Unity Dark Land Chronicle: The Fallen Elf [v0.113] [Winterfire Studio]

[winterfirestudio]

Okay wow.....

Player choices matter - CHECK
Great sex animations - CHECK
Great music - CHECK
Solid graphics - CHECK
Solid top down gameplay RPG - CHECK
Story and even Divinity/Baldurs Gate 3 style narration - CHECK
Decent amount of content in the first build - CHECK

Please don't abandon this game, I see great potential in the future of this game if you stick with it and keep developing it

Didn't expect to logon to F95 today and see such a great gem of a female protagonist game. Our genre doesn't get as much love as the male protagonist genre does so quality games of this tier are quite rare


Some constructive feedback;

• Some player choices early on need to be used more in a tutorial capacity to really make the player understand the impact of dialogue and such
  • For example the thief who wants you to steal the necklace from the house. I rejected it and the thief then refused to talk to me. I am still learning the mechanics of the game so that is quite unforgiving especially since there is no save/quick save functionality
  • Same for the guard in the north who is hunting the fat man. I told him he seemed scared and harmless the guard got angry and said they will gather a party to hunt the man at the moment nothing further happened I was still able to go back to the man and prostitute myself to him and I am not sure thus what happens next because of my interaction with the guard and again this is so early on in the game it is very unforgiving to the player to try to learn the mechanics
• Speaking of mechanics, it is quite hard to understand some of the mechanics
  • For example do events only progress when you sleep at the fire?
  • Do different swords have different stats?
  • The impact of the choices are a bit hard to follow in the beginning as you are still learning the game world and the characters. So my example with the guard hunting the fat man, but also the thief like I didn't want to do it because I also didn't understand how theft works in the game. A lot of the mechanics like that are not explained and not self explanatory either
• Healing needs to be buffed it doesn't heal enough
• The stat points of consumables is unclear at the moment (mental health, lust points, etc...)
• Hopefully in future sex will have more consequences at the moment being raped by monsters, prostituting your character and having sex with different people doesn't seem to have any consequences
  • On that note, a sex stat page would be nice as well and a virginity mechanic to give players an incentive for a virgin playthrough as well as the first time being more important. It will also make most players really try to avoid being raped by monsters
• In future some system to sleep in people's houses would be nice. Linked to prostitution, begging or whatever else through negotiation so you don't always need to campfire

In any case, good luck on the game and I look forward to seeing what the future holds for this title!

Thank you so much for your love and support for the game! Your feedback is the fuel that keeps our team's passion burning!

Let me quickly address the issue with the fat guy quest. I believe there might be some problems with it - theoretically, if you report the fat guy, he shouldn't demand prostitution (from my memory, you should protect him to trigger the prostitution, I'll have to check the design documents to confirm as I might have spontaneously changed the design). Anyway, if you report the fat guy and then visit his house again after spending a night by the campfire, you should see two guards killing him. Additionally, if you protect the fat guy and complete the prostitution, after spending a night by the campfire, you should find that the fat guy has been killed by monsters. I'll report this quest to the testing team for a reevaluation to see if there are any errors.

As for the campfire mechanic, it should serve as a save point while also triggering time progression(which is not yet complete). Weapon strength and healing/buff mechanisms are still in the balancing stage, and systems like crafting blueprints haven't been implemented yet, so adjustments to strength balance may need to be made gradually.

Regarding character attributes and the sex journal, we'll gradually enhance them. As for other creative systems (such as being able to sleep in people's houses, follower systems, virginity buff, etc.), my plan is to add them slowly after the main systems and content are completed(expending the map and adding the monsters would be the priority).

I can sense your enthusiasm for the game, and I wish I had more resources to quickly implement these fantastic systems - game development can be fast at times, but polishing the game really time-consuming... I also hope you'll continue to follow us, and personally, I can promise you that this game will not disappoint you!

