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So what’s next?
🕑 Added 2020-01-17 14:16:22 +0000 UTCHi guys!
So I guess you want to ask me: “Dark, where have you been and where is the poll about Caron or Sigolla?”
Let’s talk about what happened and what will be our next moves for this game in general:
- There was some crap going on with me IRL before the New Year, but I'm okay and safe now, your support played an important role in solving the issue which I had in real life, I love you, guys. You literally saved me from being evicted from an apartment because my landlord suddenly increased my rent in a very unpredictable way with very bad timing and there were no good apartment options nearby at that time. I spend some time on the search and selling some stuff from my personal belongings to keep up with the new rent payment.
- Since the time for making the Caron/Sigolla poll has been missed, the next version of the game will feature both Caron and Sigolla. Caron will require more work from 2D artist for her in-game parts comparing to Sigolla, which was already featured in several places in the game (I will use those assets for her playable character to speed up the integration process), also extended voice pack will be required for Caron, too. The integration of the Ming's character showed me strong and weak spots in some places of the game, so implementing the remaining two girls as playable characters into the game will become easier for me now. Sigolla represents combat gameplay style and Caron represents a more defensive/non-lethal gameplay style. Implementing new girls is the number one priority for me now because making combined missions with them and completing the rest of the content for the main storyline is much easier when they are fully integrated into the game.
- I purchased and modified some useful 3D level design sets for the game decorations enough to satisfy the requirements till the end of the main storyline(!) on Black Friday's sale in November, as well as some I discovered a nice free music pack by DST that fits the style of the game a lot. Lots of assets are ordered or created for this game thanks to your financial support, I wouldn’t be able to do that without your support, guys!
- I guess some people will ask me: "Dark, why did you decide to spend some time on Arena/Random VR mission mode for version 0.3?". The answer is simple: this game is designed to be replayable after its completion by the player. Some old supporters remember that the Arena button was present at the main menu starting from our first build in April 2019, so it was planned a long time ago. I improved the simplified design of the arena which I did for Black Star remake a long time ago. Arena and Random VR mission are present for Kira in ver. 0.3 build and there will be different arenas/random VR missions for other girls when there will be a significant amount of sexual content with them the game. It's much easier and faster to extend these maps for other girls and enemies when you have some code tested and properly polished for one character.
So what’s next? I guess you remember my idea to make different choices in Chapter 3 through dialogues during the action part of the game. I researched how much work should be done to existing in-game cutscene engine and I concluded that if we don’t want to be stuck in development forever for this game - it’s better to implement it in some other way. Making dialogue choices during the runtime for the action part of the game should be considered at the early stage of making/using a cutscene engine. So I will use the conditions of completed missions to create some key choices for the plot that I wanted to do via dialogues. Basically, you will be introduced to some key choice in every undercover mission with two or more following mission options to choose the solution. Here is some simple scheme of Chapter 3 mission plan, it will explain this concept better:
So to get the final mission of Chapter 3 you will have to make all choices by completing some short solution missions after undercover missions. I want to make four undercover missions, one undercover mission per one girl and each section of the Paradise with at least two solution missions. If you remember my post about relatively safe areas where you can interact with NPCs and just walk around the Paradise - that’s what undercover missions will be. I don’t want to make them too long because you probably play this game because of it’s being an action game, according to the polls.
January, February, and March are the most crucial months for this game’s survival in general because Chapter 3 is the middle point of the game’s plot and integrating Caron, Sigolla and NPCs for the Paradise is the most time-consuming part of the action part of the game. Custom controls and PS4 gamepad support will come after completing Chapter 3 or closer to the end of its implementation, it depends on how fast we’ll finish remaining main girls and NPCs.
Chapters 4 and 5 are smaller and they play a more concluding role in the scenario of Wish of the Colony.
I got contacted by some publisher that wants to release several adult-themed games for Nintendo Switch. I didn’t make any decisions regarding that because we have to complete the main storyline first and then do proofreading/fixing of English texts, as well as do localizations to more languages, updating existing Traditional Chinese localization along with general game polishing, etc.
However, I like the possibility to have a Safe-For-Work version of the game in the future, I guess I should consider doing this option after completing the main storyline and other stuff, it can help to get more people to play the game as, well, the game! You probably noticed that the structure of this game is done in such a way that there can be more romance routes’ CGs and VN sex scenes added even after the release of the game in the stores like Steam, so it will help to accumulate more content in general. I had some plans for a sequel, but we have to finish the main storyline first and see how the game will do in the stores.
Thanks for your support, stay tuned for more updates!
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