IoM Season 2 | Reviews & What's coming
Hello people! This is a mid-week open post to share the feedback I've received about the start of Season 2 and what you can expect in this new Season of IoM.
First of all, the comments and reviews I am receiving on how this new season started are incredible, the best I have ever received 馃ぉ; I am glad you liked it; there has been a great effort in this update, and I gave my best to start this new season in style. 馃槑
I want to share with everyone the things I will be working on this season. The code on which season 2 was built is very different from season 1. I did this thinking about the future, and it is something that, although it took a long time, is worth it because it will allow me to take IoM to the next level.
I'm very excited about developing this season, and it's going to be a very ambitious season. I'm hoping to incorporate a lot of RPG elements into the game and, with each episode, add open-world type elements so that even though there is a list of things for Jennifer to do, the player can have the freedom to do other things, I want to give an example in one location, the massage center.
--- Warning Possible Spoilers ---
For those of you who have already played the first episode of the new season, you know that Mrs. Rose told Vicky that she would prepare an agenda for Jennifer... And Vicky is a very efficient girl 馃檪 The way the massage center works will change entirely from episode 2. There will be an agenda with clients, so the days of the week will be different for Jennifer, I already started to work on this sex-note... I mean... on this massage agenda 馃槄. Here's a sketch that will probably change, but I'm sharing it to give you an idea of what's to come.
** This design and some of the code I was working on today are a prototype, but I like them a lot. Probably, this can be the final "massage agenda"
The idea here is that each day, Jen will have different clients (Maybe the same client can go more than once weekly). This can exponentially grow the content at the massage center; more clients will be added in each episode, but try to imagine this: let's say, for example, that each day can have a maximum of 3 clients. 3 clients x 7 days = 21 clients. Each client can have their own progress at the massage center!, so the amount of content can be huge. Also, most of this content is played in an "open-world" kind of environment. The massage center can almost become a game inside a game due to the amount of content it can have. 馃槼
This type of functionality can also be added to other locations... Aside from this, during Season 2, at some point, Jen's smartphone will also have functions and will be useful.
I'm already working on developing the functionality of the massage center, it requires careful planning to make it work as intended, but I have someone that is helping me developing Jen's agenda, the one and only...
Vicky!!!
Season 2 will be very ambitious. I'm super excited about it and super motivated to develop each of the episodes of it. Aside from the usual story of the game, all of these kinds of things will be added during the development of Season 2.
By the way, I'm already making progress with the Steam situation, and I hope it will be solved as soon as possible. Once it's 100% solved, I will take a week of vacation to clear my mind and flush my brain so I can come up with more ideas and stories for IoM 馃ぉ, that week I will be at the beach to get some inspiration 馃槑. But meanwhile, while waiting for their answers and for all the process to end, I will be already working on S2E2.
Note: For all the new people that have joined the Patreon, I share every weekend in-game images of the next episode, so expect info and pics every Saturday and Sunday about S2E2.
I hope everyone is having a great week! 馃檪
Comments (31)
I think that Vicky is going to be 5-0.
very interested in some vicky focused content :)
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Quick and simple question. Why was Season 2 denied by steam?
Hello Jeremiah, I explained it around 2-3 weeks ago, here is the post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/iom-steam-news-108140095
Many things sound great: A new code base that gains from your new experience, more nasty stuff at the massage palour, especially with Vicky, a dynamic corruption speed and all this. There is just one thing I am afraid of: The sandbox (and the massage-clients). Most of the time, there is a nice, story driven game that just feels great and interesting, and then the sandbox kicks in: Oh, you have to clean this room for 10 times, but every 3 time, she will clean it with one less piece of clothes on - how boring, unrealistic and grinding. Oh, and you will have 10 customers at the massage palour and you have to massage them 5 times each. In the first round, you will give them a handjob, then a blowjob, then... but you already have to keep an eye at the time - customer 1 is only available on monday afternoons when also you can work at the bar and give a blowjob there. And so on. I just hope, you are not going down that line too far. If a scene is good, why not integrate it into the canonical route? If not, just drop it or at least drop the constructing scenes before and give us the full scene at once :D . And I hope that you are not spending too much development time on such repetetive, interchangable and not story-relevant scenes. I do love the main game.