 

[Senchi]

no matter how good the game may be i will not download it if it has a virus please the next update without virus

 

[Kazaim]

I really, REALLY hope this Game doesn't end up focusing on bloody nonsense. I can find that anywhere else. Give me a Dark Lewd Game, not "Kill this, or Kill that" choices only, let us decide how we want to do this. Want someone gone, cause you hated that person's guts? Sure, done. Want some lady getting banged by someone or something? Done. Want to let a whole Village get wrecked and raped by a monster or beast attack? Done. Just give us the fucking controller. Don't tell me i can only kill.

Instant example: The Elves can take control over the first Village, if you so wish. This doesn't stop any Quests or Lewds. In fact, now some Elves might appear there. This could only happen if you helped some of the Villagers. Herta leads to the consequence she will convince even some elves and other Female Villagers to enjoy some Beasts, in a isolated area close by the Village of her own personal "Ranch", which she lets you know of and get involved if you wish.

I can do more. But it's not my job to give you top tier ideas and advise.

Take care.

 

[Ghotty]

cant get past the settings menu. i'd love to find out how to fix this because this looks incredible. any thoughts?

 

[Pachooley]

Awesome game! In my opinion it's mix of Don't Starve and Dark Souls which is really cool! The only thing that got me frustrated is hitbox. Wazowski guy isn't a problem at all even though he is some kind of mini boss just like Asylum Demon in DS 1, but his attack range is something else. Also, I'd like to know if there any way to save my progress right now

 

[Nurgle777]

very cool game, like this!

 

[winterfirestudio]

I'm sorry but I have to ask what the fudge is going on here:
-Let's get the fat man killed by the beasts he's allied with?
-Let's get the women cultist killed by ???? because ????
-Let's get the villager women killed by monsters because ????
-Let's send the big breasted woman in the enclosure of a dangerous beast for lewds and have her as a companion afterward?
-Let's kill all the elf villagers if humans invade when the guard in first town say women are for breeding?
-Let's kill the princess when your character say she need to change the view of elves in the world?

I really want to like this game, I like the freeroam, the atmosphere, the diverging questlines, factions, character designs and potential lewd a goddam whole lot but what I read here and in game makes me so confused I'm wondering if the game will end up with more blood than semen to the point I'm coming out of my lurking den and I want answers.

It feels like the devs aren't in tune when it comes to what the game will look like during final release, I looked at the 2d pictures out of curiosity and the only notable thing I found was a goblin turd on a wooden stick that will probably appear later on, like why is this even a thing?

I'm glad you enjoy the game!

Let me quickly address your questions (although some of them are a bit unclear to me, so I'll provide additional context to clarify). If you have further questions, feel free to ask!

1. "Let's get the fat man killed by the beasts he's allied with?"
   Answer: The fat man wasn't killed by the beasts; he was killed by the Boneless. The Boneless hate all living creatures, including those served them.
2. "Let's get the women cultist killed by ???? because ????"
   Answer: I'm not sure what you mean by this question. Could you provide more specific details?
3. "Let's get the villager women killed by monsters because ????"
   Answer: I'm also unclear on this question. Which villager women are killed by monsters?
4. "Let's send the big-breasted woman into the enclosure of a dangerous beast for lewds and have her as a companion afterward?"
   Answer: Yes, indeed. In fact, each villager in the first village has preferences for specific factions. In Herta's case, she favors the Arcane Beast. As for becoming a companion, that would happen after completing all her quests, and raising an Arcane Beast would occur after she becomes a companion. (By the way, another planned companion is a kind male thief.)
5. "Let's kill all the elf villagers if humans invade when the guard in the first town says women are for breeding?"
   Answer: No, the invaders will be elves, not humans, and the player will decide whether to help the elven resistance. Additionally, this storyline won't involve players participating in combat but rather through quests to eliminate one faction (to be more precise, to replace NPCs in that area).
6. "Let's kill the princess when your character says she needs to change the view of elves in the world?"
   Answer: No, killing the princess scenario is a bit more complex. Please see the explanation below.

