Joyful Followers 1.0
Added 2023-07-05 13:00:08 +0000 UTCThis is likely an unexpected update but there are a few mods among my projects that still need finishing touches. Joyful Followers is actually the first project I was working on and while it is mostly abandoned now I still wish to get it to a point that at least feels complete from an architectural standpoint:
- Slightly overhauled Harshnils Shack
- Added an to Harshnils story exclusive dungeon
- Added Harshnils 2nd and 3rd Quest (This completes Harshnils quest line)
- Added a public API script to control JFs internal progress
- Added a feature to dynamically add pages to JFs MCM through external mods
- Some Follower progress is now being saved upon dismissing that follower and will be reinitialized when recruiting the same follower again
- Optimized the script work of all existing events
- Fixed various issues causing some events to become stuck
I consider this mod to be basically finished now. JF had a wild ride being my first project and had many severe changes until I settled with a more humorous writing style that the follower now uses, and that can also be explored in SLUTS
That being said, I am not overly pleased with the idea surrounding this mod anymore. In general I came to dislike the radiant nature of mods like these. Being more interested in actual gameplay overhauls (Acheron and Nightmare Night) or a defined environment, with a environment where I control each and every detail (SLUTS). Hence, with this update I hope to properly wrap up JFs development with an API style, modular approach that is offering an easy time for anyone to expand on it, without having to worry about the actual balancing of the project
The next update will likely be Acheron related again, with JFs addon "Deviously Joyful" being a separate update I plan on releasing in a few months from now
Comments
i cannot use the debug menu when i try and click on of the checkboxes nothing happens
Shamus
2023-12-24 03:00:07 +0000 UTCMy issue with these kind of mods, this doesnt just aim at JF but is also relevant to lets say ScRappies or YK, is that I really cant deal with the radiant nature of them I also think all of these other mods like Lola do suffer from this to a certain extend: You simply cannot properly build out some story, lay out some "red lining" throughout your entire mod and I personally have major issues designing content around that reliably. Basically walking a labyrinth blindfolded, a lot of question turn from "what should I do" to "can this really be in this mod or am I putting too much personality into the follower already" because I cant just do an in depth design of the followers back story because this follower can be literally anyone and its impossible to reliably address this issue because the follower being radiant, me being unaware who that follower is, is a fundamental principle of the mod This problem exists in all of these follower esque mods, they are always incredibly shallow in how they do things, how they work, where they want to go The 1.0 update abstracted the necessity of a "red lining" to a negligible amount and new events can be added fairly easily now, you just make a quest and youre basically done but the underlying issue is of course not being fixed with that, its just abstracted SLUTS does have a long way to go still, male SLUTS will eventually be supported tho
Joséline
2023-07-24 08:26:54 +0000 UTCWanted to throw a little donation your way. Sad you're stopping with this, as I enjoy its quite a bit a lighter, less slavery oriented gameplay, compared to LOLA to make my favourite follower(s) grow a bit of a naughty streak while, again, still remaining fun. So this is just me saying thank you for making this in the first place. If I ever find the time to get back into modding myself I might look into making an expansion to involve a naughty follower in the night of debauchery in the vanilla Sanguine quest to spice that up a bit. Might need to actually look into SLUTS if you're giving it the same sort of lighter, more humorous dialogue as this mod. My main concerns with sluts are that it might be a bit heavy for me and that as long as it remains locked to female PC only (a tragedy of many LL mods) I have no desire to play it in the first place.
idonotlikeusernames
2023-07-23 15:02:30 +0000 UTC
