[Progress Report]: 25th of April

Hey everyone,

It's been so long since I've worked on nothing but new content that... well...

I've forgotten how to fill out the progress reports without spoilers. Let's see...

Progress on Version 0.80 is going well. Detective Keegan is officially in the game, along with advances along the main story. The speaking of the main story, that's been my focus for the past few weeks of development. There are a lot of things I want to do with each of the heroine's story that requires the main plot to progress, so I've just been trucking along with that.

Above, you'll see Missus Powell with her new gym attire. I'm liking the darker colors on her. Also, that is a sports bra, which is why she doesn't seem as "chesty" as usual. Expect to spend some one-on-one time with her as she prepares you for your little bout with Riley.

Oh! I know a topic I want to touch on. 

Solace, will you add mini-games in Superheroes Suck? What about combat?

As far as mini-games, I don't think I'll be including any in Superheroes Suck. Simon-Says, Rhythm games, Pong games, etc. I don't use a money system in game, and I think that they're often included to either pad out time farming for a cash equivalent or to just pad out time in general. I think we can all agree that Superheroes Suck doesn't need to pad for more time. The story is moving slow enough as is! Adding mini-games can also ruin save-game compatibility, requires an enormous amount of development time for fine-tuning and balance, and so on. Maybe in the far future when Superheroes Suck nears 100% completion, but for now, I am not planning on adding any mini-games to the project.

But what about combat?

I do want to do something light with the combat. The first confrontation with Lovestruck, while a decent spectacle, wasn't as engaging as I wanted it to be. In the future, I'm thinking about adding a simple system where you need to click on certain parts of the image to progress an action sequence. Is a punch required? Click on the head. Something along those lines. It seems less intrusive than adding a mini-game, less development intensive than adding an RPG system in, and less frustrating than adding "pass or die" choices for combat. These would be large zones, so you won't need to be very precise, for those of you on mobile and/or who play Superheroes Suck at two in the morning.

What do you guys think? Good idea? Bad? Let me know.

Thank you for all of your support,

~Solace