Regarding killing the princess, this scenario is related to the opening animation. Currently, I'm not entirely satisfied with the opening animation. Although it briefly introduces the history, it's a bit dull. Additionally, the motivation for the heroine leaving the forest isn't strong enough. Therefore, we're planning to change the opening animation to a revenge story. At the beginning of the game(current version), you can examine the items on the heroine's backpack and you'll find her carries a letter. If we have enough resources in the future to modify the opening animation, the subtitle in the intro animation will be similar to the content of that letter. In short, we plan to have the heroine harbor animosity toward humans, specifically aiming to kill the king of humans (according to the current plan, the heroine doesn't know that the current ruler is the princess), to make the opening more impactful. (In other words, the reason the heroine gets close to humans is to gain their trust... If she failed to do so, she can also join the goblins or other factions to accomplish her goal)

However, I must also mention that another version of the story is to have the heroine resist evil (the Boneless Faction) as the main theme of the heroine's journey. In other words, the primary enemies of the heroine would be the Boneless. (Regarding whether to assassinate the princess or resist the evil faction, we have not yet decided; we will gather feedback from sponsors to determine the direction of the game appropriately.)

Next, regarding faction settings, the interactions between factions are quite complex. Currently, the factions are divided as follows (the current system already has basic favorability settings):

• Nifvaria Empire: The current ruling power on the continent, humans.
• Elves: The faction to which the female protagonist belongs, and they hate humans.
• Bandits: An independent faction.
• Cultists: A faction that likes Arcane Beasts.
• Goblins: An independent faction. In the first village, they have a hidden supporter, Engla.
• Army (not yet added in the current version): The army of the Nifvaria Empire. The most hated faction is the Leze Orcs.
• Arcane Beast: Formerly known as the Eraeven Kingdom, they were enemies of the Nifvaria Empire in the past. Now, they are favored by the Cultist (although Arcane Beasts don't necessarily like Cultists), and their supporter in the first village is Herta.
• Boneless: A faction that hates all races. (Therefore, in quests, they treat fat man as a tool, that's why when they find him useless, they killed him.) Also, please don't confuse them with Wazowski; they belong to different factions (Wazowski belongs to the Arcane Beast faction). In the first village, they have a hidden supporter, Randolf.

Lastly, I'm not sure where you saw the goblin turd (you have a keen eye!). The primary purpose of the goblin turd is for fertilizer (because there are no wells in the goblin's area for irrigation, so we thought of an alternative item).

I understand you may be confused about the background. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Your questions also help us clarify our own worldview settings (after all, if we can't explain our own worldview clearly, there will be significant issues when it's actually implemented into the game). Due to the vast and complex background, as well as potential dynamic adjustments to some settings (likely based on player feedback), I apologize for any confusion you may have experienced.

We sincerely hope you continue to provide unique insights, and we are happy to answer your questions!

 

[winterfirestudio]

I really, REALLY hope this Game doesn't end up focusing on bloody nonsense. I can find that anywhere else. Give me a Dark Lewd Game, not "Kill this, or Kill that" choices only, let us decide how we want to do this. Want someone gone, cause you hated that person's guts? Sure, done. Want some lady getting banged by someone or something? Done. Want to let a whole Village get wrecked and raped by a monster or beast attack? Done. Just give us the fucking controller. Don't tell me i can only kill.

Instant example: The Elves can take control over the first Village, if you so wish. This doesn't stop any Quests or Lewds. In fact, now some Elves might appear there. This could only happen if you helped some of the Villagers. Herta leads to the consequence she will convince even some elves and other Female Villagers to enjoy some Beasts, in a isolated area close by the Village of her own personal "Ranch", which she lets you know of and get involved if you wish.

I can do more. But it's not my job to give you top tier ideas and advise.

Take care.

I understand what you mean, and you did point out a wrong direction I might very well fall into. I'll try my best to make the game as hentai as possible... with minimum bloody nonsense

 

[Kazaim]

I understand what you mean, and you did point out a wrong direction I might very well fall into. I'll try my best to make the game as hentai as possible...

Good. That's all i ever want to ask of you. To make it as Lewd/Hentai as possible. Sure, if you really want Characters dead, that is simple, but the only results is that they may drop a lot of useful Items, or perhaps some special ones. But any Quests they were connected to, no longer applies and any Quests will be failed and unavailable as a consequence.

