discussion RPGM Hand Drawn May's Summer Vacation [v0.05.5c] [Otchakun]

[otchakun]

If its not to much of a question is there a large play in the background?

With more npcs being casual like not wearing underwear or the boy exposed not caring or those funny boys stealing underwear perhaps the aliens or a organization is slowly making everyone more nudist? guess you can say in that way like the flatzheeze series just a question as the broken tv is a like a hmm.

All I can tell you is it's not that deep xD
Tho, it's true people in that town have different decency standards than most. The joke is that May is (almost) always the only one embarrassed, and has nobody to relate to. You will uncover more secrets about the people there as you progress in their routes tho! I personally like personal, mundane stories with low stakes, so that's what the game is going for. But who knows — maybe I'll change my mind and it all turns out to be a big conspiracy all along!

(Also, flatcheez mentioned??)

 

[Azusa]

I'm guessing you played the first release (v0.01). It has a bug that prevents the game from progressing properly if you go see Ember in the city before talking to the 3 neighbors in town first. I recommend you download the latest version (v0.02.0) and replay from the start. Sorry about that! ;-;

Don't worry. Games in development are always the same, so replaying the start is normal. Only after a longer playtime it gets tedious if you need to replay everything cause something in the beginning got changed. I know a few games still in development which you constantly need to play from the beginning cause the dev don't know how they can make the saved compatible...

 

[otchakun]

Don't worry. Games in development are always the same, so replaying the start is normal. Only after a longer playtime it gets tedious if you need to replay everything cause something in the beginning got changed. I know a few games still in development which you constantly need to play from the beginning cause the dev don't know how they can make the saved compatible...

Yes, unfortunately this is a big issue. RPG Maker is really good at keeping things compatible as the game updates, so if you need to replay it's probably my fault. Like this bug that messes up the game's progression.

There's another instance where I messed up Abby's questline's variables, but put an event that fixes it as soon as the player enters her room. It doesn't affect the experience, fortunately, but I'll have to remove this event in a future update, as it's gonna cause issues later. So if there's smbd who played v0.02.0 but didn't for several major updates, it's possible Abby's questline will break. I'm being extra careful with variables to make sure this kind of doesn't happen, but there's always a damn bug that gets through!

 

[otchakun]

Just a heads up! v0.03.0 is out early on my

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For those who have it, here's a

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The public (and hopefully bug-free) version will be out in 7 days!

 

[Yodasy]

will in the futhur update also tickling?

 

[otchakun]

will in the futhur update also tickling?

If there will be tickling? Well... this isn't something I've thought about actually. It isn't particularly something I'm into, but could add as a fun scene xD

 

[Yodasy]

If there will be tickling? Well... this isn't something I've thought about actually. It isn't particularly something I'm into, but could add as a fun scene xD

Please can you do it?

 

[otchakun]

Please can you do it?

No promises but if I can justfiy it in a scene, sure! I can imagine the Gropers doing it xD

 

[Azusa]

I really like that with the newest update you get repeatable scenes, something I miss in most games. And the randomness is also great, so that you need to repeat it more times to see everything.
And I look forward to new clothes, now that you introduced the (overpriced) clothing shop.

 

[otchakun]

I really like that with the newest update you get repeatable scenes, something I miss in most games. And the randomness is also great, so that you need to repeat it more times to see everything.
And I look forward to new clothes, now that you introduced the (overpriced) clothing shop.

Glad you enjoyed it!

I was a little afraid the RNG would be annoying for people who want to see all the scenes, but thankfully it doesn't seem to have bothered anyone so far. The idea was you'd return to the restaurant for some quick money over time while playing, and so you'd get to see all the 4 scenes eventually. There isn't much incentive to engage with the mechanic yet, but there'll be as more things to spend money are added.

Also, the only other clothes I have in mind for the shop are halloween outfits (which will probably be for next year since it's too early in development to be adding a halloween event now). Maybe you get 2 options too, the cheapest one being the most revealing since they're charging for the amount of cloth xD

 

[Azusa]

the cheapest one being the most revealing since they're charging for the amount of cloth xD

Wow, finally a shop that I like
And for the planned clothes: I know that it's hard to implement, especially if you can put them on everywhere and could have every event in it )most devs quit after that because it's too much work), so having outfits for event's only is definitive the save way and no less fun.
Same goes for the 'Chinese restaurant'. You get a new outfit which you only can wear there...(even if it would be fun to see the reaction from other NPC's).

