Not a developer but... I read (on a different thread) that twine handles game states really weirdly. Something about how it's not an engine designed for branching story lines or sandbox type games. Every addition has a high risk of breaking anything that came before. Essentially the more you put into your twine game the more spaghetti the code becomes. Thus it's harder to add to than a new 3d renpy game?
I'm mainly dedicating a number of days to one project then the same to the other. L&V is bottlenecked by writing, and Sins by render production, so I do have a small overlap where I work on one or the other if I run out of steam on one of these aspects. I can't really say for sure at this point how long the updates take, since I only recently started dividing the time more equally and the initial release of sins + christmas break caused a lot of delays and required a fair bit of extra work you don't normally have to do. We'll see how it goes over the coming year.
This isn't true. Twine is actually a lot better than renpy for sandbox games, mainly due to UI being far easier. While increasing the complexity/size of the game brings issues like making it harder to playtest the whole game, that's just true of any engine. If you structure the game properly, delivering the content in complete chunks from start to finish and test well, you shouldn't have many issues with the game growing.
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Don't worry she eats her greens! Or maybe I'll have to make some more renders...I have noticed that when our MC chooses the street feeding option, he always drinks from the same girl. She will run out of blood and cause a lot of problems!
And there is the biggest payoff of daz image switch from realporn - I remember what a headache it is when you want a specific action to have to scour porn tube/image sites.
It would have been very difficult to make a vampire game that way, given 99% of it is shot during the day!
Some creators have started using AI-generated images to gradually replace real porn images. It is said that this allows for more customisation and makes the faces of the characters consistent throughout the game, but at the same time some say that the AI is still not entirely reliable.
Glad you like him! Got big plans for Hugh so it's going to be interesting to see how things play out. There was a big urge to replace his role with a woman but I think this way will be a lot better.
I might have to replace the phone system... What platform were you playing on?
Allow me to clarify. What I like about Love and Vice is that it is sharing and not NTR. Sexually, I want Eveyln to become a BBC slut and slob whore. I want her to be fucked, degraded, and sexually ravenous. Emotionally, on the Vice path like Love and Vice I'm her master and Daddy. Mentally she belongs to me. Physical lust is fine. NTR emotional betrayal is what really people dislike. Let the girls have fun being slutty bitches without being disloyal cunts to those they love. You don't see people saying if a guy fucks multiple chicks he'll abandon his main girl or girls. The vice system of Love and Vice showed this perfectly as always being under the control of the player and I like that.
Thank you for clarifying
So yeah I'll be approaching that content in basically the same way I did in L&V. Sharing girls out for fun, progress and profit. Maybe even as potential quest solutions?I like the idea of whoring out girls or ordering them to seduce people as Quest solutions. The fun of Vice path is corrupting and controlling them, making them sluts bent to your will. It is a very selfish playstyle.Thank you for clarifying
For combat, I do have some ideas but I've yet to put anything into practice. Comics is definitely a good shout for some references, one I hadn't considered. I'll probably start simple with it so there can be a build up as the mc gets more experience and confidence.
I'm always considering the character build for events and options, but I do have to be careful there regarding potency (and the others) so it doesn't cross the lines. It might end up being more of a thing for the vampire girls since it would play nicely with the power dynamics.
I did see over at Lewdspot the comments about the phone being broken, which was something I was going to investigate. It's probably an issue with the web version.
Saw Blade a looong time ago, enough that I really need to watch it again. I have some ideas for the powers, but I still have to flesh it out design wise. It'll likely consist of the sort of norms you expect from any other vampire media. Would love to come up with some original stuff if I could, but I think I'll already have my work cut out representing all the character build combinations!
I like how you've focused on the awesome of Vampires over the angst. There are aspects of Vampirism as painful with the curses for each bloodline and loss of the sun. But for the most part the vibe I get from the introduction is being a vampire is dangerous but awesome. Its a take on Vampires I haven't seen in a while and it draws interest. I enjoy the idea of how each of the main Stats is a type of vampire with different power focus. From the stealthy shadowy vampire to the bloodthirsty beasts to the mind bending socalite.Saw Blade a looong time ago, enough that I really need to watch it again. I have some ideas for the powers, but I still have to flesh it out design wise. It'll likely consist of the sort of norms you expect from any other vampire media. Would love to come up with some original stuff if I could, but I think I'll already have my work cut out representing all the character build combinations!
The next step in the main story is combat training, so there will be a look into that side of things soon enough. I don't really know much about martial arts in general outside of a few concepts, so I'll probably keep it simple. I think a lot of the principals would be the same, given things like leverage and reach would still work the same just with more ways to manipulate them in your favour. One of advantage of the character progression is I could potentially make things crazier over time if appropriate.
So yeah I already put some reactivity in Eve's journal regarding the dream influence. That'll likely continue. I'm not sure if I'll get super specific on that front like one entry per topic, because that's just a lot of work. I'd have to limit that to a line or two, perhaps as part of another entry.
I will probably do stuff with pregnancy, but that's all very long term plans stuff. Can't really talk about it much right now
Right now my plan is the potency job will be monster hunting/pest control, so we'll get to see some of that supernatural food chain through that. It's definitely a thing I want to build up over time. Right now it's still mostly ideas, which I can mold to fit the story as needed.
What a bunchKind-hearted and gothic sister.
Bodybuilder mother, but with a shitty job.
Sire who seems good but I don't trust him at all.
The sire's girlfriend, a sexy af brunette.
To be continued
But I have to point out that Kate and Hugh aren't dating!With the monster hunting and mention of political factions with non vampire supernatural representation, I am brought to mind of one of the strong appeals in urban fantasy literature. Dresdsen Files and other works get a lot of mileage out of the concept of shadow politics. Hidden organizations and groups controlling different interests in a supernatural community, how the different parts fit in. With that, I like how you have Potency be monster hunting as it has me think of how the different stats for different specialized vampires lends themselves to different kinds of jobs in this wider shadow world. Which is interesting stuff for storytelling.Right now my plan is the potency job will be monster hunting/pest control, so we'll get to see some of that supernatural food chain through that. It's definitely a thing I want to build up over time. Right now it's still mostly ideas, which I can mold to fit the story as needed.
I have a whole bunch of characters planned. Such as a collection of vampire skill tutors/vendors, a couple representatives of some of the political factions, and some non-vampire supernatural representation. It's a lot, and they've all got something that I look forward to bringing out. And of course there's Kate, who I think will probably have the best story and relationship of the bunch.
My main motivation was I felt this sort of setting was underutilised in this space. Admittedly at the time I hadn't noticed a bunch of the other contemporary vampire games, but by the time that was corrected, I already had a tonne of ideas burning holes in my skull and had to get them out. Gameplay wise, I've been playing a lot of RPGs over the last decade, and I wanted to see how many of those principals could be brought into and serve an adult game. Since again, I think it's been under utilized.
What a bunch
