Status update (also new CG mechanic poll)
Added 2018-04-02 15:09:32 +0000 UTCHey everybody! Gonna keep this one Patron-only for a few days so only patrons get to influence the poll. Sorry it's been a while since I posted anything, things have been pretty busy around here - I was going to post this yesterday, but with it being April 1st and all I didn't want anybody to think I was joking >_>;
Right now I'm in the middle of updating the rest of our menus. Thanks to Flynn we have some slightly updated UI visuals, as well as visuals for a real Options menu instead of the beta-y old one, which means this next update should hopefully have some nice, long-awaited QoL features - like being able to change window size in the menu, alter volume levels, etc. It's something I've been wanting to do for a long time but it would've required an overhaul of the old menus, and since we had these new menus coming soon.. yeah.
Orex has been hard at work finishing up Alicia's basic animations, which should hopefully be done this update. We might not get to a new melee animation for her yet, but I believe everything else will be done in time.
Aside from all that, I've been working on the H-system overhaul, which is mostly complete now - once it's done, it will function a lot like the gallery, where you have full control over the scene as it plays, including ending the scene early if you want to. To enter a scene, you just have to go up near an enemy and masturbate, which will signal them to come initiate an H-scene with you.
That leads me to the possible CG mechanic changes I wanted to talk about today. If any of you $10 patrons are in our Discord server you've probably already seen this, but I wanted to bring it up with everybody and gather your thoughts on it through this poll. As you know, right now CG sequences are available exclusively through game overs - eventually I wanted to implement an in-game gallery that allows you to view them easily, but the only way to get them naturally is by losing, a mechanic which I'm not very fond of. I had an idea the other day to replace this mechanic - what if you met up with a scientist who was interested in researching the creatures of the planet, and through them you would be able to capture specimens of each enemy (including bosses), and once they're captured you would have the option of viewing the CG sequences as a way to, shall we say, learn about them first hand? For Science, essentially.
Obviously if this happened some of the scenes would have to change a bit more than originally planned, since they wouldn't be game over sequences anymore, but personally I'm REALLY excited about the new idea - it would be a great way to make those scenes canon in-universe, rather than acting as a "bad end" of sorts, and it would provide me an excellent way to delve into the lore of each creature and the universe of CPE as a whole. Let me know what you think of the idea, and if you have any questions about it, feel free to ask in the comments!
Anyway, that's enough outta me for today. Hope you're all doing well, and thank you so much for your continued support! It means everything to me <3
-A42
Comments
Oh yes - the basic idea of Succubus is great! I also didn't mind the execution much. Maybe the mechanic would be worth a review for any follow-up titles to Crisis Point ;)
Cammay
2018-08-19 13:00:19 +0000 UTCMasturbate = Inciting for sex. Fuck christ almighty, FINALLY an H developer decides for this, and though it's a bit sad, scrapped and unused content is a natural part in the development of big projects, so if you can handle that fully convinced that it is for the better, go ahead without worries. And I agree with you, seems that it is the western industry the one that seems to be trying to give variety to H content, but it's a shame because, among eastern ones, I still think Succubus from Libra Heart had discovered the pinnacle for H game mechanics: Beating enemies to sexually overpower them, and tempting them into ravaging you. If it hadn't had a weak execution by making the charm spell so broken, I could have seen something akin to those stealth games where evasion and combat have their own strategic challenges, with a "M/S morality" system for added fun... Shame their later games didn't build up from that idea. Future Fragments remained traditional with the H mechanic aside from the not game over ones, but the setting and the way they don't break the narrative flux of the story just feels right, I don't have real complaints there. You just do the game you want to do, that will define the marketing, not the other way around ;)
2018-05-13 03:06:53 +0000 UTCOMFG it's sooo good!! Tired of being restart from the whole beginning if wanna see those CG, with this i dont have to restart the whole game from the beginning
2018-04-20 12:06:53 +0000 UTCI can't agree there. Sure, it's a pretty common element of hentai, but I don't agree at all that it's definitively PART of hentai as a whole - there's plenty of consensual hentai out there, and just because it's consensual doesn't mean the characters in question have to be shameless sex addicts that drop their pants the second sex becomes an option. People are WAY more complex than that, and any good writer can get plenty of out a consensual scenario that's not just "they lovingly made the sexing to one another". Also, "the game part" that you mention may be your personal tastes, but what if that's not how I want my game to play out? Saying it "should" be this way is kind of dismissive towards new ideas, which could easily lead to stagnation in the H-game industry. I dunno about you, but the last thing I want is for every H-game I ever play to be exactly the same
Anon42
2018-04-04 13:38:56 +0000 UTCOtherwise we're just paying for animations with "lore" lol
BoogerBrigade
2018-04-04 04:23:09 +0000 UTCUnsure. Part of the hentai franchise is having your character be 50/50 about giving into the lewds or not, then gradually turning to %100. The seduction factor over just dropping yourself shamelessly is a bit more desired from what the ratings on other titles show. Bigger examples are MGQ, Eroico, etc. The game part of it should be trying to resist the temptation to further complete the game, therefore keeping yourself anxious to get the full reward (Building up to just shamelessly screwing everything after you:ve *unlocked* everything by ignoring thus said temptations)
BoogerBrigade
2018-04-04 04:22:34 +0000 UTCOverall I like this, shame to lose the game over consolation prize, but not having to deliberately get yourself killed to get to them, or having them be a reward for success is more fun. Having them be consentual and canon with the story more so still.
Aclys
2018-04-03 08:10:18 +0000 UTCYes. In favor
FloundericiousWA
2018-04-03 03:13:45 +0000 UTCThat is a fantastic idea, I like the sound of it so much better
Zay Bee
2018-04-03 02:55:34 +0000 UTCNope. This system would replace the game overs entirely, and game overs would act just like any other game - purely a negative thing.
Anon42
2018-04-02 23:30:04 +0000 UTCNew ssytem sounds like a grand idea! I look forward to it :D
Renmaru
2018-04-02 21:48:33 +0000 UTCWould there still be the "game over" versions of the CG sequences?
Phoenix926
2018-04-02 21:30:46 +0000 UTCNew system is best system
Nova RX0
2018-04-02 17:16:40 +0000 UTCAs will I hehehehe
SariKen
2018-04-02 16:02:42 +0000 UTCI think I'll love the new system!
Badguy292
2018-04-02 15:47:05 +0000 UTC