What puts me off, as an example. Is that we have a copy model of females at places that has one foot missing and eaten at places. That isn't Lewd/Hentai. That's just grotesque and disturbing, like as if something/someone took a few bites off and lost interest and just left them like that. That's...stupid and strange. If i had any say, i'd change that immediately. Perhaps make them be hentai messed up and knocked the fuck out from being fucked hard. And perhaps make those Models different depending on the area/monsters/beasts/creatures the hentai fucked bodies they are near. Quick Example would be: The Cyclops Boss having stretched their holes and left them as nothing but quivering big bellies of it's seed, which would terrify any poor female victim to see it.

Just ideas. Take them or ignore them. Take care and look forward to the next update!

 

[winterfirestudio]

Good. That's all i ever want to ask of you. To make it as Lewd/Hentai as possible. Sure, if you really want Characters dead, that is simple, but the only results is that they may drop a lot of useful Items, or perhaps some special ones. But any Quests they were connected to, no longer applies and any Quests will be failed and unavailable as a consequence.

What puts me off, as an example. Is that we have a copy model of females at places that has one foot missing and eaten at places. That isn't Lewd/Hentai. That's just grotesque and disturbing, like as if something/someone took a few bites off and lost interest and just left them like that. That's...stupid and strange. If i had any say, i'd change that immediately. Perhaps make them be hentai messed up and knocked the fuck out from being fucked hard. And perhaps make those Models different depending on the area/monsters/beasts/creatures the hentai fucked bodies they are near. Quick Example would be: The Cyclops Boss having stretched their holes and left them as nothing but quivering big bellies of it's seed, which would terrify any poor female victim to see it.

Just ideas. Take them or ignore them. Take care and look forward to the next update!

I love your idea a lot and I did consider doing that before. The art team even completed models for the female victims. However, the animation team informed me that the two characters' body types differed too much. Insisting on it would take a lot of time and significantly raise costs, so I had to give up on the idea. Some aspects of the current project are compromises, and I can only hope for successful sponsorship so that I can fully realize and produce content...

 

[Goldias]

super good, really enjoy it, the fact that we can either be good or bad also add to the fun, i'm waiting for next update dude

note : character spin several times before i can interact with "Cauldron' and "campfire"

 

[Kazaim]

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I love your idea a lot and I did consider doing that before. The art team even completed models for the female victims. However, the animation team informed me that the two characters' body types differed too much. Insisting on it would take a lot of time and significantly raise costs, so I had to give up on the idea. Some aspects of the current project are compromises, and I can only hope for successful sponsorship so that I can fully realize and produce content...

Hmm. Interesting. It is unfortunate you cannot go further just yet. But i am sure you will, soon enough, once you have made some more Content and people feel confident in your Project.

Well. I am already pitching in with the 2nd Sub Tier. I will be considering going Tier 3 Sub, if i like what i am seeing the next two major updates. And i don't have much money right now, as i am trying to spare enough money to replace and upgrade my PC parts.

I wish you and your Team the best of luck and wishes!

 

[winterfirestudio]

I'd like to thank you very much for taking the time to answer my concerns properly, I will take the time to formulate a proper answer in order for you to identify what made me think the setting was all jumbled and thinking it was heading toward a Elona direction.

First, I'd like to point out that me being used to regular tropes may have skewered my view of the game, in my head there was the Orcs, Goblins, Beastmen, Humans, Elves, Eldritch Cultists all with their distinct aesthetic, lewd content genra and plot lines Warhammer style, but from the very start we are faced with a Cyclop killing/raping people around, so what faction is he from? Probably the Cultists? He has an abomination look to him.

Fast forward, I met the guard being suspicious of a man in the wood for doing dark things, I'm like ok let's see what the cult is like, only to be met by the fat man who tells me he's friend with animals, I searched the whole map without finding any animal trace and when coming back he got possessed by the Boneless telling me to be the Matriarch or something? I came back hoping for more lewd and all I see is a corpse, me confused, why did the animals kill him? where did the boneless come from?