I was a little afraid the RNG would be annoying for people who want to see all the scenes

Well, that's true. But as you mentioned yourself, if you can get money in a game, you need something to spend it on. And if you get every time the same event over and over would be more annoying as to have a random factor if and/or which would be played.

Spoiler ahead for not spoiling the the new version to new players:
And for Baobao... I had my suspicion from the start.Not only because the dress has a... bump, but also the name. I personally would have liked it the other way round, but it still is fun.

 

[otchakun]

And for the planned clothes: I know that it's hard to implement, especially if you can put them on everywhere and could have every event in it )most devs quit after that because it's too much work), so having outfits for event's only is definitive the save way and no less fun.

Yes, I've played a few games that went with the full immersion route, and I don't envy the devs. The most successful ones usually turn more abstract or limit how many poses you can see the main character in. Like LonaRPG, which only ever has 3-4 views of the main character that cover all the possible situations. It can get a little repetitive, but that's how the dev managed to fit in all the outfits, facial expressions, levels of dirt, hair styles, accessories and so on.

Being a little abstract helps too, which is what Degrees of Lewdity does, since it's text-based and you just have a portrait of your character as they're dressed in the corner and 2 poses that last time I played only supported a few basic clothing shapes instead of different sprites for each piece.

My approach is quite the opposite of both, since I'm looking for both more variety and visually engaging scenes, and only reuse poses/angles when there's little need to redraw (like how 2 peeing scenes use the same base).

 

[pianodrama]

Any chance you'll make Baobao uncircumcised? Hoping for more scenes with them

 

[otchakun]

Any chance you'll make Baobao uncircumcised? Hoping for more scenes with them

Oh don't worry. I never even considered that actually xD
Not particularly into circumcised penises personally. But you can expect them to come in a few sizes and shapes!

 

[jkj34]

Thank you for the replies i enjoyed the new update can not wait 4 the beach update.

 

[darkolo]

hand drawn games are amazing, so much soul in them

 

[pianodrama]

Oh don't worry. I never even considered that actually xD
Not particularly into circumcised penises personally. But you can expect them to come in a few sizes and shapes!

Either you misread me or I misread you
I was wanting Baobao to be not circumcised

 

[otchakun]

hand drawn games are amazing, so much soul in them

Thank you. I really am putting love in this project. <3

Either you misread me or I misread you
I was wanting Baobao to be not circumcised

LMAO sorry I wasn't very clear! What I meant is all the penises in the game are going to be uncircumcised anyway, and I hadn't even considered the alternative before you mentioned! xD
So nothing to worry about. (and sorry to the circumcision enjoyers out there)

 

[darkolo]

Thank you. I really am putting love in this project. <3

I can tell. There are many "games" that are .. empty, even if they have lost of sex scenes, lots of boobs everywhere. But they dont have the special sauce - they dont have a dev that is passionate. Your game just feel so good to play. The style, the atmosphare.. It is one of these games which after playing them, and finishing content, you just dream about future updates and what can be inside them. There are so many quick cash grab titles nowadays. ("here is 0.01, now give me money on patreon or I will abandon the project .. I will anyway lol") That finding a good game is rare. Such rare good games bring joy to otherwise not so happy lifes of many. I wish I was rich so I could support such games, watch them grow, motivate good devs to keep doing good work. But for now I can only express my gratitude. I wish your the best in game developing and in life in general.

 

[otchakun]

I can tell. There are many "games" that are .. empty, even if they have lost of sex scenes, lots of boobs everywhere. But they dont have the special sauce - they dont have a dev that is passionate. Your game just feel so good to play. The style, the atmosphare.. It is one of these games which after playing them, and finishing content, you just dream about future updates and what can be inside them. There are so many quick cash grab titles nowadays. ("here is 0.01, now give me money on patreon or I will abandon the project .. I will anyway lol") That finding a good game is rare. Such rare good games bring joy to otherwise not so happy lifes of many. I wish I was rich so I could support such games, watch them grow, motivate good devs to keep doing good work. But for now I can only express my gratitude. I wish your the best in game developing and in life in general.

Thanks again, really. <3

Unfortunately I've played too many games like those, even ones that started out so promising, but eventually got abandoned as they got popular and money started coming in. Happened to one of my favorite RPGM games (which actually got me into ENF and inspired my game a little).

Only have my word to give, and I won't always have enough free time to update as frequently as I am now, but got no plans to abandon this project anytime soon. Still feeling pretty hyped, plus there's so much stuff already written out it'd be a waste not to put it into the game xD

I'll keep doing this even if payment processors make it impossible to make money from this game, so don't worry. Your words already mean a lot!