Hello Dennis,! 馃憢I want to make a mix of VN + Sandbox + RPG. The idea of the Sandbox is not to make a lot of grind. Nonetheless, it has to be step by step. For example, Jen will not go from nothing to banging in a heartbeat, each character will be developed, and some progress is needed for her to do more things. (Here, what I will try to do is find a good balance in the progression so it doesn't fall in needless grind) The idea is that this is like a complement to the story, the normal story will keep going as it is, but I'm trying to build more things around it to give everyone more possibilities. All of this will take time, but I'm not developing all at once, it's too much work, and that would make me lose focus of the normal flow of the game, it is something that will be built step by step with each episode, and I think most of this events will be optional, the player can choose to play it or not. I can't give too many details though, because I'm planning and building everything now, so some of the things I'm saying may change, however I wanted to respond to your message. 馃檪
I don鈥檛 actually think that this has been the best release because as usual we on the Steam portal are still waiting to play. I think it goes against everything you鈥檝e said in earlier posts about making the release date the same across all platforms.
Hi Craig, the reason it's not on Steam yet is because I was refused to publish the game and they requested some changes to be able to publish IoM Season 2 there, which I'm still currently working on and I'm doing my best to bring it there as soon as possible. Please read this post, where I explained to everyone about the situation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/innocence-or-2-107015771 Also, you can check my Steam post: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1958390/eventcomments/6597293740379850661?snr=1_2108_4__2107 I did what I thought was right: the episode was finished, I had already waited 15 days to publish it at the same time on all platforms and; Steam denied me and asked me to make some changes. Do you think it is right to keep everyone here waiting? If that's what you think is right, then I don't agree with you at all. People here were willing to wait, and many didn't like the release altogether on all platforms. However, they supported me. But once the game was denied, it seemed unfair that the people here, who have supported me from the beginning, should have to suffer the consequences and make the wait longer. So I did what seemed fair and right to me: release the game here and don't make the wait longer.
Is there an eta for episode 2? 馃敟馃槏
Hello Jason! 馃憢 no ETA yet, but I'm already working on S2E2. 馃槈
Buenoo estoy se puso picante ahora buen trabajo y muchas gracias por este contenido
You have to wonder about Vicky, if she did not want to be a part of the message parlor. How come she wants to work there????
Sadly I didn't read the above, I do hate spoilers sadly. As long as we get the same mood and atmosphere of the recent update I'll be happy, even happier if we go further with it.
Hey overfiend1979! 馃憢 That's ok. 馃槈 The story will continue to progress; from time to time, the fall from innocence and events will be faster, and, from time to time, slower, so you can expect a roller coaster, but everything will progress, and new things will be incorporated during this season. 馃檪
and daily scenarios that are still randomly selected is something that you basically have to introduce in the cafe and at home. I mean, every time I see Jennifer working at home and no one is looking at her in the kitchen or in the washroom and sometimes more, I find it weird. The same goes for cafes. You can click on the button, it's not happening yet, but at some point it should contain random scenarios or you can influence them after a certain time or something like that. With GYM, I'm not sure what's best so that it doesn't feel too simple and open without overloading the game. oh and Vicky please please please I want more options to wipe out little XXXX's mess, damn I even went for the big scenario just to see how we could teach her a big fat lesson. and Rose. well, have fun with your project sniffing noise from a full blown car. just one more choice of what clothes Jennifer is wearing would be nice. so now have fun with your project, stay healthy and happy
I will have fun for sure! 馃槣 Thanks a lot for your comment and feedback Ner'rull! (By the way, I also replied to your previous message about the massage center 馃槈)
Um, yes, sounds good, sounds a bit like you're overdoing it. But you'll be the best judge of whether or not. So there must be at least 3 regular customers in the massage center. The first 3 from the first session, where I waited the whole time for them to come back. Because hey, the one who was sober was enthusiastic, we'll never see the second one again, who wanted a normal massage from the start, who was absolutely happy and wanted to come back, we'll never see him again. And the third one, who didn't want to wait forever for a special treatment but immediately started to quietly make a reservation that she was expanding her offer but was very happy. With a lot of fat money as a bonus. So I think that massage parlors shouldn't start too early with too many new customers, who also become full customers. And they grow by word of mouth. I mean, all three of them will tell their boyfriends about her, just out of curiosity, whether the bride really looks that good and whether they even want to see her.
