Public Post: The Journey So Far
Public Post Time!
Sup, brothers?
Your Dungeon Master here!
Let’s have a little chat.
We’re already past the halfway point of the year, so I think this is a good time to look back at everything that has happened so far.
Lukestria Family
LUFA has been doing great, and it has already received its final content update. Any future updates will only be for bug fixes. There will be no more new content added to the game.
Unfortunately, LUFA will not be on Steam for some reasons.
LUFA is available on Patreon, SubscribeStar, and Itch.io.
Working on LUFA, I stepped completely outside my usual style of classic RPGs focused on adventure and exploration and challenged myself to create something closer to a visual novel.
And it wasn’t just a simple visual novel. I created several branches, choices, and different routes throughout the game. It was complete madness. I had pages full of notes, and I even bought a whiteboard so I could properly visualize all the different paths.
In the end, I managed to finish every route properly, and people were happy with the result. Players who became deeply immersed in the game may have wished for even more freedom, but I’m still not ready to create an indie GTA with unlimited possibilities.
Maybe one day.
Prayers of Distorted Minds
A favorite for many of you.
PDM is a sandbox, free-roam game where you can become many different things, go on dates with several beautiful and interesting women, buy and upgrade your own house, get married, and start a family.
Yes, you can have a family. And the best part is that your sons/daughters actually grow up to adults.
The game offers many choices, systems, and challenges. And, of course, something that could never be missing from one of my games: plenty of dungeon exploration.
PDM has also received its final content update. Any future updates will only be for bug fixes.
PDM will not be on Steam too. But you can get it on Patreon, SubscribeStar, and Itch.io.
It’s another game that I consider completely insane in terms of content and systems. It took me more than a year to finish, and I love the result!
Peasant Dream: Ascension
This one is on Steam!
PDA received its final content update recently. From now on, there will only be bug fixes if they become necessary.
I filled the entire map and every route with content, along with plenty of monster girls.
PDA is available on Patreon, SubscribeStar, Itch.io, and Steam.
The game features a dungeon with corridors that change every time you enter. It is filled with monsters, treasures, challenges, and even other dungeon explorers who may not have the best intentions.
After all, what happens in the dungeon stays in the dungeon.
Happy exploring!
Dungeon Explorers
The beloved child of many players, and my firstborn in the world of game development.
DUEX features an engaging story filled with emotional highs and lows, beautiful women who can join you on your journey, and a village that you must improve and protect against bandits, monsters, hostile tribes, and greedy nobles from the neighboring city.
The game is available on Patreon, SubscribeStar, Itch.io, and Steam.
DUEX has also received its final content update, with many hours of gameplay.
And I need to mention something here.
I originally planned DUEX to be a game with around ten hours of gameplay. However, I often see screenshots and messages from players who have spent more than thirty hours playing it! That honestly makes me very happy.
Seeing the charm, love, and care we put into this world reaching the hearts of so many adventurers means a lot to me.
I believe DUEX is currently running smoothly, but bug fixes may still be released if anything appears. Although I doubt there are any bug left. I think I hunted them all down like a professional detective.
Let's go!
Dungeon Explorers 2
And now we arrive at the game of the year.
At least for me.
I started dedicating myself to DUEX 2 at the beginning of this year. Unlike my previous games, I don’t have the entire game planned from beginning to end. That’s because I decided to put a ridiculous amount of stuff into it.
Management systems, first-person dungeon crawling, tactical battles, dating-sim elements, character progression, exploration, choices, and, for the first time, our spicy scenes are ANIMATED.
DUEX 2 is the result of all the experience I have accumulated during these past two years as a game developer. That’s why I always say that even the games that were unfortunately unable to reach the major marketplaces and a wider audience were not created in vain.
Every different gameplay style I experimented with taught me something new and gave me more experience to create something even better.
DUEX 2 is a slow-burn game. It is focused on story, exploration, progression, combat, relationships, and building up to its adult content. So, if you are only looking for immediate and temporary pleasure, this probably isn’t the game for you.
DUEX 2 is currently available on Patreon, SubscribeStar, and Itch.io.
It should also be coming to Steam soon, or at least I’m going to try. However, after LUFA and PDM were rejected, I decided to use the same strategy adopted by companies such as Kagura Games.
The Steam version will be censored. That’s right. It will be released on Steam as a normal, fully SFW game. Anyone who wants to add the lewd content will be able to download a free patch, which I will make available through my current platforms and social media pages.
I’m writing this while waiting to board my flight home after spending almost two weeks traveling for my day job. And I can say with confidence, my friends, that this should be the year when I finally become a full-time game developer.
My income and standard of living may take a hit, but this is something I truly enjoy doing. It makes me incredibly happy to see so many people having fun inside the worlds we have created together.
So stay with me, because we still have many adventures, stories, and dungeons ahead of us.
You are my strength. We’re in this together.
Let’s go!
Have fun~~