Fast forward a bit more, I do the questline of the big breasted one hoping for more steamy lewd only to hear she's volunteering to tend to an arcane beast the guards described being (if memory serves right) pretty dangerous, from it's look I even wonder how the wood cage is able to hold it trapped, after seeing what happened to the fatty i'm like wait, she's entering with the type of creature that killed their friend and she'll come out unnarmed? Confusion.

Fast forward to the end, I started skipping all the dialogue, especially after being locked out of a quest by the nerd in the village forcing me to get his exposition, I accept a quest from the guard to check out a cultist, I head to the wasteland, find women bodies around and a dark robed figure being like "Join us for lewds non stop it'll be so fun", then I'm like why did she kill the girls? What? Then wait if the Cyclop was part of their group why did he kill the women it could have raped and bred a new generation with?

That's about it, I now think I have a rough understanding of the situation in the village but some of it still isn't fully clear, like was the woman in the wasteland and the fat man in the woods part of the cult or the boneless? Why were there corpses around her and the cyclop? Are the beast cultists able to communicate with the beasts or are they just hound level basic need function?

Lastly, I was affraid of this game suddenly taking a turn like Elona with maybe even more gore considering what I witnessed in the game so far and your mention of an elf massacre and princess killing, I hope my thoughts make more sense to you now, I will gladly wait for new updates and see what this project become because I believe it is pretty unique and needed.

PS - The collision box for doors and navigating inside houses could use a bit more polish, and I would love to see some kind of corruption meter going on for our character allowing her to take a more lewd/dark approach like joining with the beasts, orcs or goblins or even helping conquer her own village so we get all the lewds~

PS2 - I'm fine if your goal is to make a game that is on the gruesome and gore side of things, it's your project and there definitively is a crowd for it, but if that's the case you should heavily consider advertising that front and center so that people don't come walking for some hentai elf heroine going all slut only to end up with a remake of Happy Tree Friends.

Firstly, as mentioned in my previous reply, the Wazowski referred to here is the Cyclop. Your understanding is quite close, but there is a slight discrepancy; he is a member of the Arcane Beast faction, and the Cultists worship him.

As for the quest involving the fat man: He lacks intelligence. He mistook the small tentacle monsters for small animals. In future game updates, the small tentacle monsters will appear in that area after the fat man is killed, and players will then understand, 'Ah, so the small animals the fat man mentioned are tentacle monsters!' At the current version, the tentacle monsters haven't been added yet, so it's normal to be confused.

Regarding Herta's quest: The nature of Arcane Beasts is that they kill males and rape females. It's expected that Herta might be raped when she starts working there. Additionally, the person that the Arcane Beast has killed earlier was the Ranch Guard; he was not Herta's friend.

About the cultist women: You should be able to ask the cultist women, and she will explicitly state that she didn't kill those women. You can assume that before your arrival, a fierce Arcane Beast killed those poor girls and left that area.

I understand that some plot points may be a bit vague, mainly due to too many factions and too little storyline in the current game. I believe when content is gradually filled in with future versions, many of your current doubts will naturally disappear!

Finally, the collision box setting you mentioned will also be one of the key focuses for system-level adjustments in the next version (highlighting should be added). As for the other NSFW content, we will complete it step by step

 

[YeOldeWanker]

Since half the posts are about it I thought I might as well just straight up ask the dev.

Any idea as to why your version posted via the drive link triggers (what I assume to be) false positives on people’s machines? Has this also been a thing amongst users on your disc? winterfirestudio

 

[Kazaim]

Since half the posts are about it I thought I might as well just straight up ask the dev.

Any idea as to why your version posted via the drive link triggers (what I assume to be) false positives on people’s machines? Has this also been a thing amongst users on your disc? winterfirestudio

I had no such issue on my side. I think a lot of you guys are blowing this out of proportion a bit. I can confirm after running the game, there is no issues. I am using a pretty good premium Firewall to protect myself. It said zilch of any Viruses.

These "Virus" detection issue is most of the time, a rare false detection. I don't mean you should trust everything, but please consider there are people like me, who uses paid and decent Anti-Virus and Firewall systems to protect myself, and there are like 3-5 of you talking about a "Virus Detection" when no one here said they got a genuine virus from downloading these files.


