discussion VN AI Ren'Py The Seven Seas [v1.3-Preview] [Zeruel]

[Cresil]

The puzzle game

There is one more thing i would love to get some feedback about from you:

I was thinking of another minigame. Like the ship game, this is supposed to be a recurring game, but in different forms. Let's call it the "puzzle game".

The idea is that you as a player have to find the correct combination out of a number of options. In the inspiring base idea, you have to assign DVD cover, Porn title/logo and the very lewd backside cover text.
You basically have 7 options to choose from for each category, 2 of each category do not match with anything else at all, and with the rest you can guess a maximum of 5 out of 5 correct combinations. The game remembers which successful combinations (and which unsuccessful attempts) you have made.

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Background:
May Junes is a recurring character already introduced in the playable version of the game. She is the blue haired woman for which you bring the luggage onto the ship while she makes nude photographs of her own daughter on the beach. Also she is a loli porn producer, and before you can star in one of her movies, you have to earn some merits.

One minigame concept, multiple settings
The idea is to prepare multiple sets of her lewd loli porn puzzles, but also use the minigame concept and mechanics for different cases, such as:

• inspecting, sorting and describing lost luggage
• describing and learning about rare and/or special animals such as whales
• reproducing details of a scene out of memory (e.g. after looking at a bar scene, remembering a persons appearence, the items or clothes it came with, and guessing what kind of person it is
• learning a few essential knots as every good sailor needs to
• learn to distinguish guns before they let you on the shooting range
• maybe even to get to learn the factions on the ship or some relevant 3rd parties (rivaling organizations, locations, items or persons of interest as part of a mission briefing)

What do you think? Would you like to play this or would it rather annoy you and disturb the story?

I think it might be a good and very fitting addition to the game, hopefully not as controversial as the ship game, and potentially quite fun. Do you have other opinions? Or maybe even another idea for which this concept might fit?

I think this minigame concept sounds really interesting and I'd definitely enjoy playing it!

 

[pregame]

I think this minigame concept sounds really interesting and I'd definitely enjoy playing it!

A big no for me.

 

[ZDaGoat]

A big no for me.

Why, would you give me the chance to understand what aspect of it annoys you?

 

[pregame]

Why, would you give me the chance to understand what aspect of it annoys you?

I found the mini game of directing the ship around the harbor to get a scene tedious and boring. Not a fan of these type of activities in games. If the decision is to add it to the game then Ill deal with it but if they wanted to know what we individual favored, I would just as soon incude the lewd contnet as a norma; part of the game.

 

[BeautyEnthusiast20]

Why, would you give me the chance to understand what aspect of it annoys you?

I'm not the original person who said no, but my perspective on these kinds of minigames is that sometimes I'm playing a game and enjoying it for the gaming aspects, and minigames like the boat driving are awesome and a fantastic way to allow devs space to innovate and be creative.

Other times, I'm engaging with a VN because I'm horny and I'm looking for stimulation that I only need one hand for, generally with minimal thinking.

Ideal middle ground would be to make it possible to skip without missing out on major components of the story (like with the boating minigame), especially if there was an easy way to go back and complete the minigames on a separate occasion.

 

[nem33]

I have no problem with mini games being included if I'm in the mood to putter around with them. If I'm not in the mood, they absolutely must be skippable without any penalty.

 

[banuma]

It also depends. Is your minigame just there to bloat up playtime or is it in a meaningful way connected to the story.
The puzzle game could be fun. Depends on the art and how much fun the deducing would be.

Since I like examples:
In the Mario Party games there are, I suppose, minigames that are beloved in general, some that are more or less enjoyed based on preference and some that most people dislike/think of as boring.

 

[lusifer81a@]

the puzel game sems cool, over all im not that mutch in to mini games in porn games unless they bring some spicy stuff.

 

[sabathblackio]

@ZDaGoat still no news on an imminent update ?^^

 

[ZDaGoat]

Still very imminent. Plans change, and i opted for a few more additions to my todo list instead of quick release holding the date. But i am in the finalization phase.

 

[Crimson_Hawk]

Still very imminent. Plans change, and i opted for a few more additions to my todo list instead of quick release holding the date. But i am in the finalization phase.

Definitely looking forward to the update. Can't wait!

 

[CndnViking]

Gotta say I'm loving this so far, especially some of the writing. There are literally lines I've thought about days after playing them. Hope there's more soon.

 

[ZDaGoat]

Good news: The minigame is finished now, including images and texts for the two modes "Photo contest" and "Lewd porn DVDs" and i focus fully on finishing the stoy and content for the upcoming release 1.3. My plan is to do this as a "rough" release about the end of this weekend, and then do some additional quality control and add in also your feedback, if you have some, within the next two weeks, releasing a polished V1.3.1 very soon before going on with new content.

Here's a little preview how the minigame feels like. Just imagine a matching funky quizgame loop which i certainly added (no sound in this video capture).

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[rattek]

Good news: The minigame is finished now, including images and texts for the two modes "Photo contest" and "Lewd porn DVDs" and i focus fully on finishing the stoy and content for the upcoming release 1.3. My plan is to do this as a "rough" release about the end of this weekend, and then do some additional quality control and add in also your feedback, if you have some, within the next two weeks, releasing a polished V1.3.1 very soon before going on with new content.

Here's a little preview how the minigame feels like. Just imagine a matching funky quizgame loop which i certainly added (no sound in this video capture).

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cant wait for the update

 

[Jan Meier]

friday End of the week is close. hope to see the update soon.

 

[ZDaGoat]

friday End of the week is close. hope to see the update soon.

I work at this game in my freetime, not during work time.

 

[rattek]

hope we get it tomorrow no need to rush something great

 

[qwerty123F.]

Any update?

 

[ZDaGoat]

I made huge progress this weekend, looking back at some marathon effort. Unfortunately, not enough to publish right away. The game is now pretty huge, with over 600 images, about 100 videos and animations and a footprint of over 1 GB all together.

I am very pleased with how the new minigame turned out, including its integration.

Yet i want to make sure that the mexico storyline is complete, including a certain quality level of consistent characters, even if they are some mexican thugs or local girls. Also i wanted to add some continuity, foreshadowing events that will eventually have their climax in the near future after mexico, and preparing these in a coherent manner.
So instead of rushing it, i will take a few more days to wrap this up, even if it means i have to violate another deadline i set myself.

I really want to get this out, but before that i want to do be able to do a final complete playthrough myself. Apart from the story completion, also the music needs some more work.

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[rattek]

keep up the good work rather have a quality product then something rushed.