Sprint 007, day 8
Hey guys! Today I worked on writing task [T10] Afterglow scene. You may have noticed that the sex scenes currently in the game end abruptly:
LIONESS guy 1 skulks back to his partner
LIONESS guy 2 interacts with Bettis
LIONESS guy 3 sparks up a joint and gets kicked out
Max rushes off to the bathroom right away
To me, endings like this steal something important (and sexy) from the sex scene: the heroine's reaction to what just happened. It doesn't need to be an essay, but I do want to know how the agent feels about fucking a guy she just picked up in a club, on camera, for the third night in a row.
The reasons we haven't explored this so far are:
(a) it's hard to write a reaction to a totally generic, randomly-generated sex act, and
(b) I don't want to write a reaction that doesn't fit your concept of the character.
Both these problems are addressed in the new sex scene structure. (a) is solved by making the scene more tailored and interesting – so there are more things to react to. (b) is solved by the new feature where, right at the start, you tell the game how your agent is feeling about the scene.
So today I took a first stab at adding some tailored reactions to the scene. I'm pleased with how it's working out. :-)
That's all for today. The sprint ends tomorrow: I'll publish a new Alpha version to Operators+ for feedback. There's still a lot to do so I'm expecting tomorrow to be a very long day. :-D But I love it! See you tomorrow, guys!
Comments (3)
I'm not sure I understood correctly, but you're saying we (the players) should tell in advance how the MC will react to the events into the scene that is about to start? Why should it be a good thing? I feel like I'm basically spoiling myself (the events and the fun). Why not use the stats of the MC you designed in so much detail? They should be enough to drive whatever you need.
Current version of the hotel date starts with the agent thinking about her upcoming date and the player picks one of the four options (satisfying the B part of the above equation): * (Promiscuous) I hope he's good in bed. * I'm always like this with guys I find hot. * I'm only doing this to hack his phone. * This is good practice for Bangkok.
When you say Alpha, does that mean that all paths of this scene are written?