let people know about my game, if they think it's worthwhile. :)

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  11. Hi MDQP,

    So I came on here to say well done for a successful launch and found this page full of bug reports (as well as the forums)! LOL

    Looked at the Patreon as well, top job, funny and well presented.

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    1. Thanks man, glad you liked the page. I probably could have done better, but I felt like time was wasting and I needed to do it now or I would end up never doing it. Hopefully things will go well. :D

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