Just saying.

 

[Mr.SpacePenguin]

I figure it'll take at least a year and a half to get the game up to a level I'm cool with. I get you're worried it might not get done, but trust me, we're way more stressed 'cause this is our dream. Some crowdfunded games drag out development to rake in more cash, but that's not our style.　What you're seeing now is the result of us rewriting the game three times. We've done it all without any funding and covered all the testing costs ourselves. Money ain't our focus here, clearly.

If the game's development takes longer, it's probably 'cause we wanna add more monsters and adult content. Honestly, the world we're building is massive. Just the goblin faction alone could be its own game, not to mention the Futa orcs, the cultists, tentacles, and Arcane Beasts we wanna include. So yeah, our updates are gonna be more like the 'Zomboid Project' kinda deal you're familiar with, not just dragging out the same stuff.(We would hate ourselves if we do so...)

Eventually, the game's gonna hit Steam, and we're thinking of integrating some Steam features like an achievement system. We've got experience with that stuff, so no tech issues there. Plus, Steam's cool with extreme adult content as long as it's not for kids, so don't worry about any censorship on our end.

I'm attaching some of the test versions we've built in the past. You can see we've been grinding away at this project for a long time... Eventually, we realized this thing won't last without funding, so we decided to show our work to supporters earlier than planned.

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holy shit you guys already got my attention what a nice answer you gave me, hopefully I will subscribe to your patreon at the end of the month as well (when I get my salary) just to support! <3 hope everything will went great for you guys

 

[winterfirestudio]

Since half the posts are about it I thought I might as well just straight up ask the dev.

Any idea as to why your version posted via the drive link triggers (what I assume to be) false positives on people’s machines? Has this also been a thing amongst users on your disc? winterfirestudio

Firstly, let me address what I am sure of - we have no intention of stealing any data, nor do we have any interest in doing so (I can't see any benefit in it), and I am confident that our development team hasn't written any malicious code. But strictly speaking, this issue is quite technical, and I'm not sure why such virus detection has occurred.

Based on my past gaming experiences, all Unity games seem to often trigger this warning, don't they? My assumption is that Unity's official mechanism might attempt to gather the number of game installations by players, and if there are enough installations, they can then charge us, the developers, for the subscription fee... Thus, I personally suspect that this mechanism is what led the firewall to detect the game as having malicious software or illegal connections. (Again, this is just my personal speculation and I have no evidence.)

In reality, I think attempting to write malicious software into the game would be very foolish. I believe there are many computer-savvy individuals here, and if there were any malicious software, it would surely be discovered immediately... If I had the ability to write malicious software, I'm sure putting it into a game wouldn't be my first choice... It's a lot of effort for very little reward...

Lastly, I want to remind you that if you're concerned, it's best not to download the game. In case your computer gets infected for any reason (even if it's not caused by us), we can't afford the consequences, and we certainly don't want any suspicions surrounding such incidents...

 

[Kazaim]

Ah, yeah. I forgot to mention. Considering if this is gonna get to Steam one day. I'd like to warn you.

Steam has a strange random chance of removing Titles from it's Store. This is not done by a Machine, this is done by a Human being. So keep this in mind when you are considering to put it up to Steam. If your Product gets nicked off from there, i suggest you talk to Valve regarding this. I am no fan of Valve doing this, but it seems strange and confusing considering that different H-Games get listed there with various content. Hopefully, this won't be a problem.

 

[jarajriver]

is anyone else unable to get past the game setting screen? I can't click on anything

 

[winterfirestudio]

holy shit you guys already got my attention what a nice answer you gave me, hopefully I will subscribe to your patreon at the end of the month as well (when I get my salary) just to support! <3 hope everything will went great for you guys

Thank you very much for the support! We truly hope the Patreon campaign goes well... Let's be honest, building an isometric sandbox game is never the most profitable choice... We're pursuing this project simply because we want to create something cool that all our audience can enjoy playing! I hope you'll be satisfied with our outcome!