More Previews and Info
Note: Aside from some character reveals and previews, this is an info only post, but I'll post something lewd in like a couple of days
Firstly, as was hinted at by the main menu screen in the previous set of previews, Cruelty will have an underlying mystery and thriller theme
The setting is something you discover throughout the game. The protagonist starts with 0 knowledge of the world
So, this limits how much I can say about in-game stuff, aside from that, the setting and story are still being adjusted and tweaked and I don't want to share something that could still be changed. Very shortly before the first release I can make the official announcement with a preliminary synopsis. But I'll talk a little about meta stuff and development here
So, uhhhhh, yeah ... it became a bigger project than I initially wanted, but it's also turned into something much better. But, development time will still be fairly short
One of the main things that keeps it manageable in size is that I'll be using sprites for conversations, I'll try to keep it to as few CGs as I can, even the erotic scenes won't have a CG per line. Also, for CGs during lewd scenes, I'll be experimenting with using the blurred background separately, and the characters and immediate surroundings in the foreground, This would significantly reduce scene creation time without reducing the quality of CGs.
Another major thing, is that I'm keeping the door open on major changes after initial completion of the game. That is, some things that I may like to add or include in the game, I may have to drop for now so as to keep development time shorter, but if I feel like the game can still be significantly improved after completion, I'm open to doing a major overhaul to add all the things and improvements I still wanted to add.
So, ultimately, while I'm highly prioritizing development speed where I can, delivering a high quality game and product is still the core philosophy.
Alice-sama
I'll be focusing more on Cruelty in the short-term, since it's a shorter dev cycles game. But Alice-sama is in continuous development.
Discord and Patreon
I need to re-organize and clean up both patreon and discord, but i might to push it to after the first release of Cruelty, in the meantime I'm sorry they're messy and may have outdated info.
Btw, as you may have heard, Discord is introducing an age-verification requirement for users to be able to access nsfw servers. it's super annoying and will definitely reduce how many people will join / keep up on the discord server, but like whatever the f, i'm just gonna keep using discord as normal. I don't use it as much as I'd like to anyway, while I'm open to potentially using alternative platforms, I've got no plans for that at the moment
The discord server btw if you're not on it: https://discord.gg/eekWUT8wvA
Comments (6)
I also didn’t say it was low quality; you’ve made a very high-quality game, I respect that. I just wanted to ask if there was a point in the game I might have missed. Ahh, people.
your exact quote: "insanely short—I played for 10 minutes and it was over." I genuinely don't think it's remotely possible to go through all scenes anywhere near that quickly, and that's 100% content, without fluff or grinding. Not that I took offense to your comment at all, I was just genuinely surprised because of the reason I just stated. That being said, 10-min claim aside, if you felt the first release of Alice-sama was too short, that's valid and I suggest waiting for my games to be fully released / completed on store fronts (the first release will essentially become the demo when then the second release is out, Cruelty will have the same model). And as I said, I can't give an ETA on upcoming releases (Alice-sama or Cruelty), it'd just be irresponsible when delays can happen and development is unpredictable. As for your comment about quality, I really appreciate it uwu. As for if you missed something, the first release of alice-sama just has the basic loop with the 4 major repeatable scenes, each of which has at least 2 paths in it, some more. If you went through all of those, then you got everything. Lastly, I didn't say anything for you take offense from, this is just how I talk >:3
I would suggest you correct your spoken language a bit, and I want to tell you this: after I wrote that comment, I continued playing for at least another 30 minutes. I would have liked you to give me a proper response. I was just talking about a situation I was complaining about, and I will continue playing to see what else there is that I "haven't seen."
Bro, I bought your game, it’s really nice but insanely short—I played for 10 minutes and it was over. When will the next update come out?
there is absolutely no fucking shot you played through the contents of alice-sama first release in 10 minutes. Did you only do each scene once? You unlock more content as you redo the scenes. In any case, if you felt the first release was short, I don't advise waiting for my future works, that release took 8 months of active work to make. I prioritize quality over quantity. I do have upcoming releases I'm working towards, including something very soon, but I'm not going to try to give an ETA on it. Generally though, you can wait until a game is completed, it’ll be on storefronts with the label “fully released” or “completed” also, please don't "bro", "man", etc. me
Thanks man