Hello Ner'rull! 馃憢 indeed it will not start all at once with all the available clients, they will appear little by little in the following episodes/seasons, the content to be generated here with all the clients is something that will take a very long time, so it is something that will be done gradually. 馃槈
Que ganas de esta temporada. Se sabe m谩s o menos cuanto tiempo se tardar谩 entre cap铆tulos? Que disfrutes mucho en la playa.馃槣馃グ
Silviaaa! Mi objetivo es que sea entre 3 o 4 meses pero esto puede variar dependiendo de la cantidad de contenido, es muy dif铆cil hacer un estimado sobre todo porque de vez en cuando estoy hiper motivado e inspirado y empiezo a agregar m谩s y m谩s cosas. 馃槄 Claro que disfrutar茅 de la playita, el sol y la arenita, muchas gracias! 馃槏馃槑
Loving the new release! Just a small thought on English usage - I think it would be better to use a possessive form like "Cass's Apartment" instead of Apartment of Cass or "John's Cafe" and not Cafe of John. Sorry I cant remember the specific places or instances where that happened but it just hit me when it went buy in the text and thought I'd let you know since you aren't a native English speaker....
Hello Alison! 馃憢 I'm glad that you love the new release. 馃槏 Thank you very much for the observation; you are right that it is better to use a possessive form. However, there is a reason why I do this 馃檪. I don't know if you are aware that I have designed the game translator, and one thing I have not been able to get right is when translating the character names when they end with "'s" like John's, Cassandra's, Jennifer's, etc. I am a native Spanish speaker, and the only way I could generate an automatic translation that was 100% perfect in Spanish was without using the "'s" in the names. But I agree with what you are saying, it is better to say "Cassandra's apartment." instead of "The apartment of Cassandra." I hope to solve this so the translator can interpret the "'s" correctly. I have tried a lot, and I have not been able to solve this detail, but I will keep on trying. 馃槈 Thank you very much for the feedback to improve the game, I really appreciate it!
MarcialART, that sounds like a very cool feature. I was just asking about something like this on last post. Hope you have all the ressources to pull this one of, it really will push the game one lvl up. My input on the schedule: Connect the clients she gets and actions she can do with Innocence lvl? Maybe they come by, but you can only unlock some "actions" if you have the right Innocence Level? There should be some nice guys too, that really just want to relax and maybe give her extra credits if she is innocent? Or maybe actions that raise her Innocence Level, like helping clients with their problems? Devil as I am I really hope that the crazy fat guy from "Vicky's first attack" in Season 1 will make a reappearance!? "Maybe by chance" when Jenn is under the influence of red pill, waiting for someone special/else and...ups Vicky changed the clients....ahem...!? Or maybe Vicky has given same meeting to two men....Ups? :) Well keep it rockin! Really looking forward to the upcoming episodes.
Hey Jikelchi! Yes, I saw your post, and I replied to it yesterday. 馃槈 I'm pretty confident I can make it 馃槈 I'm still planning it, but it should mix her innocence with the individual progress with each character. And this should unlock different actions with time. But I'm not planning on increasing Innocence level, the way I see it, once she loses innocence, it's gone and can't be recovered. Since it's extremely early, I prefer not to say anything anymore. 馃槣 Thanks for your comment JikeIchi!
This game is like a damn drug. Already experiencing withdrawal symptoms after completing S2E1 lmao
Hahaha 馃槀, thanks Sandeep! The game is like the pills! 馃拪馃槣 Don't worry, already working on episode 2. 馃槈
Great work! Can't wait to see what's next. Do you expect the next update to take 6 months or more like the last one did or will it be sooner? Not asking for a release date. Just trying to level set expectations for fans like myself and others.
Hello Rob! 馃憢 I can't guarantee anything, but that being said... It should be less than 6 months and at least 1 hour of content. My goal is to launch another update this year and before the end of the year to be already working on S2E3. 馃檪
That's a great idea for the massage center. I can't wait.
I'm glad that you like it Emil!!! 馃ぉ